http://www.skycorbett.com Skyler Corbett - Print & Web Design - www.skycorbett.com Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:00:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today is the day I submit my second official timesheet as an Oregon State University employee. To celebrate holding down a non-contract position, for longer than my average contract, I want to share what I am doing there in my 'professional capacity.' I have been tasked to re-design the ... http://www.skycorbett.com/2008/11/14/web-design-can-be-refreshing/ This year I gave myself a large birthday present: VIP passes to the 2008 Sasquatch! Music Festival at the Gorge Amphitheater in Quincy, Wa. I also bought a brand new Nikon Coolpix P80 camera that helped me capture some amazing closeups of my favorite bands like R.E.M., Modest Mouse, The ... http://www.skycorbett.com/2008/07/24/picasa-wayne-coyne-and-sasquatch-festival/ The new 3G iPhone was released today. I've been waiting for this announcement for at least a month now. Steve Jobs did not disappoint in his keynote showing off all the new features of the iPhone that include the ability to post blog entries for TypePad from the iPhone, contact ... http://www.skycorbett.com/2008/06/09/3g-ipod-released-screenshots/ This past week I helped some Oregon State fashion students with a quick picture of a collage they put together. It's pretty neat, check it out: http://www.skycorbett.com/2008/02/11/a-snapshot-of-todays-work-2/ The folks over at The Pirate Bay are looking for help. I sent them a resume. Also, just for fun, I drew this: Aren't I handsome? Just look at my peg-leg! Arr! http://www.skycorbett.com/2008/01/18/arr-i-fired-a-resume-at-the-pirate-bay/ I've made some iTunes album art to go along with the Jason Webley show I recorded at the WOW Hall. Here are the .jpg files you can import into iTunes (Right Click -> Save Image As... then put it into the same directory as the .mp3 file). If you want ... http://www.skycorbett.com/2007/11/03/jason-webley-halloween-cover-art/ Last night's Halloween show at the WOW Hall with the Jason Webley Quartet was amazing (and sold out!) Michael McQuilken is my favorite drummer and I was impressed that compared to the last Eugene show I went to the entire place was packed! Webley was just the opener but it ... http://www.skycorbett.com/2007/11/01/jason-webley-wow-hall-halloween-2007/ A year ago I had the pleasure to work for a company in McMinnville, Oregon. At the time I was reading a lot about organizational techniques on the 43folders blog and in David Allen's book Getting Things Done. One day on the job when I was organizing a large directory ... http://www.skycorbett.com/2007/10/30/getting-things-done/ Wilt is my favorite character from the Cartoon Network series Fosters Home For Imaginary Friends. Based on the basketball star Wilt Chamberlain, he was created by a young boy who needed a friend to play basketball with. Wilt ended up losing one of his arms when he protected his creator ... http://www.skycorbett.com/2007/10/19/my-wilt/ There's a great article on road sign legibility in the New York Times magazine today. The bulk of the article is about Don Meeker, a fine arts graduate of the University of Oregon, who developed a new typeface that increases sign legibility by 300 feet. Anyone who's had me give ... http://www.skycorbett.com/2007/08/12/heres-your-sign/