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Jan 04, 2007
Vista

An even better screen capture tool

A while back I wrote about a new snipping tool included with Windows Vista. I just found an even cooler one just now that leverages Vista’s DWM to create perfect screen captures on Vista every time, as seen in the screenshot below: You’ll notic...

Jan 03, 2007
UI Design

Windows System Colors Chart Updated

A co-worker of mine was nice enough to update my Windows system color chart with the Royale theme from Windows XP Media Center Edition. You can find the updated chart at its original location. Thanks, Moneta!

Jan 02, 2007
Graphic Design

Learn to draw free and online

I’ll be the first to admit it: I don’t know the first thing about drawing, and it never ceases to irritate me. For this reason, I was incredibly excited when I ran into Drawspace by way of Hillel Cooperman’s weblog, today. They cover everything f...

Dec 31, 2006
Meta

A few predictions for the New Year

As this year draws to an end, I wanted to offer a few predictions for what I think 2007 will bring: Apple will release a new UI with Mac OS X 10.5 that is reminiscent of iTunes 7, and I will spend the rest of the year slagging it. ...

Dec 26, 2006
Zoon Politikon

Rahm on Rahm: Electoral Season Hysterics

GQ has an article about Rahm Emmanuel, Illinois Congressman and one of the architects of the Democratic Party’s November triumph, and the state of histrionics the party elite found itself in during the waning weeks of the campaign: Rahm delivers a...