Many people, when they hear what I do for a living, ask me if I use a PC or a Mac. I invariably answer, “I use a Macintosh every day.” At which time they look at me like I am crazy. “An IT guy, using a Mac. I thought that was just for artists.” I…
Author Archives: Ian
Installing Expression Engine – A Comprehensive Newbies Guide.
I spent this morning successfully installing the Expression Engine CMS. I was surprised at how simple the instructions were. I had no problem following along, and getting everything installed and configured correctly. As I went through the process, I also realized how little directions there really were. If I were a newbie, I would have no…
A short yet sweet guide to using the Unix Visual Editor vi
As a web professional, I find myself using a txt editor very often. Whether that be an HTML file, a CSS file or a server config file, there are many many times throughout the day that I find myself in a txt editor. While on my desktop my txt editor of choice is BBedit. Unfortunatly…BBedit…
So I kinda got a Lambretta
I would say that my scooter fever started young… with my dad. He would talk about how cool it was when he would see people riding Vespas around in Belgium when he was a boy. He always talked about them, but never felt he could get one himself. He would say it looked like so…
Hey Look Ma…I made the News!
I was on the news last night @ 11. Check it OUT! http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/topstories/news-article.aspx?storyid=190466&catid=3 That is the link to the full story.
So…How can I protect myself from geotag mayhem?
I have been answering a lot of questions in both my professional and personal life lately regarding geotagging photos and videos. I can only surmise this is because there have been more and more stories on the news, and circulating the internet, about the horrors of geotagging your photos, then posting them to the internet….
Option8 Creative is slowly coming together
My design for Option8 Creative is slowly coming together… it will slowly evolve. At least I got the logo solidified, and the 3d work is complete. I am still trying to come up with a nice background for the content containers. Alas that is for another day, as this one is now over. It is…
Hey look… I changed the design.
Lately I have gotten pretty sick of the fact that my site has been so ugly for the last couple of MONTHS. Here I am a web designer, and my site looked like crappolla. So I took the time to get my act together. I installed the Headway Theme and got to work customizing the…
My life is a roller-coaster sometimes.
This weekend was my wife and I’s fifth annual Halloween party. So Last week, on top of my two jobs, I chose to spend my time doing my best to make a really good costume. I ended doctoring up a store bought costume by carving & painting my mask, then adorning the hat with crows…
Still Only Halfway done
As you can see I have been making a couple of changes to the design. It is taking a longer time than I anticipated with this design. It all has to do with MY LIFE. Today started with a huge amount of Sketchup work. I was trying to fix a model that Google rejected the…