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About The Author:    Ariel Leroux

An IxDer building experience for the desktop, web, and mobile. An advocate for healthy living, a mom of 2, and occasional competitor at Karate tournaments in between training.

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October 25, 2012 | No Comments | Blogging

Facebook is my new mom

Facebook is my new mom

Just recently, I noticed a shift in messaging from Facebook. At first, I thought it was due to the recent updates I’d done on my phone – but then I noticed that to be coincidental -  the facebook alerts on facebook itself were saying the same thing. Not a huge fan of the change. It went from “This person said _____” to now, where I’m being TOLD to make a comment on someone’s... 

June 21, 2011 | 2 Comments | Healthy Living

Quest for “Natural” Deo for the B.O.

Quest for “Natural” Deo for the B.O.

After reading quite a number of publications, contradictions, and even more publications regarding the Aluminum base in deodorants and antiperspirants, I’ve decided to go through a trial and error with natural alternatives to the traditional brands which heavily use as their active ingredient aluminum zirconium or aluminum chlorohydrate.  The issues are related to the over-time aluminum toxicity... 

July 22, 2009 | 3 Comments | Tutorials

Creating a Simple Twitter Bird in Expression Blend

Creating a Simple Twitter Bird in Expression Blend

Lately, I’ve been somewhat caught by the fun of creating a unique twitter bird for every project that I do which has twitter feeds.  Twitter birds, can anyone think of anything more fun? Ok, I’m sure you can, but I decided to kick off my tutorial section of FacingBlend with a fun and easy to create twitter bird done within Expression Blend 3. Please click on the “More” below...