Updates – Design Blog

Redesign in Progress

I am in the process of working on site updates, both content and design, so if anything looks off or you get an error, check back later.

Star Wars Date Converter

I threw together a quick converter for a couple of the main calendar systems because I was tired of doing the math every time I wanted to know when something happened relative to GSC or TC (since most everyone uses BBY/ABY). It’s not super robust yet (only put numbers in the fields or it’ll error […]

Google Webfonts

I am such a geek. A font geek! I’m not sure when Google upgraded the webfonts interface or when they went from “alot” of fonts to “hundreds”, but the new interface looks great! Some girls swoon over rock stars and famous actors, but I’d rather ogle sexy font samples, any day of the week. You […]

Kudos to Windows 7?

I know, usually you don’t expect me to say much nice about Microsoft. But I use a Windows7 machine because I need it for work, and I’ve actually been favorably impressed with Windows 7. It strikes me as a great leap forward for Windows. It’s generally very usable and the only real complaint I’ve had […]

Content first

For my overhaul, I decided to take the opposite tack of many designers. Instead of designing a pretty shell and trying to fit my content to it, I’m going to start with the content and then design around it. For the dynamic content (mainly the portfolio and blog) I plan to use some sample content […]