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Entries from May 2008

Making Goals and Making Graphics

Goals
I only realised last night that just telling myself to do my essay isn’t working. I need to make smaller, achievable goals to actually be productive and be able to measure my success. Previous goal: “Write Proteorhodopsin essay.” Todays goal: “Read at least 3 papers and write at least 2 pages of essay.”
That might sound [...]

The Art of Favicons

From the title one might think that I have something insightful to say about the art of making a favicon (the little shortcut icon that shows up in your browser’s address bar, on tabs and in bookmark lists). Really, I just want to say two things.
First thing about favicons
They’re damn cool: they make identifying [...]

18 Image editors and creators for Mac OS X

I found myself wanting to make a quick sketch to get an idea out of my mind, while I got on with something else. I could have gone and got my Moleskine, but it’s nearly full and I didn’t want to start a new project in there. I could have opened up GIMP, but it’s [...]

 

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