December 2008

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The Swarling Black Mable, unfolded

The Swarling Black Mable, unfolded

For a long time now, I have had dreams and nightmares of black ooze. I have tried to embrace it… somewhat to address the visions and somewhat because, well… it is a neat vision. Perhaps it is some Jungian bit that is easily explainable, or at least a common dream. Either way, I have worked it into my comic The Surplus Bio-Freaks, into my ink work, and, heck, this site, “Swarling Black Mable,” is titled after my pet name for the ooze. I might have figured out my fascination.

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Misfit Toy Xmas ’08

Christmas is not one of my more favorite holidays. Last year I was stuck in a snowy wasteland without cigarettes fending off panic attacts over my tailbone surgery the next day. The year before I was home alone trying to figure out what to do about my truck being stolen then night before. Prior to that, I mostly pretended Christmas was just another day since my family didn’t get together on the 25th since my mom always worked.

Development Made Possible By Credit Card Debt

Development Made Possible By Credit Card Debt

Somehow I managed to stumble on to http://www.bluthfamily.com, a site with quotes from the show “Arrested Development”.

Tough Times, a day at the ministorage

Today, I had a bit of a realization of how tough the times are.

Jquery AjaxForm ResetForm Callback Annoyance

The last few days at work I have been using the jquery ajaxform plugin extensively. The Malsup docs have been valuable. However, there have been certain things that I have had some issue with. It might be one of those “how do you google for things that do not exist”…

Blacklight Chandeliers DIM Video

Here is a vid of us DIMmedia boys making our blacklight chandeliers for Shadow and Sound IV. I have to admit, for only a few hours of work and not really knowing what we were doing, they turned out slick!