For some reason, Apple doesn’t make it very easy to create your own html based email signatures in their Mail.app. It’s pretty handy to have your email and/or website linked at the footer of your email for easy communication. A…

Okay, so everyone is doing it. And that probably means you should too. (Isn’t that what Dad used to say?) Adobe uses the look for their application splash pages. Apple uses the look through out their Leopard UI for both type and…

I have no doubt that there are some diehard Safari users out there. When I develop on my Mac I find myself hoping back and forth between Safari and Firefox a lot. I’m sure everyone is somewhat familiar with the…

There was recently an article that made it to the front page of digg that I found interesting. It comes from a site called Digital Labz that claims to focus on “Online Marketing and Web development.” The particular article in question…

Do you prefer Pepsi or Coke? Of course, we all know the correct answer is Mt. Dew, but that is besides the point. When it comes to ActionScript the answer itself can be asked, and then responded to, using conditionals.…

Pixel aspect ratio can sometimes be a bitch hard thing to wrap your head around. And if you’re like me and video is not necessarily your forte, this pixel stretching issue can be quite a bummer. I believe my setup, and…

I was collaborating with a fellow designer the other day and was sent a website comp to take a look at. One of the first things I noticed was that I had a horizontal scrollbar show up in Firefox for…

First impressions of Adobe Photoshop CS4 are quite nice. It is, as advertised, very fast. Dragging things around with the “hand” tool has an iPhone feel to it. In other words, there is acceleration involved. But, I noticed one thing…

I think it’s safe to say that we’ve have reached a new time in United States history. Everyone should feel a deep sense of pride no matter your color, religion, political views, or sexual preference. We, as a country, have…

For whatever reason I feel like doing a mind dump of some ActionScript knowledge. I often struggle with what level “actionscripter” I should target, so I’ve decided on starting somewhere near the beginning. In this case I’ll discuss variables and…