Joey Anuff
Not long ago, when the Web was just beginning to get off the ground, one site carried all the opinions and insight a person needed -- and that site was Suck.com. Sure, it's kind of an immature domain name, but Joey Anuff (the co-founder, producer, and editor-in-chief) succeeded in creating one of the world's most recognized opinion-centric portals. Anyway, since when does maturity have anything to do with it? If that were true, I'd never be able to write anything. Mr. Anuff writes for numerous sites, often under the pseudonym "The Duke of URL." Suck may not be able to go back to its glory days of years past, but it's still a hilarious conglomeration of thoughts (if you don't mind your opinions a little on the scathing side).
JPG and GIF
When you download images off the ol' Internet, you may notice that most of your pictures have either .JPG or .GIF file extensions. You may wonder: what exactly is the difference between the two file types? Is there any difference at all? Unlike Lucky Charms vs. Magic Stars cereal, there is a difference. In a nutshell, JPEGs are best used for photos and GIFs are best used when it comes to flat color, or monochromatic 'text' images. The reason for this is that JPEGs can be saved with millions of different colors, whereas the GIF maxes out at 256. In other words, a picture of the real Gnome would best be saved in JPG, whereas the fun-lovin' cartoon image of me would load better as a GIF. GIFs can also be animated... not that I'm not often animated myself, but you get the idea. Now, there are other ways to save your images, and most of you know I couldn't let this little tip slip by without mentioning PNGs. The PNG [Portable Network Graphic] was actually created as an alternative to GIF, by geeks like myself who saw the limitations of GIF and wanted something better. With PNG, the images simply look better, and the color representation is more accurate. In the end, though, it's completely up to you to decide which image is best for you and your needs.
Jump Page
Here's what you don't want to yell when Page is standing on a ledge (ba dum bum). Remember when we defined splash page? Well, a splash page is a kind of jump page. Confused? That's okay, it was a confusing sentence. You see, a jump page is a Web page that provides a "jumping off" point. For example, if you're curious about computers, technology, and what it all means, Lockergnome could serve as your jump page; it would provide you with instant access to a lot of other sites -- each bursting with techie info. So, think of a "jump page" as a kind of springboard that takes you right where you need to be, without a lot of mindless searching. A portal, if you will. And a portal for humans would be a... mortal.
