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Advertising from space. We officially have no shame. The Colonel?!
The most amazing edited song I’ve ever heard. “I can neither play the drums or the piano.” Brilliant. [Kottke]
Basketball court.
John Gatto is a teacher on a mission. Worth a read!
Amazing performance of Liquid by Jars of Clay.
Indiana Jones 4 script axed by Lucas. Okay, regardless of what people think of him post-Star Wars, it’s still his baby, meaning he has the right to turn down a script he feels doesn’t due proper justice to the character. With that said, I’m very disappointed. We need Harrison in just one more kick-their-asses Ford flick.
IE7 CSS tweaks via Zeldman.
Blood:Water Mission has a new t-shirt for sale. Sales go towards building fresh water wells in Africa.
Nintendo’s Wii is packaged and ready to ship. I, for one, am stoked.
Big friggin’ helmet for sale. This is for real, folks. And it’s so stylish…
October 20, 2006
So here we are. One year later. I had no idea it would take me one year to complete this new version of Everomp. Ridiculous, yes. Quite a lot has happened in a year.
For reasons both self-involved and work-related, Everomp kept going on the backburner. Slowly, inch by inch, it finally came to completion. From start to finish I wanted to do something completely different from what I usually find on the Web. Whether or not I succeeded is unanswered, but that was the goal in mind as I designed, coded, tweaked, deleted, redesigned, and finally finished Everomp.
I hope this becomes a place to write, read, and talk about design. I’m very interested in design within our culture, and its role. Design is a very complicated beast. In fact, to simply say “design” doesn’t do it justice. It is visual communication. It is speaking loudly. It is being invisible. It is the process. It is the outcome. It’s all around us. It’s, simply, everywhere. But what is it? I consider myself a designer (graphic), but I claim to know little about its role in society. I want to explore it, and have a little fun along the way.
I’ll admit: I was never, ever good about the content side of things. I was always designing Everomp, but never actually writing. My hope is this will change. Design is nothing without a message to convey. So if you find this site gathering dust, tar and feather me and roll me down a hill. Let’s hope it doesn’t come to that.
Big thanks goes out to friends and peers who have supported me along this process, because without them then what’s the point? Thanks Tim Ingram, Marc Rabinowitz, Mark Bixby, Cliff Manspeaker, Bryan Kriekard, Shannon, Mom and Dad. You guys rock. And if I’m forgetting somebody, well they rock too.
A few things left to fix:
If you have any advice to offer on these issues, I’ll gadly accept it. I don’t claim to be an amazing programmer. Hell, I can barely get by on looks alone. Also, I gladly accept constructive criticism. A thick skin is needed in our line of work. It can only help my site.
So here we go. If you never come back, well thanks for the visit. If you do come back, I thank you again.
Mark Says
GREAT job Blake! This design is truly remarkable, and such a giant leap from your previous site. I’m really looking forward to reading it as well. Don’t worry, you’ll hear from me if you’re not posting regularly. ;) Congratulations!
Blake Says
Thanks Mark. I’ve already found a couple bugs…mostly in the Movable Type code. I’m not very educated with MT quite yet.