One Life: Space Organization

Search One Life

Thu, 08 May 2008 11:57:33 GMT

To search for a term or phrase within my blog using Google, go to google.com or the corresponding Google site for your country.

In the search box, type

site:1lifeisallwegot.spaces.live.com <search term>

· There should be no gap between the colon and my blog address.

· No need for http:// .

· There should be a space between that first part and your search term.

For example, to search for the word story on my blog, you need to type on the Google search box:

site:1lifeisallwegot.spaces.live.com story

The search results will be exclusively from my blog. All entries, from the beginning to the most recent, all lists and all modules will be searched.

This nifty tip on Google is courtesy of:

http://google.about.com/od/googlepowersearches/qt/sitesearchdef.htm

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Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:01:00 GMT

If you want to link to this blog from anywhere, you can use a text link or a button. To use a certain type of link, select the HTML code in the box below it and add it in your page.

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A History of the Banner

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 13:43:22 GMT

It hasn’t been too long that I started this blog, only about two and a half years, but I’ve already changed my banner a number of times. So I thought: why not make a blog entry out of it? Also, once I change my banner, the old ones kind of withdraw to an isolated life on my photobucket album. That would be a sad end for images I worked hard behind. So you could say that I wanted to show off my pathetic photoshop skills with this entry. However, this entry will also deal a little with a hasty history of Spaces and my blog.

In the beginning, there was nothing. But it was mistakenly called MSN Spaces. My blog was then called Truth – the true version. I had saved a preview of what my space used to look like in those dark days:

Then MSN Spaces became Windows Live Spaces. It was a lot better-looking, but slower. And it started behaving rudely with non-Microsoft browsers. Anyway, my first banner then was this:

It was basically a twiddling of basic Photoshop options. The background is not entirely mine. It’s modified from a wallpaper I had on my computer.

Then I removed the background, because I thought that a white background made the banner blend in seamlessly with the white background of the page and look cool.

But I couldn’t be pacified. I went ahead and this time did a lot more twiddling on that same old background and even included some red, a colour I don’t like much ‘coz my sis likes it. What resulted was this, and it stayed for a long time.

But guess what, there came a time when it had to go. The next one has a tiny history behind it. My name has something to do with the sky, and I also love the different moods and shades the sky wears at different times. I wanted to put in the same expansive feeling in the background, this time with a sky. This is what resulted:

You’ll notice that I kept the title itself almost unchanged. That golden streak at the bottom is actually the rays of a setting sun. I also remember that that was a pretty troubled time in my life.

Then I changed the name of my blog from Truth – the true version to One Life – the story of my one shot, for reasons I’ve stated before. I had to make a new banner. And this one, I’ll admit, had a lot of hard work behind it, and it really came from the heart of my bottom, you know what I mean. I’ve always been a huge fan of the rain. It turns me kind of strange. I’ve written about it before. Anyway, this one had an element of sadness to it, with the rain. The title looked good in total black.

I’ve recently abandoned it for no other reason than its background, which fades to black, does not match the white background of the page. And I couldn’t dream of making the blog dark to solve the problem. I’d hate it. So I went back to that old background, and produced it in blue:

The reflections of the title and tagline you see weren’t that easy. Each of them is a total separate layer, flipped. Then a gradient. I remodeled my entire blog during this period. A lot of design changes were made, and the new theme was based on white, light gray and light sky blue. I coupled this banner with a footer on the bottom of the page:

That’s the current scenario, and no other changes have been made. Let me tell you, these banners were all created with just the basic operations in Photoshop, mainly layer options. If they happen to look good, I guess I owe it more to my quote artistic sense unquote, which I might have picked up from seven years of learning art.

And hey, if you haven’t noticed, you can click each of these images to get the real ones, at their own isolated residences on photobucket that I talked about.

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Global Personality Test Results

Stability (33%) moderately low which suggests you are worrying, insecure, emotional, and anxious.
Orderliness (33%) moderately low which suggests you are, at times, overly flexible, improvised, and fun seeking at the expense of reliability, work ethic, and long term accomplishment.
Extraversion (40%) moderately low which suggests you are reclusive, quiet, unassertive, and secretive.

Trait snapshot

messy, depressed, introverted, feels invisible, does not make friends easily, nihilistic, reveals little about self, fragile, dark, bizarre, feels undesirable, dislikes leadership, reclusive, weird, irritable, frequently second guesses self, unassertive, unsympathetic, low self control, observer, worrying, phobic, suspicious, unproductive, avoidant, negative, bad at saving money, emotionally sensitive, does not like to stand out, dislikes large parties, submissive, daydreamer.

Advanced Global Personality Test Results

Extraversion	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	46%
Stability	\|\|\|\|	13%
Orderliness	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	33%
Accommodation	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	36%
Interdependence	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	36%
Intellectual	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	50%
Mystical	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	56%
Artistic	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	63%
Religious	\|\|\|\|\|\|	30%
Hedonism	\|\|\|\|\|\|	30%
Materialism	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	83%
Narcissism	\|\|\|\|\|\|	23%
Adventurousness	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	70%
Work ethic	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	50%
Self absorbed	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	63%
Conflict seeking	\|\|\|\|\|\|	23%
Need to dominate	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	36%

Romantic	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	56%
Avoidant	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	43%
Anti-authority	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	76%
Wealth	\|\|\|\|	16%
Dependency	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	56%
Change averse	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	36%
Cautiousness	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	36%
Individuality	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	83%
Sexuality	\|\|\|\|\|\|	23%
Peter pan complex	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	76%
Physical security	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	63%
Physical Fitness	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	64%
Histrionic	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	43%
Paranoia	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	43%
Vanity	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	50%
Hypersensitivity	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	83%
Female cliche	\|\|\|\|\|\|	30%

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