Blog entries
Five really good Christmas movies
Saturday, November 29, 2008
After Thanksgiving is over, my attention immediately shifts to Christmas. One of my favorite things to do this time of year is to watch some quality Christmas-themed movies. In the spirit of the holidays, I've compiled a list of a few of my all time favorites.
The best way to clear floats
Thursday, November 06, 2008
When working with HTML and CSS, I always want to find the best technique for solving a certain problem and use it every time. This philosophy can be very frustrating when the solution to certain problems is rather ambiguous, or certain problems can be solved in multiple ways, each with their own drawbacks. Using CSS to clear floats is a great example of a problem with many solutions, none of which is absolutely ideal.
Six excellent Halloween movies
Sunday, October 19, 2008
I watch quite a few movies, and with Halloween right around the corner, my film watching is completely monopolized by the scary movie genre for about a month and a half leading up until the big night. I thought it would be good to talk about some of my favorite scary movies. If you have not seen some of these movies, head over to Netflix or your local DVD rental store *shudder*, and get them to your house as soon as you can.
Now featuring Django 1.0
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
After quite a bit of effort and trolling around on Django's google groups, I've finally migrated my website to use Django 1.0. This is outwardly a very small change and if I did the transition properly, no one should have even noticed. The main benefit that I see from this is not having to worry as much about backwards compatibility as Django moves forward.
How not to advertise your web design job
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
I've been paying attention to a site called Authentic Jobs for a while now. Not because I am looking for a job, mind you, but mainly because I like to know what people are looking for in modern designers. It is a great service which is kind of a hub where a lot of design-centric people go to look at potential jobs. However, one thing that has really been bothering me about this site has to do with the way people think they should go about trying to appeal to talented designers.
Hello 2.0
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Having designed and coded my first Django-powered website just over one year ago, I decided it was time for some much needed changes. Thankfully, in the last year a lot of really cool django apps have come out that helped me get back up and running quickly.
ESPN: fix your domain already
Monday, January 14, 2008
The espn.com website is one of my favorite resources. I use it all the time to get updates on scores, check my team's stats, schedules, research the competition etc. In short, I spend a lot of time on espn.com in a given day. Apparently, I'm not alone, espn.com is one of the most visited sites on the Web. They have an incredible user base that probably spends just as much time as I do on their website, and no doubt with the growing mobile Internet market, their user base is continuing to expand. That said, why would one of the largest and most successful websites on the Internet want their domain to be 'espn.go.com' and not 'espn.com'?
Installing Satchmo on Webfaction
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
For a project I am working on, I had to figure out a quality shopping cart app to use. I tried a couple mainstream solutions and then I found out about Satchmo, a Django-based shopping cart. This seemed like a perfect solution, it had all the power and easy configuration of Django built right in.
Greeting Card Shopping Hack
Saturday, July 28, 2007
I hate shopping for greeting cards. I hate staring at endless rows of mindless cheese. I hate, hate, hate it. Yet every birthday, wedding, funeral, or any other occasion, I always find myself staring at cards. I arbitrarily pick and choose cards to read, and am never happy with one until I've spent 30 minutes reading cheesy one-liners and overly emotional rants.
I hate Papyrus
Sunday, July 15, 2007
I'm definitely not alone in this and I don't claim to be the first to express this loathing, but I have to inform everyone of my absolute disdain for the Papyrus typeface.
Nutritional Information on McDonald's Iced Coffees
Sunday, July 15, 2007
My girlfriend asked me to help her track down some nutritional information on McDonald's suspicously tasty iced coffees. I found nothing but deadends on their website, which was somewhat horrid.
Sorry So Sloppy
Monday, June 04, 2007
Let me start by citing the most oft used phrase in any blog, ever: I'm sorry it's been so long since I've posted an entry. Believe me, I've been busy.
Back in Black
Friday, April 13, 2007
Just a quick note to let everyone know my site is back up and halfway operational.