There’s something very special about Santa Barbara… but when you can’t be here, this might just be the next best thing! Bring the beautiful Santa Barbara beach right to your iGoogle homepage and watch the sights and colors as the day simply melts away. This theme dynamically updates throughout the day based on your local time zone, but does not try to guess exact sunrise and sunset times. Enjoy!

Install the iGoogle Theme, 'Santa Barbara' here.

My second weekly radio show, Make It Work with Jeremy Anticouni, launched Jan 16th on “Hot Talk” KSFO 560 in San Francisco, and now airs every Saturday at 3pm! The show builds on the success of Tech News, Powered by Make It Work which airs every Saturday at 1PM on KNX 1070 in Los Angeles and has topped the ratings in the LA market.

KSFO in San Francisco is home to many of the most popular (or unpopular, depending on your political views) shows in the country including: Rush Limbaugh, Dr. Laura Schlesinger, Mark Levin, Sean Hannity and George Noory.

For more info, check out the show websites:
Make It Work with Jeremy Anticouni (San Francisco)
Tech News, powered by Make It Work (Los Angeles)

Show your support of the #140conf LA Meetup by posting a banner on your site! Simply copy/paste the HTML snips below to add the banners.

120×240 Banner

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<div align="center"><a href="http://www.meetup.com/140conf/calendar/11868810/" target="_blank"><img src="http://makeitwork.com/images/140conf/120x240.jpg" border="0" width="120" height="240" alt="#140conf LA Meetup: December 14th, Register Now!">
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Lots more banners after the jump.

125×125 Banner

125×125 Banner Code:

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<div align="center"><a href="http://www.meetup.com/140conf/calendar/11868810/" target="_blank"><img src="http://makeitwork.com/images/140conf/125x125.jpg" border="0" width="125" height="125" alt="#140conf LA Meetup: December 14th, Register Now!"></a></div>
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160×600 Banner

160×600 Banner Code:

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<div align="center"><a href="http://www.meetup.com/140conf/calendar/11868810/" target="_blank"><img src="http://makeitwork.com/images/140conf/160x600.jpg" border="0" width="160" height="600" alt="#140conf LA Meetup: December 14th, Register Now!"></a></div>
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468×60 Banner

468×60 Banner Code:

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<div align="center"><a href="http://www.meetup.com/140conf/calendar/11868810/" target="_blank"><img src="http://makeitwork.com/images/140conf/468x60.jpg" border="0" width="468" height="60" alt="#140conf LA Meetup: December 14th, Register Now!"></a></div>
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Update: The icons have been packaged up and are ready for download… head on over here.

When I created the Find Me On Wordpress Plugin, I started with an ‘off the shelf’ package of 16 and 32 pixel icons. Immediately after the initial release, requests poured in for additional sites and different icon sizes…

Rather than trying to build upon the existing icon set, I decided to start from scratch and recreated each and every icon in sizes up to 256 pixels. Does anyone really need 512px? If there’s enough demand, I’ll also export a set at 512. With a few exceptions, they were recreated as vector illustrations so they would look great at any size. Below are the icons that will be incorporated into the next release of Find Me On, and, packaged and released separately as a standalone download for you to use however you’d like.

The icons will be available in 9 sizes (256px, 192px, 128px, 96px, 64px, 48px, 32px, 24px, 16px) and 4 different gloss styles. Check out the gallery below to view them all.

The Find Me On Social Media Icon Pack by Jeremy Anticouni is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. If you decide you use these icons (outside of the Find Me On Wordpress Plugin) please include a link to my site, http://jeremyanticouni.com.

The Find Me On sidebar widget displays icons for all of your social network profiles. Includes *73* Social Network options, 16px or 32px icon size, and three icon styles, including sexy-style.

Supports nearly all mainstream social networking sites… but if I missed one, write a comment and I’ll add to the next release.

Download Now: WordPress Plugin: Find Me On v2

Want to make your Facebook profile pic stand out? Follow these steps to create a unique and creative profile pic.
Heads up:
You will need Photoshop and basic photo editing skills to do this.

In just a couple steps you’ll have an image that will certainly stand out from the rest.  Read on to download the PSD template and for some tips to make it look great.

To do this, you will need Photoshop and basic photo editing skills.  If you don’t have Photoshop, please ask someone for assistance.

1. Download my free Facebook Profile Pic Template
2. Customize to your liking
3. Upload to Facebook

*Important Note*
When you upload to Facebook, your thumbnail image (displayed whenever you post anything) will not display your face, but rather look something like this:
instead of like this:

You need to edit your thumbnail picture so that it displays properly.  To do this:

1. Hover over your profile pic, click ‘Change Picture’ then ‘Edit Thumbnail’
2. In the popup window, drag the image until it looks right.
   
3. Click save and you’re done!

T-Mobile subscribers across the US have been experiencing network outages that have been preventing them access to both phone and data services. According to a post on the official T-Mobile Twitter page

We’re aware of the current service disruption. Our rapid response teams have been mobilized to restore service as quickly as possible.

UPDATE: 6:00PM PST T-Mobile has posted an update in the T-Mobile Forums regarding the service disruption:

We continue to work on restoring full services for the small percentage of affected Customers. Please stay tuned for the latest updates. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience that this has caused our customers.

By default, linking to an image or video in Wordpress takes you away from your blog and displays the file directly. RokBox Gallery is a MooTools/JavaScript based plugin that allows you to display content in a very professional and user-friendly manner.

Download RokBox Gallery Plugin

To use the RokBox plugin, you simply need to add two attributes to a link:
title="Title :: Subtitle"
rel="rokbox[750 300]"

A whole link would look something like this:
<a href="www.linktoanimage.com" title="Title :: Subtitle" rel="rokbox[750 300]">Link Text</a>

Update: Additional icons added, download addon pack here.

So, you want to download some icons? You’re in the right place!

The Find Me On – Social Media Icon Pack contains icons for 108(!) social media sites in sizes ranging from 256 pixels all the way down to 16 pixels. That’s 108 sites in 9 sizes and 4 different styles… bringing the grand total to 3,888 icons. Have fun with them!

Download by size:

Those not big enough? Download these then:

Download by style:

Not sure what you want? Download all 3,888 icons!

Addon Icon Packs

Urbanspoon Icon Pack

The Find Me On Social Media Icon Pack by Jeremy Anticouni is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. If you decide you use these icons (outside of the Find Me On Wordpress Plugin) please include a link to my site, http://jeremyanticouni.com.