Organic Abstract
September 25, 2006
Here’s a pencil drawing from a few days ago to get this party started:
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Stapler Usability Concerns
July 26, 2006
An extreme case of mis- or non-applied usability practices:
A staple gun fired from the wrong end!
I don’t work in physical product manufacturing or packaging, but I’m thinking the manufacturer could have prevented this. The user didn’t read the instructions (seems quite common), but the design of the staple gun could have reinforced the correct usage through shape, colors, or warning labels.
Strange Public Sculptures
July 1, 2006
Considering the ridiculous amount of hard work it takes to create any type of semi-permanent sculpture, I’m happy to see these examples that are strange, whimsical, and not restrained by societal censorship:
Strange Public Sculptures
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ExternalThe Bad Balance saga pt. 5 or so
September 27, 2003
Whut—I’ve just transferred the Bad Balance site to php, and it really wasn’t that difficult. As I was only using asp to do sequential image pages and includes. After 5 days, I’ve finally had enough time to fix it. And this is great and also wonderful.
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WebTransition Disaster
September 25, 2003
I’m in the middle of a bungled-up transition from a Windows host to an Apache host. I thought using Chilisoft ASP would be fine, but nobody can tell me how to correctly path my virtual includes, and every asp page has an ugly URL that comes with it.
I’d call this a learning experience.
Now I have to recode 3 sites into php. The asp and php is not doing anything too fancy. I’m just using them for includes and if-else statements, etc. But still. And dang.
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WebStraight Ink Drawing
January 14, 2003
I have found it quicker/easier/more challenging to draw with straight ink lately. Without the pencil. Here’s the latest example of this technique:
STRAIGHT INK: Spontaneity is the key for now.
Mr. Bearded Six-Eyes
January 12, 2003
And then there’s Mr. Bearded Six-Eyes:
Farting Around
January 12, 2003
Quote on a friend’s email signature:
"We’re on this Earth to fart around, and don’t you let anyone tell you different."
—Kurt Vonnegut, jr.
Wise, wise words.
Thinking about Moving to San Francisco
January 11, 2003
I’m thinking about moving to San Francisco. I figure it will be a good New York substitute without it being New York. I want to go back to a big city with a good public transportation system. Also, I’ve wanted to live in a place with palm trees for a long time, and I’d like to live in a similar area as all-time artists Richard Diebenkorn and Wayne Thiebaud. I think they both lived somewhere in California, if not actually San Francisco. Also, I’m interested in suddenly accidentally becoming gay.
I have a plan, but no plan B or plan C. Once step 1 in plan A is complete and I have a plan B and C, I may actually be on my way to San Francisco!
Plan A
- Save $3,000
OR
secure a $30,000/yr web design job in the Bay Area - Rent a truck and drive myself and my computer to San Francisco
- Put computer and stuff in storage
- Get a room at the YMCA
- Find shared housing
- Find crap job if I don’t have web job
- Try to scrape up enough rent money to stay (repeat monthly)
And I’ll see how far that plan goes. Plan B and C should cover some of the worst case scenarios, like running out of money too damn soon or not being able to find any housing or work anywhere.
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LifeArt, Music, and Work
January 5, 2003
I was just reading some journal entries from people on the livejournal, and it inspired me to write another entry. Usually, I think of good things to write whenever my computer is off. Then I forget about them.
So here’s today’s entry of importance:
I’m trying to get some of my paintings back from a local tax business/art gallery here in Iowa City, and I have found that is difficult to do when operating on this damned night-work sleeping schedule, which I will hopefully not be talking about much longer. I overslept about a half hour on my day off and missed the (kind of) appointment I had with the owner dude, so I will see him on a weekday, I imagine.
Furthermore, my good friend from the Kansas City Art Institute sent me a good CD of mp3s for Christmas, and I would be listening to those. Iron Maiden, Kraftwerk, David Bowie, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, and Grob are always good for a quality listen.
The other day I was having trouble falling asleep, so I thought of all the shitty short-term manual labor jobs I’ve had in the past and present. It was a good technique to get me tired, and I do recommend it.