dept 56

I’m was working on the 2nd edition of The Artists Guide to GIMP Effects tonight when I ran into an ugly bug. The documents I exchange with my publisher are in RTF format, possibly because its easier for them on the production side though I’m not positive of that. Anyway, […]

Hating RTF

Thu January 14, 2010 in General tagged dept 56 / dickens / GIMP / graphics / holiday / north pole (updated 5586 days ago)

I’m a constant tinkerer on my computers. While I hate system administration I like to experiment with things. But a computer is a virtual world. What you get is visual and (in some cases) auditory. You don’t get a hands on feeling. You don’t really build something substantial. I think […]

makezine.tv: Getting my fix of hands on projects

Tue January 06, 2009 in dept 56 / Holiday lighting tagged colorado springs / dept 56 / dept56 / disney / disneyworld / electric light parade / electrical lighting / graphics / holiday / holiday theme / Make Magazine / makezine.tv / mickey and friends (updated 5863 days ago)

I’ve finally updated my Dept 56 galleries to include both 2007 and 2008 images. The new gallery software on the blog displays the galleries much better than the old software and makes it easier to upload and add captions. So I’ve retro-fitted captions to the old galleries to help describe […]

Dept 56 galleries for 2008

Mon December 29, 2008 in dept 56 / Holiday lighting tagged dept 56 / dickens / graphics / holiday / north pole (updated 5966 days ago)

I was working on my Dept 56 pages when I discovered that all child pages of a top level page would be displayed in the sidebar. I don't really want that. I want child pages to be linked from the top level page only. That way the hierarchy isn't stuffed […]