Category: Web Design
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Dead River Derby Rolls On
Dead River Derby is Marquette Michigan’s new roller derby league. If you don’t know already, roller derby is an aggressive, full contact race between two teams of women. Established in 2012, Marquette’s league has been busy promoting the sport. Now with an official logo and website to help solidify their image, Dead River Derby is…
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Earthkeepers II promote energy conservation
Earthkeepers II is an environmental initiative of the interfaith community in northern Michigan that now has a professional logo and website. I recently had the honor of designing their identity and giving them an official home on the web. Earthkeepers II consists of ten faith traditions involving 250 faith communities in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. They…
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Papa Crow Redesign
Papa Crow, a.k.a. Jeff Krebs, hails from the beautiful south shore of Lake Superior. He crafts thoughtful and fun music for kids and families. After starting his own family, he dove headfirst into children’s music and decided to make his own album. In 2011, “Things That Roar” was released. This was his debut album of…
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HTML5 LocalStorage
What is HTML5 LocalStorage? HTML5 localStorage is a handy API that gives web developers access to 5MB store on a users local machine with no expiration date. Sure, there are other ways to store data client-side, but localStorage differs from cookies or sessionStorage in that localStorage is still there even after the browser is closed.…
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Responsive Web Development: Real World Applications
I came across an educational article at Smashing Magazine today that I’d like to share. It’s called “A Foot On The Bottom Rung: First Forays Into Responsive Web Development.” It was written by Gavyn McKenzie, a front-end web developer from the UK. I’ve been designing and developing responsively (and responsibly) for a while now, and…
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Aaron Kippola shares his musical endeavors
Aaron Kippola is a multi-talented musician who is known for his saxophone, guitar, drums, and more. He is currently working on several self-produced albums on which he sings and plays most of the instruments. Several years ago, I designed a logo for him and began work on his Album Covers. I also created a simple…
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Free WordPress Plugin “Super Custom Login” released
I’ve released another free WordPress plugin. This one is called Super Custom Login, and as the name suggests, it allows you to easily customize the WordPress login page. It also enhances security by removing error messages upon failed login attempts. The default login page for WordPress sites shows a WordPress logo above the login form.…
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Custom Guitar Pickups by Instrumental, LLC
Instrumental is a small, high end electro-magnetic transducer company that designs and manufactures custom transducers for small guitar companies. In other words, Instrumental makes guitar pickups! This is the first client site to utilize (a slightly modified version of) my new WordPress Theme MEM Core.
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Tai Chi Healing Music is a great way to relax
It’s been ten years since I began this project. I guess it’s time to start promoting it. Tai Chi Chuan is an internal Chinese martial art that helps develop agility, balance, relaxation, and much more. As a musician, I wanted to find a way to combine my passion for music with the healing power of…
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Free WordPress Theme “MEM Core” released
WordPress is a popular, open-source, Content Management System built by hundreds of community volunteers around the world. Although, I’ve been developing WordPress Themes for years, I finally got around to releasing my first free WordPress Theme for public use. I call it MEM Core which is short for “Middle Ear Media Core” because I plan…