This is a common scenario for me. Yesterday, I came up with what I think is a great idea. As usual (I get great ideas often), I went to gandi.net to look for domain names appropriate for my idea. I found some great domains which I’m surprised are still available. But before plunking down the...

I was browsing through a backup CD of mine and came across a bunch of my old poems. I might as well throw them up here. Here’s one called “conceited monkeys”. > the yellow bellied > underbottom that > moves me > to consume. > fabrics of threads > stranded… > and stranded. > together as many >...

What the hell is up with ATI Technologies (ATYT) stock? The stuff has been on a steep decline since the beginning of April. It’s gone down about 10% in the last two weeks. What gives? I bought the stock back in the fall and enjoyed a nice little boost as the price rose from $16.40 to around $20....

I wonder if I’ll ever get around to finishing the Making the Blog(MtB) feature. It would be a useful piece of literature, but I’ve been struggling to find the time to work on it. I don’t have any illusions that people are excitedly awaiting the next installment. Once it’s finished though, I...

It’s been over a month since I moved into my new place, about time for an update. So far 3 of 5 walls are painted and 5 of 7 rugs are in place. Operation scrub it down is complete. Sofa is go. Crummy TV and cable go. Living room curtins go. Old desktop computer go. Still needed: 2 of 5 walls, 2...

The first MtB post was merely an introduction of the idea for this series. In this, the second installment, I will describe the MySQL schema used to store post information. Future MtB posts will go into the coding behind the various public and tools-oriented pages used to display and update the...

I’m currently sitting on my plastic covered couch waiting for the cable guy to get here. Besides the couch, there’s also a microwave, two folding chairs, and a TV set in here. It’s beautiful. I’m also “borrowing” my neighbor’s wireless network to make this post. I thought that I might have “Making...

This was made using the “Old Guy-Mean Guy” technique and another photo of me from the Dominican Republic (it’s the only photos I have on this computer). [](http://sites.strangerstudios.com/therealjasoncoleman/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2007/01/jason.gif) The piece is significant because it...

While messing around with some logo ideas for a possible client, I came up with this pic: This was done in Photoshop. I basically drew a bunch of circles on different layers, outlined them with the “stroke” layer effect and did some choice “spherizing” to make things look less flat. It’s a nice...

At the Barnes&Noble the other day, I came across this Eric Meyer book on CSS and skimmed through it a bit. ‘turns out, there’s this great big controversy over laying out websites using CSS instead of tables. I’ve been away from the “web development scene” a bit since I started my new job last May....