Tip of the Quill: A Journal

Monthly Archives: May 2004


Wow. You guys have to check out the motion graphics demo reel of Steve Seeley, a designer based in Calgary. He’s got a couple of years on me, but that’s pretty much exactly the kind of design work I’m looking to be doing someday. Very impressive, and I love his style.

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It’s a little after midnight here in Chicago. It’s cool and wet outside, and we’ve got the windows in the apartment open, so there’s a nice cool breeze a-blowin’ through. I just got back from hanging out with one of my friends from college, which was an absolute blast, and now I’m sitting here in […]

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OK, I’m going to demonstrate how much of a spaz I can be with this post, but what the hell. One of the things that’s made me insanely happy this week was a sort-of-reunion with an old friend. Kinda. When I was over at the University of Exeter, in a fit of homesickness I went […]

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One of the things that’s going to take a little while to get used to is this wacky Chicago weather. Hot in the day, positively freezing at night, and really wet. Actually, I really like it – it reminds me of England or the Pacific Northwest, two of my favorite places I’ve been. A man […]

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Well, the apartment studio is definitely coming together (definitely not a studio apartment – the new place has two bedrooms, a living room, another room with a fireplace, and the kitchen and the bathroom, all for a price that’s staggeringly affordable compared to life back in D.C.), and now it’s time to play catch-up on […]

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Forgive the spotty entries here lately, folks. I’m still getting the network up and running here at the new home studio in windy Chicago, Illinois! Between the packing and driving and unpacking and all the other malarkey, I haven’t had a lot of time for updates. Suffice it to say that I’m here, trying to […]

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My personal site will be half as cool as J.K.Rowling’s. Lots and lots of fun stuff to play with in there – hint: use the eraser!

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Jeez. It’s distressing me no end that they cast Keanu Reeves as an Americanized John Constantine, and that this movie could have been so cool, but what the hey, I’m a sucker for this stuff. The new Constantine trailer is right this way.

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I would so like one of these to show up in Chicago. Pricey, but awesome.

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Yet another good New York Times commentary, from John Rockwell:

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