Jul
05
2023
Happy Birthday to the sometimes problematic but always interesting master of the 3 rings, king of humbug, the master showman P.T. Barnum! Born on this date July 5, 1810 in Connecticut. He made the world a much more interesting,...
Jun
25
2023
Quotes to live by... JRR Tolkien: "Where there's life, there's hope." From the Hobbit
The video below was created by using the cool new Adobe Express Beta...
https://youtu.be/-TDUlPoPbCY
Jun
20
2023
I've always enjoyed Adobe Express (formerly Spark) it was handy to create graphics, and resize images for blogging and social both personally and for work. But the new beta is a game changer, generative AI integration, able to use...
May
02
2023
I love museums, history, and graphic design. This means that when I see a display at a museum that is a collection of historic product labels, logos, publications, and any piece of original or replica graphic ephemera gets my...
Mar
05
2023
“Don’t criticize what you don’t understand, son. You never walked in that man’s shoes.”
- Elvis Presley often used this adaptation of a well-known quotation. via Graceland
Mar
01
2023
Nestled in the Northern Idaho mountains outside of Sand Point Idaho you'll find the fantastic ski resort Schweitzer Mountain Resort. It's a really nice place to go skiing with great trails and amenities. One of the amenities, the basement...
Feb
28
2023
I love industrial architecture, it's a cacophony of shape, form, color, form, function, and when operational sounds and smells. Truly modern marvels. On a recent road trip, while stopping to grab a burrito bowl I at Chipotle, I serendipitously...
Feb
27
2023
I love maps. As the old joke goes: "geology rocks, but geographers know where it's at!"
While researching mapping sites, tips, and resources, I found this great mapping resource site by cartographer Tom Patterson. If you make maps, if you...
