Having not updated this blog in a regular fashion, I’ve decided to re-think and re-align its direction more so with what I am doing professionally, namely software interface and usability design, with a sub-section paying special attention to UI design in relation to console, pc and mobile gaming. Other subjects getting partial coverage are sustainability […]

So the latest Smallville episode “Hero” aired last night (Thursday, March 13, 2008) and all I can say about this is.. WTF?
Ads for the episode leading up to Thursday hyped it as some kind of big reveal or a life-changing event for the show’s characters. To quote Lex in the ad “Whatever Clark is hiding […]

My first foray into the world of icon design comes in the form this replacement icon set for the Mac-only iPod transfer utility, Senuti. This huge set contains icons matching all recent iPods from the Shuffle to Full-Size iPods.

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After seeing an article on digg.com this morning regarding statements made by Presidential hopeful Mike Hukabee (R) the need to vote in your state’s presidential primary election is even more important.
According to the article, Mike Hukabee, while being interviewed Monday morning on the MSNBC show “Morning Joe”, stated:
“I have opponents in this race who do […]

The recent (June ‘07) article over on TorrentFreak about uTorrent for Mac doesn’t seem hopeful or at least soon coming. They do have another article explaining ways to run uTorrent on your Mac via Crossover Office (beta) or Parallels.
As I migrated away from Windows I bought a copy of Parallels thinking I’d run them side […]

After having comments set to “always moderate” for a while, I’ve gotten tired of deleting the spam comments bots dump on my blog so I turned on Askimet once I realized it wasn’t on and installed the reCaptcha plugin for Wordpress.
On every other site, captchas are a pain for me. I usually type the image […]

I was going to post the following as a comment to the article “The Most Dangerous Appliance in Your Home: The Television” but their captcha anti-spam thing doesn’t work (I f**king HATE captchas) so I’m posting it here in an extended form.
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I also agree with all of these statements. The best […]

I recently discovered that InDesign CS3 has extended a feature present in the CS2 version. In the previous version of ID, you would place a PDF and choose the pages you wanted to place. When placed, a link to the file was created and it was treated just like any other image (meaning you couldn’t […]

Sure, I’ve gotten annoyed by the eyesore of Leopard’s new Stacks feature. Looks like a jumbled mess and since the icons change based on the contents, it’s hard to tell the Stacks apart if you have multiple Stacks without constant icons. I briefly read over the modified date hack to keep a constant icon and […]

Every damn post or review I read states something about the iPhone’s non-removable battery. I have had my LG Chocolate phone for over a year and I have NEVER replaced the battery. I don’t know anyone who carries a spare battery with them. My girlfriend (who just bought the iPhone yesterday) and I have wall […]