Last Ten Blog Entries

  • No-Shave 2008 - November 11, 2008
    For those of you who have asked: Yes! I’m observing No-Shave November again this year. This is only the 2nd consecutive November that I’ve gone without shaving, but the tradition started back in college. I know I had a “no-shave” beard when I proposed to my wife on Thanksgiving of 2001 and that was neither the first nor that last...
  • Obama Facts Bookmarklet - November 07, 2008
    I'm a big fan of President-Elect Barack Obama. I'm also a big fan of Chuck Norris. So Keith Robinson's idea of going to chucknorrisfacts.com and replacing "Chuck Norris" with "Obama", nearly made me fall off my chair laughing. So... I decided a bookmarklet was in order: Directions: Click & drag the bold "Obama Facts" link below to your bookmarks...
  • Link Background Image - November 05, 2008
    Over a year ago I posted about the lack of a View Background Image option in Firefox when right-clicking on links. As a web designer, I use that context menu item on a regular basis, so for it to not be there for links seemed like a glaring omission. To my surprise, a very kind volunteer came to the rescue...
  • River of News - November 03, 2008
    Last week’s Refresh Columbia meetup was a lot of fun. We had nearly 30 people show up to hear 5 exciting lightning talks. I gave a presentation about how to stay connected to the web design community without drowning. Of course I added the disclaimer that I haven’t REALLY figured out that latter part. For those interested, here’s my slide...
  • So Full of Win - October 07, 2008
    While I’d never heard this phrase before last weekend, Full of Win summarizes perfectly how I feel about this year’s Webmaster Jam Session. The schedule was packed with awesome talks by industry leaders I personally look up to - literally in the case of Todd Dominey & Garrett Dimon. There were so many (web) rock stars at the conference like...
  • Writing, Painting & Speaking - September 10, 2008
    My last couple posts might indicate that I’ve been wasting a lot of time lately. Honestly though, I’ve been almost as busy as I was while writing the book. Here’s a quick rundown of my latest activities and upcoming engagements. Writing for Digital-Web After years of learning from and being inspired by the web professional’s online magazine of choice, I’ve...
  • Duoseptuagenuple Stuf Oreo - September 04, 2008
    You know you’ve always wanted to do this…but you never did. One package of Double Stuf Oreos has thirty-six cookies. Each cookie is “double stuffed” which means there is enough of the good stuff in there for seventy-two Oreo cookies. So what would you call it if you stacked all that gooey goodness into ONE MASSIVE COOKIE? According to http://home.comcast.net/~igpl/NWR.html,...
  • Date-Ahh - August 15, 2008
    This is really random, but any date written out in mmddyy format could be used as a unique hexadecimal RGB color code. Today’s date for instance could be represented as #081508. Because of the linear and cyclical nature of time, I thought it would be interesting to see what a series of dates would look like represented by blocks colored...
  • ...her. forever. - July 19, 2008
    I have been quietly searching for this embarrassingly goofy photobooth polaroid for at least 2 years now. I included a low-res scan of it in the original amesnjas.com website, but that was back when Amy and I lived in Florida. Like the polaroid format itself, I was afraid the tangible evidence of this memory was lost forever. I was...
  • Street Views - July 14, 2008
    I thought Google Street View was fairly entertaining when it launched last year, but it wasn’t all that exciting when you could only explore 5 cities. Ever since they added coverage here in Columbia though, I’ve been fascinated. Writing about how cool the service is doesn’t really do it justice. Instead, you’ll have to see for yourself. Here’s 10 interesting...

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