Monthly Archives: July 2006

Commercial Art and Honey Sweetened Puffs

I use Indesign CS at work. I haven’t gotten very into it yet because there’s pretty much only one task I do. I’d like to do a lot more with it like sell sheets and catalogs.

A few days ago I downloaded the Indesign CS2 trial. It comes with some templates and examples of what’s possible [...]

Sometimes, It’s Just Easier To Handcode

Before, I talked about being skeptical of people who are strict about handcoding. I see the appeal now, but it doesn’t have much to do with creating clean code as it is to saving myself from having to navigate through tons of pull-down munes.

Like when creating DIVs.

In Dreamweaver you’ve either got to go through the [...]

Did you hear the one about the pirate?

A pirate walks into a bar and he’s got a steering wheel attached to his balls.

So a patron asks him, “Sir, do you realize that you have a steering wheel on your testicles?”

To which the pirate replies, “Arhhhh…and it’s drivin’ me nuts!”

Marketing Doesn’t Have To Be Evil

But oftentimes it is.

I actually don’t mind marketing efforts coming at me when it is relevant to my interests. I like music, so I don’t mind being on a CD store mailing list. I like computer stuff, so I don’t mind being on Newegg’s list.

But most marketing is not focused, it’s doesn’t try very hard, [...]

The Closest To Geek I’ve Ever Been

Tonight I finished reading my first book on webdesign.

I’ve been reading bits and pieces of Foundation Web Design with Dreamweaver 8 for about a little over a month. I’ve always known a little HTML, but never really understood CSS (nor CSS based layouts) until I started reading this.

And my approach to Dreamweaver has always been [...]

The Friends Box

I’m sure a lot of guys relate to this…

Flagr: Tag your Map

I like the concept behind Flagr.

Flagr is a site that lets you tag areas of a map. You could walk out of a restaurant you really liked and with your cell phone tag the location of the restaurant and write “Great burritos here!” Or you could tag a good hiking trail like that, tag landmarks [...]