I need to start off by saying I'm an avid use of Google Maps much more so than Yahoo's or Mapquest's or MSN's (mapblast) - I like the functionality, features and data presented with Google maps over the others. In a real world situation, such as having clients find my office, I wanted to know what was really the most updated image/data and best resolution between the mapping sites.

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Posted Apr 30 in Web Life | 2 Comments

So for a while now I've been wanting to utilize Brian Shaler's CrappyGraphs.com site. Until recently I never had a thought until I wanted to show how a heavy workload was affecting my health as of late.

Therefore I created the graph above to show that with a normal workload I tend to spend more time working out and eating/drinking properly; however the heavier workload it seems I come under, I start eating worse (fast food and even eating later into the night), drinking more pop/soda/energy drinks (to keep chugging along for longer periods of time), and that usually means working late into the night and sleeping later and missing morning runs or working out altogether. By including mental health, I just mean the stress that comes with a heavy workload usually isn't that good for you either.

Well there's my first graph using CrappyGraphs.com - maybe you can relate, maybe not. Either way - now you've got the 411.

Posted Apr 14 in For Your Information, health | Be First to Comment

A friend of mine recently asked me to weigh in on a question on his blog from a client who was raising some questions after attending a SEO seminar regarding hiding text with css for headings and SEO. Here's my 2 cents…
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Posted Apr 10 in seo | 5 Comments

I don't post as often as I want/need/should and I blame that on working too much, but not on my own stuff unfortunately. Until tonight… Enter my idea for FAILreport.com:

What is it?

It's where all your "fail" shouts and aggravations entered on Twitter are pulled into one spot and displayed for everybody to laugh at. It's powered by Tweetscan, PHP and the awesome MagpieRSS aggregator.

Appreciation and help

I've got to send props out to Brent Spore (@iboughtamac on twitter) for taking my quick idea and comments and busting out a sweet design in under an hour allowing me to code the whole thing and launch in under three. Original ideas came from TwitterTale and Brent's original Drnkn site.

Also shout-out to Beau (@beauhlf on twitter) for helping tweak my PHP code and because he Lurnd (yes that spelling is intentional and soon you'll see why) me on my technique.

In closing…

I'd appreciate it if you go check it out at FAILreport.com and let me know what you think. Also add me on Twitter if you haven't already: @chuckreynolds. Thanks and see you soon with some more fun projects. ;)

Posted Apr 3 in projects | 5 Comments

This isn't so much of an introduction as it is a re-introduction to myself, Chuck Reynolds, and my blog rynoweb.com.

Quick History

This blog, in her hay-day, used to get around a thousand or so unique hits a day, depending on what I posted, and she made some good revenue for me through the Google Adsense program. I'd follow whatever was the latest trend on the net, whether it be funny, dirty, "illegal" or anything really, it didn't matter; I'd post about it, link to cool stuff or host files that nobody could find for them to come here and get. All that and all before Digg, StumbleUpon, or any of the other traffic generators that are utilized today.

So why did I stop? Honestly it hurt my relationship at the time and I got tired of doing it - it got to be a job in itself I didn't want and I didn't really care about anything I was writing and had no passion or drive to continue doing it. In another way, it was also due to me entering into the professional industry and beginning to learn how important name branding was starting to become on the net due to the way search and privacy in general was going. So one day I gave it all up, stopped blogging, stopped collecting checks from Google, and took the site down, removed the links and files and locked the doors.

Re-Introduction

So why am I back and where is rynoweb.com going now? Well I've never gone anywhere really. To make a long story short, I moved a few times, had a few girlfriends, grew up a bit, and more importantly over time I started two companies, WebMediaRx and LogoALL, which is where I am now. On the surface I design, build and market Web sites and also create promotional items and decorate apparel for clients all day everyday. So what now?

What it's All About

I still have that uncanny knack of finding stuff on the Internet but more importantly I read and learn a ton. I love learning just about anything really and the web industry changes so much from week to week it works well for me. The problem comes in when I want to open up a discussion or when I have questions or an opinion on something or have something to teach others that I've picked up or discovered and I have no where to discuss it, ask it, put it or say it.

Welcome to Rynoweb

I therefore welcome you to the new and most definitely improved rynoweb.com and the new home and postings of Chuck Reynolds. The topics here will range from developing Web sites, to user security, to search engines, to Web tech, to social anything, to tips and suggestions, to art and design, to daily life on the grid. Mostly though, the articles will either educate you or expand your thinking on a subject and hopefully get you to discuss and interact with me and the rest of the community. These are my stories, opinions, and vices… here on rynoweb.

Outtro

As a final note; the link on your name to your site after posting a comment is free from the nofollow attribute common to blogs because I believe if you took the time to contribute to my site, I should therefore do the same in return and allow the engines to follow you back to your home. The sidebar is somewhat bare right now and I lack archives and informative page(s) but this site is most definitely a work in progress and will continue to be. I don't feel anything is ever perfect and therefore will continue to modify and improve this site as I do with myself in my profession.

Thanks to all who have read to this point and as always, stay classy and feel free to comment and contribute!

Cheers,
Chuck Reynolds

Posted Dec 24 in For Your Information, rynoweb | 10 Comments