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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 »

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

aleks:

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?!?

Kevin Makice:

Have you seen these globes?

They may be a bit pricey ...

Dave:

Fantastic! Just what I needed. Thank you.

Kyle Haskins:

@Celso The navigation is a vintage typeface by Dinctype called Oceans11