If you have been on this site in recent weeks, you will have noticed that I have been playing with themes. This all began when some nice people pointed out that the Comment System seemed to be broken. I looked into it and found oodles of ajax conflicts.
Eventually, I decided to revert to a basic t...
I’ve messed with my Chromium theme on and off for a while now. And, here is what I came up with: since Apple is moving toward an iTunes 7 look, why not modify to match iTunes 7, but still hold onto the individuality of the different windows. Even though I am the guy who made Iridium (which started a...
Leopard seed 9a410 unified UI
Originally uploaded by shrimpdesign. I saw this on Flickr and just had to comment. As many of you know, I have written themes for OSX. And, I can tell you how this was most probably done:
The file Extras.rsrc still kinda works in the betas for 10.5 although, I h...
You have probably noticed that I redid the sidebar on the site. I was reading up on Google Site Optimization and I figured that I could test some of it out here.
I do need your opinions on this though:
Do the ads fit the site? I can remove the ad-blocks altogether. They are not that important. E...
Introducing MacOSX Tigger, the Tiger Apple should have released in the first place. All window shapes match and there are 2 shading options: Unified and Metal.
Since Apple started shipping internal skins in the iLife applications, Iridium doesn’t really provide a Universal UI anymore. Tigger is...
In the spirit of Iridium, let me take a moment to introduce it’s darker sibling: Chromium.
I have been working on a theme that applies the iTunes 7 look to all of MacOS X. I have taken interface elements from iTunes, Iridium, and from many themes built by other people in order to make this work. B...
In my never-ending quest to spend way more time thinking about software than using it, I have once again started to consider my choice of Word Processor…
Now, I’m a Mac User, and I have been using them as my primary computing platform since the days of System 6.0.3 on my fun little Mac SE.
Let m...
Iridium is compatible with Mac OS X 10.4.5 and IridiumTunes was last updated for iTunes 6.0.2.
I have been thinking about this for a while now. And, it appears that the advent of the new iTunes look (which began in iTunes v5.0) has gotten many application developers to bundle their own iTunes-l...
*“IRIDIUM, Platinum’s twin companion
And to which it has a great resemblance,
Is a white and brittle metal that fuses
With difficulty in the Compound Blowpipe flame.”*
–J. Carrington Sellars, Chemistianity , 1873, p. 186
Before MacOSX, Apple Computers shipped an OS that had a unified lo...
Many people have been really helpful by (politely) pointing out the glitches in my site migration. Overall, I am happy with the results. The look and feel is drastically different than it was. And, I no longer have to deal with people faking hits on my site to improve their rankings. I know there ar...
As you can see, the new design is up.For some reason, I had loads of energy when I got home last night. So, instead of working on my tax returns, I decided to complete my site migration. All of the old content is here, but it’s not all in the same place. I will be spending the next few days making s...
I designed Historic Deerfield while working with Steve Howland at Howland Design. That was years ago, and they are still using the design! 🙂
It seems that my Blue Hat icon has become the cover art for Fedora Core 3.
From Designs
Celebrate The Spirit needed a new site design for their gathering this year.Simple, elegant, and magical. Images of Phoenixes and themes of rebirth came together and made this.
Natural Elements Pottery is run by Christy Knox – a truly intuitive artist who works with clay as her medium. Since most of her work consists of earth tones, I tried to find a complimentary color that did not take the eye away from what was truly important – her work.
