Category Archives: Design

Cheap Vinyl Cutting

Running multiple businesses and being friends with similar people we all know how expensive it is to have any sort of signs made. We’re very much do-it-yourself kind of people, so we bought a vinyl cutter.
First off, this thing was cheap. We shopped around and found a cutter from US Cutters on eBay (don’t buy [...]

CSS Frameworks

I’m going to start developing sites using a CSS framework. I’ve read lots of arguments for and against and I feel like I won’t be delving into super complicated content anytime soon and therefore a prebuilt framework should speed things up a lot.
That’s really the goal that myself and Rob and going for, speed. We’re [...]

Solid State Wut?

If Corsair can produce a 64GB USB flash drive that’s the size of my finger why can’t Dell or Acer or any laptop maker throw three or four of these puppies into a laptop. And what’s with the 8GB solid state drives? I can’t do much with that.
On the laptop note… when am I going [...]

New Open-Mesh Logo Disappoints

This morning I noticed that Open-Mesh introduced a new logo.

I certainly hope it’s a stop-gap before a better logo because this one looks like someone spent five minutes learning Photoshop while making it.
To Mike and anyone involved with Open-Mesh, I suggest you check out Worth1000. It’s an awesome site where you can get a really [...]

Mesh Wifi Networks Are Cool

For as long as I’ve had my cafe I’ve offered free wireless access to anyone who comes in. The idea is simple, if you’re here you’re probably going to eat or drink something while using the wifi. If you aren’t, then at least you’re putting a body in my window for other people to see.
Until [...]