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Recap from my trip to Japan

I just returned from my trip to Japan with a few of my family members and friends. This was what I would call my first true vacation in a very long time. I have blogged about other trips: Florida, Vegas and New York but this...

Spell Check

In this day and age with project managers and copy artists, why do so many ads have misspelled copy? The latest one brought to my attention by my designer cousin, in Florida, can be seen on the Project Runway web site. On top of that I...

Ratings and Reviews on Yelp

I have found many neat applications while browsing the internet, but I think one of the more useful ones would have to be yelp. This site is built up of reviews and ratings on everything from where to eat all the way to where to...

Design a Playing Card 2008

A few years back (4 to be exact) I was part of a forum based project where we each designed a playing card to complete a deck of cards. This was my first PHP project where I allowed the members to auto-register, pick a card,...

PHP – Securing data from Flash

The topic of security in PHP is a long standing one in the developer community. Often times you will find security is simply overlooked. The most recent example (that I found) is the Untraceable movie web site interactive puzzle game. Once you complete the game...

Lightroom, Contests and Great Deals

PhotoshopCafe has just released a new training DVD on Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. This DVD is packed with 80 clips of important tips, tricks and techniques. The running time for this new DVD is over 7 hours but don’t let the size scare you, there isn’t one point where the information is stale or “filler content”.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom

Design Challenge 8

Interested in designing a Video Game Cover? How about for a contest with a prize pool of over $12,000 from the leading software and hardware companies in the industry? If the answer is yes, which I assume it is, you will want to enter the PhotoshopCafe Design Challenge and start designing your entries today.

Switching gears entirely for a moment. I (like most Amazon members) receive the “Deal of the Day” from Amazon via email.