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Prospective client: $400 for a logo?! Wh…

Stii — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:10:20 +0000

Prospective client: $400 for a logo?! Why are you so expensive? My nephew has Photoshop—I can just get him to do it.
Me: Does your nephew have Microsoft Word?
Prospective client: Yes.
Me: Then have him write you a novel while he’s at it.

from http://clientsfromhell.tumblr.com/

Geez, I’ve been under a rock it seems. …

Stii — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:46:40 +0000

Geez, I’ve been under a rock it seems. The Prologue2 WordPress theme and the Press This! bookmarklet suddenly converted blogging into so much more fun! I’m kinda peeved that I didn’t do this sooner! Try it, you’ll love it!

Boring blog designs, etc…

Stii — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:34:02 +0000

Following my previous post on blog designs that are boring, I’ve started realstii.com as an experiment. I want to use it mainly for a little more serious thoughts. Thus far, it is not working out too bad, since it doesn’t take forever to customize those posts in that way. What does tend to take a little time is the imagery, but I’m sure as I get better it would become quicker and easier to do.

I’ll admit to this: It won’t be a mainstream model any day soon. It is a little harder than I initially thought and I do all the post markups by hand. People without fair HTML and CSS knowledge will not cope at all. We can always work on some WordPress plugins to streamline the process!

As for this blog, I’ll do it the way Nic has done it. Using the simple, quick to publish Prologue2 theme to do Twitter-like updates. I do like that. Also, I’m changing the flow in that random pics and photos won’t go to pic.stii.co.za anymore, but everything gets drawn here. One blog to rule them all!

I’ve spent enough time musing and fuming about this. Everyone for himself and the devil for us all. Enjoy it, else you’re not doing it right!

Kick-ass Wallpaper

Stii — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:23:28 +0000

I’m a sucker for pretty wallpapers. Last year, I stumbled upon VladStudio by Vlad Gerasimov when Coda wrote about it. I fell in love with the dude’s wallpaper designs!

If you act fast, you could take advantage of his special offer for $19.99 which gives you a LIFETIME subscription! See, you can download low res images for free, but if you want high res for different screen sizes you gotta pay.

Once you’ve paid, you can also download the entire collection in one zipped archive in the resolution you desire. Very nifty! Here are a couple of my favorites: