I don’t follow sports at all, but I have been following Rhonda Rousey’s Olympic campaign for a bit. ESPN wrote up a short profile on her and a few other US Olympic hopefuls. Of course, I couldn’t help but notice this:

That’s right, looks like a little bit of our good ‘ole friend lorem ipsum escaped the designer, copywriter, and art director; and was signed off and launched. I didn’t dig around on the site since the navigation is clumsy and borders on impossible (yes, carousels are trendy–this one is fucking fast and clumsy) so I’m not sure if they were missed on other profiles. I discovered this slip, however, on July 14th and as of today, it’s still there.

Judo seems to be quite the neglected sport here in the US. ESPN’s web team doesn’t even care.

Costco and Sam’s Club are rolling out a new design of the classic one-gallon milk jug. In time where energy costs are ever increasing and the importance of conserving natural resources is growing, an update to of an inefficient traditional design is overdue. From the article in the NY Times, these jugs cut labor costs in half and water use by 60 to 70 percent at dairies and reduce transport trips to Sam’s Club from 5 to 2 per week. The new design allows Sam’s Club to store 224 gallons of milk in the same space that could only hold 80 gallons using the traditional jug. Continue reading »

One of the great things about working for myself is all the control I have over where my work comes from and what leads I choose to pursue. All of the work I’m doing right now comes from acquaintances and referrals. I have an RSS feed from some popular job boards, but I’ve responded to less than 1% of all the listings I’ve seen over the last 10 months. I keep a Craigslist feed in my RSS reader mostly for comic value.

Craigslist is one of the phenomenons of internet publishing in recent memory. They’re part of what’s putting newspapers on their heels by providing classified ads for free or a minimal charge, an area where most newspapers make their money. But that’s a separate discussion. Continue reading »

I don’t have a business plan (GASP!). I don’t have a mission statement either. A few weeks ago, a friend of mine strongly advised me to write a business plan and to come up with a mission statement, explaining how a mission statement is so beneficial to doing business and growing your business.

How’s this for a mission statement?

The Company’s primary objective is to maximize long-term stockholder value, while adhering to the laws of the jurisdictions in which it operates and at all times observing the highest ethical standards.

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They are two of the best (and my favorite) tango dancers and instructors ever and are wonderful performers.

I drew this on the same night I drew the Naked Tree… very late at night or very early in the morning, depending on how you look at it. I finished this drawing at 4:30AM and went to bed somewhere around 5:30AM.