signal response

Nerds.

Wade — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:28:53 +0000

For those of you who do any kind of web design or coding, it might be worth your time to check out Coda again now that it’s hit version 1.5. Coda is my first choice for HTML and CSS and I use it regularly for these tasks. It’s not quite as editor friendly as TextMate for Rails or PHP but for most of your needs, it’s right up there as an all in one. New features added include Find and Replace across files (thank god!), organizing Clips and Subversion support built right in. All these features will certainly make life easier all around and good on Panic for including them and making my go-to editor more go-to-y. Now maybe some of those jackasses on the Google Coda Group will quit whining.

Dawkins.

Wade — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:35:28 +0000

Richard Dawkins reads his hate mail. Nice.

(Via Boing Boing.)

Seriously, add the Rubber Band to Illustrator.

Wade — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:11:42 +0000

Dear Adobe, a website dedicated to bitching about Adobe products. I should be a daily submitter.

(Via Shaun Inman.)

Hello blog, I’ve missed you.

Wade — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:59:03 +0000

Holy cow. Busy pretty much describes my past week. So far we’ve sanded floors, finished floors, changed out the fixtures in the kitchen and bathroom, hauled some stuff over, picked up some patio furniture, drank some beers, bought paint, quarter-round, baseboards. We’ve cleaned and then dirtied and then cleaned and dirtied again. We’ve had one complete side of the family over and another slightly truncated version of the family over. I’ve had a shower twice. I’ve eaten well never. I’ve had the best local pizza available and some knockoff KFC. I’ve wrecked my ankle, given myself a blood blister and ruined one perfectly good screw. I’ve installed new locks and had fun with a chisel. Thought long and hard about buying a router. Chose not to. I’ve aimed to take an hour off work everyday to try to get a full day off without taking a full day off. Leaving at 4:00 always ends up leaving at 4:30. I’ve finished a CD cover, started on a website. I’ve carried hundreds of records down three flights of stairs while the girl carried hundreds more. I’ve reconsidered my hobby and still ain’t giving up on records. I’ve contemplated certain shelving over and over in my head for three days and still haven’t made a decision. I’ve looked at washers and dryers online and off and televisions too. I’ve narrowed down the kind of doorbell I want and searched around for Liquid Gold. And all of this is with the gracious help of my mother and father who have painted and sanded and cleaned and dirtied and cleaned and dirtied again. We will finally get a bed over there tomorrow and it will finally feel like we’ve got a home.

Persuasion.

Wade — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:16:52 +0000

Via Coudal and right in our neck of the woods comes Persuasion, a collection of print advertising from the prairies.

For your perusal.

Wade — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 05:10:11 +0000

The big man–Emmet Matheson, takes a look at Regina rental housing. Also, the kid makes you feel homesick even if you live here. That Matheson=great writer. Glad I know him.

Added to the wishlist.

Wade — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:31:15 +0000

Is anyone interested in buying me Mister Retro’s Permanent Press filter for Adobe Photoshop? Nice effects that would take you a while to duplicate.

Inquisitor.

Wade — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:13:32 +0000

David Watanabe’s excellent Inquisitor plug-in for Safari has been updated. Inquisitor brings up suggestions as you type in Safari’s search bar. It’s incredibly handy and, well, awesome.

Would you look at that.

Wade — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:14:18 +0000

Finally, a new issue of Chunklet is just about ready. Thank you Henry Owings. Also, just a side note, if you every want to clean up that folder structure, I have an Automator action for you. Actually, anyone who wants that action can just ask. It creates a folder named Print that contains folders named images, pdf, indesign, eps and fonts, all in one click! But yeah, new issue of Chunklet.

Who wants to buy me a book?

Wade — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:13:17 +0000

Mark Boyce’s Sizes May Vary. From the site:

This book references the varying standardized formats and systems used within graphic design.
Part sketchbook, part reference book and part notebook –
it is a space for composing and visualizing layouts, sketching and developing ideas, taking reference and making note.
Sizes May Vary has been published in two editions, International and US.
The content within each edition is location specific.

Includes vector templates of everything inside and looks awesome. Forget it, I’ll buy it myself now that we have room for all my current (and future) books.

(Via Coudal.)