Sniffle Sniffle Cough Cough

Lizzie had a bad cold this past week and no matter how much I tried to protect myself, she passed it on to me. And when I get a cold, I get one hell of a cold. I thought I was going to avoid the bad one this fall, but I unfortunately I was mistaken.

So my brain’s not really functioning now and I don’t really have anything compelling to talk about. I should mention, though, that I’ve launched a couple new parts the web site:

dmPhotoBlog - There aren’t any photos up yet but I’m going to start bringing the digital camera around with me and taking pictures of whatever seems worthy of a picture. There will probably be a photo there by next weekend, and it’s going to be a once a week kind of thing. You’ll probably end up seeing some pretty pointless pictures there, but ultimately it should be fun. This is the perfect time of year to start it, Minnesota is really pretty in the fall.

dmGraphicsTutorials - I’m rethinking the design on this one, I think I might scrap the blog-like layout and go with something else but I’m going to start publishing some educational content here for graphic designers and web designers on all difficulty levels. I found myself searching for how to do something the other day and thought that I should start doing some tutorials to help others out. And it’ll be a good start at preparations for my very distant future goals of a graphic design college teaching career, which you’ve probably heard me elude to a couple of times now.

So those are the two new things. Don’t forget about the Rock&MetalTop40 and of course the NASCARBlog (which has become a very popular part of the site after just a couple months).

I started this web site in October 2002, so it’s three years old this month. I’ve been writing here the entire time, and it’s been a fun hobby. I guess it’s not just a hobby, it’s gotten me work, too. Thanks for visiting, especially to those of you who have been with me since the beginning three years ago.

Talk to you again soon!