August 2009
86 posts
Quite a productive day, monster jQuery problem conquered, letterpress job back from printer, design concepts approved, and its not even 5PM.
This just ruined my day: “Disney Buys Marvel for $4 Billion” http://tinyurl.com/l6y9h5
Lumadessa | Collections →
ChangeOrder: Design Business in a Nutshell →
Great advice and overviews about running a design business.
Gonna be a busy week. Bring it, Monday.
ChangeOrder: Design Business in a Nutshell →
Great advice here.
Up way too late. Got sucked into inFAMOUS again. Amazing game - but I lose track of time when playing!
Sunny, 72 degrees, friends, grilling some burgers. Hello, perfect summer evening.
Earliest I’ve been awake in a long time. Heading to St. Cloud to compete in the Millstream Open. My first official PDGA tourney. #discgolf
Sigh. I’m dealing with a case of developers trying to play designer because they have nothing else to do.
Wondering why Apple hasn’t even shipped my copy of Snow Leopard yet. Anyone else purchasing with the Up To Date policy have theirs?
FAQ Pronunciation | Typophile →
Univers: oo’-nih-VAIR
Attempting to drink my weight in milk at the “All the milk you can drink for $1” stand.
It’s so hot. Milk was a bad choice!
Working on designs for formal event invitations that are going to be letterpressed. The most fun I’ve had with a project in a long time!
RT @philcrissman: http://bit.ly/KmQMJ
My dog just went all exorcist on us and projectile vomited all over the living room. I wish I was kidding.
Eating that second cookie was a bad idea this late at night, now my stomach ia upset.
So what they’re saying is my super cheap Snow Leopard upgrade could end up costing a heck of a lot more. http://tinyurl.com/kss8wn Lame.
Bunch of projects and super busy right now - feels great. I much prefer this over slow spells - and not just for monetary reasons.
As if the bowl idea wasn’t bad enough? KFC seems to be on a roll with awful ideas. http://tinyurl.com/nbqyzs #fb
Today seems like a blur - so much that needed to get done that I didn’t even come close to.
RT @andyrutledge: Unify has launched: http://unify.unitinteractive.com/ . #unify // I just may be using this on project next week!
Unify: update now →
Ultra simple in-browser CMS.
Demo : jPlayer as a stylish audio and playlist... →
jQuery/CSS audio player.
CSS Typography using CSS Text Rotation
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Fantastic use of the text rotation technique originally written about by Jonathan Snook. (http://snook.ca/archives/html_and_css/css-text-rotation)
Great article at CSS Tricks showing how to create a resizable, full page background image for a website.
http://tinyurl.com/nbnanp
Played 36 holes of disc golf in St. cloud today. More importantly, I experienced Val’s Drive-In for the first time ever.
Quotes on Design →
Beautiful site full of inspiring quotes.
Inkjet printer at home seems to have taken a crap. Won’t print black no matter what. Just bought a new laser. Yet another unforseen purchase
Never run into a block putting together a wireframe before, but there’s so little content for this layout that its become quite a challenge.
Best Minneapolis Web Design →
Received Honorable Mention in a review of the “Best Minneapolis Web Design Firms”. I’m honored to even be listed with such creative & notable talent. Honorable Mention is a huge compliment as far as I’m concerned.
Help Remedies: simple healthcare products →
Fantastic package design. This is one of those that I’m jealous I didn’t think of.
Nate Kadlac Design →
Absolutely love this site. So clean and beautiful. Turns out the guy is from Minneapolis - even better.
http://www.lifestylecraft.com/products/comboKit.asp... →
Great little tool for doing letterpress jobs at home.
Wishing this was available now. I would have for sure bought one today. http://tinyurl.com/odgtju
Trying to get printing quotes for a short run client project (that I *really* would like to work on) and no one will touch it. Frustrating.
ConvertIcon! →
Converticon is a simple icon utility. It can import ICO, PNG, GIF, and JPEG formats and export to high-quality PNG or ICO files. There is no software to download and it’s 100% free.
Bummed to discover Gowalla doesn’t seem to work on 1G iPhone. I’m sitting in a location and gowalla tells me I’m 2km away.
RT @chriscoyier: anythingSlider v1.0 http://bit.ly/MXcL9 with help from @rem and @dougneiner (VERY nice looking!)
Anyone know how to edit the list of “visited sites” for an OpenID account? I’ve somehow ended up with a duplicate and its causing problems.
Lighthouse - Beautifully Simple Issue Tracking →
Crap. Just ran my wallet through the washer. Haven’t done that for at least 5 years and it doesn’t suck any less after all this time. #fb
Enjoying the sound of the pouring rain outside. Makes me wanna settle in and watch a movie.
