The LA Times published a survey today called “If I ran the NEA…”, asking all sorts of public figures what they would do. I haven’t read them all, but so far I disagree strongly with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (”Public Works projects”) and Jon Robin Baitz, who gets the “nincompompous mentos” award (which I’ve just established in […]
As I’m in high job-hunting mode, I have spent a fair bit of time poring over job listings on Media Bistro, Craigslist and the like, and am noticing a disturbing trend. Yesterday, I read an ad for an editor job that listed “dog owner” as a prerequisite. Today I saw an ad for a technology […]
A Sandbox-based WordPress template. I wanted to do something snowy that used browns instead of blues–the color of rotting dead leaves peeking out from under snow.
This template goes with Flowerbox, the idea being that they’re basically the same design, and you can switch between them seasonally.
I had been saving the big, lurid flowers I found on Lucky Oliver for something, and this is it. I like the idea of using “floral” imagery in a way that’s unladylike and maybe a bit demented. This is the summer blog template, while Snowbox is for winter. They are basically the same design with […]
This is the template I designed for the Sandbox Designs Competition. The nice thing about a competition is that it makes you finish something, and now I’m making a point of trying to finish a number of the other themes I’ve started.
Blackbox is very simple and bold. I wanted a blog design that would be […]