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April 14, 2003
Believe it or not, I was just starting to look around for a new source of independent music. You know, stuff I’ve never heard before. In the basement, back in a corner of the bedroom, out in your best friend’s garage kind of stuff. Twangy, college-pop tunes and glitchy, experimental electronica and the like. So, … More
April 14, 2003
The available domain name of the week is hexhaust.com
April 14, 2003
Oh happy day. Apple finally released another public beta of Safari replete with tabs. If you’ve been following the various rumor sites or Dave Hyatt’s Surfin’ Safari weblog, you probably already know that this version also sports niceties such as form autofill, the ability to reset your privacy settings, bookmark importing, improved AppleScriptiness, and ongoing … More
April 11, 2003
The local shindig for agencies and other creative types to flaunt their design chops is the annual Ad Rodeo. The Veer team entered a few tasty gems into the awards event, just like we did when we were all still part of the EyeWire crew. We pulled off a couple of merit awards the last … More
April 8, 2003
Apparently, deleting an email account in Apple’s Mail.app not a very good idea. I knew there was still a reason for me to be running Claris Emailer under OS 9. I know. I’m a wimp.
April 8, 2003
The lovely Dean Allen guides us down memory lane in this little ditty about PageMaker and Quark and all things stupid about growing up with page layout software. One was a inept piece of software from a decent company. The other was a slightly less inept piece of software from a company who thought customer … More
April 8, 2003
I found the following statement running along the perforated fold on a rather formidable-looking bank draft. It read, and I quote: “This document is printed on Tonerfuse™ security paper with bleed through MICR and gothic numbering.” Whoa. I’m still deciphering what some of this means, but I’m pretty sure that this little old piece of … More
April 7, 2003
You know how you can install one of the those point-of-use taps that dispenses almost-boiling hot water right at your kitchen sink? Great idea, right? Sooner or later some smart person will see the light and combine one of those things with a coffee maker. When they do, do I ever have the web address … More
April 6, 2003
You know what I love doing? I love spending way more time and energy than I really ought to cleaning up a series of posts on a public message board that I run because some knob who had his Corn Flakes pissed on this morning decided to peck them out of his keyboard so fast … More
April 2, 2003
ASP in a Nutshell with asparagus and noodles. Calgary.