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Happy Birthday To Me - Fun with my Sony PSP

Thursday, December 15th, 2005

Sony PSP wallpaper featuring Ninja Yoshi of Jefte.net fame.

This year I recieved a Sony Playstation Portable and I must tell you it absolutely rocks. In kind, I decided to create and release a wallpaper / background for your PSP. The screen quality on these things is amazingly sharp and bright. An avid homebrew community ensures there are a plethora of hacks, programs, loaders, and homemade games for you to play with. Naturally I could not resist adorning my PSP with various backgrounds and illustrations of Yoshi. In fact, as a gift to all PSP owners I have made a custom wallpaper for you to download here.

Here’s to you, kid.

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005

For Christina
Falto la luz que tu belleza trae en mi vida. Lo amé siempre. Adios.

A flash animation that is one part poem, one part user experience. As you read through the poem you must click on visual elements in order to proceed onto the next stanza. Look for anything that changes your cursor from an arrow, to a hand.

Click to view animation

CSS in 60 #3 - A Long Haul

Thursday, November 10th, 2005

CSS in 60CSS-in-60, where you can watch the progress and evolution of a CSS design project. This project has me converting an existing table-based E-Learning system/website into a CSS-driven masterpeice that is future-ready, portable and seperates style from content. The animated GIF that follows, monitors the progress of converting just the homepage. The animation is not real-time, but rather compresses many days and hours into a short, sweet, 60 second clip.

Flock This

Saturday, October 29th, 2005

Flock me!

Flock is a browser. Its basically Firefox with some useability features and a new skin. The addons tie into the whole “web 2.0″ movement. This article was published using Flock’s built in blogging feature. If your site runs compatible blogging software, you simply enter your website address, username and pass, and begin writing. Your bookmarks can be tagged, and are stored and shared online - Deli.cio.us style.

Content is King

Tuesday, September 27th, 2005

Content Is KingVideo, internet, blogs. It’s all great and now we can all be citizen journalists, but who cares?

Wow, I have just discovered Current.tv and the world is about to change.

From their site:

“Current is a new, independent cable and satellite TV network,
available in 20 million homes around the United States — and
growing. Current is about what’s going on.

We follow the global pulse via Google Current, a real-time view of
what the world’s searching for, presented every half-hour around the
clock.

Like they do on the Discovery Channel

Thursday, August 18th, 2005

Not Again!?Another reader told me she checks the site daily but finds nothing new. This is for her.

Why wasn’t I warned these critters go at it like rabbits? They never tell you about these things when you first pick them up. Looking through the manual over and over again and provides little relief. Nope, nothing in there about the prolific Chihuahua libido.

IE’s Conditional Comment

Monday, August 8th, 2005

Anti-IE bannerA reader recently asked how to reproduce the Anti-IE banner that is only visible to those viewing this site in Internet Explorer. The banner is made using an image, some css, and a nifty little piece of markup that lets developers target IE viewers without the use of javascript or any other scripting. Say hello to the conditional comment, brought to you by Microsoft.

New Vector Flash logo courtesy of Ericart.com

Friday, July 22nd, 2005

For a while now the Jefte.net has featured plain text in the banner in liu of a proper logo. E over at Ericart.com felt I needed a little more than a comic font on a flat field of color, and was gracious enough to come up with a fantastic new logotype for Jefte.net. It screams with flavor and style and could not be a better fit for the Jefte.net brand. It gives me a playful, coffee-house feeling while yet maintaining a certain sophistication. Read more to see a side by side comparison.

How to Deal With Friends Who Betray, Abandon, or Wound You

Wednesday, July 20th, 2005

When Friendship Hurts A suggested read for anyone for anyone recently hurt by friends. Friendships are the cornerstones of society. How we treat our friends gives powerful insight into people’s motives, decisions and actions. How we are treated by friends affects our work, our weight, our mental focus. Dealing with the hurtful actions of others and more importantly, identifying new friends is paramount to maintaining a happy, balanced life.

Vector World Map Illustrator Files

Tuesday, June 28th, 2005

Vector AI World MapsFlash projects always have me either searching for something I need, or having to redraw it in Illustrator and then import it into FlashMX. Considering how much Flash and illustration is on the internet, there is an amazing lack of vector AI files on the web for either download or purchase. EricArt has taken the time to draw a variety of world maps and provide them via TurboSquid for very reasonable rates. I would much rather spend 25 bucks than 5 hours of my time. If you know of other websites like TurboSquid that feature Adobe Illustrator AI files please let me know.