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from the champaign urbana design organization:

SUPPORT A LOCAL DESIGNER IN NEED
Stephen Glasgow's wife Dawn passed away on Feb 9 of metastatic melanoma cancer, three weeks after giving birth to their second child, Andrew Gene. She was diagnosed the day before Andrew's birth.

Stephen is a self-employed graphic designer. He needs as much support as our community can provide. OJC Tech have put together a site to let you offer financial and emotional support to the family. They've established a PayPal account that will deposit your donation directly into the Glasgow's checking account: www.ojctech.com/glasgow. Anything you can offer the family would be greatly appreciated.

new week=new header...

enough whining about how the blog looks already, right? okay. done with that. i popped in a new header that i'm finding a bit less objectionable. i guess i'd sort of forgotten that one of the really fun parts of doing this is changing things whenever you want. the immediacy is very satisfying. clearly this explains why i began to prefer web design to print those many years ago. seems i do little of either one these days though. let's see what we can do about that.

The details are not the details. They make the design.
:: Charles Eames

i hate the way this blog looks...

seriously. i have got to redesign this thing. it is really gnawing at my soul. my very soul. the angst of it all...arrggghhh!

idon't know about the ipad...

i think i'd rather have this. is it the font? could be. is it the fact that it looks more like a regular computer? maybe. is it because i had such a positive experience at christmas with the eeepc that i got for jocelyn at christmas? very likely. whatever the reason, for the time being i'm not in a big rush to embrace the ipad. and, yes, i do think it's the most ridiculous name ever. so sad.

take my breath away beauty on friday morning...

sometimes objects stop my heart. i guess it's an occupational hazard. maybe it's how you know you're going to become a designer. i remember cherishing things as a child that other people would have tossed away. little tin boxes and shiny rocks. things that felt smooth or had colors that i couldn't resist found their way into an old trunk that i stashed my finds in. this morning i found this gorgeous website full of amazing pieces of furniture, mirrors, and such that i would build a house around if i could. they have the power to transport. they stopped my heart. take a deep breath and enjoy.