Category Archives: Design

New Beginnings

I recently started working at Mailtrust in Blacksburg, VA. Mailtrust is a division of Rackspace, a company that has been experiencing some astounding growth recently. One of the companies that Rackspace recently acquired is Slicehost. Last week, I decided to sign up for Slicehost hosting and move my website to this new server. I also … (Continue reading →)


Tumblr

I recently started using my Tumblr tumblelog a lot more. I created my [Tumblr] account some time last year, like everyone else. I linked my Delicious feed and this blog to it and promptly forgot about it. I recently realized that there are photos that [I favorite on Flickr] , and videos that I [favorite … (Continue reading →)


Blog Comment Design

I updated my blog comments from the Hemingway default to a more iconic design. A post about blog comments that I saw a few weeks ago inspired me to use the “big number” idea for my own comments. I also enabled Gravatars and have highlighted my own comments when I make them. I have posted … (Continue reading →)


New Site Layout

I changed my blog layout to the Hemingway theme and directed WordPress to publish to the root of my section of FiveUptons.com. I am now using WordPress plugins to display my del.icio.us bookmarks, Last.fm tracks, and [Flickr photos] . : http://eightface.com/wordpress/flickrrss/ To all three of my readers out there, please let me know if there … (Continue reading →)


CSS Naked Day

While the concept is nice, I really hate going to everyone’s blog and not being able to see these wonderful designs that everyone is so proud of. Over at Stylegala there is an interesting comment thread about this idea. Sure, the underlying XHTML is very important. I even disabled my stylesheets in Firefox and fixed … (Continue reading →)