the not-so-hidden value of netflix

i’m pretty much completely in love with netflix. it started with some casual experimentation through a friend during college.  he had a netflix subscription and we’d often get triple features of obscure asian action flicks (digging deep in the early career of jet li with the once upon a time in china series — which i highly recommend, […]

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Free WordPress Plugin: Hello Ziggy

so, you use WordPress.  and maybe you’ve turned on Hello Dolly.  but if you’re me (chances are, you’re not me, but we’ll pretend for the sake of argument that you’re enough like me to continue reading this statement and past this ridiculous parenthetical tangent), you don’t have Hello Dolly turned on because it’s obnoxious.  (no offense to […]

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planning a new attack on the design

i’ve been thinking about hacking the site design again. now that i’ve got the lifestream set up and i’ve seen how it looks in use, i’m thinking of moving things around to make things feel a bit more cohesive and less random. maybe emphasize the “this is what i’m doing right this second” aspect of […]

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Arcane Palette Roundup: Top 10 Posts from 2009

We’re happy to provide content that people find interesting or useful. And lately, interesting or useful includes texture packs, blogger templates, and desktop wallpapers. We used a complex system of fake math incorporating pageviews and downloads to come up with this top 10 list of our most popular content: 10. Free Texture Pack: Beach With […]

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everything’s better in the cloud

since google’s big chromeOS unveiling last week, i’ve been left thinking a lot about cloud computing and chrome as an operating system in particular.  while i failed to be enamored about chromeOS, i do think the concept of cloud computing is an exciting developing technology.  chromeOS felt half-assed and not-fully-developed (the latter of which, at least, was true).  and […]

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wai so srs?

so, on wednesday, a think tank in new jersey sent out a press release that they found a probable link to what may be responsible for the sudden, widespread increase of autism.  coming across this last night, i posted (along with a quote and a link to the press release) an emotional rant about how […]

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Free Holiday Blogger Template: ThankFull

This Thanksgiving themed Blogger background is stuffed to the brim with fall leaves, warm autumn colors and of course, turkeys! Cute for a family blog. Cool weather fun and holiday parties… bring it on! Feel free to contact us if you’re interested in custom BlogSpot templates or just want us to design a custom header […]

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unbox pandora

i’ve been using Pandora for a long time, and i’ve always been a big fan.  when Tim Westergren came to Salt Lake City on his speaking tour, i went to see him at the SLC Main Library and i have the raglan-style Pandora tshirt to prove it.  the unique recommendation engine — powered by humans who actually analyze […]

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Free WordPress Theme: AP-blueprint

We do a lot of custom WordPress sites.  In fact, I’d go so far as to say we sort of specialize in customizing WordPress for a variety of different uses.  When you start out doing customized themes, often you start with some other theme as a “framework.”  We did this for a long time, but […]

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