Collecting Globes
I've gone from collecting wind-up alarm clocks to globes. Gosh, these take up more room - I'm going to need some shelves to store them. The one pictured on the left is the moon. We are quite fond of... Read full entry »
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Vintage Lettering Book
I'm a huge fan of brush script typefaces, so when I came across this vintage lettering book I had to have it. I couldn't find a date in the book or online, so if anyone knows the exact date this... Read full entry »
Vintage UFO Books
I love finding old books on flying saucers. These come from a time when the media and public took the topic more seriously. From left to right, these are from 1967, 1956, and 1966. The one on the right... Read full entry »
2008 Redesign Updates
On the first of this year I launched the sixth version of this Web site. I set out to do a phased redesign by first changing the homepage and individual entry page designs. The new design extends my interest in... Read full entry »
The Final Word on Transparent PNGs
It's becoming clear that the PNG image format is preferred for Web design. The JPG format might be a better choice for photographs, but PNG has many advantages over the prehistoric GIF. The PNG alpha-channel transparency seals the deal... Read full entry »
Avery 8293 Round Label Template
This entry is aimed at anyone doing a project with the Avery 8293 1 1/2" round labels, and searching for an EPS template. Avery used to offer templates in this format, but apparently they now only offer templates in... Read full entry »
Illustrator Artwork in Flash
During a previous project I lived through the horror of importing Illustrator CS2 documents into Flash 8. As you can see from the project, it contained a lot of gradients, and at the time, Flash would not accept gradients... Read full entry »
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Recent Comments
Good one Kyle.
Why companies like avery support only MS Word is beyond me! How difficult would it be for them to supply PDF or EPSes?!?
Have you seen these globes?
They may be a bit pricey ...
Fantastic! Just what I needed. Thank you.
@Celso The navigation is a vintage typeface by Dinctype called Oceans11