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Graphic Designer: 1 Squirrel: 0
This evil squirrel finally gets his due. Mwah-ha-ha… 🙂 , If you can’t view the video above, check out this kamikaze squirrel on YouTube.
Read MoreWTF Wednesday: Bless This Mess
Hello and welcome to this week’s special edition of “WTF Wednesday.” What a treat we have for you today! As the saying goes, “I wasn’t born in Texas, but I got here as fast as I could.” One of the many charms of this great state is how polite folks can be—even when they’re insulting…
Read MoreWTF Wednesday: Words? We don’t need no stinkin’ words.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, which is a good thing, because I forgot to write today’s post. So, without further ado, I give you “Wordless WTF Wednesday.” Sometimes there really are no words…
Read MoreTuesday’s Type Tip: Double Trouble
Okay folks, this one’s going to annoy some of you… You must stop double spacing after periods. Period. The practice of putting two spaces at the end of a sentence is a throwback to the days of the typewriter. For those of you born after 1975, this is a typewriter: Most of us over a…
Read MoreNew Feature: “What the hell did I do last night?”
So last night I attended the Statesman/Mashable Social Media Day TeckKaraoke party at the Cedar Door in downtown Austin, Texas. There’s a rumor that my doppelganger made an appearance with the inimitable Kate Buck Jr. to sing “Bust a Move” in front of 300 social media nerds. I wouldn’t know because I wasn’t there.
Read MoreWTF Wednesday: The Mess with Texas
Howdy folks. I’m writing this post while on a drive back from Houston, Texas—the Dutch oven of our fair state. Don’t worry, I’m not actually doing the driving. I leave that up to Mr. Weenie and Wally the Poodle (whose foot keeps hitting the space bar). As I stare off across picturesque fields of grazing…
Read MoreGraphic Design Nightmare
This past weekend my sister and I headed down to San Antonio for a little R&R. We stayed at the Hyatt on the Riverwalk, where we enjoyed lots of Mexican food, shopping and even a foot massage. The highlight of my trip was coming across the following monstrosity. It’s as if spa management handed over…
Read MoreThe WeenieReview, Part Deux: Which poster sucks less?
Hello again, and welcome to Part 2 of the “Which poster sucks less?” series. Before viewing the video, I must issue a warning: No, I was not in an unfortunate tanning bed incident. While trying to make myself look a little less like the undead, I added a bit too much makeup. Therefore, I shall…
Read MoreWTF Wednesday: Seek, and ye shall find.
That’s right—it’s everybody’s favorite day of the week—“WTF Wednesday!” Photo credits: Creative Commons: ecastro, adactio, Clearly Ambiguous
Read MoreTuesday’s Type Tip: Tracking vs. Kerning
It’s not that Tracking and Kerning have it out for each other; they’re just different breeds of the same species. While kerning refers to the adjustment of space between two specific letters, tracking deals with space between multiple letters in a word, line or paragraph of text. Tracking is the drunk sorority girl of typography,…
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