Back in Dubai And to my surprise I've started to jog a little
Posted on Thu September 1, 2011 2:34am CDT
It’s been almost a week since I’ve gotten back to Dubai and as expected it was easy to get back into the “normal” routine of things. In some ways it doesn’t even seem like I’d left, certainly not for the two months that I was away. Thinking back this summer was the longest vacation that I’d taken. The other ones were closer to a month and a half, this one almost two months.
Worried about doing nothing, and even worse, getting comfortable doing nothing, I decided to start walking again… not that I ever stopped, but I wanted to ensure that I kept moving after the vacation. So my first walk More...
Latest Web Design Project
Posted Nov 10, 2011 One of my oldest sites that is still up and running is my first hosting company, Nowse-West. It was started back in 2002 and at the time the design was one of the best I'd come up with. Unfortunately time takes a toll on all things and when it comes to design, time is especially harsh. I've wanted to redesign the site for about four or five years (maybe longer), but I always seemed to find something else to work on, but now I can say that is no longer the issue. The new design has a contemporary layout with large graphics and utilizing lots of white space. I really like the new look, but have to admit that I'm a bit tired of staring at the same thing for the last week. Visit Nowse West Hosting.
Time Lapse Abu Dhabi Towards Dubai
Posted February 6, 2011
So what do you do if you have too much time on your hands? If you're me, you stick your camera on the dashboard of your car and start recording a drive from Abu Dhabi to Dubai. I did this last Friday and then compressed the time down to one minute. My camera only records video for up to 30 minutes so although I wanted to record the complete drive to Dubai, I've only got about a fifth of it. Nevertheless, it's kind of interesting if you ever wondered what Abu Dhabi is like from the front seat of a car.
Summer Vacation 2010
Posted July 11, 2010 After much deliberation I've finally decided on my destination for the extended Summer break this year, and I want to stress that "much deliberation" is no exaggeration. The months leading up to the break I decided I was going to go to Argentina, then changed my mind to do a Western Europe trip from Helsinki to England, and then I decided that what I really wanted to see was Morocco. The idea was Morocco to England. Unfortunately even though I like the idea of crossing the Straits of Gibraltar and all, I wasn't convinced that it would be the best trip for me. So I decided it was back to Helsinki, Finland to England. I brought my tickets and I'll be leaving in about a week. Now comes the part of getting ready for the trip. Follow me
Meetech.org
Posted June 22, 2010
In keeping with the designing that I've been doing recently, I've started a new site. Actually the site has been up for a while, but it just had one page, and that page was incomplete. Meetech, or Middle Eastern Emerging Technology is my attempt to bring technology based information to the Middle Eastern community.The goal or mission is to create a community of professional, tech people to help answer questions relating to Web design, graphic design, programming, software applications, and information technology. It's nowhere near completed, and I haven't started populating the content, but it is progressing-- which is saying a lot. Go to the site
Latest Web Design Project
Posted June 10, 2010 Well, the hosting site was nearly completed before I started the next site. This one is my web design business, the one that I've been meaning to update for years. It's taken about a week to decide on a design, and about two weeks... maybe less, to put it together. It's not really close to being done, I still have to populate it with content, and add a client area with a support section, but that should take a little bit more than a week or two. It seems pretty dumb to have started this site when I still have to finish my other two recent projects, Profdig and Nowse-hosting.com. Speaking of sites, earlier today I had the chance to check my sites out on a pc and I was so surprised on some of the formatting issues. The structures were okay, but the layouts looked horrible, images placed in the wrong position, text aligned incorrectly, and... and... well that was about it, but I was so angry. I later checked the sites through a service that gives a snapshot of a site from about a hundred different browsers and platforms, and the sites looked perfect except for three browsers; IE6, IE7, and IE8. Geez, the only browsers that don't follow html and css guidelines are made by Microsoft. Figures. The new site
medusa
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Medusa mixed media on paper, 18 x 24
Mixed media piece done about six months ago. Done in a playful style that has a Deloss McGraw look to it. more information
