Looking forward to playing with a few apps this year. Looks like they’ve released Magento 1.2, an open source ecommerce application. Magento’s got so much potential, and I hope this release shows some drastic speed improvements. It sounds they’ve got downloadable products all sorted out, too. On another note, Menalto is working on Gallery 3. [...]

For a while, some time ago, my brother was all into building us a cool coffee table using stumps and tree pieces. He had most of the parts, but he just never got around to actually building it. This article on toxel.com shows some really cool tree tables. Maybe it’ll inspire him to finish our [...]

This is pretty cool. Check it out over on the author’s site, at eirikso.com.

I wrote a tutorial that covers a basic introduction to the Drupal Content Management System. In this tutorial, we’ll build a simple CMS, having multiple users and roles, and run through the process of implementing it in a Drupal. Check out the tutorial over at NetTuts: Intro to Drupal: Build a Simple CMS

Chocolate and beer go together so well. Maybe it’s the way that the carbonation in beer dissolves and snapCracklePops the chocolate in your mouth when it goes down. Or maybe it’s the contrast of flavors. Either way, it’s damn good!

Came across this nice API for jquery. This is easily one of the easiest and friendliest APIs I’ve ever seen: http://visualjquery.com/

As I’m practicing with shading in Photoshop, I’m making myself some desktop wallpapers. I posted one the other day, but here’s another one, if you want it!

I came across a nice, simple task management application for the mac. I regularly check Productivity Tools in Apple Downloads, and I noticed this Freeware.

I’m constantly trying to improve my design skills, as I’m not a graphic designer. Not really at least. I’m sure there’s lots out there who claim to be graphic designers, but shouldn’t bother.

I recently came across css-tricks.com. It’s a really nice site. I like his design choices, especially. Browsing around, I stumbled upon one of his articles on css sprites. I’ve heard of sprites, but I didn’t really dig too much into them. My impression of sprites was–exactly as Chris says–that they’re just some little images.