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Captcha Plugin

August 1, 2008, 10:11am No comments

I just installed the CapCC captcha plugin on the this thing because I was getting a lot of spam comments. I know, I hate them too. You can barely make out the letters and it makes the commenting process more difficult, but hey, at least I know you REALLY wanted to comment.

Imitiation Equals Blah

July 27, 2008, 11:32am No comments

“Unfortunately, the type pages so imitated are frequently inferior, or, at best, the imitation is only an imitation, because the imitator has not grasped the principles which make the original design good.”
-The Manual of Linotype Typography

Is it website, web site, or Web site?

July 8, 2008, 01:31pm No comments

When I first began working with text and content, I never knew what the correct spelling of website and email was. Sometimes it was spelled as one word, and sometimes as two. Other times, I would see Web capitalized. So what is it??
Without siting references and so on, what I remember reading was, Web was […]

Graphic Design Job Directories For Houston

March 28, 2008, 05:20pm No comments

American Advertising Federation-Houston Jobs List
Only In Houston Jobs List
I think they pull a lot of the jobs listed here from AAF-HOUSTON (or from some central database).
The Creative Group
Type in a Houston zip code to see the jobs.
Creative Hotlist
Just search under Houston or Texas.

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