UC San Diego Jobs Site. I am so sick of seeing these glassy reflections. Â So overused, it has gone beyond trite into the realm of Design Crime. Â It was cool at Apple.com about 5 years ago. Â Please Lord, make it stop. And also a Splash Page. How innovative that was back in 1997. Get rid [...]
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Cumbersome online PDFs. Graphic designers often have tunnel vision and apply print design considerations to documents placed online. Web designers are equally guilty of sticking to web-friendly formats even for printed materials. Neither of these scenarios is desirable. Remember that a printed design is gestalt- but online content is not. Anything online has to be [...]
Last week, following a night of tormented dreams, all of Julia’s fish suddenly died just before the slew of celebrity deaths. Sort of a grim prognostication. RIP, fish. And in tribute to Michael Jackson, who although crazy was unquestionably a genius, I created Sparkleflask:
I’m interested to see the Mark Sanford scandal used as a cautionary tale about the risks of personal use of workplace email systems. Because it is not about that. This is a story about high-profile corruption and moral depravity in a public official. If he had written in equivalently poetic detail on the topic of [...]
I bought this thing from eBay- Pentel Aquash Brush Pen. They don’t sell them in America, mine came from a seller in Hong Kong. It is basically a paintbrush with a water reservoir, so you can do watercolor with less hassle. The brush pen is great. I tend to use pan watercolors anyway, and find [...]
Mike’s roommate just moved out, taking the washer/dryer with him, so I can no longer secretively do my laundry at his place. The dryers in my apartment complex do not work- leaving clothes shrunken, funny smelling, and wet. Fortunately I have plenty of railings. Note to the wise: the more elaborate your patio furniture, the [...]
A friend asked: i read something recently about how academics are often douchebags/office politics are particularly terrible in academia b/c the stakes are so low. i am hoping this does not extend to my workplace b/c we are doing meaningful research meant to help policymakers improve people’s lives. After several years in the private sector, [...]
For years I used this website to document my non-work life, but there’s so much overlap now. An old friend was recently thrust into a managerial role and immediately started using Facebook to screen employees. Whoa! Not cool. Why is it stupid to screen applicants on Facebook? Because it should not be necessary. If you [...]
Than poetic.
According to Newsweek, anyway. This is a barbed compliment since flighty emotional content is generally not desirable in business writing. I am mesmerized by Penelope Trunk’s blog. It is a love-hate relationship. I like her funny, outspoken writing style. I like her go-get-em attitude. I like the Reality-TV-esque backstory: Jewish American Princess turned pro beach [...]
Hot pockets’ website is a timer for hot pockets. I think this is the stupidest website design ever, but I kind of love it in a perverse way. Maybe it is insanely brilliant. Especially since now I am suddenly planning to buy several boxes.
Isn’t this a fun Britishism? It’s rained 4 out of 5 days for weeks here in “Bleaksburg”- if it doesn’t start out gray and drizzly, we get explosive afternoon T-storms. With the result that everyone is on edge or has gone over the edge, even people like me who are basically immune to serious mood [...]
Getting the Insanely Frigid A/C Fixed in Jane’s Office
Published June 17th, 2009 in Daily. 0 CommentsStacey the Facilities Guy (looking at ceiling): Jane don’t need 5 vents, that’s for sure.
Sunday we went to an Evangelical church service, which was located in a converted industrial building. The service was was fun and wild. It featured: -Live Christian rock band -Dancing -Hugging -A climbing wall called “the Rock” -A surprisingly wide range of people from all races and walks of life -Wailing and gibbering from a [...]
We were just drivin’ up the road to Christiansburg, ironically enough on a cowboy-boot shopping trip, when a steer crossed the road. He made it across and looked perfectly safe. Of course, he is not really safe, because people are going to eat him.
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