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Making my way through the neighborhood streets between home and my studio today I passed a woman starting her motorcycle. She lives in the neighborhood and I’ve seen her and her bike a few times. She’s a heavyset woman and she rides what might best be described as

I can dance, but I can't juggle.

I can dance, but I can't juggle.

It’s something I’m almost afraid to admit in this fast-paced modern world, but one of the things I simply cannot do is multitask. The ability to work on multiple things at the same time seems to be a very valuable skill in today’s job market, and many

Two approaches to design: iPhone versus Nokia

Two approaches to design: iPhone versus Nokia

Well, this one’s gonna be a grudgematch, isn’t it? Apple and Nokia both make smartphones, and there the similarities end. Nokia and Apple fans flood the Internet with debate, each thinking the other has missed something critical. The conflict goes deep, rooted in the philosophies of the respective

Yet Another Biased Drupal versus Joomla Shootout

Yet Another Biased Drupal versus Joomla Shootout

This is exactly the sort of thing the Internet needs fewer of, but I’m going to go ahead and pollute the Web with my comparitive experience with the two leading open-source CMSs available. (I’m not counting WordPress as a «leading» CMS even though it is more popular than

Return to the Giclée Tests

Tonight I spent a few hours making test prints to follow up on my November 1 post Pondering Paper [http://ghostdev.splicer.com/2009/11/01/pondering-paper]. My last round of tests gave me a lot of information to go on, but under the drawing table lights none of the

Dignity and Courage

I don’t know why it means so much to me that the guy who broke into my laundry room [http://ghostdev.splicer.com/2009/12/13/another-sunday-potrero-hill] apologized as he was being taken to the police car by the SFPD, but that moment keeps replaying itself in my mind.

Another Sunday in Potrero Hill

It started with the rattle of a chainlink fence as I was getting ready to take a shower. My neighbors keep a very nice yard, but I’ve never seen them out doing yardwork in the rain. The sound was followed by the thud of the door downstairs slamming shut.