Little things that annoy me

Little type things that drive me absolutely crazy.

• Using a carrot for a bullet


• Using bullets as an indicator that the text following is a link


• Using Helvetica for all the text on the page


• Setting all body copy at 10px

I know it seems trivial but it just bugs the hell …

I should post more

Or maybe not....

Censored by Facebook

Today I twittered about the Porn industry asking for a $5 Billion bailout. My tweets update my status on Facebook. Within seconds of posting I was locked out of Facebook. Couple minutes later I was able to log back in but my status update was gone. Apparently the sirens …

Muxtape it's been a while

So I went to go make a new muxtape today only to find out it was gone. Another great simple way of sharing music got shut down. I planned on making a mux of recently rediscovered music from the math rock genre such as Faraquet, Decahedron, Frodus and so on. Go read

America Is F*cked.......(Graphically at least)

This is the best NBC can do?

NBC had 4 years to design and develop this website and this is the best they can do? The animation at the top is absolutely horrible not to mention it uses Silverlight. I had to download it, install and relaunch my browser. I don't even know where to begin with the …

Great Band, Horrible Venue

Ever been dying to see a band forever and you finally get the chance to see them only to be let down and disappointed? This is one of those times. I was not disappointed by the performance of the musicians but the horrible venue.

So the band is Modest Mouse. I've wanted …

WordPress Theme Issue

My WordPress theme keeps switching on it's own to the default Kubrick theme. I have to go in and change the presentation to my custom theme all the time. Anyone know what's causing this issue?

Muxtape 4

Originally I was going to do a mix of songs that are lengthy. Muxtape has a limitation of 10mb per song so I had to scratch that idea. Instead this is a muxtape of bands that usually do long songs but these aren't those long songs.

Of special note the track from Isis + …

Why the AppleTV?

So the question was posed to me today, Why the AppleTV and not one of the many other "Media Center" solutions out there?

The answer is pretty simple. I use iTunes. Well let's go deeper than that, I have a large collection of content already dedicated to iTunes. All my …

Road trips and music

I love going on road trips with my friends. We listen to music and reminisce about shows we've gone too and all the great music that has graced our lives. I don't know how many shows I've gone to in my life it has to be around 500. Maybe that's an exaggeration but it …

Refreshed

Today I refreshed the look of the site. I wasn't too happy with my first design of the site. That first attempt was more of a learning exercise for me. I wanted to learn how to implement a site using Wordpress and also it was an exercise of remembering CSS and such. …

On the Interwebs

First off here's a new Muxtape. My intentions where to make a new one every week but so far I have failed. Interestingly now you can purchase songs from Muxtape through an Amazon referral program. It's having a difficult time with most of my stuff and giving me returns …

Day Job vs. Freelance

I love my Day Job but it seems to me that I don't have as much control as I do in my Freelance ventures. Sure I have pretty good control over the design of my day time projects but there is a lot of interference.

In my day job we have very specialized roles. You have …

Visitannapolis.org by BarkleyREI

Yesterday, BarkleyREI launched the new visit annapolis site.

I personally had nothing to do with this project except a little design feedback. Super clean design was provided by Scott Riemenschneider and Ryan Sprake did the flash work for the homepage and interactive …

I Made a Muxtape

The concept is simple. Remember the days of making mixtapes and handing them out to your friends or CD mixes for those that don't remember the cassette tape. Well this is what Muxtape does, except online.

Sign up is as simple as can be. Create an account, upload 12 …

Refused

The Refused Party Program

In the wake of our existence, in our parades and in our dances;

touch, see and behold the wisdom of the party program.

Essential in our lifetime and irresistible in our touch,

the great spirits proclaim that

capitalism is indeed organized crime …

Adventures in travel

It seemed like a typical business trip. Head to Miami to direct a photo shoot for the University of Miami School of Business. I was leaving Tuesday evening and doing a 2 and a half day shoot then head home on Friday.

A Simple Plan

So my flights where Pittsburgh to …

Barkley Office

Nine of us from BarkleyREI went on a trip to the Barkley office in Kansas City this past Wednesday. What a fantastic place, all sorts of things to spark those creative juices or just to relief some stress, like a pool table, shuffleboard, Blue Bunny Ice cream and beer …

Photographer needed in Miami

I'm in a desperate need for a photographer in the Miami area next week. We are doing some work for the Miami University School of Business. I'm looking for someone available next week, March 19-21. Please post here or email me at: rhumphries [at] r-effects.com

I …