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Rapid prototyping technology: The 3D printing miracle
August 7, 2011
What is rapid prototyping? Video examples show how 3D printing in plastic creates a desktop factory.
Topiary star Pearl Fryar: 'A Man Named Pearl'
May 8, 2010
A warm and inspiring movie about Pearl Fryar — Bishopville, South Carolina’s world-renowned master of topiary.
How to start a business, for free lance graphic designers
February 18, 2010
How do you start a business as a free lance graphic designer? This book is a bible to everything from writing a freelance business plan to collecting payment.
WordPress CMS alternative: SilverStripe open source content management system
November 24, 2009
Until last week, WordPress was the best solution I had seen for small, owner-editable websites.
Online analytics: Clicky Web analytics tools
November 8, 2009
What are Web analytics, and what services do realtime, online Web analytics tools like Clicky provide?
Netflix million dollar prize overlooks the obvious
September 21, 2009
Netflix could give much better movie recommendations if they ditched their 5-star rating system for the standard 4-star system.
GQ magazine shows Bible quotes on Rumsfeld-era Pentagon documents
May 18, 2009
Apart from the issues raised by perverting holy scripture to perfume a rotten war, some horrific graphic design decisions are on display.
Cudahy, Wisconsin yard displays Cadillac, tractor, Hamburglar, Big Boy
April 19, 2009
Rick Serocki says he is trying to make Cudahy fun again.
Garry Meier on WIND, Brendan & Pete on iTunes, Steve Dahl on Movable Type
February 23, 2009
Keeping up with the latest doings of former radio colleagues.
'Animator vs. Animation', delicious cake, and 'Crayon Physics Deluxe'
February 1, 2009
A funny video, an Internet meme, and a clever computer game — all employing crude line drawings.
Newspapers, magazines get small
January 13, 2009
While the world waits for everyone to buy a Kindle, newspapers and magazines get smaller and smaller.
Wisconsin's million-dollar Web designers depict Minneapolis skyline
December 30, 2008
Why is there a picture of the Minneapolis skyline on the Wisconsin Campaign Finance Information System website?
Oprah's snow globe
December 5, 2008
Oprah Winfrey’s incredibly self-aggrandizing snow globe has been photographed and described by the Chicago Tribune.
Y2K fake protection packing
November 20, 2008
Y2K fake protection packing. You just feel so much safer knowing that people somewhere are doing their best to ensure— something or other.
My site fell asleep
October 12, 2006
A Web design project and some software updates have kept me too busy to blog for six weeks.
We are gardeners, and it is good
June 2, 2006
We have been reading a few gardening books, and now we’re planting some things in our yard.
Labeling immigrants
May 1, 2006
How did CNN’s graphic designers arrive at this odd choice in branding their coverage of immigrants?
