Graphic Design History: Backfill
In graphic design, as with all other creative professions, it is just as important to know what came before you as it is to have a vision for where you are going. Surfing around this afternoon, I came across The…
Christen Booth
Creatively Distracted
Christen Booth
Creatively Distracted
Category notrant
Not everything is worthy of complaint.
Visualize What You Eat
Spotted in the Shared Reading of Danielle, one of my two super cool sisters. Foodsel is a website that provides visualizations of food nutrients based on food category or by manufacturer. It also can display equivalence – “eating this food…
Stixy for Web Development
If you are a web developer who works with clients from a distance, Stixy is a tool worth looking into. Need reasons? it’s free it enables collaboration/sharing on projects it’s well-suited for visual presentation How? Sign up for an account.…
A Gym that Generates Power
I've often wondered just how much energy was being "wasted" - converted to heat and lost to the environment - at the gym as I watched all the people sweating away on their stationary machines. Well, one man is trying to capture back some of that energy and make use of it.
Adam Boesel, a personal trainer in Seattle, is determined to discover new ways to utilize the energy his clients generate to power his gym.
UCLA Russian Language Podcast
Years ago, I had the good fortune to spend an entire year in Russian language school, and the class instructor, Brianne Fortier (apologies if the name is misspelled), was the absolute best teacher I have had in my entire life.…
Inappropriate Touching?
Is it possible to enjoy the feel of a web site too much? You know, in a way that is flattering it at first, but then you can’t stop because of one overly-gratifying, sexy feature it has? Is there a…
Publish PDFs Online With Issuu
Issuu is a web-based service that allows you to upload a PDF document and share it online. Issuu takes the PDF and converts it to a “magazine” style display in Flash format. You, or anyone else, can link to the…
Happy Fasnacht Day
Its that time of year again, Fasnacht Day, or Fat Tuesday. Years ago Pennsylvania was settled by a large number of German immigrants, a group now referred to as the Pennsylvania Dutch. They brought with them their tradition of Fasnacht…
Nokia 770 and SMS
Nokia’s 770 is a great little internet tablet of for my budget and while I’ve come to expect a bit of “slow browsing” while using it, I’m still pretty happy with what it can do. There is ONE thing that…
Casting Shadows
The shadows this pendant light casts across the ceiling are beautiful! Spotted on the FlatPak house flickr photostream. FlatPak house – Aspen, CO Originally uploaded by FlatPak house