Monthly Archives: November 2008

November 29, 2008
Creative and Exciting Messenger Bags

Since getting my first laptop the other day - an Eee PC, I’ve been on the lookout for a nice messenger bag. Looking through the websites, these are what I turned up.
Ecoist Recycled Billboard Messenger Bag

I first read about this item in a roundup in WIRED magazine, and haven’t been able to stop thinking about [...]

November 29, 2008
Huzzah!

Props to my brother, Joseph, for helping me sort out my WordPress problems, and providing me with free hosting for all these years
I’ll try publish some posts soon.
Note: Downgrading my Flash version sorted out the uploader problem I’ve been having lately, but upgrading my WordPress version (again) sorted out the visual editor glitch [...]

November 23, 2008
Trouble with WordPress

Hi guys,
I recently upgraded WordPress to the latest version in hopes that it would sort out a few problems I’ve been having recently regarding the flash uploaded (it won’t display now I upgraded my flash version).
But no, now I can’t even see the WYSIWYG editor in the writing interface, and I also can’t see the [...]

November 17, 2008
Check it Out: Inspired Inspirers

I’ve just stumbled upon a new and interesting website, Inspired Inspirers. A bit of a mouthful of a name, but the content is quite interesting, and that’s the main thing.

From the site:
Inspired-Inspirers is a place for people who inspire the world to show us who inspires them.
Every 2 weeks a new issue is released showcasing [...]

November 16, 2008
Photoshop CS4, Apparently

An advertisement for the new instalment of Adobe Photoshop - CS4. This is seriously a cool ad, but I’m still happy with CS3 for now.

You can view the making of set on Flickr, or view the complete version fullsized.

November 16, 2008
Beautiful Business Cards Found on Flickr

Flickr is a great source for finding inspiration if you know what to search for. I searched for business card designs and found an amazing resource for print inspiration. Check out this short roundup
Rhythm Kitchen

Abnormality World

Bubi Au Yeung

November 13, 2008
50 Must-Have Photoshop Brush Sets

Another nice roundup from the folks over at Smashing Magazine, and they were kind enough to include a set of brushes from Design Blurb in the list

From splatters to paint strokes to textured brushes, this roundup has all of the best quality brushes from around the net all in one place. Well worth [...]

November 9, 2008
20 Free Fabric Textures

I’ve never been able to effectively use fabric textures in my designs, or any other sorts of texture, for that matter, but I really would love to learn how to more effectively use them in web design. Here is another nice collection of free textures from Lost and Taken.

Check it out. Well worth a download [...]

November 9, 2008
40 Great Web/Graphic Design Resources

Another nice roundup of resources from a new and upcoming design Blog, Think Design: 40 Great Web/Graphic Design Resources.

November 8, 2008
Photoshop Freebie: Watercolor Brush Set

I thought I would write about the newest freebie from Fudge Graphics, a set of cool, watercolor brushes for Photoshop.

Seriously a nice set of brushes here, well worth a look. I’ve added them to my collection, and they await being used. The set is composed of 14 brushes, and are all an average of 2500×2500 [...]