ISSN 1496-3221
October 18, 2000
So Photoshop 6.0 finally shipped. How can I tell? I came home to a FedEx box stuffed to the brim with yummy digital upgrade goodness. Never mind the context-sensitive options bar and the text warping effects, just the fact that I will finally be able to create polygonal image maps without resorting to yet another … More
October 16, 2000
Man of many faces? EyeWire, my illustrious place of employ, is currently featuring a short and succinct profile of me focusing on my past and present type designing tendencies. I don’t know whether to be flattered or embarrassed. Maybe I’ll just be a little of each and leave it at that. Thanks to Jane for … More
October 15, 2000
I was splitting wood for our fireplace this afternoon, when a log chunk of indeterminant origin leapt up and banged the heck out of my left index metacarpal. As much as it aches right now, I’m not going to complain about it. It was my own damn fault for not wearing work gloves. On the … More
October 15, 2000
Crap. This should be a simple task. All I want is to be able to check my American Express account balance and reward points online. I have an account number. Their system knows about my account number. The account number is all I need to get this same information over the phone. No password. No … More
October 13, 2000
In case you’ve been wondering, Array is now Dangerousmeta. Welcome back Garrett. Even though it’s been less than two weeks, you’ve been missed. Your site had become a habitual visit for me at least once a day. Clicking that link in hope that your new domain would be live became one of those automatic physical … More
October 13, 2000
Ranger Magazine interviews the cool critters behind the code over at Panic in the charmingly blunt Fuel For The Cult. I’ve been a fan of Panic ever since I stumbled across their site a couple years ago and then spent twenty minutes playing with and viewing the source of their elegant, draggable sticky note “what’s … More
October 13, 2000
Weren’t we just discussing this topic? Amazon is getting a taste of its own patent-pending medicine via a spoonful of legal cod liver oil from the interactive television hardware slingers over at OpenTV. “Although the company has its eye on the [interactive television] market, executives claim that its patent applies to electronic commerce of any … More
October 13, 2000
We’re still in the midst of discussions of whether or not to migrate a couple of sites over to a larger layout grid. This recent evolt.org article on designing to realistic window sizes has proven very useful in decided how to do this, not just whether or not we should. We used a method of … More
October 12, 2000
I was confused. I asked for help. I got what I asked for. A couple of fine folks have offered their thoughts on the whole linking to Amazon.com schtick. Ever the towering embodiment of reason, Ian writes: “The issue isn’t really about Amazon. You’ve had a scathing denouncement of the patent on your main page for … More
October 11, 2000
I’m seriously thinking of adding back all of the Amazon.com links on this site. There are books I want to talk about and music I want others to listen to. Linking to these items has some merit, doesn’t it? I’m beginning to think that if I don’t offer some sort of external, easily obtainable reference … More