Entries from January 2008

Back Pain No Mas

January 24, 2008 // Drew Stauffer

Back pain has plagued my life ever since I started skateboarding around 6 years old. Who knew that falling on the concrete over and over again would catch up with me. Fast forward about 22 years and I still have a pretty significant amount of pain.

I’ve been to numerous doctors and chiropractors on the east and west coast and no one has ever been able to provide any answers as to why I am having this pain. MRI’s, CT-scans, Barium CT scans and every other test possible has been done and nothing has ever given me an answer. For a few years I was running very habitually and that definitely helped out a lot.

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Bad IE

January 15, 2008 // Drew Stauffer

Due to some nasty rendering in Internet Explorer were going to have to put the new theme on hold for just a bit. We should be able to get her back real soon.

Georgia on my Mind

January 1, 2008 // Drew Stauffer

Possibilities from design to design are unlimited. Take a look at the CSS Zen Garden for example; all of the designs published at the garden use the exact same HTML. The only difference is the way they are styled. With the advancements of CSS, a designer can do almost whatever they like on the Internet.

Designer Roadblocks

One limiting factor that web designers are plagued with is the variations of web fonts. Sadly, we are limited to a safe list of about nine web ready fonts that are pre-installed on everyone’s computer. Personally whenever I am looking to get a little crazy with my web fonts I go to typesetter where I can compare fonts side-by-side, instead of experimenting with CSS until I get the look that I’m going for.

I have always been a fan of minimalism and with this new ‘08 design I wanted to get back to that type of style. I didn’t want to beat my users over their heads with drop shadows and bevels. I wanted clean, elegant, and timeless. Any veteran designer can look at a range of designs on the web and say, “I remember when that was popular.”
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Happy New Year!!

January 1, 2008 // Drew Stauffer

I hope everyone had a safe and festive holiday. Try to take a moment out of your day and let your loved ones know how much they really mean to you. Life is short and you never know what might happen.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.