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'Branded Admin' Plugin
Design - Saturday, May 10, 2008 10:31 - 24 Comments

Finally the Branded Admin Plugin has arrived. This plugin allows for the application of custom header and footer graphics to the WordPress Admin Section.

'Dirty Girl' Theme 1.0 Released
Design - Monday, May 5, 2008 22:42 - 18 Comments

My first WordPress theme ‘DIRTY GIRL …it’s not what you think’.

8 Highly Effective Habits for Web Design
Design - Saturday, April 19, 2008 21:28 - 6 Comments

Bought my first issue of Dynamic Graphics: Design ideas for the real world (FEB-MAR 2008 V13N1). I must say there is a little more depth than meets the eye.

'Branded Login Screen' Plugin
Design - Monday, March 31, 2008 2:10 - 89 Comments

UPDATE OF ‘BRANDED LOGIN SCREEN’ TO VERSION 1.0

After a few tests from the trusty WordPress community I have released a bug fix version of the ‘Branded Login Screen’ plugin.

Starbucks Logo Genesis
Design - Saturday, March 29, 2008 10:51 - 0 Comments

The story behind the Starbucks logo is interesting to say the least. Take a look at the articles below to see how the Starbuck’s logo became what it is today. Who knew that was a Mermaid.

It's a Green, Green, Green, Green World
Green - Sunday, March 23, 2008 14:31 - 3 Comments

Now I’m no ‘Treehugger‘ (or maybe I am) but with the cost of fuel and energy these days it seems apparent - we all need to look at our carbon footprint and determine if there is anything we can do to reduce it.




 

Design - May 10, 2008 10:31 - 24 Comments

‘Branded Admin’ Plugin

Finally the Branded Admin Plugin has arrived. This plugin allows for the application of custom header and footer graphics to the WordPress Admin Section. It also removes WordPress links to better distinguish the site as a custom work and reinforce the sites branding. Branded Admin Icon I have provided screenshots below of the before and after Admin Dashboard page from my site. I designed two images to create the branding effect I needed. One in the header, reinforcing the header logo from the content side of my site and an icon logo in the footer. Nothing fancy but it carries the logo to the Admin pages very well.

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News - Jan 30, 2008 0:32 - 0 Comments

Sound & Vision Display-Tech Smackdown

One of my new favorite hobbies (new if you consider lusting after HDTV’s for the past couple of years new) is checking out technology changes in the HDTV arena. Sound & Vision OnlineI currently do not have an HDTV but I am very close to getting one. Just like all technology you can look on the horizon and see some great innovations coming. OLED, LCD, Plasma, 120Hz refresh rates (180Hz soon), HDTV’s thickness measured in mm, it never ends. I found a great article over at www.soundandvisionmag.com. It compares three HDTV types (OLED, LCD, Plasma) with comments from three S&V senior editors. LCD & Plasma are the current leaders but the technology advances OLED has to offer may make it a strong contender very soon. Click on the link and see what the S&V editors have to say about current and future advances in HDTV technology.

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How to - Feb 25, 2008 10:13 - 0 Comments

How to Increase Your Metabolism - wikiHow

I know this is a little off topic but I have (in my advancing years) had an increased desire to understand how our bodies use food to fuel metabolism. What makes one person lose weight and another gain even with relatively similar diets. The article below from wikiHow explains how to compute your metabolic rate then ways to reduce, increase or maintain it. For the those of us that sometimes forget to get up from our computer chair and move around this is a must read. Enjoy this break from the normal tech article. (and join a yoga class or softball team or take up hiking or whatever your favorite activity might be to help maintain a healthly lifestyle.)

from wikiHow - The How to Manual That You Can Edit

Article is after the jump.

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