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Twitter

Sunday, December 7th, 2008

A little over a month ago, I created a twitter account. You may have noticed my “tweets” at the bottom of the sidebar. My account is linked to my Facebook status as well, because most people I encounter daily have accounts there and don’t really know or understand (the benefits of) twitter. If you’d like [...]

One Nation Under Hussein

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

Although I was disappointed last night, I was not surprised with the results. And I’m okay with what happened, because at the very least, Mr. Obama made every citizen feel important yesterday. It doesn’t matter if you voted for Obama or McCain or any other candidate, because we all participated and we all had a [...]

Idiocracy 2008

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

Usually I steer away from political topics, but seeing Dave Nelson’s Why I Am Voting for Obama made this video worth posting. Although Dave and I have varying views, I think we share the same drive for an informed voter. Know the issues, know the candidates, and then vote. Although this video is targeting blacks, [...]

Firefox 3 Awesome Bar

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

I’ll have to do a more extensive report on all of Firefox’s new release, but one complaint I’ve heard frequently is that the Awesome Bar highlights the entire URL when the user single-clicks, forcing web developers to double-click to edit the path. So for those frustrated with fidgety fingers and considering reverting back to Firefox [...]

Wordle.net

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Ryan Colgin sent me a link today to check out Wordle.net. It’s a tag cloud generator that pulls content from your blog’s RSS feed. The image to the right was generated from my blog, using 25 words and the mostly horizontal layout. Pretty neat. I’ve been working all weekend and most of last night on [...]

Papyrus

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

I see ‘Papyrus’ every single day. And it’s not like I go looking for it; the nastiness just finds me. I’ve supplied an image for those who are unfamiliar. I was referred to a Photoshop tutorial/series, and thought it was quite entertaining. I’d imagine mildly amusing to anyone who hasn’t used Photoshop, but should especially [...]

First Entry

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

So I’m in the process of developing a brand for myself. And so I’ve found myself, lately, attracted to things that once were repulsive, like hatchbacks (Subaru) and the color orange. Hatchbacks were always so awkward and station-wagon-esque, and I could never understand the appeal behind their design; but I’m enjoying the idea of flexible [...]