In case you guys don't read Davezilla regularly, you must check out today's entry, which brought howls of laughter to everyone in my office. … [Read more...] about Prison Living
Cat PRIN
I didn't think much of this site when it was linked on the BoingBoing sidebar a few days ago, because the guestblogger had linked directly to the items for sale, and so I missed the priceless Engrish intro. CAT PRIN—the tailor for a cat you know—it is—fact … [Read more...] about Cat PRIN
Creature feature
Newly added to my blogroll: The Creatures in My Head, found via Metafilter. It's delightful – don't miss the random comments in the copyright line, which include "a m00se once bit my sister…." among other oddities. … [Read more...] about Creature feature
A girly moment
Maybelline Forever lipstick is very, very nice. It's the first drugstore-brand lipstick that I'm really happy with. … [Read more...] about A girly moment
House of Horrors
The SciFi Wire brings us several unwelcome tidbits today. First, there's going to be a Garfield movie. Has the strip been funny at all in the last 10 years? Will the movie be any different? I hadn't heard this before, but evidently they're making an animated series based on … [Read more...] about House of Horrors
Redesign in progress
I'm sick of this not-quite-default Movable Type style I've got going on here. Redesign hereby commencing. Expect weirdness as old styles are ripped out and the new ones are slowly pasted in. Inspiration: Aberdeen Background effect: Complex spiral Photo: iStockPhoto UPDATE: … [Read more...] about Redesign in progress
More inspiration
Check out Open Source Web Design. … [Read more...] about More inspiration
Why you should abandon IE
There's a lovely article over at A Whole Lotta Nothing on what makes Mozilla so wonderful. I use IE to check my designs and, occasionally, to read the articles at Ain't It Cool News, since their crappy design crashes Camino for some reason. Other than that, I'm living in an … [Read more...] about Why you should abandon IE
Need inspiration?
Try Strange Banana. StrangeBanana is a program that automatically generates random graphic webpage designs. [...] Strangebanana generates some nice-looking pages and I've heard that it creates some ugly ones as well. Good for inspiration or entertainment. … [Read more...] about Need inspiration?
Using Flash for good
The STC Font Browser gives you a list of all the fonts on your system and lets you preview text in the font you click. Lovely work. (via Design Meme) This may well be my favorite color picker yet: Quick Color from Kohaistyle. (via Zeldman) … [Read more...] about Using Flash for good