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    Archive for July, 2008

    Hemming Jeans Like a Pro

    Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

    Want to easily hem your jeans, keeping the original seam? Originally posted on Fig and Plum’s post Hemming Jeans Without Looking Stoopid, Redux was a Word document that had disappeared from Cavaricci’s site. I had put up an html version just to make it easier to read a while back. Not everyone [...]

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    Posted in Design, Fashion | 5 Comments »


    Missing Google Deskbar

    Monday, July 7th, 2008

    About four years ago, I shared a tip on using Gmail with Google Deskbar’s minibrowser (DeskBAR not DeskTOP). Basically, you could get a small browser window right in your taskbar that would go away when you’re done with it. The power of it came from the ability to set up keyboard shortcuts to [...]

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    Ugly Open Source Design

    Sunday, July 6th, 2008

    Using Audacity this past week has inspired me to talk about the ugly open source programs floating around. Many great open source programs don’t care about design. Searching about Audacity, many developers defend the look of the program as being usable. Usability doesn’t make something well designed, although that is definitely part [...]

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    Posted in Design, Technology | 2 Comments »