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I think your site looks OK to some extent, but there are no doubt, some flaws one cannot overlook. I for one think your banner doesn't blend in with your overall look. What's with the bluish tint when your major colours are red (and is that green?).

I like the drop shadow effect on the main content box, good job, but font sizes are a little too big, IMO. Such big fonts and yet links are relatively small in comparison. One would think that if you've got such font size, link sizes should also be sort of equivalent.

It has just been reported that a Sosoliso airline has just crashed in Port Harcourt, leaving 103 passengers killed. However, seven passengers survived the crash and are reported to have been taken to hospital, where they are reportedly responding to treatment.

This might seem like a Hollywood sort of coincidence, but I was returning from a friend's place this evening and found charred bodies been deposited at the state's University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, along Accrah street, here in the heart of Port Harcourt. The bodies were laid on the ground outside the morgue while arrangements were being made for the grim transfer of the bodies inside. Nothing brings together a lot of people than the grisly sight of death and this was clearly evident from the huge crowd gathered outside.

Which way forward for our aviation industry, guys? Two major crashes occuring within barely two months...

I agree Afam. It's very important to know an app very well and use it to the fullest, even though there are better apps in it's genre out there - rather than try to use something you're not OK with, but using it because it's what everybody's using.

Well O, your design is not very impressive. I think that web-design is a lot more than just putting stuffs together. It truly pays up if you strive hard to make your designs aesthetic and content-centric, all the while, ensuring consistency of overall look and feel, and at the same time, standardizing your site elements to commensurate with web standards.

The flaws on your site are rather enormous and would take quite a while to extensively review, but I'd just point out some few things.

Firstly, I don't really see the point in having the intro screen, in terms of accessibility it's just another click that the user has to produce. Unless it's going be an awesome flash site with options to view HTML version of, stating site requirements, don't put the "enter" thing. It's very amateur-ish.

As to the main content, the banner ad above seems too big and doesn't really sit well on the overall design of your site. Your navigation bar is way generic. Yet another application's sample buttons which if you're really serious about originality, you should ditch.

Those crawling images should be placed somewhere else, and besides, images could be optimized before placement. Your main content area has got too much blank spaces, get rid off the comic sans font and replace with verdana or arial, as mentioned by some other guys earlier. It's heavily unprofessional.

Another marquee on the left panel is overkill. Just create a small notice box and put those comments in it. I like your forum template and think it would be good if you emulated the design of that template for your site's structure.

You seem to be a newbie at web-design and I should pat you on the back for an attempt like this, but man, there's a remarkable advancement in how web pages are designed everyday. Prowl the web for ideas before you start doing anything and take some trainings on some graphic design apps like Fireworks and Photoshop.

Well Timmy, I don't consider myself a lazy person. I just use FW for the design and optimization of web graphics and use PS for very serious image editing. FW is the tool that I'm more comfortable with and think that your remark that it makes images appear drowsy are biased and unobjective.

Yes, PS is a great tool, the best even, but some folks just prefer FW to it, and I'm one of 'em.

You sure want a lot, don't you? I personally believe there's no greater resource for anything on the web than Google...so you could check it out...OK?

BTW, get a copy of Flash MX 2004 Professional and start working on the basic tutorials found bundled in the Help section...it's always a great starting point for beginners...

I think it's painted traditionally and then scanned, looks more like that to me. But then, who can tell? No thanks to the amazing powers of Photoshop.

I think that 2Advanced has used Flash quite extensively on their site, but I've seen better, engaging and interactive sites on the web. Besides, that site version has been in use for over 3yrs, ever since I knew them, there hasn't been a redesign.

What I enjoy most though, is going through their portfolio. In that, they've made an awesome impact.

Found this interesting. Would recommend it for some to pray with.

And what's about them that you're so scared of, Adesodgi? I mean, wanting to recognize them before they get to you?

IMO, it isn't childish. But should be discontinued all the same.

Hmm, you all really seem to hate NECO's site.

That took quite a while to discover. I knew there had to be someway, but it took an awful lot of time to.

At least now everyone can sign-up, no invites needed. Just the way the web should work.

Yeah, Kamakula. I pointed that out, that its similar to what I've found here.

I get it. Its funny.

Haha...you got me laughing there Kelvin.

I tell you. He wouldn't at all mind trying to have a second chance. At least hoping it's not going to be yet another test.

I think for all those who need Google services, whether Gmail or something else, this should be of interest to all of you.

Just check this link out: https://www.google.com/Accounts/NewAccount

Got me laughing my teeth off. Let's hope he doesn't take her back.

You honestly do?

I enjoyed it, don't know why it doesn't seem funny to some folks here.

Tune up your speaker volumes, you're going to enjoy this, surely.

http://epic.makingithappen.co.uk/ols-master.html

This blew my rocks off...

A woman takes a lover home during the day, while her husband is at work. Unbeknownst to her, her 9-year-old son was hiding in the closet.

Her husband comes home unexpectedly, so she puts the lover in the closet with the little boy.

The little boy says, "Dark in here."
The man says, "Yes it is."
Boy- "I have a baseball."
Man- "That's nice."
Boy- "Want to buy it?"
Man- "No, thanks."
Boy- "My dad's outside."
Man- "OK, how much?"
Boy- "$250."

In the next few weeks, it happens again that the boy and the mom's lover are in the closet together.

Boy- "Dark in here."
Man- "Yes, it is."
Boy- "I have a baseball glove."
The lover, remembering the last time, asks the boy, "How much?"
Boy- "$750."
Man- "Fine."

A few days later, the father says to the boy, "Grab your glove. Let's go outside and toss the baseball back and forth."

The boy says, "I can't. I sold them."
The father asks, "How much did you sell them for?"

The son says "$1,000."

The father says, "That's terrible to overcharge your friends like that. That is way more than those two things cost. I'm going to take you to church and make you confess."

They go to church and the father makes the little boy sit in the confession booth and he closes the door.

The boy says, "Dark in here."
The priest says, "Don't start that sh*t again."

It's truly not going to go into the market for you to buy, Cushman and Otokx. "Please note: these laptops are not in production. They are not—and will not—be available for purchase by individuals." A comment on the official site of MIT Media Lab.

Read it for yourself though; http://laptop.media.mit.edu/

I don't know if this has been posted before, but I came across it, found it hugely funny and decided to share...

Little Johnny came into the kitchen where his mother was making dinner. His birthday was coming up and he thought this was a good time to tell his mother what he wanted."Mom, I want a bike for my birthday."

Little Johny was a bit of a troublemaker. He had gotten into trouble at school and at home. Johny's mother asked him if he thought he deserved to get a bike fo his birthday. Little Johnny, of course, thought he did.

Johnny's mother, being a Christian woman, wanted him to reflect on his behavior over the last year and write a letter to God and tell him why he deserved a bike for his birthday.

Little Johnny stomped up the steps to his room and sat down to write
God a letter.

LETTER 1:
Dear God, I have been a very good boy this year and I would like a bike for my birthday. I want a red one.
Your friend,
Johnny

Johnny knew this wasn't true. He had not been a very good boy this
year, so he tore up the letter and started over.

LETTER 2:
Dear God, This is your friend Johnny. I have been a pretty good boy this year and I would like a red bike for my birthday.
Thank you,
Johnny

Johnny knew this wasn't true either. He tore up the letter and started again.

LETTER 3:
Dear God, I have been an OK boy this year and I would really like a red bike for my birthday.
Johnny

Johnny knew he could not send this letter to God either. Johnny was very upset. He went downstairs and told his mother he wanted to go church.

"Just be home in time for dinner", his mother said.

Johnny walked down the street to the church and up to the altar. He looked around to see if anyone was there.

He picked up a statue of the Virgin Mary and slipped it under his shirt and ran out of the church, down the street, into his house, and up to his room.

He shut the door to his room and sat down with a piece of paper and a pen. Johnny began to write his letter to God.

LETTER 4:
I'VE GOT YOUR MOM. IF YOU WANT TO SEE HER AGAIN, SEND THE BIKE.
Signed
YOU KNOW WHO

This is becoming too heated, and I foresee Donnie damning some people to hell in the near future. IMO, this topic should be closed.

One of the funniest jokes I've found here on Nairaland. I'm forwarding that pic to pals right now.

Interesting. And yes, I also noticed the way that women seemed to be portrayed as being the cause for most failed marriages in this joke. I'm not sure most ladies would find this funny, Layi.