Tax season has come and gone but unfortunately I’m not done yet. We have an extension out this year because we’re using a new tax agent who has to work out the kinks. Early indication is I have to pay a few grand of taxes this year with is bittersweet. I realize I only have to pay taxes if I have incoming money to begin with, but it still hurts...
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Interesting to find that this site, Gov.UK, is getting so much coverage by sites like Gizmodo and Wired lately. Why? Well, it was named “2013 Design of the Year” by the London Design Museum not because of any bells and whistles. In fact, it has very little in the way of graphics or flash. What it is does somewhat effectively is present a LOT...
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If you’re trying to find out what type is being used on a website, tools like this WhatFont is super convenient. It can be installed both as a Bookmarklet or as a browser extension. Works like a charm saving you countless minutes trying to look it up in the source code. Great way to just collect ideas and thoughts about what to use in your own...
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Beautiful hand-drawn typography in homage to Bob Dylan by Leandro Senna. From what I understand everything was done by hand and in one-take. /bow...
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Finally finished a site today that I’ve been laboring on for a few months now. I’m fairly proud of this site….I think I accomplished everything I set out to do. A no-frills site that doesn’t rely heavily on fancy doohickies but I wanted to push my skills in website typesetting and image-work. It was a tricky balance trying to make...
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I don’t know what it is about the Olympics. Every time it comes around I feel like I really should be enjoying it more then I am. Does that statement make any sense at all? I mean, I plan for it for months, I tell my wife “The Olympics are starting soon!”. I program my DVR to catch all the important games. I clear my schedule to watch...
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LoweStudio Inc was founded by me, Raphael Lowe, a Honolulu based illustrator and web designer. I presently design and manage a few dozen commercial websites, but my main focus these days is acting as the head developer for Kapiolani Community College and teaching New Media Arts.