Roku + NetFlix + RedBox = TV Utopia.
We recently went cold turkey and cancelled our satellite service. The price was getting close to gouging range and we were increasingly finding that we were just paying for a lot of crap. We recently redeemed our $40 government coupons for our Digital TV Converter Boxes and discovered […]
We recently got new machines at work and so the slow process of reinstalling everything has begun.
Around 5 years ago or so, we had purchased Macromedia Studio MX. A few years later, we upgraded to Studio MX 2004. Good enough. I have no real need to upgrade to anything newer.
Alas, I ran into a snag. […]
Working back in the heady days of Web 1.0, Simon Delivers was one of the more exciting ‘evolutionary business shifts’ going on. Ordering groceries? Online? Never having to go the grocery store again!? It seemed too good to be true and, of course, we quickly signed up.
Well, the reality wasn’t quite as exciting as it […]
I know, I know…you’ve all been patiently waiting for the next SharePoint post from Darrel. Sorry to keep you waiting! Yes, I know…SharePoint is thrilling and I’m sure you’ve been wearing out your F5 key waiting for this post. (Why does SharePoint drive me to such thick, dripping sarcasm?)
Anyhow, here’s a quick tip that, as […]
This is completely off topic, but, hey, it’s Friday.
We’d like to rent a cabin this summer somewhere in the MN/Iowa/WI region not TOO far from the Twin Cities.
In the past we’ve visited Madeline Island which has always had a very nice selection of homes and cabins that, while perhaps not ‘modern’ are certainly well designed, […]
I was perusing the latest HOW Design Annual and came across an article on pricing trends. It was a report on the data HOW collected via their pricing survey. Two numbers popped out at me. The first was the low range of hourly graphic design work in the Midwest: $17. Wow. That person must have […]
We all loathe CAPTCHAs, but at least RapidShare tries to make a) it more legible and b) cute:
You can’t hate kitties and puppies!
The US Dept. of Health and Human Services have a ‘Research-Based Web Design and Usability Guidelines’ publication available on their web site. It’s a 161mb PDF file. That is ironic, isn’t it?
I’m skimming through this as a prerequisite for a project. Some of it is good common sense. But there’s also some scary specifics in […]
Some quickie news bits re: local paper-based content design:
The Pioneer Press has a new design. It’s narrower with a new headline typeface and a bigger crosswords puzzle. Definitely different, but doesn’t feel fully thought out. The comic page still sucks.
The Rake is done with its paper version. Bummer.
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