A World Without Photoshop

Friday, 09.10.10 at 4:58 pm
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Last week we set forth upon the internets (YouTube) a fun little short film/project envisioning what the daily life of a creative team might be like if Photoshop had never been invented. The project started off the exact same way the video does: with somebody, as designers or photographers frequently do, asking: “Can you imagine […]

Design Life Tee, True Dat!

Tuesday, 04.13.10 at 6:35 pm
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Design life is more than a tshirt design. Its a way of life. Know what I’m sayin’? I mean, its a tshirt that’ll put some hair on your chest… Know what I’m sayin’? The kernel of this idea came from a bowling team full of Chopping Block folks. The team name was the “Burly Bowling […]

That’s One Nerdy Trio of Prints, Harry!!!

Wednesday, 02.17.10 at 5:40 pm
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A bunch of new prints suddenly appeared on chopshopstore.com and are even nerdier than a whole boat load of robot icons. Nerd Rider (left) is actually the original version of a tshirt that has mysteriously disappeared from our collection due to circumstances beyond anyone’s control. The Craftsman (center) was inspired by the video game World […]

Speaking at Type Directors Club December 10th

Wednesday, 12.09.09 at 2:34 pm
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Tom and I will be speaking at the Type Directors Club, this Thursday (December 10th @ 6pm). It’s shaping up to be a pretty amusing, if not enlightening stack of stories & work. Don’t tell us if you are going to be there; nothing freaks me out more than knowing some faces within the faceless […]

The Thing With The Flash CS5 to iPhone

Monday, 10.05.09 at 4:36 pm
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We will not be posting about Adobe’s announcement that Flash Professional CS5 will allow developers to build applications for iPhone and iPod touch, instead we are supporting CreativePro’s even more awesome post. See how I did that.

The Moon Has Water?

Thursday, 09.24.09 at 3:17 pm
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In light of the recent news, Tom’s (@wanderingspace) triumphant return from vacation and the greatest lunar announcement of all time. We made him a quick little website present: themoonhasfuckingwateronit.com.

5 Web Dev Tools I Can’t Function Without

Thursday, 05.14.09 at 2:22 pm
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All developer/designer types have a myriad of applications in their arsenal that they cannot live without. I am going to skip over the obvious ones: Photoshop, Flash, Illustrator and focus on a few deeper tracks that you may or may not have heard of. Textmateby Macromates http://macromates.com In it’s simplest form, Textmate is a plain […]

Robot Stuff on Etsy Part 3

Thursday, 04.23.09 at 11:54 am
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For the third installment of Robot stuff on Etsy I present the Silver Robot of Love with a Turquoise Heart pendant.  This is for all the Robot lovin’ ladies in the house.  This pendant is handmade of sealed plastic.  Although it doesn’t come with the chain, it has a jump ring that you can either string […]

These Pictures Don’t Just Take Themselves

Thursday, 03.26.09 at 4:29 pm
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Every once in a while the office is thrown into disarray due to a Chop Shop photo session. These sessions usually work out one of two ways. The first one is that Tom (that is me, and for the sake of this document will heretofore be referred to as “Master Blaster”) will get a shipment […]

It’s a man’s world, I just program in it

Tuesday, 03.17.09 at 12:22 pm
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Last week I had the pleasure of attending the Girl Geek Dinner in the cafeteria at Google.  It was a lovely event with food, drinks, speakers and best of all, networking.  I was excited at the prospect of meeting other female programmers and tech geeks. The evening began with an hour of socializing over wine and cheese.  I […]