November 2002 Entries »

Writing is uncomfortable.

Pardon the lack of updates the past week. I seem to have melted my notebook’s A/C adapter and I just don’t find it comfortable to type for long periods of time at my desk.

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Tricky Characters

Non–standard character entry. It’s quite the problem, isn’t it?

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Toned Photographs on the Web

Unfettered by the freedom a 16.7 million colour palette offers, it’s compelling to use the full-colour version of a photo for maximum impact.

Using full-colour photography due to lack of technical limitations is a choice made by limited designers though. While not inherently wrong, the inevitable “it’s a full-colour photo, why not use it?” is a simplistic view, and it can be equally argued that if we have a 26-letter alphabet, why not use all the letters in every sentence?

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More on CMS

I began this as a comment to my last update, but it hits on too many important points to be buried “below the fold”. The content management fest continues.

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Macromedia Contribute vs. the Developer.

Sending ripples of joy/shock/fear through the web development community, Macromedia announced Contribute this weekend, a $99US content editing system.

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In Praise of Moveable Type

Ben and Mena Trott, you created something wonderful.

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Inaugural Post

Good day, and welcome to the 12th day, eh?

Okay, I admit it has been significantly longer than 12 days since I took the original mezzoblue down, so to those who actually visit this site on somewhat casual basis (all 1.4 of you) I offer an apology and an explanation.

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