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Richard Thompson's Santa

Merry Christmas, and thank you for your time.

December 25, 2025

Admiring the Work of Walt Kelly

Walt Kelly was a true master of his craft.

November 18, 2025

My First New Site in Over Five Years

Because when at first you don't succeed...

July 6, 2024

How to Apply Letraset Dry Rub Down Transfer

From a time when analog design was king.

January 30, 2024

Kirby 4 for gustorres.com

Finally getting back to work.

December 10, 2023

One Designer's Struggle to Redesign His Website

Personal project time is hard to find.

June 17, 2023

Webwaste

Think about the bandwidth. Think about the trees.

July 9, 2020

I'm Getting Excited About the Web Again!

Modern CSS Layout Functions I Can Finally Use.

June 23, 2019

Just Shouting About Shizzow

A PDX location-based social networking project.

August 13, 2008

Smart CSS Ain't Always Sexy CSS

Presentational vs structural CSS

July 16, 2008

The Visual Design of Web 2.0

Celebrating the next level of web design.

December 21, 2006

It's Over for Internet Explorer 5 for the Mac

With Safari, was this much of a surprise?

January 23, 2006

EditorialCartoonists.com - Black Ink Monday Cartoons

A response to the Tribune Company's recent elimination of editorial cartooning positions.

December 12, 2005

PCMag.com: 18th Annual Reader Satisfaction Survey by PC Magazine, Desktops and Notebooks

Does Apple surpass the competition for customer satisfaction?

October 19, 2005

SimpleBits: Embrace the Scroll

The concept of designing, "above the fold".

September 23, 2005

Cartoonists Exposed!

What did some of the Golden Age cartoonists look like? Find out in one place.

August 16, 2005

The Anamorphic Illusions of Julian Beever

The effect is wild, but artists will appreciate the work involved to make it "feel" like part of its environment.

July 27, 2005

A Happy Disney Ending?

Roy Disney returns to the Disney board!

July 18, 2005

Easy-peasy PHP

Understanding how easy PHP can be for those of us without a programming background

July 14, 2005

New Online Portfolio and Services Page

It took a couple of "So where's your portfolio" inquiries to finally put something together.

June 1, 2005

Link: Essential Bookmarks for Web Designers and Web Developers

Tons of relevant links for anyone who designs and develops websites.

May 27, 2005

The Museum of Bad Art (MOBA)

Dedicated to the collection, preservation, exhibition, and celebration of bad art.

March 17, 2005

Smackerel.net: A Biased History of Interactive Media

Highlighting the "history" of New Media.

March 1, 2005

Top Ten Things They Never Taught Me in Design School

Talent is one-third of the success equation.

May 23, 2004

Making the Move to CSS/XHTML

Accepting and adopting "Web Standards".

December 8, 2003

A Year in the Making

A new site is fired up.

December 1, 2003