·· { Monday, 21 July } ··

No Explore≡

Joen unleashes the pent-up-grey within us all and launches a new design — replete with a special message for Internet Explorer 6 users:

“Fullpage zoom is only available in modern browsers — nearly all browsers built after the year 2001, or in humanspeak: not IE6. That means users of said browser aren’t welcome here any more. That includes potential clients for my webdesign business; yep, I’m that serious. I won’t build your crap anymore!”

I admire anyone that can tell one-quarter-and-a-bit of the worlds browsing community to “get bent”.

·· { Monday, 14 July } ··

Desk View≡

Joen updates us with progress at Deskvu, replete with new community involvement options — you can even go noshop-ing for prints.

“Resident digital life refurbishing outlet, Deskvu, or in humanspeak: website holding wallpapers, has been updated. There’s a refreshed layout, an updated frontpage and most interestingly: an option for you to submit your own wallpapers. Woohoo!”

·· { Sunday, 04 May } ··

Zinc Ezine≡

I recently received an invitation to view the e-zine area zinc — current issue imaginatively dubbed fetish — which provides a risqué (and at times, confronting) view into various illustrative and photographic works by a diverse range of artists.

Previous issues, I and idyllic, are also lush with imagery and typography.

“.. created in 2007 with the purpose of promoting art, putting together different artists in a quarterly ezine, providing a free platform for exhibiting the work of any kind of artists – painters, photographers, illustrators, designers, sculpturers, musicians, etc.”

·· { Thursday, 01 May } ··

Little Black Book≡

Despite the obvious concerns over security, this would be an absolutely brilliant conversation piece. You can even flip through it, coverflow style. And secure? I’d like to see you ingest a $30 USB security token to protect your porn stash.

Each page of the Top Secret Password Notepad has spaces for four different websites, your login name, passwords, help question, etc. And with a title in big letters of “My Top Secret Passwords,” it will be the last place anyone looks.

·· { Monday, 28 April } ··

Illustration Friday≡

A community driven illustration outlet featuring weekly challenges and glorious examples of experimentation that act as a catalyst for the imagination, as is a sojourn through the artist interviews.

Illustration Friday is a weekly creative outlet/participatory art exhibit for illustrators and artists of all skill levels. It was designed to challenge participants creatively. We believe that every person has a little creative bone in their body.