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Archive for June, 2005

Batman Begins

By Denis • Jun 29th, 2005 • Category: General

So, as a treat, I dropped some extra cash on seeing Batman Begins on an IMAX screen. The results were far beyond my expectations and on the ginormous IMAX screen, the results were mindblowing. More to come on that…
See some pix in the meantime… or check out the NY Times review



Elvgren Updates…

By Emile • Jun 24th, 2005 • Category: Blogging, Design, Elvgren, General, Taft

Lefebvre (don’t ask me how to pronounce it), care of his/her own blog over at Saboya.org has passed on a cool and possibly useful update/version of Elvgren.
This basic idea is that the category buttons/links/more all in the sidebar on the left, can minimize and maximize to let the user reclaim space on the […]



Spotlight and FileMaker anyone?

By Emile • Jun 22nd, 2005 • Category: Design, FileMaker, General

I’ve figured a way of fudging a FileMaker database to be searched a la Spotlight. I’m willing to openly discuss it, but it requires an extensive writeup and I’d like to gauge the interest before I do. If you’re interested, drop me an email or leave a comment.
UPDATE
For those looking for the […]



Up up, down down, left right, left right, B A, Start !

By Emile • Jun 22nd, 2005 • Category: Design, General

Care of the Apple WWDC 2005 Design Award Winners, I discovered PowerGame Factory by Sawblade Software. And while we can temporarily put aside jokes about gaming on the Mac platform relative to PCs (cough, cough Battlefield 2 and HalfLife 2), this is a sweet application.
Some may recognize the title of this post […]



For those that fantasize…

By Emile • Jun 22nd, 2005 • Category: General

About someday becoming Batman, or at least dropping our spare millions to emulate the famous Caped Crusader, MSNBC.com has an article and breakdown of the costs involved, you can read the full article here
Tags: Batman |



Wordpress Theming / Powerful Secrets

By Emile • Jun 13th, 2005 • Category: Blogging, Design, Elvgren, General, Taft, Wordpress

Displaying stunning code-prowess and Chris J. Davis has taken the time to write some exemplary and detailed posts on Wordpress 1.5’s Themes architecture and tips and tricks for coding themes. You’re not worth your Wordpress Theme salt if you’re not interested…



Back To Elvgren

By Emile • Jun 3rd, 2005 • Category: Blogging, Design, Elvgren, General, Wordpress

Ok, I have a problem. A serious, serious problem. I like Kubrick.
I really, really like it. But I think I should start putting that sentence in the past tense. I liked it. This is not a form of Kubrick bashing, but more a lament of praise on its rise, most […]



Tiger, in depth.

By Emile • Jun 2nd, 2005 • Category: Design, General

For the procrastinators amongst us, much like myself, if you have waited to update your system to Tiger and have had several lingering and nagging questions, I recommend reading Arstechnica.com’s review of Tiger. It is easily the most expansive, elaborate, and detail-oriented look into the OS.
Here’s the link



Del.icio.us-like tagging for the desktop

By Emile • Jun 1st, 2005 • Category: Design, General

Interestingly enough, I stumbled upon an fascinating widget that I haven’t seen or read about on any of the Mac sites other than Apple.com. The widget, named TagBag, performs a basic count of user-customizable tags which can be kept track of in Spotlight Comment fields and subsequently, using Spotlight.
I have yet to fully experiment […]