Setting Up Blogger's Custom Domain Settings in GoDaddy

I've read through various tutorials on setting up your custom domain to use with Blogger through GoDaddy's domain hosting. The issue with almost all of them is that they leave out important bits of information that is crucial in adjusting your settings correctly.

In this tutorial, I'll provide a step-by-step guide on setting up correctly with the newer Blogger interface.

Darkness

My first real attempt at poetry.
The following is the story of my life.

Light shining nowhere to be found
In the darkside's where this soul is bound
Growing up being the shine to the room
Growing up in life soon to see doom
Consumed in my thoughts as I lay under the moon
Slowly realizing ups and down are surely presumed
Pre-adult stage my greatest positive influence taken away
Soon to realize that he lies high above his grave
In the glory of the Lord he walks eternily
While I'm on the ground shedding tears and mourning
Post-trauma, I'm led to the dark side
Leading to many days in an unsure ride
Consumed by the devil, sure in his grasp
A light at the end of the tunnel shows a tiny flash
Trying to aim towards it, all I see is regret
Reflecting on life wishing my dreams were met
All that are visible are lost opportunities
Just a young soldier bleeding from the scrutiny
My heart cries out yet believed was no answer
A blessing from family surely cleared my mind's cancer
Now in the steps of the Lord, with a gift from above
My mind speaks freely of the new path provided by this dove
The light seems bright because change creates wonders
The darkness in my soul was simply just a blunder

- Leland Yarbrough

The [Updated] Sure-Fire Way To Gain Real Followers On Twitter

Some time ago, last year, I provided a simple tutorial on how to easily gain followers on the popular social networking site Twitter. The tutorial then revolved around a lot of manual work which with the use of free tools of today, you can acquire these numbers with much easier.

If you have under 2000 followers, then you might not be aware of the following limits of Twitter.

Free Your Mind

We, as humans, use money to define a sense of ownership of anything we feel the need to be entitled to. Our government funds [with money] the conforms of society. Big brother regulates everything we encounter. Our government uses money to regulate humans. This is the way I see it. We’re all being regulated to conform to a ‘society’ deemed just by mankind. Every aspect of our lives are controlled by mankind. We have to conform….that’s what the law [OF MAN, FROM MAN] states. That we conform to the law. We spend billions of dollars in conformity…scratch that…WE SPEND TRILLIONS: every aspect of our everyday lives is controlled by the government. We are not free. Freedom is the sense of entitlement to everything that is available without entitlement. Entitlement is created through power. This is not what the world is about.

My Top 5 Songs

To kick off this new year with some new content and ideas, I decided to start lists of my favorites.

The songs following are not just songs that get a lot of play time on my iPod/iTunes/Blackberry, but songs that are simply amazing for the reasons given.


#1 Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing [Live at Royal Albert Hall version]

Jimi Hendrix is my favorite guitarist simply because of his innovation of all of his own style of music. I've listened to this song at least 500 times in my lifetime because every note within this song has feel and every note phrase has a separate feel of its own. The lyrics are simple, he's referring to his mom throughout the song whom died before the song was created. The song starts out with a great bluesy feel, but ends with the best guitar solo I've ever hard that builds with intensity as time passes.

#2 Kid Cudi - Pursuit of Happiness

Kid Cudi is well known for mixing his emotions with great lyrics and outstanding beats. Pursuit of Happiness is a prime example of this. After countless plays, no matter what mood I'm in to begin with, I always end up with a sense of happiness. "Everything that shines ain't always gonna be gold." <- One of m favorite quotes not only because of the truth, but that it can apply to anyone's life. I also love the guitar solo in this song for it's simplicity and sound. The music videos for this song are well put together. The original version features Kid Cudi having an amazing time partying with some of the biggest names in the music industry, then later ending up stumbling to the bathroom feeling terrible. One can go from pure happiness to the crappiest mood of their life in a simple matter of time. The Megaforce version of this video is amazing because every lyric of the song matches the content of the video. You'll just have to watch it for yourself to understand what I mean.

#3 Bob Marley - Don't Worry, Be Happy

Another song that aims to put listeners in a good mood, no matter how terrible it is at first. Any time I'm feeling down, this song is played. I love the simplistic reggae feel and the lyrics as a whole.

#4 Nas - Hero

Coming from a controversial album alone, this song shows that controversy and the artist's view of the album as a whole. Nas wanted the album to be titled 'Nigger' but of course the market wouldn't allow it. So he comes back saying no matter what the title's called, he's still going to speak his mind, even if he has to fight to say it. Imagine if legends in the past couldn't say what they felt from the soul. The beat alone is outstanding and lyrics come together beautifully.

#5 Kanye West - Spaceship

Mr. West did an excellent job with this song of reaching out to all the people out there struggling. He's "been there, done that" and shows this well within the lyrics. This is for the people who work very hard but would like a break and can escape from it all. "I've been working this grave-shift, and I ain't made sh*t. I wish I could buy me a spaceship and fly, past the sky."

Deviation of the Week [12.20.10]

Welcome to the second installment of the Deviation of the Week. Due to the lack of posting this yesterday on time, I decided it's only fair if I post two deviations rather one.

The following deviations were chosen simply because I love using my laptop, and having a comforting area to use it is a must. The following setups are very warming and are inspiration for any setup I'll create in the future.

The first one comes from ~GCTHawk7 and the setup looks simply amazing. I'm a fan of having more than one monitor to work on at one time.

 

The second comes from ~sh3kk and the setup is very warming and illuminating. 

Fail of the Week! [12.18.10]

Welcome back for the second installment of Fail of the Week!
The following video makes me laugh every time I watch it.

*Hit and runs are very bad.

Hit and Run FAIL

Respect.

Respect - you give it to receive it; but most the people I meet show respect as a first impression. This first impression carries out to establish friendships and relationships that we cherish and want to continue. This flag, hanging at my buddy Mike's place,  proves that all of the respect he's given out as a first impression, expanded and broadened into mutual respect between many individuals. This flag shows the signatures and remarks of all the familiar faces he's known, knows, and respects. This flag is truly a symbol of respect in itself.

Old Wisdom.

You really have to take a moment to experience a heart-to-heart conversation with an elder.

I just had one with my 92 year old greatgrandmother and the amount of wisdom she sent my way was simply amazing.

The older you are, the more you've seen, the more you've gained, the more you've lost, the more you've been through; the more you've lived.

Take the time to listen to them and take in what they have to say to the heart. They know what they're talking about [usually].

Deviation of the Week [12.12.10]

Here's the first installment of the Deviation of the Week. Each week I'll go through my favorites on deviantArt and post a new one I feel worthy of showcasing.

This week's winner is Heaven at Night Kid Cudi by ~JMcCarthy55

Fail of the Week! [12.11.10]

Time for the first installment of Fail of the Week! Saturday provided by YouTube.

Every week I'll go through Fail Submissions on YouTube, mainly from FailBlog, then showcase them in a weekly post. If you guys have submissions you want showcased, then simply paste a link into the comment form below.

Jump Fail!

Call Of Duty: Black Ops [Review]

Released on November 9, 2010, CoD: Black Ops showed less demand than Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, which is easy to believe due to the backing out of Infinity Ward, whom released MW2.

Treyarch had a lot of work to do since their release of Call Of Duty: World At War didn't go so smoothly either. Aside from the decreased graphics from MW2, overall, Black Ops is very well balanced.

Hendrix Masterpiece

This little piece is just a photo taken on my 9550 Blackberry Storm 2.

I simply reversed the contrast on my Blackberry by going to Options->Accessibility->Contrast and switching it to reverse contrast. [This idea was given to me by Austin Douglas]

After I did so I looked through my pictures and was shocked to see how amazing, to me, the images look.

This picture was completely random, taken in my dorm room a few weeks back.

I've showcased this photo on my deviantArt page located here.

To further this amazement to myself, I posted recent forum posts on the Crackberry.com forums [found here] encouraging others to do this simple task on their Blackberry, then taking a screenshot, and later posting it in the thread.

So far the thread has a good base, submissions-wise.

I figured the success on the thread can be furthermore acclimated here by guests of this blog posting pictures they've taken, then reverse contrast them, and post in the comment section of this blog post below.

Don't forget to critique the above photo.

Any photos I see that deserve watchful eyes I will post in this blog post at later dates [depending on the success of this post]. I'll also showcase them on Twitter and even deviantArt if requested.

Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing

For sure my favorite Hendrix song ever.
Live at Royal Albert Hall = Best Version!

A little showcasing for some more art.

For all submissions check out the link.

Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze

My second favorite Hendrix song with a bit of showcasing for my art.

Moving Forward in Life

Many of us in this world of lies are living on a pursuit of happiness am I right? A lot of us want a piece of the successful pie and want to have enough wealth to last us and generations to come before us. Well not necessarily because a lot of people are selfish and would rather spend that money on rims, car stereos, and expensive homes. Much respect to you if you have the revenue to pull that off without hurting your pocket.

Knowledge is Power.

There's simply too much in this world for one to discover. But I want to discover it all. You can only know as much as you learn. Knowledge is power. - Leland Yarbrough

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You never really know something for sure until you've experienced it or seen it with your own eyes. That's what makes research such a powerful tool because you don't have to believe everything you read, but if you choose you can take bits and pieces of what you've learned and use it to your benefit as your own beliefs. Research is a key ingredient in a nurturing life, knowing as much as you can should be a virtue from birth taught by all parents to their children, this is why education is so important, not necessarily to get a lavish job, but to decipher in this world what's real and what's not.

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A lot of stuff in this world makes sense, still doesn't mean it's necessarily true.

A World of Lies

Our world is filled with governmental lies, downsizing of cultural nature, and liberals willing to take a stand but shut down due to over-controlling higher powers ie. the FCC.

We as humans need to determine what all is real and what all is fake, which is almost impossible in the world of today.

Leland's Blackberry 9550 Storm 2 [Review]

Some of the main questions I constantly receive from people on twitter are: 'What model BB do you use?' and 'Why do you love your Blackberry so much?'

The answer to the first one is simple, it's in the title of a previous blogpost.

Idea For Thought

What if today's reality wasn't an actuality and you woke up to a dream.