In the late 70’s my father had a crazy job over in the 1 year we spent in Australia. I think he spent MONTHs behind one of those giant desktop magnifying glasses, hand-engraving a seamless texture pattern that was eventually applied on the handles of a ski pole. Think about that…one tiny random pattern at a time was custom hand-engraved one...
Read MoreForce of the Universe
It has to happen. There’s some invisible force in the Universe that dictates as soon as you stop pursuing something it happens. This Summer it got really busy for me with work opportunities. Now the new college semester started and I’ve picked up teaching again too. (new upper level class this year). Now all of a sudden clients that I’ve...
Read MoreHere we go…time to teach again.
I start teaching again this week. I’m a bit nervous this time around because I have a new upper-level web design course to teach. It’s supposed to be “easy” to teach because by this time around the students are well-trained and self-motivated so I’m really acting as more of a guide than a lecturer. But without having...
Read MoreLion upgrade
Because it’s inevitable that clients, friends, and family will ask (I’ve already been sucked into doing free family tech support lately), I thought I’d offer some tips for those of you Mac users thinking if it’s worth it to upgrade to the lastest “Lion” OS. I’m not going to go into a full review. Lion has been out...
Read MorePassword nightmare
Being a “webmaster” for a growing number of website clients is frustrating. Besides having a ridiculous title that feels like I should be growing a beard and rolling 20-sided dice, it’s getting downright crazy just accounting for all the setup and password information I have to keep for each person. Just 1 client I keep can have a handful...
Read MoreStuff to deal with…
It’s been hard to keep up with things lately…just too much stuff to do. Had to transition Kingston into school recently. The little guy seems to be doing well in terms of being able to handle by himself there without us. But I’m constantly aware that he’s a time bomb ready to come home one day carrying that germ that’ll make...
Read MoreAbout Me
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.