Moving to SF Dec 12, 09, 11:29 a.m.

I've moving to San Francisco and I want some opinions on the neighborhoods and other notable places to check out. Anyone?

Moving to LA Jul 30, 09, 1:26 p.m.

Without getting into a lot of detail or anything, I'm finding myself moving to LA within the next few months.

From the look of things, I want to live over on the West-side, preferably in a loft or a cool house/bungalow/guest house. Only thing is, my limit for rent is $1600 right now, until I can sell my place here in Minneapolis (of which I will be renting out for the next year or so.) Street parking is fine too, as long as it's a a good neighborhood.

Any of you have recommendations?

Dublin, Ireland Mar 15, 09, 7:01 p.m.

I'm entertaining the idea of planning a trip to Dublin in early June. I know fuck-all about the country other than 3/4 of all US citizens claim to be Irish so they can get wasted w/o question.

Any places I should know about? Experience?

Online Framing? Aug 21, 08, 10:59 a.m.

What's the consensus for online framing? The only framing place around here is super slow and extremely overpriced, so I'm considering sending out for a frame.

Anyone?

Old Mac - Return from Dead? Jun 29, 08, 3:47 p.m.

I have a spare G5 tower laying around my place - it's cheese grater face is just staring at me, asking, "why won't you use me - you did spend $2400 on me three years ago!" It's complicated.

Anyways, just curious as to what some of you use old Macs for - space heater? File server? Media server? Uhh, display? I was originally thinking of selling the G5 off, but I feel like it should be good for.... something.

Salaries May 3, 08, 11:21 a.m.

This has been done a thousand times already, but whatever. This is the end-all thread.

So, I have a potential new offer floating my way for a Senior Designer position at a very prominent interactive firm opening up a shop in the Midwest - they're large and have a international client base if that matters.

Anyhow, I've been looking around to see what sort of salary figure I can throw them via http://designsalaries.org/ but I was just curious how accurate/real those numbers are? According to that site I should be asking for $60k/year.

I have 5 years in the agency world, have lots of experience in AS2/3 and have been dabbling with Papervision.

CS3 Illustrator to CS2? Jul 30, 07, 4:16 p.m.

I'm sending off an .AI file to a printer, but they're claiming it can't be opened in CS2 because I made it in CS3.

I've utilized the worldly knowledge of Google to no avail; I just can't find an answer.

So, it is possible to "save down" to a specific version of Illustrator from CS3? The printer simply needs a layered vector format.

Late-night Work Tunes? May 17, 07, 6:50 p.m.

I'm pulling a 22 hour day, and need some music to keep me going.

I've been looping Prince's "Purple Rain" for the last 4 hours, and have made my way onto MJ's "Thriller."

Help me/help you.

Calibrating Apple Display? Jan 31, 07, 7:49 p.m.

I have a 20" Apple aluminum display that I just so happen to think it starting to kick the shit; either that, or I never actually calibrated it properly in the first place.

Does anyone have a recommendation?

Screen Recording on OSX? Jan 31, 07, 11:23 a.m.

I'm making a series of mini-tutorials for a friend of mine - she is going to be presenting these mini-tutorials in front of a group of high school students to show what can be done with a "creative process" in a small amount of time.

Anyways, is there an application that will record whatever it is I'm doing on OSX? I don't need audio or anything fancy, but I would prefer something relatively bloat-free.

Flash Video (FLV) Player Dec 7, 06, 10:51 a.m.

Yo.

I've been asked to build out a lightweight Flash Video player for a client. Normally, I'd just use Flash's built in processing and skins, but the client wants a player-skin that matches the rest of the site.

Anyone?

Vector Browser? Sep 12, 06, 9:49 a.m.

I'm doing a few quick print-mockups for a client, and they want to see what they'd look like in a web browser . . . only thing is that I have to present in print format... eugh.

Anyone have any 180 dpi + browser mocks that I could use?

Portable Drive Sep 7, 06, 11:48 a.m.

Ugh.

My 40gb portable drive just bit the shit out of no-where. No huge loss, but a minor inconvenience as I use it to transport work from home to work, etc.

Any recommendations? I'm looking for something sub $100 and powered through USB or Firewire.

Large Format Printer Aug 9, 06, 10:46 a.m.

I'm in the market for a 13 x 19" at home printer that's capable of making high-quality editions suitable for a gallery setting.

I've heard good things about Canon, but I'm not too famiilar with their printers - same goes for Epson.

Framing? Jun 8, 06, 3:20 p.m.

I've got some sweet prints that I've been meaning to frame . . . only thing is, Minneapolis is pretty lackluster in terms of custom framing.

Anyone have recommeneds for a good online shop that specalizes in custom framing?

Swash? May 15, 06, 7:04 p.m.

Looking for some recommendations on floral, and decorative swashes.

Books/ideas/links/nt-espionage is welcome!

Symbian? Apr 9, 06, 10:13 a.m.

I just bought a Nokia 6682 series 60 phone, and have no idea where to start on finding programs/games/etc for this.

People of NT, what do sites & utilities do you recommend?

NINTENDO 64!!!!!!!!! Mar 26, 06, 7:16 p.m.

Simple CMS? Feb 16, 06, 6 p.m.

I need something simple. All the CMS' I've played around with do way too much. I just need something where I can post an image, and it will link to the previous one.

Something similar to trueistrue.

Recommendations?

Pantone Book/Color Index? Feb 14, 06, 10:05 a.m.

Does anyone own/actually use these?

I've tossed around the idea of picking one up, but I don't know if it's justifiable.