How to insert an image into blog comments

Blog comment

This is something that’s incredibly easy, and can increase the visual impact of your comments. I recently mentioned how I’d post this little tip after some of you had a few issues when showing off your business card designs (see the latter comments).

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The Face Behind The Blog Collection

Face Behind The Blog

Putting a face to the name of someone you haven’t met helps recognition and adds a more personal feel to your conversations. Blogging gives you a worldwide audience, but the chances of actually meeting the people behind your favourite blogs are slim, so today I’m trying out The Face Behind The Blog meme.

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Here’s a great wallpaper image resource

Leaf and raindrops

Socksoff.co.uk is a nice wallpaper image resource.

Socksoff is a personal, non-commercial site, no pop-ups, pop-unders, banners or those pesky little ad’s that float across the screen. It first went live on 12th June 2004 with just a small collection of links, and has grown into what it is today, still a small collection of links.

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Royalty-free stock photography

Winter stock photo

Photography is something I love, but I simply don’t have the time (or skill) to shoot photos for all my blog post imagery.

That’s where stock photography websites come in, and here are three useful stock sources for royalty-free images.

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Pharma ads from decades past

Alca Butazolidina

There’s an intersting collection of pharamceutical print ads from the 50s, 60s and 70s over at ex-novo’s Espacios publicitarios album.

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Wordless Wednesday

Dunluce Castle

Just a little something to break up the logo design projects.

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Your rubbish, their lives

scavenging

When things seem to be getting the better of you, take a moment to remember where you are. You have a roof over your head, water, food, clothes on your back.

This series of striking photographs shows the grim reality for thousands of people living in refuse sites across the globe.

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Who is Merkley???

Photography by Merkley???

If you’re like me you’ll appreciate good photography. This photography slideshow offers some very nice inspiration. There’s some tasteful nudity however so it might not be the most ‘work-safe’.

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Personal photography from Thailand

Ko Samui Beach Resort

Following on from my Vietnam series of photographs, here are some shots from my times in Thailand.

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Personal photography from Vietnam

Here are a few samples of my photography from last year’s journey through Vietnam:

Life on the Saigon River

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