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Ruined by Design
In 2019 I managed a team of 18 graphic designers and I decided to do a year-long training based around Mike Monteiro’s book Design is…

Balloon Typer
I developed this balloon as a proof of concept and in a hope to woo a potential customer. It was sadly never used, so now I will share it with you. Once in the post you can click into the box and type with a limited keyboard (letters, numbers, space)



I made this!
I guess my wife helped. Our friend Kailee came and hung out with us late Friday night, into early Saturday morning, and took some great…

Stationary Bike Generator
I made this back in April 2006. I took a stationary bike ($5 from a Goodwill), a radiator fan motor (salvaged from my old Geo),…

Search Engine Visibility
I just had a weird bug and I thought I should share it. I had just shut off maintenance mode on my new portfolio site…

A New Host
I spent a little time at the end of last week and then over Sunday night moving my hosting and registrar service over to Dreamhost…


Pumpkin Sale
The third grade team, at my wife’s school, sold pumpkins this year to help raise money for books and supplies. My parents’ and my brother’s…

Watercolor Butterfly Shirt
Last night after dinner my daughter mentioned she was in dire need of a butterfly shirt to wear to school tomorrow. I’m not going to…

Idea Dumpster: Netflix by Runtime
Here is an idea which should be implemented, but not by me, so I’m throwing out. If you like it, take it. As all parents…