Today we are witnessing one of the worst economic times of my generation. It’s hit a lot of sectors and it’s affected a lot of industries due to the trickle down effect (notice affect and effect in the same sentence). When company budgets are cut, and the advertising dollar is spent more frugally, consumers actually …
Airport Won’t Automatically Reconnect After Sleep
Yesterday I had a bit of trouble when trying to extend my network using my Airport Express. The end result wasn’t an extended network with a printer at the end of it as hoped. Instead, what I did get was a computer that wouldn’t reconnect to my wireless network after I snapped it out of …
The Century of the Self
Check out this four part BBC series, aptly entitled “The Century of the Self”. It’s about an idea that satisfaction is your highest priority and how corporations developed techniques based on Sigmund Freud to read the inner desires of individuals and fulfill them with products. It has everything to do with the psychology of advertising …
PSD to CSS Using CS3 and CS4
I’ve been skirting the mystical writings of CSS for many moons now. In fact, I still am, because I’m too lazy to hand code if I don’t need to. So with a little digging around I’ve found an easy way to export basic CSS from Photoshop. This is a feature that is buried under layers …
The Corporation
I’m back with another DVD review… For those of you who like thought provoking documentaries that are intended to take the blinders off and the slobbery ball gag from your mouth, then you’ll love The Corporation. This is a mulitlayered film that is like the unraveling of an onion, layer by layer. The movie reveals …
