Mar
30
Well, I bet you’ve all heard about Google going black yesterday. The reason? The Earth Hour. Apparently, there’s enough evidence supporting the fact that White on Black websites consume less power on displays.
As noted, an all white web page uses about 74 watts to display, while an all black page uses only 59 watts, the shift to a black background will save a total of 15 (74-59) watts. That turns into a global savings of 8.3 Megawatt-hours per day, or about 3000 Megawatt-hours a year.
Then again, on the same Google’s Earth Hour Page they explain that the real reason behind the decision on going black is actually more of a publicity stunt than an actual conservation measure.
As to why we don’t do this permanently - it saves no energy; modern displays use the same amount of power.
Wheew, Thank God somebody came in and made everything crystal clear. No, wait, now I’m even more confused :/
Mar
26
They are here! FINALLY!. It took some time (just imagine, from Halifax → Miami → Asunción) but it worth the wait. MAN this things are beautiful. Seriously I don’t think I can explain how detail, sharp and vivid this posters are. I’m still scratching my head trying to figure out what the heck did James used to print these. Anyway, a little less talk a little more action, Here are the pictures!
Mar
18
Wheew… that was exhausting. The posters finally arrived and I just added the SHOP section to the site using ExpressionEngine’s Fairly Complicated Simple Commerce Module. I just hope everything is tied up the way it should be and I’m not making a someone in Nigeria even more richer.
Mar
06
Today I went to pickup my mail from the (stupid slow) Mail Forwarding Service I have down here in Paraguay. Little did I know the ISO50 Posters I ordered last week were already sitting there waiting for me. Warning: Poster Pr0n content ahead.
UPDATE: In the spirit of providing a full review, I just ate the “Soft’N Chewy, Hard ‘N Fruity” candy that came inside the mailing tube with the posters, and here’s the verdict: Gooood. After finishing it, my wife made an interesting remark: “I just hope it was Scott who put the candy on the tube and not just some random candy the mailman (or anybody else) dropped” Oh crap.
Mar
03
You get mad at your .PSD for weighing more than 25 MB. On Saturday I re-did the Winning Poster from the scratch on 18 x 24 @ 300 DPI and prepare it for printing and every CMD + S took about 5 minutes. Photoshop CS3 ate about 10 GB on temporary scratch files. Boy am I excited to finally send this to the printer.
If anyone wants to be notified when they ready for their debut, be sure to let your email on the comments. Thank you!
Feb
27
Photo by Zsolt Vajda
I suppose you’re wondering why I’ve gathered you all here and I understand you have more important places to be, so I promise it won’t take more than 10 minutes. I will ask you however, that you let me finish what I have to say before you start bashing me.
Feb
22
FEB 25TH UPDATE: I just got two new mentions on Smashing Magazine. One on the “Gallery Of Date Stamps And Calendars” article and the other one on the “Breathtaking Typographic Posters” article. Woot! Woot!
This morning my brother tipped me about the “45 Excellent Blog Designs” article on Smashing Magazine and guess what, Ten Thousand Things made it on the list. Maaan I Wish every Friday were like this!
PS: Please Don’t mind the Kanye West looking dog, I just couldn’t resist to post him, plus I owed him a favor. Don’t ask.
Feb
22
Contrary to the ordinary course of nature, today I actually won something. Not just anything, I won 1st Place at the Veerle’s “What is Graphic Design Poster Competition”. Seriously, this is really incredible for someone who never won anything (well except for that one time when I won the “Get a Haircut from your Older Brothers Lucky Draw” and end up looking like a Gremlin for a whole month).
Feb
21
What can I say, I do like’em, so I put together a inspiring collection of 10 Cubes I found over time. Cube lovers, rejoice!
Feb
21
Two out of my three entries made it to the Veerle’s “My Readers are Creative Bees!” post. The response from the Web Scene was AMAZING, with over 660 submitted posters. Needless to say Veerle will have a hard time choosing out the winners.
Here is a visual overview in no particular order of posters that grabbed my attention. If yours isn’t here it doesn’t mean anything other then I can’t possible show them all. Winners will be announced towards the end of the week. In the mean time enjoy!
Can’t wait to see the final results!
