Archive for April, 2009

Meave is One Badass MF

Posted by Jeff On 26 April 2009 No Commented

Gabriel Martinez Meave is one of the new type gods. He’s an incredible calligrapher, but his type design is really fresh and unlike most everything else out there. He also happens to be a fantastic illustrator and seems to be a good designer, although I’ve seen less of his design to verify. I’m pretty confident [...]

Testing New YouTube Plugin

Posted by Jeff On 25 April 2009 No Commented

Let’s see if this new YouTube plugin (Smart YouTube) works as advertised.
Update: Okay it works GREAT! It even loads the HD version if I tell it to. It could also load HQ or SD. Far out.

Coat of Arms Creator

Posted by Jeff On 24 April 2009 5 Commented

In addition to typography, heraldry is another of my hobbies. I had this idea for a coat of arms generator. You click a button and you get a randomly generated heraldic shield with blazon. I’m creating it in Flash using Actionscript 3. It’s pretty basic so far, but coming along nicely.
Version 6 features:

many field divisions
all [...]

Trism/Syllogism with walkthrough

Posted by Jeff On 24 April 2009 15 Commented

I’ve been obsessed with Trism. More specifically, with one of the game variations in it, Syllogism.
Trism is a really fun app for the iPhone. It’s not new or anything; it has been around awhile apparently. The goal of syllogism is to get rid of all of the triangles in as few moves as possible. A [...]

First Post and The Wire

Posted by Jeff On 23 April 2009 2 Commented

Everyone has to have a first post. This is mine.
I’m going to be setting up WordPress tonight. Possibly while watching The Wire. Love The Wire. We’re currently on episode 8 of the first season. I love the fact that we have the entire run of the series ahead of us. The only problem is avoiding [...]