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Journal: September 1, 2011

September 1, 2011October 3, 2011 Chief Oddball

Spent the day working at home, getting into some web design for work. As somebody who claims “web designer” on his resume, it’s been an embarrassingly long time since I actually did any web design. I’ll be easing back into it over the next couple of weeks with a small project, which will in turn prepare me for the upcoming total overhaul of our company web site.

That People Mover Sound

September 1, 2011October 3, 2011 Chief Oddball

Back in high school my friends and I used to goof on the Detroit People Mover, the little unidirectional skytrain in Motown that doesn’t go much of anywhere. It’s a driverless ICTS train powered by a linear induction motor, manufactured in Canada by the now-defunct UTDC.

Footage: Downtown Detroit ca. 1954

September 1, 2011October 3, 2011 Chief Oddball

Whenever my grandmother would tell me stories of how great and grand the city of Detroit once was, I never had any frame of reference to envision it. Now that I have seen this footage of Detroit shot in 1954, I think I understand.

Out of the Frying Pan

August 31, 2011October 3, 2011 Chief Oddball

Finally got my car out of the hot Texas sun and into the office parking garage. $25 per month well spent.

Internet Explorer 9, Helvetica Type 1, and You

August 13, 2011October 24, 2011 Chief Oddball 9 Comments

Back when Microsoft officially released the RTM of Internet Explorer 9, I decided to give it a try. After all, as a web designer, I have to stay on top of these things. But I also hated how slow IE8 was, and although there are very few things I still use IE for, I had heard IE9 was a pretty substantial upgrade.

Homegrown Tech

July 5, 2011July 5, 2011 Chief Oddball 1 Comment

This morning at work, I gave a presentation to a client of a project that I’ve spent the entire last week developing from scratch. It had been a tumultuous week to say the least; much of what I was doing was either tech I hadn’t touched in far too long, or brand new methodology that I was teaching myself on the fly.

First Thoughts: F.E.A.R. 3

July 4, 2011September 29, 2011 Chief Oddball

Longtime readers of my blog are likely familiar with my great appreciation of the F.E.A.R. video game series, originally created and launched in 2005 by Monolith. The original game, which was the subject of one of my first reviews on this site, was succeeded by two expansion packs and a full-blown sequel in 2009, the latter of which I also reviewed.

Good Things Come in Threes

June 3, 2011June 3, 2011 Chief Oddball

Yesterday was unquestionably a red-letter date in life. Perhaps not human life in general, but certainly in the life of this particular oddball. It was significant enough to actually get me to post something here for the first time in weeks (months?),

Weekend Warrior

April 17, 2011April 17, 2011 Chief Oddball 1 Comment

Ever since I was a kid, I relished the weekend as a time when I could retreat even further than normal into my own mind, whittling away hours drawing, writing, recording radio shows and playing games. To this day that hasn’t really changed.

I Knew It Would Work Out As Soon As I Complained

April 2, 2011April 2, 2011 Chief Oddball

It looks like my rant from a few days ago has been nullified — my GTO was picked up in Florida today by the auto transporter. Yeah, the same one that I originally hired. It all came together at literally the very last minute, but the courier managed to get somebody over to pick up the car with only hours to spare.

Journal: September 1, 2011

That People Mover Sound

Footage: Downtown Detroit ca. 1954

Out of the Frying Pan

Internet Explorer 9, Helvetica Type 1, and You

Homegrown Tech

First Thoughts: F.E.A.R. 3

Good Things Come in Threes

Weekend Warrior

I Knew It Would Work Out As Soon As I Complained

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