Archive for September, 2007

Cellulosic Ethanol

Posted in Environment on September 27th, 2007 0

By Kerry

I recently read an interesting article on wired.com. Current techniques to derive ethanol from corn (e85) only generates 30% more energy than required to grow and process it. Instead, if scientists can develop a method using enzymes to break down the cellulose found in plants, a potentially limitless source of fuel could be feasible.


San Francisco Litquake

Posted in Happenings on September 26th, 2007 0

By David

For those of you in the Bay Area, the 2007 Litquake Literary Festival is approaching (October 6-13). It’s a week’s worth of discussions, readings, and music, followed by Saturday’s Litcrawl


Marian Bantjes

Posted in Inspiration, Design on September 14th, 2007 2 Responses

By David

Last night I had the great fortune to see designer, typographer, and artist Marian Bantjes speak as part of the AIGA design lecture series. You may have recently seen some of her work as part of the Want It ad campaign at Saks Fifth Avenue. Her type design usually involves intricate ornamentation drawn with stunning […]


Background Positioning - Making Your Web Life Easier

Posted in Web on September 13th, 2007 0

By Kerry

BENEFITS
When developing our sites redesign, I had a few goals in mind:
1. Make it as easy as possible to update
2. Make it search engine friendly
3. Make it as lightweight (file size) as possible


Photos over coffee…

Posted in Inspiration on September 4th, 2007 0

By Dava

Just in for my morning coffee at Farley’s and noticed new photos by Sharon Beals up on the walls. Birds are quite the little builders.