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08.04.08

Kickass Handmade Greeting Cards Design, Packaging (0)

I found these handmade greeting cards at the MacArthur Artist’s Market here in Springfield. They were made by Good Behavior and feature found art from school textbooks and other recycled stuff.

Bonus: I also bought the greatest thing ever–a little bound notebook featuring a ’70s drawing of the Mercury spacecraft.

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06.20.08

5 Best Typography Videos Design (1)

I’ve been finding a bunch of typography-related videos on the YouTube. Here are some of my favorites. There are definitely some similarities between the entries based on movie dialog, but they’re still amazing to watch.
5. Pulp Fiction in Typography

The blood spatter is precious.
06.11.08

Handle Your Business, All Open-Sourcey Style Open Source Reviews (1)

We’ve been looking for an online substitute for Quickbooks for some time now, mostly because we run our business off of three computers and the one that has all the invoice info. always seems to be the one that’s 1) farthest away and 2) not turned on. Here’s a great list of online invoicing […]
05.16.08

Making a Social Music Site in Drupal, Part I Open Source Reviews, Projects (4)

I had an idea for a website the other day: I play the guitar, and I have a terrible memory. So, when I come up with a song idea, I usually record it on the computer before I forget it. I assume I’m not alone, and a lot of other people have a bunch […]
03.26.08

Be Your Own Pet’s New Album Art Good Advertising, Packaging (0)

And the record industry suckers me out of another $10. From the gatefold packaging to the actually hand-drawn typeface (I always compare similar letters to see if it’s just a fancy font or not), this album is one of my favorites this year. The highlight is the fresh-from-a-foodfight photo cards packaged away on the […]
03.06.08

Internet Explorer 8: Does Not Suck Web Design (0)

So I downloaded the IE8 beta 1 last night. It’s not bad. Seems pretty promising, in fact, although a couple of the new features are less than intuitive at first glance. As a disclaimer, Microsoft is pretty clear that this beta is aimed at “designers and developers,” so I’m sure there will […]
03.04.08

Stock Vaults: Old Stereo Equipment Design (0)

And they still look futuristic.

There’s probably not much demand for this kind of stock, but it’s cool to look at, and you never know when you can use it for some unorthodox purposes (website navigation, anyone?) Bassboy.com has put together a five-disc library of photos, brochure scans, and schematics for hundreds of old tape […]
02.15.08

Opcion: Open Source Font Viewer Open Source Reviews (0)

I‘m kind of a font-whore, and as such, it takes me about a year to go through all of them one by one. There seem to be a lot of crappy font managing programs out there, but here’s one that seems a little better: Opcion Font Viewer, written by Paul Chiu. Opcion’s best quality […]
12.18.07

Make a client login area with AjaxExplorer Open Source Reviews (5)

Not that kind of explorer.

Here’s a good way to make an easy client login system: AjaxExplorer. AjaxExplorer is designed to be an FTP/file management system; upload it to your server, run the install script, and you can browse files (screenshot) just like they’re on your computer, as if you were in some sort of windows-based […]
12.11.07

2 Pass-it-on wordpress plugins Wordpress (3)

I can’t stand to read a big, long article on a computer screen. This, combined with my printer that devours SIX (6) Fifteen Dollar ($15) Ink Cartridges every couple months or so, is the reason that I have to eat belly lint and Ramen noodles for dinner every night.
On a related note, it’s a […]
12.05.07

Good site design:book by its cover Good Advertising, Wordpress (3)

A little while ago, I found a good article highlighting 25 Minimalist Blog Designs. Here’s one that didn’t make the list, but should’ve. Book By Its Cover, run by Julia Rothman, is a beautifully designed blog that reviews books on art and design with occasional author interviews.
Gee, two columns, justified to the left, […]
12.02.07

Great design: music video Good Advertising (2)

Man, I wish I had paid more attention in high school Spanish. Actually, it’s cool to see a work like this in a language I don’t understand, because it really separates design from content. Notice how you can tell smart and funny things are happening, even if you can’t tell what they’re saying?
For the […]
11.29.07

21 “free” photo galleries Web Design (7)

I’ll give you a hint: you already have these photo galleries included in your dirty, stolen completely legal copy of Photoshop CS2. These galleries give you a way of easily making web pages that hold lots of thumbnail photos, each linking to a full size version of the image.
We’ve been looking for a good […]

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