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Hello, I have not posted in quite some time. I have been working a part-time design internship as well as continuing in the design program at school. I’ve also been dabbling in freelance work. In my free time I have been reading a lot, and trying to improve my knowledge of HTML and CSS. In order to improve these skills, I have decided to build a whole new website again. I will be coding this site from the ground up by hand, which I’ve never done before.

I am excited to break free from the limitations of Dreamweaver. The web continues to grow and create more and more work for designers. My goal is to embrace this—to compliment my knowledge of design asthetics with the most functional and efficent code possible. I hope this will open me up to a plethora of new work opportunites.

There were times when I hated web design, and I do still prefer doing print work. However, the time has come for me to accept the importance of vaild and clean coding. Wish me luck.

-J

Posted in Uncategorized · September 20th, 2008 · Comments (0)

What Am I listening to?

I have a Last.fm!  It’s cool!

Soon I’m going to change the look of the blog.  I want another column so I can share what I’m listening to on Last.fm (as well as links to my buddies!).

OK stay tuned!

Posted in Uncategorized · August 12th, 2008 · Comments (1)

Lollapalooza and Radiohead.

I’m at Lollapalooza in Chicago for the Weekend.  Last night I saw Radiohead.  It was really awesome, truly an audio and visual masterpiece.  Highly recommend it to anyone who has not seen it.  The audio sounded perfectly mastered for being played live in Grant Park—different from the recordings, but special in its own right.  They played for about 2 hours, with an awesome setlist (I <3 In Rainbows!).

Yorke @ Lollapalooza

Yorke @ Lollapalooza

Setlist:
01. 15 Step
02. Airbag
03. There There
04. All I Need
05. Nude
06. Arpeggi
07. The Gloaming
08. The National Anthem
09. Faust Arp
10. No Surprises
11. Jigsaw Falling Into Place
12. Reckoner
13. Lucky
14. The Bends
15. Everything In Its Right Place
16. Fake Plastic Trees
17. Bodysnatchers

Encore 1:
18. Videotape
19. Paranoid Android
20. Dollar and Cents
21. House of Cards
22. Optimistic

Encore 2:
23. 2+2=5
24. Idioteque

Source is here.

Saw some good stuff today too, Dr. Dog, Explosions in The Sky, MGMT, and I just saw Battles which won the day.  Really epic.  I don’t really care for Rage or Wilco so I decided to chill at the hotel for the rest of the night.

Wish I had my camera, it’s really beautiful.  2 years ago, they wouldn’t let me in with a DSLR without a media pass, so I didn’t bring it. I’m strongly considering living here soon, though.  And I have a friend who just moved here who I intend to visit a lot.

Posted in Uncategorized · August 3rd, 2008 · Comments (0)

Metal Gear Solid 4

Lately I have been playing MGS4 on the Playstation 3.  I beat it once on normal difficulty, and I now I’m playing through on Big Boss Hard.  Here is a quote I really liked from one of the cutscenes:

“If you won’t be a prisoner of fate, then go, defend your destiny.”

I think it applies to more than just the game’s story.

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Posted in Life, Uncategorized, video games · July 31st, 2008 · Comments (0)

Thinking, thoughts, overthought.

Is it possible to think too much? I fear it may be. Overthought can ruin your life. Please, don’t think about things so much.

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Posted in Life, Me · July 29th, 2008 · Comments (0)

Yes, this is Helvetica.

Yeah, I’m using Helvetica on the blog. On the web. Oh no! You must use Arial instead! Not everyone has Helvetica installed!

Well, I no longer give a fuck. Arial is a shitty rip off of Helvetica, and only exists on so many computers because microsoft was too cheap to license the real deal. I’m tired of looking at it, and since this is my blog I’m not going to use it.

If you don’t have it installed, you fail. You’ll just be seeing Arial like every other site on the web and ignorantly happy with your life.

Meh.

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Posted in Design, Me being an ass, Typography · July 23rd, 2008 · Comments (0)

Blog is here.

Ok!  I now have this blog up and running.

So, what will I do with it? I will use it to document my personal thoughts and experiences through writing, which I’ve never really done before. The main goal is to practice and enhance my English skills via the only available medium that doesn’t make me cringe— blogging.

I will also attempt to write as if no one else is reading. This may bore some people, which is understandable. So perhaps I should have a journal instead of a blog? Nah. You read this right? It’s kind of an experiment. I’m curious to see what kind of comments and reactions this approach will cultivate, if any.  I’m sure this has probably been done before, but I’m not claiming to be the first.

I don’t expect most people to even realize that I’m blogging in this way. Is it even a unique way? Will I do it right? I guess I probably made things too complicated, this will just be where I post whatever I want.

I will post at least once each week, perhaps less or more depending on the week.

Thank you for the visit,
-Jordan

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Posted in Internet, Life, Me · July 20th, 2008 · Comments (3)