connecticut needs a build guild, or at least a reasonable facsimile

As a freelancer, one thing I really miss is being around with like-minded people on a daily basis. Maybe I don’t hang with the right crowd, but there doesn’t seem to be a hell of a lot going on in Connecticut lately. No offense intended to the awesome artists and bands, but gallery openings/showings/shows aren’t really my scene anymore. On the flip side, I’m sure I’m not the only one who would rather stumble barefoot into a fire ant nest than “tweetup” with “social marketing gurus” and “pro-bloggers” or whatever.

This is where I refer back to the title and reiterate that connecticut needs some sort of build guild type of jam. Salem has one, Philly has one, Albany has one, the entire state of CT has nada! So yes, in not so many words, I’d like to do exactly what they have already done. (Hope to hear back from these dudes, I’d hate to have to try to think of my own clever name)

Back to my point: I’m trying to put together some sort of a “web developer and/or designer” group to meet on a monthly basis to just plain hang out, eat wings, consume cold beverages and be merry in general. And if the copywriters feel they can behave they may even be invited too! I’m checking out a local put (in Torrington) this weekend that has offered to host the event(s) and even hook up beer/munchies specials. Fingers crossed.

Please drop me a reply here or on twitter if you are at all interested, thanks.

This entry was written by russo, posted on July 23, 2010 at 4:17 am, filed under miscellany, projects. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.

Did I mention I like pork?

Go ahead and try to tell me I didn’t give these chops the business. I dare you.

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the bare essentials

i’m on the hunt for a new theme again, so it’s as good a time as any to clear some of the junk out of here. as a wordpress developer i actually find it very refreshing to not create my own themes and to see what other people are cooking up on a regular basis. not that any one is actually reading this of course.

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Hackers and updaters

So someone poked their nose into my wp files without permission and then my last automatic upgrade of wp went terribly wrong somewhere. Pardon the mess for the time being. Guess it’s a good excuse to do some spring cleaning over here.

This entry was written by russo, posted on May 30, 2010 at 3:24 pm, filed under miscellany. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.

Hipstamatic is a fun little app

If you\’re a toy camera junky like myself you will probably love the Hipstamatic app for iPhone. The problem however is that it will cause iPhone to no longer recognize your iPhone when syncing. I had a hell of a time finding useful info on the googlenetz so i figured i\’d post this.

If you use Hipstamatic and iPhoto is no longer seeing your iPhone in the devices list: you will need to delete all of the photos from your camera roll in order to use iPhoto again. Hopefully they fix this in an update. What a pain in the ass.

This entry was written by russo, posted on April 16, 2010 at 1:51 pm, filed under miscellany. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.

well, at least no one can tell me that i’m not consistent

i\’ve had this domain name for over 10 years now and i have never had any real worthwhile content on here. i\’ve come close to having a function website a few times now but nothing official.

in the process of designing/assembling a portfolio site, now that client work has let up a little bit. separating work from pleasure a bit this time though; using separate domains for my own crap (here) and for my portfolio (there).

its 75 degrees out and sunny, enough of this crap.

This entry was written by russo, posted on April 8, 2010 at 3:21 pm, filed under miscellany. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.

DIY iPhone Macro Camera Lens

I was dragging ass this morning and stumbled across a pretty cool idea. Basically you smash an old CD/DVD drive and remove the laser lens thing from inside the guts. With a little bit of masking tape you can attach it to an iphone (or any point & shoot style digital camera) and take some pretty wild shots. (more…)

This entry was written by russo, posted on November 7, 2009 at 11:23 pm, filed under adventures, miscellany, projects. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.

First Day of Work at the New Office!

The new office is finally almost completely done now. It has taken us about a month to gut the room, paint everything and get all our furniture into place. Check it out on flickr.

This entry was written by russo, posted on August 24, 2009 at 5:10 pm, filed under miscellany. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.

Keep Calm and Carry On (and make a free poster)

I have had my eye on this print for ages now. Last night, when i was randomly googling completely unrelated stuff, I came across an EPS of the print. Considering the original print is from around 1939, I don\’t think any of the bajillion people selling reprints have the rights to it anyways. Enjoy!
\”Keep Calm and Carry On\” EPS file on Mediafire

This entry was written by russo, posted on August 1, 2009 at 9:47 pm, filed under miscellany. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.

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This entry was written by russo, posted on July 28, 2009 at 10:17 am, filed under miscellany. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.