Monthly Archives: November 2005

I’m actually wading through OtherKin sites.

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Good things:

  • The updated comic web page is up. It’s currently just a splash page with some info, but that page will eventually be the “About us” page.
  • is coming over tomorrow to do some quick shooting at our house. I miss him.
  • Later I’ll be heading out to Southfield (I think) to do some serious Anime watching with and company.
  • is at a party at which she’s likely having a very good time.

Bad things:

  • I have a persistent feeling of boredom. I have plenty of things I want to do, need to do, etc. However, I don’t wanna do any of them. See that petulance? That signals the onset of a low emotional swing. I need to get out and do something. But I don’t wanna. Wash, rinse, repeat.
  • I’m craving a fantastical existence again. I’m drawn toward immersing myself completely in fantasy worlds of fiction, or any other sort, really. This is escapism, and also signals a low swing.
  • I am having strong spiritual urges, in tandem with these negative feelings.
  • is not here.

I think I’ll go put away my freshly clean laundry.

Horoscope

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Ready for a sweet revolution? At the very moment when the polarities are at the extremity of their opposition, they will mutate into a state of dynamic unity. The struggle between the light and dark will dissolve in the face of a rejuvenating catharsis, becoming more like a collaboration. There’ll be a breathtaking cessation of the conflict between logic and intuition, civilization and nature, and masculine and feminine. The truce will not only be fascinating; it will also spawn a synergistic brainchild that has enormous healing potential. The end of strife has rarely had such great potential for generating high adventure.

Information Architecture

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http://jjg.net/ia/visvocab/

It could be that I’ve already been working in computers for too long. It could be that after over a decade of working in the field, I’ve slowly absorbed the ideas about information architecture, use, and layout purely on my own. It could be that this document is extremely helpful, and I’m just an ornery old geek.

It seemed to me, though, that the first reading was taking the obvious and re-stating it in over-technical terms. It came across as overblown simplicity and logic in design. I understand the need for nearly-universal and simple logic diagrams for flowcharting, idea mapping, and process design. I just think that this sort of thing already existed, far before web design was a twinkle in somebody’s eye.

Logic gates, AND, OR, XOR, etc, have been available for use since the first processor was mapped out. Hell, Babbage may have used simple logic diagrams like these. To pass off simple logic and conditional diagrams as something designed in response to a need in the office offends me. A small history lesson may be in order.

Click to access elements.pdf

The second document, on the other hand, was extremely helpful. It had a clear and concise chart that compared and contrasted two different flows of information design, which were centered on the two most popular uses of the World Wide Web.

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KMFDM show in Detroit

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Did I ever mention the trip to see KMFDM in Detroit? The first opener, Bella Morte, was awesome, while the second would have been better off without a vocalist. KMFDM rocked, and I ran into while I was there. showed between the crap band and KMFDM, I think, and it was good to see her.

, Huggy, and Carmalita were a lot of fun, too. Though the last two were totally late. :)

Looking for Artists

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I’m looking for artists to work on a comic book project. Both for pencil & inking, as well as for coloring.

You will be paid, provided the issue that you work on makes a profit.

This is a serious (and yet friendly – heh) venture, and deadlines will be involved. Please do not contact me if you can’t complete projects within reasonable time frames.

If you’re interested enough to hear more details, as well as get a copy of the script, email me through childe at livejournal dot com.