These are my links for March 27th through March 28th:
Archive for March, 2009
These are my links for March 25th through March 26th:
- 13 Great WordPress Speed Tips & Tricks for MAX Performance | Noupe –
- 43 Really Useful Photoshop Tutorials For Excellent 3d Effects – Opensource, Free and Useful Online Resources for Designers and Developers –
- Increase Firefox Speed and Decrease Firefox Memory Usage +20 Tips | StayUpdate.com – Want to stay up to date? –
- Vim for TextMate fans –
- LEVEL Studios – independent digital agency –
- eCommerce and In Store Pickup Solutions .:. Shopatron –
- Refresh: Minty Websites and Other Media –
It’s that font that every small business thinks communicates exactly what their business is all about. Maybe it’s massage, aroma therapy, a restaurant menu, lawn care, book store, etc. I’ve seen it everywhere and I think I’m going to start taking photos of all of them and putting them up here for a good laugh and finger pointing.
In my small town I come across this font at least twice a day. It instills a passion in me to reach out and give a quick slap to whom ever the unlucky individual is who used it. Just like Rob Paravonian hates Pachelbel’s Canon in D, I hate the font Papyrus.
Some fellow Papyrus haters:
- Here’s the Flickr group for papyrus hate.
- Similar designer’s outcry for his hatred towards Papyrus.
- Here’s a wonderful t-shirt about how much Papyrus sucks.
- This blogger is expressing his hatred for the asinine font that is Papyrus.
- Logo’s using Papyrus that fail epically.
My girlfriend recently set up this Flickr I hate Papyrus group that she’s been tormenting me with as well.
These are my links for March 19th through March 25th:
I had this beautiful graphic illustration of the water footprints of some foods sent to me and thought I would share.
Surfline rated San Luis Obispo’s Cal Poly their number 3 best surfing college.
I’m a bit skeptical because the water is so darned cold. I surfed quite frequently during high school and a pretty solid for a year in college. I finally stopped one day when I got out of the water and all my extremities were numb and or had taken shelter inside of my body. I called it quits then since I didn’t want to add anything above and beyond a wetsuit hoodie, boots, and gloves. The waves were pretty sweet though. I do miss Cayucos waves in the morning. Morro Bay was really good for afternoons and as Surfline stated the locals can be a pain.
Pismo was great after work north of the pier. South of the pier is more short board territory and also can get shady with the local high schoolers who will cut the waves up there.
I’ll be the first to admit that after I toured Google I was enamored with the lifestyle. They have agave sweetened cola for goodness sake! The food, the speakers, the status – it was very enticing. Ultimately I chose not to move in that direction and went after an entrepreneurial goal instead. Douglas Bowman decided to see if he could right Google’s design ship. It turned out that Google wasn’t just a ship but a giant aircraft carrier and turning it even the minutest degrees was an uphill battle with a headwind and no support.
I applaud Douglas for trying and for taking on something I was going to attempt. I’m a little bit jealous but given the outcome I’m glad you did it instead of me. Congrats and thanks for all the fish!
If you’re curious at all read his short write up on the situation and what came out of it. It was a great read and I can’t say I haven’t run into microcosms of the “engineering debate” within my own experiences. Of course, being an Engineer (CSc/HCI BS) turned designer might give me a slightly different advantage (or disadvantage as the case may be) when dealing with those issues.
My take on it:
This all started with our government providing incentives to game the system. Either through purchasing houses (to get tax breaks) or through manipulating stocks (pay less in taxes). Ultimately, tax, is always an incentive because everyone wants to pay less of it and keep more of their hard earned money. As it is we pay almost half our life away to the government.
AIG wrapped up home loans (CDO’s) in ways that hid the risk from investors. CDS’s were created to insure the risk but did not require proof of collateral. Senator Phill Gramm authorized banks to gamble on CDO’s which wasn’t possible before 1999. When things started to crumble Hank Paulson convinced the SEC that nothing was wrong. Hank Paulson becomes head of Treasury and helps bail out his old company Goldman Sacs through AIG. He doesn’t tell anyone about how TARP works or where the money goes. Continue corrupt story plot here…
Or for your quick reading pleasure:
I noticed some of the dollar amounts in the summary aren’t sporting their “billion” or “million” or even “trillion” suffixes so you’ll have to read the main article to get the details.
These are my links for March 13th through March 19th:
- Top 10 jQuery plugins for Form Usability | Steve Reynolds Blog –
- Deluge Studios – Memphis Website Design –
- Lovely Package® . The leading source for the very best that package design has to offer. –
- Bring Down IE 6: a campaign by .net magazine –
- Dan Paladin works in Flash » Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog –
These are my links for March 11th through March 12th: