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January 14, 2002
The more I futz around with InDesign, the more I ask myself: “…why on didn’t I start using this ages ago?” Of course, upon listening more closely, the voice inside my head answers the question for me. “It’s because you’ve worked on practically nothing but the freakin’ web for the past five years, you doofus…” … More
January 14, 2002
I’ve been using Radio UserLand for a couple of days now, mainly as a place to post bits of design or Mac-related news that I happen to stumble across. Before using Radio, I would jotted down a quick chicken-scratchy note on a scrap of paper or drag-and-dropped a bookmark to my desktop. Neither of these … More
January 14, 2002
Ah, it’s the invigorating smell of one’s expanding repertoire. With my heart pumping vigorously in my chest, and the excitement building until I could barely stand it, I lunged at the box of software. Within seconds, the package was open, it’s contents splayed haphazardly across the entire surface my desk. It’s once taut shrink-wrapped membrane … More
January 12, 2002
As if I need another excuse to waste spend time exploring this weblogging thing, I purchased a copy of Radio UserLand 8.0 this afternoon. It’s fresh off the truck and chock full of high-fibre, content publishing goodness. And like a great many other weblog-ensconced geeks out there, within seconds of downloading it I was able … More
January 12, 2002
Before a front page link from the CEOExpress portal started inviting the unsuspecting to my site, I had never experienced the joy of receiving so many comments from visitors that had less to do with spiral logos and more to do with my grammar. What an odd assortment of messages I’ve had over the past … More
January 11, 2002
In most cases, I’ll admit when I’m wrong. And I’m especially given to admitting that I’m wrong when the evidence outweighs my ability to obscure the details. Case in point, friend Ian shook a metaphorical finger and conveyed that today, the 11th of January, is not HAL’s birthday. The twelfth day of January is. Had … More
January 11, 2002
Today is January 11th. Tomorrow is HAL’s fifth birthday. We should maybe have cake.
January 10, 2002
Hello? Does anyone know what happened to Luke Tymowski’s QubeQuorner site?
January 10, 2002
After deftly clearing off just enough room on the old carte de plastique, I placed an order for the Mac system that I’ll be using at my new gig. And yes, if you really must know, it’s a decked out quicksilver G4 tower with dual 60 GB drives and a Cinema Display. Poor me. At … More
January 10, 2002
Microwhoring. Joe Clark grabs the concept of the text-based ad by the valve stem and proceeds to let out what little air is left in the tires of simple, unobtrusive advertising. One again, he’s probably right.