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Category Archives: design
Mahlon Hoagland: 1921-2009
He worked with James Watson and Francis Crick. He discovered transfer RNA and amino acid activation. He was twice nominated for the Nobel Prize. His name was Mahlon Hoagland, he passed away last week, and you have never heard of … Continue reading
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Tools of the Trade
I‘m a web designer, but every now and then my print background bleeds through. I’ll find myself telling a client “Let’s push that left margin over two more picas,” or “I think we can indent the paragraphs two ems.” I … Continue reading
Re-Make, Re-Model
As mentioned here previously, this blog is in need of a theme appearance overhaul. What you see now is the scaffolding for the construction of a new design, based on the Thesis theme (see the link at the bottom of … Continue reading
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Borked
The WordPress update from version 2.7 to 2.8 screwed up my custom header graphic, so you’ll have to deal with the crappy type until I find the time to design a new theme.
Triumph of the BelmSled
Di and I donated tickets to the Boston Museum of Science to Miles’s fourth grade class. His teacher, Ms. Mullen, asked if we would would like to attend, knowing our mutual interests in science would help her in answering questions … Continue reading
Moving in your sleep
Another under the hood change today: While you were sleeping, I moved the blog to a new address: http://blog.belm.com. You were redirected here automatically (look at the address in your URL field), but you should update your bookmarksĂ‚Â — the old … Continue reading
Share and enjoy
I’ve added a new feature, the Share/Save button that now appears at the bottom of each post. It’s from Add To Any, but I first saw it used on the wonderful Rational Moms and the Bill of Rights – Security … Continue reading
Meet the new juice, same as the old juice
PepsiCo, it its unrelenting desire to maintain parity with the Coca Cola Company, has managed to create its own “New Coke” debacle. Their mis-step, however, had nothing to do with the taste of a product, but with its appearance. I’m … Continue reading
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Shepard Fairey was here
I met Shepard Fairey on the corner of Mass. Ave. and Newbury Street in June of 2000. He was climbing down from a utility pole, where he had just plastered his ubiquitous Obey stickers. I introduced myself, he handed me … Continue reading
More tweaks
A bit of Photoshoppery, a lot of reading and commenting out WordPress code, et voila! – a new header graphic, as previously promised. I also added the tag cloud widget in the right column. It wil help me track how … Continue reading