Power Up

After months of not caring, I suddenly found the idea of tinkering with my server fun again.

Hope you all are enjoying the extra daylight, colorful birds and spring blossoms as much as I am.

Faux Lung

Commuting = 2 Weeks of Vacation (Or Anything Else).

Just did some basic math and figured out that in the past year the time I've spent commuting to my job is equal to 9.75 days. Almost ten full days, which in the 5-day workweek world is equal to a two week vacation.

234 days in the office with an hour …

Tool Tips

I've been looking for a flash-less way to visually highlight product features and, thanks to Seth Duffey's 1.5 year-old article on A List Apart, I think I've found it.

Here's a quick experiment I hacked up based on Seth's map technique.

Before & After Fun

Photo retouching is like cleaning house. You never want to do it but once you get in the groove it becomes therapeutic.

Still not perfect, but the powers-that-be thought it looked fine in its original state so it's all gravy anyway.

Thought I'd share the …

Clients Are Like Children You Don't Hug

I know the title is way over the top but bear with me.

In the beginning, clients start off being happy with your good work. When I say, "Your good work", I mean you as a company. However, after you exceed their expectations a few times they become happy and …

Fake Quote of theDay

I don't like too much brass in the morning.

Count Basie

Them Duke Boys

The later years.

Lowering Expectations

Under-Promise and Over-Deliver. Amazon does a world class job of fudging the calendar in such a way that I'm a happy camper every time I purchase from them. To the extent that they've spoiled me, apparently. If a business tells me my package will arrive in a …

Cleveland's Former Tech Czar Speaks Frankly

Michael DeAloia recently resigned from his role as Cleveland's Tech Czar and spoke to a group about his experiences while they were still fresh on his mind. "Fresh" as in he hadn't even received his final paycheck at the time of this recording.

It provides the …

Chrissie Hynde is Back Home

She's been shaking Akron up for a couple weeks now.

Bought a condo in downtown Akron.

Grand opening of her new restaurant, Vegi Terranian on 21 Furnace Street, in Akron tomorrow. Full article about the restaurant on Ohio.com.

Performing a concert with …

Powerful Forces

The fact that the pending arrival of a child into a family causes dramatic change in the mother is common knowledge with most people, including myself. I'm not talking about the obvious physical changes, rather the forceful drive and sense of purpose that …

Nature Report: Beaver Felled Tree

The tree at the site of the felling.

Some time in the early morning of Thursday, Sept. 6, a large beaver successfully felled the auxilliary trunk of a maple tree measuring 9" in diameter. The large trunk …

Creative Outlets

I just made a connection with a guy I know only from stories. His name is Josh Hara. He's a graphic designer and cartoonist from Cleveland. He and I share a mutual friend and have heard about one another for 15 years or so without ever having met. Hopefully …

One panel

Inspired by a chat conversation with Brad Deilman:

bdielman: Eric. What's shakin'?

bdielman is online.

bdielman: Does anyone say that anymore? ;)

Eric: siesmologists

bdielman: Ha!

Your Life Will Change

Back in 2001, I started catering after the agency where I worked lost a major client & laid me off. That is to say, whenever a movie mogul, studio or other large, wealthy organization in Los Angeles needed an army of people to serve them dinner on a lawn I was …

Empowered In Evanston

Dear Baby Genius,

I know this sounds crazy, but I think something strange is happening to me. Just recently I've begun acquiring and retaining enormous amounts of knowledge. Every day when I wake up I almost feel like I'm not the person I was the day before. …

Cleveland Web Standards Meetup Group Association

Each successive web standards meeting has brought a higher attendance level, last night's being no exception. 23 submitted an RSVP for the evening and about 19 attended.

We're still trying to get the correct venue for these meetings. Impulse, our most …

Dan Ott Latest "CSS OFF" Champion

Here's what the CSS OFF is, in the words of its creators:

Every month, we'll design a web page in Photoshop and host a competition to see who can turn it into the best web page. The designs we release will present specific markup challenges, along with design …

Migration

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