Who wants a layout?
In the past, I've offered special layouts as gifts or giveaways, and there's always the possibility to trade something for a layout.
But what if there's no special offer going on, and you don't have anything to trade?
These questions are designed to be moderately tricky. If you are the kind of person I adore, you will already know the answers. If you are not, but want a layout anyway, you can easily pretend to be by using Google.
No, there is no point to filling this out with one "um, I don't know" after another. If you want me to take the effort to make you a layout, you may take the effort to Google key terms.
The Questions:
01. Are you literate and intelligible? If so, prove it. If not, it will already be obvious.
02. What are SmartQuotes? What is the major problem associated with making them crossplatform? (Hint: This answer should include "ASCII".)
03. What are the differences between em-dashes, en-dashes, and hyphens?
04. What is the difference between a serif and a sans-serif font? What is the difference between an italic and an oblique?
05. What is PGDP? Why is PGDP?
06. Which hobbit is your favorite?
07. Who originally played the Phantom in ALW's version of Phantom of the Opera? How was he discovered?
08. Who starred in the movie of Footloose? Who was his character, Ren, obviously secretly in love with?
09. Who was Shakespeare's patron?
10. Who, in your opinion, is the most likely candidate for the Dark Lady?
11. Are you a Stratfordian? If not, why not?
12. Have you ever been known to say "OMG that's so gay!1!!" about something that was not, in fact, homosexual?
13. What is your sexual preference, and why? This is none of my business, of course; if you agree, you may instead discuss whether or not you would join a chapter of the GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance).
14. Which blogs do you read? I'm not asking which LJs are on your flist. Which blogs do you care about enough to remember their URLs and to visit almost daily in hopes of an update?
15. Tell me something else about yourself. Ideally, it will be interesting and include semi-colons. If it will not be interesting, it should at least be grammatically correct.
I reserve the right to edit or add to these questions at any time. Your responses will be screened, no matter how many right or wrong answers they contain.
Give the questions your best shot, with any resources you like (Google or anything else). If I like your answers, I'll give you anything you ask for (er, in terms of layouts and banners and icons).
Actually, if I like your answers and I sense that they weren't Googled, I'll probably want to be your best friend.
Why do you have to answer these weird questions that have nothing to do with layouts anyway?
(1) If you know these without resorting to Google, then you are so much like me that I'd love you if I knew you. I want to encourage people like you to exist, so I will make you a layout to make your life a little happier.
(2) If you don't know these, then you can resort to Google. It means a little work, yeah, but not as much work as it will take me to make your layout. I make people answer these questions because I don't want them to take layouts or my work for granted.
But what if there's no special offer going on, and you don't have anything to trade?
These questions are designed to be moderately tricky. If you are the kind of person I adore, you will already know the answers. If you are not, but want a layout anyway, you can easily pretend to be by using Google.
No, there is no point to filling this out with one "um, I don't know" after another. If you want me to take the effort to make you a layout, you may take the effort to Google key terms.
The Questions:
01. Are you literate and intelligible? If so, prove it. If not, it will already be obvious.
02. What are SmartQuotes? What is the major problem associated with making them crossplatform? (Hint: This answer should include "ASCII".)
03. What are the differences between em-dashes, en-dashes, and hyphens?
04. What is the difference between a serif and a sans-serif font? What is the difference between an italic and an oblique?
05. What is PGDP? Why is PGDP?
06. Which hobbit is your favorite?
07. Who originally played the Phantom in ALW's version of Phantom of the Opera? How was he discovered?
08. Who starred in the movie of Footloose? Who was his character, Ren, obviously secretly in love with?
09. Who was Shakespeare's patron?
10. Who, in your opinion, is the most likely candidate for the Dark Lady?
11. Are you a Stratfordian? If not, why not?
12. Have you ever been known to say "OMG that's so gay!1!!" about something that was not, in fact, homosexual?
13. What is your sexual preference, and why? This is none of my business, of course; if you agree, you may instead discuss whether or not you would join a chapter of the GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance).
14. Which blogs do you read? I'm not asking which LJs are on your flist. Which blogs do you care about enough to remember their URLs and to visit almost daily in hopes of an update?
15. Tell me something else about yourself. Ideally, it will be interesting and include semi-colons. If it will not be interesting, it should at least be grammatically correct.
I reserve the right to edit or add to these questions at any time. Your responses will be screened, no matter how many right or wrong answers they contain.
Give the questions your best shot, with any resources you like (Google or anything else). If I like your answers, I'll give you anything you ask for (er, in terms of layouts and banners and icons).
Actually, if I like your answers and I sense that they weren't Googled, I'll probably want to be your best friend.
Why do you have to answer these weird questions that have nothing to do with layouts anyway?
(1) If you know these without resorting to Google, then you are so much like me that I'd love you if I knew you. I want to encourage people like you to exist, so I will make you a layout to make your life a little happier.
(2) If you don't know these, then you can resort to Google. It means a little work, yeah, but not as much work as it will take me to make your layout. I make people answer these questions because I don't want them to take layouts or my work for granted.