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Why I block ads
Posted on August 18, 2010 in Web
Ever since I found out I could block ads, I have. I've even gone out of my way to download Firefox extensions like Stylish to let me write my own styles that block ads not caught by AdBlock. I popped over to NBC Chicago's weather page to see the forecast for tonight and was painfully reminded that I had forgotten to re-enable AdBlock after disabling it for another project.
TV cheat sheet: a design exercise
Posted on July 5, 2010 in Art
After some recent back-and-forth with Comcast, I upgraded my TV subscription and with it came a raft of new channels with numbers far higher than I ever imagined as a kid. I don't watch TV a lot but I watch it enough to know my favorite channels but with these new options, I needed a cheat sheet. During a recent visit with my parents, my father presented me with a cheat sheet of his own and inspired me to take up the challenge myself.
Designing Obama arrives
Posted on June 23, 2010 in Art
Arriving home from a long vacation is usually met with bills, messages, and piles of emails but this time, an extra surprise was waiting: my copy of Designing Obama.
Time-lapse video of Iceland volcano
Posted on May 15, 2010 in Art
Stunning time-lapse imagery of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland.
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