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Mozilla Firefox is the best browser to use while viewing the Chu'Mesa Studios website. Although other browsers will work fine, Firefox is the only one that truly gets the display and configuration of this site correct. Chu'Mesa Studios recommends Mozilla Firefox for viewing this website. Other products by Mozilla include Thunderbird, which is a simple and extraordinarily effective e-mail client. Go to Mozilla's website and check out all of their incredible and user-friendly software, free for your use.
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Aaron Daugherty is the primary creative mind behind Chu'Mesa Studio and the sole founder. Sometimes accused, sometimes complimented as an idealist, he seeks to leverage the abilities of modern technology against the thirsty creative market in existence today.
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Shon Harsh is a technically minded marvel and a pillar of support to any community that he participates in. His expertise and common sense has augmented the design and functionality of the Chu'Mesa Studios website in countless different ways.
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Held By Will is industrial electronic music created by the musical vision of Dan Bartow. In 1998 Dan left bipolar to embark on his own musical journey, but returned to the studio with the bipolar guys in 1999 to do guest vocals on the album Six Steps to Sickness. In 2000 Dan formed heldbywill as an outlet for his pent up musical aggression. Shortly after he formed the Electronic Spirit Crew with DJ Glow, Dunamis and DJ YoYo throwing underground parties in warehouses and on college campuses.
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EsKaPoZa Productions is a modest video production company that uses its technical abilities as a ministry to others. They also dabble in website creation and had served as the home of Chu'Mesa Studios for several years.
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Tokos Computer Systems is a small, independant, computer construction and modification firm. Their site is an excellent resource for anyone thinking about building a computer or modifying an existing computer. Go check out the information available from Tokos Computer Systems.
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A pioneer in creative expression through the medium of the internet and the world-wide web, Penny Arcade offers its visitors both the enjoyment of high-quality articles and extraordinarily well made comics. One of the first in a generation of "webcomics," Penny Arcade stands today as a testament to the lasting interest that real talent generates.
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PvP is an online comic of exceptional quality that endures a lasting storyline stretching across many years of production. Another forefather of the "webcomic" movement, PvP continues today also as a testament to the lasting interest that quality writing and genuine artistry will garner.
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SYent is a personal venture by one of the reviewers and editors for Chu'Mesa Studios. As its own tagline says so eloquently: "a fat lot of nothing since 1997" and don't expect otherwise. This venture caters to very specific interests.
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An extremely talented writer and musician, Chris Ammann is a regular contributor to Chu'Mesa Studios and a favorite among our patrons. This link leads to his own personal thoughts and dealings, presented in real-time through his weblog.
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A successful independant publisher, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc is the winner of the 1999 and 2000 Publisher of the Year awards. Their website is also an excellent source of advice and free information for aspiring authors.
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WritersNet(sm) is an internet service that seeks to bring writers, publishers, agents and more together in a mutually beneficial atmosphere. Their website exists to connect publishers and writers so that the needs of both can be served ever more efficiently.
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Firstwriter.com is an information service that caters specifically to writers and authors. The firstwriter website contains a wide variety of information and directory services.
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Writer's Edge is an internet service specifically directed toward Christian authors and publishers. Their aim is to streamline the process of presenting new materials to publishers so that quality written works can reach the market more quickly and efficiently. Their site contains many guides and tutorials which should be helpful to new writers.
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Flame books is a publisher and seller of books that devotes a certain percentage of its profits to charity donations. They have a submission forum that accepts contemporary works, especially those which are thought-provoking or contain a story moral for the reader.
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Bleakhouse books is a publisher of mystery, crime, suspense and dark fiction. They do often accept submissions, thought not through e-mail. Bleakhouse books also supports a small community based on their literary offerings which new and potential writers can visit to learn more about the publisher.
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Soho Press is a publisher that accepts unconventional fictional works. They accept submissions at any time, although their requirements are very specific. They do not accept electronic submissions of any kind. Read the submission page on the Soho Press website for specific details on how to submit a work to their press.
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Leapfrog press is a publisher of ficton, non-fiction and poetry which caters specifically to working writers who have difficulty finding a home with larger publishing firms because of image conflicts. Visit their submission page to find out details on how to contact this publisher.
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Word Riot is an online publisher that accepts submissions for their website. They present short stories and poetry completely free-of-charge online to the visitors to their site. They also seek quality authors that can be published through their press.
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The Writer's Magazine is a publication of articles which should interest authors and writers from a variety of walks and experiences. The Writer's Magazine website also supports a large forum community which can help to entertain, inform and educate any visitor to their site.
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The world's best and most comprehensive search engine. Easy to use for beginners, incredibly advanced for veterans. Google is an excellent go-to source with any question or need for information.
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An easy online resource for quick definitions and spell checks. Highly recommended and much easier than flipping through that old tome on your shelf.
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As its name suggests, it is an easy online resource for looking up synonyms and antonyms. This site contains much depth and is also much easier to use than a book.
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An easy and comprehensive online resource for searching the contents of the scriptures.
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The AMG ([A]ll [M]usic [G]uide) database is one of the most comprehensive music archives in existence. It contains complete album information as well as articles about artists, styles and albums. This website is an easy resource for information about our musical world.
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The "CD DataBase" is the single most complete archive of information about the contents of compact discs. Created and maintained by Gracenote, cddb is regularly updated by its own users with new information for both new and obscure albums. Cddb is based on the unique signature present on every compact disc, which is used to identify the disc's contents.
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An enormous online reference for recipes. Go here first to find out how to make breakfast, lunch or dinner.
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Irfanview is very likely the best image viewer available. With a wide range of features and incredible depth to back up its simple, effective and easy-to-use basic interface, Irfanview is both powerful and a pleasure to use. Additional features like batch processing and image editing make this program impossible to pass up. Download it today, for free!
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Simple, highly customizable, easy to use and free; winamp is one of the best and most popular audio players available.
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Trillian is a fully featured and free third-party instant messaging program. It supports a variety of instant messaging services through one clean and customizable interface, making your contacts and conversations easy to track and manage.
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Adobe Acrobat Reader is a free program that will allow you to view, among other things, the .pdf downloads available from this site. Please download it today for a free and easy alternative for reading the stories available from chumesa.com
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Macromedia Flash is a unique format with a wide variety of uses. Though currently unsupported by chumesa.com, it is extraordinarily popular and used in a wide variety of places, many of which are linked on this site.
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Pixel Girl is a website with, among many other things, many free, high-quality wallpapers available for download. Go there for artistic inspiration or simply for a new look for your computer.
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Possibly the largest online community of artists, Deviant Art is open to all as a free forum for viewing and expressing artistic creations.
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One of the first to offer high-quality computer rendered artwork through the internet, Digital Blasphemy is also a forefather of internet sale and commerce for artists.
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Project 86 is a hard edge rock band that qualifies for categories like hardcore, rapcore or metal. They produce high quality music with a complexity that extends beyond the musical composition and into the lyrics as well.
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Celldweller is the musical creation and project of Klayton. Stylistically lingering near industrial and electronic, Celldweller manages to pull off a completely unique sound that is "[at] home in the mosh pit [as well] as on the dj's turntable."
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After both bands Soundgarden and Rage Against The Machine broke up, the incredible musical talent of Chris Cornell found its home with the remaining band members from Rage. Their sound is powerful, incredible and unique from both origins.
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Sevendust is pure hard rock. Their music hits hard and hits fast and doesn't let up until the album has ended.
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For anyone who has ever wondered what would happen if the producers and audio wizards that perfect all of the technical aspects of music were to come together and form a band of their own, Garbage is the answer. With immaculate timing, extraordinary complexity and a truly unique sound, Garbage is a hard band to pass up.
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VAST, the [V]isual [A]udio [S]ensory [T]heater is the brainchild of Jon Crosby. His music is wildly imaginative and a pleasure to listen to.
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A maker of high quality games available for nearly every gaming genre, Blizzard is perhaps most famous for its dabblings with the RTS, RPS and MMORPG game types.
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A whimsical online cartoon, homestarrunner is known for its clean humor. Be sure to check out the Strong Bad e-mails.
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A quality webcomic whose content is very funy, yet... "questionable."
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Channel 101 is an online television station of sorts. Exercise caution while visiting, as many of its offerings are crude, lewd or downright offensive. It succeeds, however, in providing episodic video with efficiency and regularity through the internet.
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Put simply, Child's Play is all about gamers helping hospitalized children. Conceived and realized through the efforts of webcomic Penny Arcade creators, this charity devotes 100% of donations recieved directly to the children that it seeks to help.
"For the past three years, gamers and geeks around the world have raised nearly a million dollars in toys, games and cash for sick kids in Children's Hospitals across the globe through ... Child's Play."
-from the Child's Play website
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"Sheltershed is an underground experience that seeks to provide a means of worship and celebration. To accomplish this, Sheltershed provides and avenue for praise through music, dance and community. Through its unconventional style, Sheltershed is dedicated to servanthood and upholding traditional values."
- from the Sheltershed website
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MC Frontalot is a brilliant lyricist and entertainer who has been freely sharing his most valuable assets with the general public for years. He is an entertainer in the truest sense, more interested in entertaining than in getting rich quick. We at Chu'Mesa Studios cannot stress enough the importance of visiting his website and rewarding his tireless efforts by buying merchandise or simply sending money his way.
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Harvey Danger is an excellent and well-established band that has been bold enough to become a pioneer in online commerce. They recognize the inevitablity of a change in our entertainment economy and have chosen to meet it head-on.
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Lulu press is a high quality print-on-demand publisher. For a relatively low setup fee, they will print and distribute books, removing the burden of publishing from the author's hands.
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