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February 7, 2008

Happy Chinese New Year!

February 7th marks a new start on the Chinese calendar, and it will be the year of the mouse — or rat if you prefer. I’d like to extend my greetings of well wishes and prosperity beyond my family and friends to the readers of my blog too :) . I had fun sending out a mass email with a design I was working on the past few days…



January 3, 2008

Amie St.

Amie St. is a new online music distribution service for non-mainstream artists to distribute their music. It is a really neat service that is quite similar to thesixtyone in that it uses a voting system to push good tracks to front pages so that the better tracks get exposure.



Today I will be listing a few of my lifestyle choices I actively make in order to minimize my negative impacts on the environment. A lot of these apply to common lifestyle choices, so even if they contribute little to the environment, it all adds up over time.



October 2, 2007

Going Pink For October

In the spirit of increasing awareness for breast cancer, my blog has gone pink for the month of October.



Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Facebook recently held a keynote announcing a new initiative called fbFund. This $10 million fund backed by Accel and Founders Fund can be dispersed in grants ranging in the amounts of $25 to $250 thousand.



September 16, 2007

JibJab: Starring You!

Back in the day when you wanted to slap someone’s face onto a video clip, you’d typically have to open some sort of advanced video editing software such as Adobe Premiere. It wasn’t a simple task either; you’d have to cut out the person’s head, do the motion tracking, etc.

Fast forward to today and you’ll see some internet applications that are capable of some pretty advanced stuff, including slapping someone’s face onto a video clip thanks to Starring You! created by the minds at JibJab.