October 2005

For those of you using Thunderbird and experiencing it opening multiple instances of itself, be sure to download the No New Window on Double Click 0.2.3 extension. I’ve installed it and tested it on Thunderbird 1.5 Beta 2 and it seems to work as advertised.

As a frequent visitor of the WIBC web site, this caught my attention a few days ago. While it doesn’t add value to the web site in regards to content, it does let visitors know that the site is updated regularly (as do the “On Air Now” images).

Adding content value to it would be quite easy though. They’d just need to create a special page or section related to the image (Halloween related information in this case) and link the image to that particular page or section. Then visitors could consistently look there for seasonal information.

This Flash based ad is currently up on the Hallmark web site . The image just “pops” and has that homey feeling…and it makes me want to go find that house and hang out with whoever lives in it. Nice job guys.

I was recently working on a project where I needed to use corporate logos on print pieces but was only given small pixel based images for a handful of the logos. I made attempts to get vector based versions of the logos, but in some cases that effort was in vain.

Since small pixel based images would look very unprofessional in print and I wasn’t about to attempt to recreate the logos in Illustrator, I was stuck pondering how to obtain the logos in a vector based format.

There are some “logo bank” sites out there, but for the most part that proved fruitless. So I was once again back at the drawing board.

Then it hit me…do a search for PDF’s that may contain the company logo that you’re after. Once you have the PDF, open it in Adobe Illustrator. At this point you’ll most likely have the logo you were looking for in a vector format and can use it in your project.

There are a few caveats though…

1. If a PDF is password protected for editing, you won’t be able to do this while the password is in place.
2. If the logo used in the PDF is pixel based, you’ll still have a pixel based logo.
3. If the type in the vector version of the logo wasn’t converted to outlines, you’ll need to have the fonts used in the logo installed on your system.
4. If the logo isn’t readily available, there may be a good reason for that, so make sure you’re well within usage guidelines and can legally do so. And if possible, get permission first.

The Word Press Email Notification Plugin has been updated to version 2.3.0.

Updates to this version:

• Added notification of future posts so that they only get sent at some point in time after they are published
• Added an option to set default send option
• Moved the admin panel under the “Manage” tab

If you see anything that looks like a bug or the documentation needs corrected, please let me know.