“On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.”  – Thomas Jefferson

If you haven’t noticed already, we’re using a cleaner, sexier new layout. But don’t be fooled by the new dress, we’re gonna bring it to you Faster and Louder than EVAH!

We wanna give you the grand tour, but we need a moment to reflect on where we’ve been.

fast&loud original recipe

1. Original recipe was Day one – ground zero. Fast&Loud.com and fff are born.
2. 1942 Report font with headphone, bomb, skull, text balloon, and dollar sign are the beginnings of what remains the fast&loud logo.
3. Icons that F*ing GLOWED! on mouse-over for the page navigation.
4. Pictures to replace the text for categories via Photoshop slices = JOY Migraine.
5. Introduced the Fast&Loud Store with CafePress integration.
6. CancerIsNuts in memory of John B and God Save New Orleans money to America’s Second Harvest.
7.Totally bastardized the Wordpress Default theme.

fast&loud v1 and v2

1. v1 rings in a whole new attitude on blogging and a new slogan.

2. Like Davak always says “content is king”.

3. Same font for logo and lightning bolts from actual pictures of fff’s left arm tat.

4. Waaaaay cleaner code hack on the Wordpress Default theme.

5. IE and Firefox still fighting over that one damn pixel that centers the header and footer (if you’ve ever coded – you know what I mean).

6. v2 added RSS and search in the header and a “Social” website submission bar (before there was a Sociable plugin).

fast&loud Tweaker

1. Tweaker was based on the lofty idea that fast&loud.com should be more like an CMS or aggregator for various authors and topics (kinda like Harmony Central or GearWire) – but those guys already had so much, content, money, and time that poor little fff and crew couldn’t keep up.

2. Same font for logo and we brought back the headphone, bomb, skull, balloon, dollar pics.

3. A friend of mine always says: “Your just putting lipstick on a pig.” And as it pertains to coding, fairly often it’s true. We decided (with great sorrow I might add) to move away from the Wordpress Default theme. We upped our game and started hacking on the 3-column Cleaker theme from Adam Walker Cleveland.

4. Unfortunately, it moved us away from the original intent of the site and the motivation to keep it updated.

And so here we are…mid-2008 trying hard to return fast&loud.com to it’s roots. We are a blog and proud of it. Our goal is to simplify things as much as possible. We’ve removed a lot of the redundancy and clutter. We’ve kept the Store, CancerisNuts, and God Save New Orleans. Check them out if you get a chance. Expect to see a few more changes over the coming weeks as we are still lifting up the rugs to see what might scurry out.

And without further ado…I give to you:

fast&loud MassiveLoud

1. Faster and cleaner code including: smaller CSS, smaller JS, smaller HTML

2. SEO analysis and implementation. Thank God for Joost De Valk!

3. 1942 Report font and ghosted headphone, bomb, skull, balloon, dollar sign for the logo.

4. Thumbnails per post and simple navigation.

5. Easier subscription methods via RSS, Email, or Twitter.

6. Better interaction with readers. Expect to see way more comments from fff.

Check out the site and let us know what you think – good or bad. We hope you dig it.

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fastandloud.com puts on its big girl panties and tries out the MassiveLoud theme!

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For all of you guys in high school, college, or at work that can’t get enough of Facebook, Myspace, Friendster, Yahoo 360, or Google’s Orkut. These are the best ways to get around firewall blocked IP address filters.

1. Use a proxy.

HideMy-ss Anonymizer Wujie Guardster Anonymous SpySurfing Proxify.us KProxy Brawl-Hall Proxify.net Unipeak HRMovieProxify.com ProxyMouse Surfonym 3Proxy SuperProxy LetsProxy FSurf LetMeBy BoredAtSchool IBypass GreenRabbit Proxify.info SwitchProxy Secure-Tunnel Proxify.cn Proxify.co Proxify.org Proxychoice AnonyPost Hujiko PeoplesProxy ProxyWeb MyWebTunnel Proxy7 StupidCensorship Cecid FreeProxy.ca GoProxing Proxify.de ByWhat PerlProxy Proxylord TNTproxy The-Cloak ProxyDom PrivacyNest GetByNow FreedomRoute FreedomBrowse 3PO 3Tiered AlwaysHide AtedPlace ATMNetwork.org BestProxyWorld BlairstownNJ CantCatch.us CheckProfiles ConnyPug CovertBrowser DeJacey DevilsProxy Firoxy Free2Surf Freezoo Gmprs Goldenproxy HiddenCloak HideiPaddy HideProxy InstantunBlock k1d LAProxy MyProxy NCHAusa NinjaCloak NovaProxy OKBay Proxican Proxy4Myspace Proxy80 ProxyPan ProxyPit ProxyToy PublicProxyServer Rdcumd SInjection Surf2Acess TheCamelClub UnfilterSites YouHide ZaxiProxy ZeroProxy

2. Use the iPhone or iPod Touch – Facebook and Myspace have free applications on the Apple App Store.

The Easy Way

1. Click on this link for Facebook app. Install, enter your info, go for it.

2. Click on this link for Myspace app. Install, enter your info, go for it.

Manually from within iTunes

1. Get the latest version of firmware (must be at least version 2.0) for your particular device.
2. Connect your cradle to the computer and dock your device. iTunes should start automatically. If not, launch iTunes manually.
3. Goto the App Store. Search for Facebook.
4. Click install.
5. Repeat process for other apps.
6. Sync your device to install these apps.

On the iPhone using Wifi

1. Click on the App Store icon.
2. Search for Facebook.
3. Press Free – it will change to say Install.
4. Press and hold Install.
5. When it finishes loading, click on the Facebook or Myspace icon, and enter your account information.
6 Repeat process for other apps.

3. Use Google to load the cached (usually filter free) version of a website or proxy.

example: – goto google.com, and type in “devilsproxy” or “devilsproxy.com” – goto the first link by clicking on the cached URL (not the real URL). – Type in the website you’re trying to goto in the URL bar and enjoy.

example – use http://home.myspace.com (instead of http://www.myspace.com). Other prefixes to try for myspace.com: browseusers. search. invite. mail. blog. invite. favorites. forum. groups. events. viewmorepics. music. classifieds. signup. chat. vids.

4. Use a language translator page to “translate” the sites from any language into English.

a) Google Language Tools b) Babel Fish Translation c) FreeTranslation d) Online Website Translation e) Language Translation f) Online Translator

5. Use MoDazzle’s SMS text messaging services.

MoDazzle uses basic SMS text messages to send and receive information directly to and from your phone. Just by texting, you can: update your Facebook or LinkedIn profile, explore investmentors/portfolios at VentureSource, use Salesforce, research a company at Hoovers, get directions to the nearest Starbucks using Yelp or Google Maps, check your Flight Status, check the Weather, use ZoomInfo , or check your Stock quotes.

Modazzle allows Facebook users to: Send messages to your friends list, Check your message, Update your profile, Post a note on your wall and read from your wall, Know who’s online,  Poke a friend, Upload a profile photo, Send invite to friends, Update your profile status, Check for birthday updates.Here are the instructions for using Modazzle with Facebook.

Modazzle allows LinkedIn users to: Search for Company, Search for People, Search for a person’s details, View your connections, Invite your contacts. Here are the instructions for using Modazzle with LinkedIn.

To get started with Modazzle:

a. Be sure that your phone has SMS capabilities – if you can send Text Messages, you have SMS.
b. Sign up for MoDazzle service.
c. Read their How To’s
d. Get busy.

6. Install a Circumventor

Please read instructions carefully.

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View or Access blocked Websites at School or Work (Firewall IP Address Filter Bypass for Myspace, Facebook, and other Sites too!)

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