Archive for March, 2008

DVD Frenzy

I’ve been in love with Coen brothers movies ever since I saw Blood Simple way way back when.
I can watch Barton Fink,The Big Lebowski and Miller’s Crossing over and over again. I love them when they are humourous because they employ intelligent humor(not that falling down BS that makes up what passes for humor in [...]

Conflict with Next Gen Gallery and WP-shopping Cart

When I was setting up my friend’s new site I installed Next Gen Gallery.
Then she needed to be able to sell stuff so I installed WP Shopping Cart.
Then the madness began!
Thumbnails were doing cartwheels and somersaults or not opening at all.Or double images were appearing for each thumbnail.Was it a Poltergeist? A Gremlin? Nope: just [...]

A Short Discourse on font-family Papyrus

People in the ARTS. Please! Stop it right now. Stop using Papyrus!
I know you teach Yoga.I know you make beaded jewelry or ceramic crafts. I know you teach dance or movement of some kind. I know you are artistic and sensitive. But you still make me want to slap your face when I see that [...]

You’ve got a point there

I just came across a website devoted entirely to stamping out the ubiquitous practice of requesting free work on “spec” from designers,Web and Graphic.
I admit I have done a lot of free work. I had to learn how web design worked in realtime, didn’t I? All that free work has made me accomplished.Especially when it [...]