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captain corpo…

drew.liverman — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:01:41 +0000

1 day shy of 2 weeks in, and somehow or another, this new gig is clearly in the lead for my favorite career move so far. too early? dunno, i kinda like (finally) having this thorough of a style guide to follow – that’s my kinda ish! more to come..

stuff i’ll be getting into in the not to far away future…

(more) wii hacking
hackbook conversion, target => dual-boot OS X & UNR on wifey’s EEEpc
geriatric raving
more nike hunting
pirate art (whiskey & daggers yarrrrrrr!)

stay tuned, etc.

DesignDar

drew.liverman — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:58:33 +0000

so apparently design radar (being called DesignDar) is something that’s cool - but, i’d say have a damn near annoying curse of this design radar or whatever. unintentionally taking notice of, evaluating, and overanalyzing design of quite the grip of mediums, primarily graphic in nature. typography is a severely occupying beast, especially if its really good or really bad, because i’m always looking without looking and will often launch into discussing whatever my eyeballs have reported to my brain. but logo stuff, print work, restaurant menus, billboards, vehicle accents, album cover/disc art etc. is something that although very fun and often interesting, i really do wish i occasionally had an off switch for. its hard not to be last one to order an appetizer when my mouth is still running about how poorly some poor lad or lady has aligned some stock photo of a chicken sandwich. could be worse i suppose.

here’s smashingmagazine.com‘s take on the subject, and they (yet again) made up a word that’s not a word

-> http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/07/11/crank-up-your-design-radar/

CSS3 Rounded Corners (With No Images and No Additional Markup)

drew.liverman — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:58:45 +0000

HTML Remix had today’s answer to my hunt for an easy way to apply a border with rounded corners to an image dynamically based on user assignment.

this method was exactly what i was looking for, perfect for usage in a cms environment and with coverage for ALL browsers, even those which we all revel in the hatred of.

great work.

http://www.htmlremix.com/category/css

I took the survey, radness!

drew.liverman — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:59:09 +0000

on the drawing board…

drew.liverman — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:16:10 +0000

so my saturday was consumed by construction of a (nearly finished) wiimote whiteboard (wiimoteproject.com/).com) infrared light pen. i’m pretty much a soldering rookie, so i’ll face that monster later this week. i must drilling a highlighter and managing to install the ir bulb was quite a feat for me, so upon completion it’ll be experience points either way.

if i another rap song with little wayne’s squirrelly stupid voice in it, i swear i’ll jump. off a building. settle down with sounding ridiculous guy.

the new gig is rad. 2 weeks deep, i think its about to get bizzy up in here. bring on the schedule, drza awaits.

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Tar-boss, The Park Group, Diggidy-Deeee-Nizzla and The Capital Ale House

drew.liverman — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:17:20 +0000

An action-packed, very eventful weekend… I think I’ve just now recovered enough to attempt the journaling of it, in usual mediocre fashion.

Travis is off to the big city, whooooo hoooo! Brooklyn Stand Up! etc. etc. He, now alongside the other Symbol Force nerds set off to take over the Rails-powered new mediaverse, starting with a monster client… I’m not sure of disclosure agreements and things, so I’ll just say a pretty dang high-traffic, high-volume paparazzi upload hangout.. Best of luck homies, I’m certain you boys will rep it proper.

On Friday I officially accepted my position as Interactive Media Producer (at least I think that’s my title) – I think the most accurate description of this job is my dream job; or as close possible, considering my geographic family restrictions to the Richmond, Virginia area – which is somehow, the second time around, growing on me again. I didn’t think this incredible of a new media job opportunity would’ve surfaced in the area without being a little closer to DC/Northern Virginia. Again, a bit more credit to the area. So here goes nothin’. I’m stoked, and I don’t surf; therefore, try to avoid the usage of that word. However, to follow – I’m gonna go nuts trying to start the moving process in midst of all this jazz, posting up in RVA until I live anywhere that’s mine. And forget not this – I know myself pretty well, and I know I’m going to become completely absorbed in my new job. I’ll be spearheading the addition of interactive media offerings (rich media, user experience, interactive design structures) to this phenomenal HD production/post-production group in an effort to extend the capabilities of a true “interactive agency.” Good stuff, eh?

To punctuate my super action hero weekend… A surprise Richmond visit from who other than… THE DEAN! Here were the high points…

Oaked Arrogant Bastard (via the only keg in the state of Virginia)
Tommyknocker Black Powder Stout
Southampton Publik House IPA
An outstanding bartender, with a phenomenal classic knowledge of GI Joe characters (more so Cobra than the Joes – but I’ll take it from my pint pusher)
Dean’s homey telling me that he shoots in the 80s then realistically believing that I would play golf in their foursome… ROFLCOPTER, mate. That’s just not how I roll.

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Alpha Release of MODx 0.9.7!!

drew.liverman — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:19:26 +0000

Rebranding looks proper! Big up boys… I’ll post more than this => http://wtf.modxcms.com/ when I get a minute to install… Drew = EXCITED ABOUT 0.9.7!

Big up MODx, and Uncle T

drew.liverman — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:38:12 +0000

Last week was a good one, and I thought it seemed like an appropriate time to list an update of stuff I’ve been working on lately, almost entirely developed within the MODx PHP/AJAX framework..

http://www.sunrealtyobx.com/ (SEO stat: 2nd natural listing for Google search phrase Outer Banks real estate)

OB Homebuilders Find A Builder page.. purty fun Alphabet character select Moo Switcher

SJE Partners (Tricia, header, baseball, wha?)

Creative Touch Tile and Sarisand Tile

And the sneak attack (with the heavy-loaded assistance of Tar-bis =] ) site that’s gonna be the sexiest lil’ thang yet is well underway. I’ll throw that up when she goes live…

Yellow Icon lost their domain?

drew.liverman — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:40:26 +0000

that would be an…. oops. anyone know where they’ve relocated?

Fast Guy, Tight Pants, Coffee Movie, AND…

drew.liverman — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 06:22:32 +0000

the unfortunately underappreciated RAD HAIRCUT.

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Click Here. Really Necessary.

drew.liverman — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 23:06:22 +0000

I’ve been waiting for somebody to take enough meds, and/or care enough about the guts and details of their job or life’s purpose or whatever the funk to address the issue of whether or not a button or hyperlink actually needs to include the instructions “Click here to” ________ .

Thus, the article exists, and is quite pleasing -> http://www.copyblogger.com/click-here/

Another Dojo Post – Now with Dirty Ajax Article Titles!

drew.liverman — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:52:00 +0000

The plot thickens, and the article title wins the superlative for “wittiest.” Rad.
http://ajaxian.com/archives/dojo-the-cigarette-after-the