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Once upon a time, a long time ago, you could buy a new computer and not have to worry about what type of virus scan software you needed to load onto it.  Firewalls were things only extreme geeks and intrepid hackers knew anything about.  Adware, spyware and malware weren’t even words.  Those days are so […]

class=”aligncenter” Once upon a time, a long time ago, you could buy a new computer and not have to worry about what type of virus scan software you needed to load onto it.  Firewalls were things only extreme geeks and intrepid hackers knew anything about.  Adware, spyware and malware weren’t even words.  Those days are […]

Recently, there was a malicious attack on GoDaddy-hosted sites. It’s tough to track down the exact date of the original attack — I was first able to find a mention of it on Slashdot from 4/26, and I found a topic in the WordPress support forums that supported that approximate time. However, I also found […]

Recently, there was a malicious attack on GoDaddy-hosted sites. It’s tough to track down the exact date of the original attack — I was first able to find a mention of it on Slashdot from 4/26, and I found a topic in the WordPress support forums that supported that approximate time. However, I also found […]

Okay, so this month’s wallpaper has a bit more of a story.  Or, at least, it’s meant to imply that it has more of a story. I wanted to do something spacey/sci-fi because it’s something we haven’t really done.  I started thinking about what a captain’s journal might look like if it wasn’t explicitly limited […]

Concern about the environment is a value that is very important to us.  So, amidst our series of holiday-themed Blogger templates, we didn’t want to forget Earth Day, a day in which we celebrate our planet and educate ourselves on how best to be its caretakers. The rugged burlap coffee bag and aged map background […]

This is a story about a site redesign.  The site was for the mother of a client we’ve worked with on other projects.  It was a kind of site we don’t normally do, but we took the gig because it was a referral and someone we know and like working with.  The original site was […]

This background combines two things I love: watercolor and paisley blooms spread across a subtly textured paper as if to signal the arrival of Spring in all her glory, daffodils, tulips, songbirds and sunshine spreading from her fingers.  I wanted to use watercolor because it is so fun to look at, with bright colors and […]

Increasingly, the new big thing in web design is the inclusion of @font-face in CSS3 and most modern browsers.  Why is @font-face such a big deal?  To understand that, you must first understand the limitations of web design in the past as it applies to typefaces.  To that end, a personal anecdote: Like thousands of […]

This sunny colored template is for those like me who are longing for spring. With warmth and sunlit afternoons just around the corner now, my thoughts are filled with budding trees, birdsongs, the scent of fresh grass clippings and splashes of vivid flowers painting the winter scene with renewal. This design is all Spring… a […]

In the summer of last year, we took an exciting new project with an independent filmmaker named Amy Do.  She needed a website and blog for her first feature-length film, Rabbit Fever — a documentary about…well, rabbits.  She had a very distinct aesthetic she was looking for on the site, and the effort was truly […]

In the summer of last year, we took an exciting new project with an independent filmmaker named Amy Do.  She needed a website and blog for her first feature-length film, Rabbit Fever — a documentary about…well, rabbits.  She had a very distinct aesthetic she was looking for on the site, and the effort was truly […]