An extremely unpopular post,

Written in Plano, TX on December 15, 2008 and tagged with , and .

I was lamenting.. hell I was complaining bitterly to one Jared Christensen today @work that I don’t get any love as a designer, because my way of designing is not trendy.

Jared made the offhand remark that I should blog about that, because it would create a crap storm of Croftian proportions, and we all love a good crap storm online don’t we? Read the rest »

Dissecting Latest Crap,

Written in Plano, TX on December 8, 2008 and tagged with , and .

Love that title! The theme that currently graces Sillyness is my 5th theme for Habari, titled Latest Crap.

The goals for this theme were pretty straightforward: Read the rest »

Right, another redesign,

Written in Plano, TX on December 7, 2008 and tagged with , and .

I know what you all are thinking: Not Again.

As much as I liked the technical merit of my previous design, it just didn’t give the content the stage I like. I have always preached the mantra of "Content is King" here on Sillyness. What kind of person would I be if I didn’t take my own advice? Read the rest »

Get a clue people,

Written in Plano, TX on March 8, 2008 and tagged with , and .

One of my new vices is watching the home improvement shows on HGTV. Heather and I are working out the home improvements/renovations we want to get done this year, and the shows we have been watching have been pretty helpful with that.

So lets break down the scenario. I am watching Color Splash this afternoon and decide that I really dig the technique of attaching translucent colored plastic to cabinetry. We want to do something to freshen up our kitchen and that would be a great, inexpensive way to do it. Read the rest »

Rough edges,

Written in Plano, TX on February 13, 2008 and tagged with , and .

Thanks to all the people who have emailed me outlining the rough edges left on the site. Most of the them I knew about, but a couple had escaped my notice.