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Spring Cleaning.


Today is going to be a packaging, shipping weight, and photographing day regarding several new items I have ready to post into my shop, but otherwise I plan on spending some time cleaning, organizing, and then finally working on some new projects this evening. I’ll get that weekly newsletter out for tomorrow. Rumor has it […]

Put it back together.


It’s been quite awhile since I’ve posted here about anything too crucial, but last week (the one before Thanksgiving) my desktop replacement computer suffered a miserable crash that completely disabled it.
The Gateway M675 Laptop/Desktop Replacement computer that I’ve had since 2004 finally decided to kick the bucket and it threatened disable my career for an […]

An Update on Updates! :)


Hi Everyone! I’m working on a few new pages here at AntAesthetic that will make this site a lot more useful, providing articles with helpful information to clients and visitors about about graphic design and the work that I do. The Art page has also remained unfinished and unlabeled because I’ve been quite exponentially busy […]

Lightbox, Del.icio.us, Last.fm, & Fixed.js


I’ve been doing a lot of JavaScript & PHP plugin work lately trying to get this site to work correctly. Most importantly, I want to get my portfolio up and running so I can market myself better. Already breaking the “don’t make horizontally scrolling sites” rule, I charged forward into trying to find a novel way to make text popups for them, so it could be a primarily visual portfolio.
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Geocaching: A (Real) Game for Adventure Seekers!


I think everyone has a little bit of adventurer in them that wants to be treated once in awhile. Sometimes we sit around and play adventure videogames and hope to find some buried treasure, but in the end we’re just finding something that a bunch of people are going to find. Nothing very original, and […]

Lifehack: There’s No Time!


Lifehack features this great article today about how “needing time management” is essentially a rather bad replacement for enjoying yourself and what you do. Time management should not be about fitting as much as humanly possible into the smallest block of time… I encourage anyone who ever feels like they fit in the following category, […]

MAKE: Blog: Cigar box guitar


Whoah! How to make a “guitar” out of a cigar box! You can even make it electric by installing a pickup! I’d imagine this how-to is a great starter for making other types of instruments with other items!!! Start your own band with instruments you made yourself! Awesome, now that’s innovation.
MAKE: Blog: Cigar box guitar

How-To: Make a Real Scene Look Like A Miniature Model


Receding Hairline recently posted a tutorial on how to transform photos of overheadish views into views that make them look like model scenes. If you look at the above editorial picture, you’ll see an example of what it looks like when you’re finished. Almost reminds me of the Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood intro, but it […]

How-To


In the upcoming days, I hope to get the “howto” section of this site together. It’s really important to me to promote and encourage innovation and creativity, and the whole DIY philosophy. So, once in awhile I’ll be posting stuff on the how-to section of this site, linking to others’ innovative projects, and I’ll be […]