« December 2004 Entries »

2004 Stats

Dec 24

Google’s 2004 Zeitgeist showed up this week, so in that vein I present the 2004 mezzoblue Logfile Blitzkrieg.

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The Quality Premium

Dec 20

This is what happens when the most popular product on the market is actually the best product available: Any would-be usurpers come across as shoddy knock-offs.

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e-commerce Hall of Shame

Dec 10

I ordered a product for download from the Adobe Store last week, for the first and last time.

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Early Presents

Dec 09

A couple of early presents for you, available in this site’s new Downloads area.

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Anti-Aliasing Tweaks

Dec 02

Horizontal kerning is pretty easy in Photoshop: use the Alt or Cmd + arrow key combination, adjust at will, repeat as necessary. But what about vertical kerning?

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Web Stock

Dec 01

The imagery needs of most web sites are modest; haven’t stock photography providers figured this out?

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