Monthly Archives: August 2006

Touch Screen Technology Comes of Age: Practical and Cool Demo

Want to see a really cool touch-screen interactivity video? Would you like to see what’s in store for the next generation of touch screen computing? Well hold on to your preconceptions of touch screens only being for fast food chains and kiosk applications… and take a walk on the wild side of touch screen technology!
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New Terminologies and Overheard Conversations

I was recently chatting with a couple of friends who were describing one of their acquaintances. They described him as "Metrosexual" — which left me puzzled.

I asked them what that meant (feeling very old and out-of-it because I had to ask). And this was the reply…
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Life in Kentucky: Baby Watching and Plane Crashes

This weekend, I was on “baby watch” — meaning I went up to my sister’s house and spent the weekend hanging out with her so my brother-in-law (a great guy who has been right beside Amy for the duration) could get out and go fishing and hiking and doing some solo stuff.

And, this weekend, there was a tragedy that touched far too close to home.

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New Design Frontier: Painting with Pictures, Textures, and Motion – The I/O Brush Lab

So you are bored with the gazillion different shades and hues of colors available in your current palette? Want something more exciting than flat colors and limiting reality? Give this new I/O brush a spin!

Originally designed as a learning tool for children, this new device may well become a cutting edge tool for a whole new breed of design studies.

Want to know more? Read on…

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New, Lighter Looks on My Wicked Websites

I love black, green and purple. But after nearly four years of black backgrounds, even I was getting a little weary. Yeah, I know… you aren’t supposed to use such dark backgrounds. It was a rule I knowingly broke. But, calling a decision “artistic license” can only go so far.

So, it was time for a change. I wanted to lighten, brighten and simplify my websites (my virtual world) in the same way I seek to lighten and brighten and simplify my physical world. So, this process began some time back, and it’s still underway… but it’s much closer now.

This blog is almost exactly like I want it to be, and WickedMobility.com is getting closer as well… but I’m still working on the concept over at WickedWordCraft. That one may be a work in progress for quite some time.

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