Posted on June 16, 2007
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For the Vader Project, 75 artists customized Darth Vader helmets for exhibition at the Star Wars Celebration IV in May 2007.
The Vader Project is presented by Master Replicas Inc. and curated by Dov Kelemer of DKE Toys. Kelemer gathered 75 of the hottest underground and pop surrealist painters, artists and designers to participate. Each artist was given a Master Replicas 1:1 scale prop replica of the actual Darth Vader helmet used in the Star Wars films. Each helmet served as a blank canvas for each artist to paint, design, mash up, and customize.
Darth Vader is easily one of the most recognized movie characters of all time, so the plan is for the exhibition to travel to museums, galleries, and events around the world. The helmets will then be offered publicly at auction.
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Posted on June 16, 2007
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I recieved this list in an email, so don’t really know who to credit. I did a little looking and believe some of these are from William Safire’s Rules for Writers. It’s a humorous list of pointers on how to write well. Number 52 particularly reminds me of my friend Matt, who’s a big fan of brevity.
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Posted on June 15, 2007
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What else can I say about this one. I think we’ve all waited too long to see our favorite Family Guy and American Dad characters locked in epic battles for control of the world. While probably not that serious, I can tell you that Kung Fu II Turbo, Hyper Mega Edition will help you kill a couple of hours and most likely a few useless brain cells along the way. “Fight!!!”
Posted on June 14, 2007
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It’s not like I really have any love for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, but as a developer I am faced with making sure my sites work in all of the modern browsers. Microsoft, in their infinate wisdom built their browser to be so highly integrated into the operating system so it’s almost impossible to natively have 2 different versions of the application installed. The problem is that many people haven’t upgraded to IE7 so I needed to have a separate machine with IE6 (with automatic updates turned off) to be able to test for that sector of the market.
I ran across this page detailing how to install and run multiple instaces of IE on the same machine. Yes, you can run IE7 and IE6 at the same time this way. Mulitple versions of Internet Explorer… it sounds good but I somehow still feel dirty. If you just can’t bring yourself to install the others, maybe this handy web tool will bridge the gap.
Posted on June 13, 2007
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As I’ve mentioned before, effectively establishing your brand takes a lot of planning and research. Here’s a good example of what happens when you don’t think that tagline all the way through.
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