After the warm weather comes another cold streak.As I was coming out of work just now, a big gust came up, turned a gal’s umbrella inside out, which made her drop her phone. The umbrella got the worst of it.I
BBC Book List
Apparently the BBC reckons most people will have only read 6 of the 100 books here.Instructions:1) Look at the list and put an ‘x’ after those you have read.2) Add a ‘+’ to the ones you LOVE.3) Star (*) those
In the Air
As I left work this afternoon, I noticed a different scent in the air. It was very subtle. The smell of Spring approaching. Even though we have another month (or two or three) of cold weather ahead, the atmosphere is
It’s -16 Fahrenheit…
… why am I craving ice cream?
Double Dipping
Sometimes I really love my job. I was working on a graphic for user interface prototype, and needed a technique I’ve seen used in scrapbooking to pull the graphic together. So, I did a google search on some keyword, and
Inked Edges
I’ve been searching for the “perfect” technique to ink edges digitally. I’ve been searching for about 6 months now, but nothing I see fits my criteria. I’m probably too picky, looking for look-alike ink edges. I’m sort of picky with
Coming Home
Note: I vaguely recall this. I experimented with a different free blogging host — a local company — and didn’t like the program at all. I wrote this post to announce I was keeping BlogSpot as my home blog host.
TGI-GMail
I had to send some large files last night via my MSN account. Unfortunately, the files weren’t zipping smaller, and I couldn’t get what I wanted using a third-party file transfer program. On a whim, I flipped over to my
Double Dipping — Part 2
I had another opportunity to learn a scrapbooking technique in the course of work. This time I learned how to make torn pages. It saves space to just show a portion of a repetitive report as an example graphic. Now,
PSP Plaid
I took some time out from grading to play with a beginner PSP (PaintShop Pro) tutorial. Because of my scotties, I decided to try the tutorial to make a swatch of plaid. I used some really bright, obnoxious colors. I