If that is not the most amazing title I have ever seen I don’t know what is. I have been saving this slot, my 100th blog post for a while. I wanted to make it something big so I figure what is bigger then this, a complete site refresh, a fully functioning portfolio (with rss), and to top it off I am blogging into triple digits.

So lets talk site updates. I have made a number of small changes that I feel have added up to make for a pretty significant update. The main flash site’s animations and structure have been revised and now allow for deep linking to pages. I updated some content and made sure to add a link to my photo gallery. The last and by far biggest update to my site was a complete portfolio revamp. I axed the flash portfolio in favor of a more flexible and dynamic solution powered by Plogger3. The newest Plogger version added theme support so I made my very own heavily modified portfolio theme (I’m working on making this available to those who are interested so hang in there). By switching away from a flash based portfolio gallery I was able to take advantage of Ploggers backend and its easily modifiable frontend feature set. What all this means to you is I will be able to update easier and more often. In terms of content, I added all of my school work from my design classes to date (DSGD 99,104, and 105) and am working on putting up more. The structure is all there though now so updates should be fairly often.

With that said I think it is time for you to start browsing the site. Leave me comments here and tell me what you think and now that I have crested the 100th blog post, I will be blogging on a more frequent basis.

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This week was a great week for Stanford tradition. As a course of practice at iD Tech - Stanford a small group that I like to call “the faithful” will get mohawks. This week was no different as myself, Nate (Cobra), Mike (Norris), Blue, and Slick all received the honor this year. The act was well documented and the best is shown below. For more check out the gallery.

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I have hunted down what should be a great new polling plugin for WordPress by Andrew Sutherland, the man behind Quizlet (if you haven’t heard of Quizlet check it out!). Democracy, as it is called, allows polls to be placed within posts, pages, and comes with a widget for the sidebar should you want it. I will be using it largely for opinions on projects and such. I will keep you all posted on its performance should I encounter any thing unusual. Check out my first poll in my post about my new bussiness cards.

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WordPress 2.2 was released not to long ago and with it came a slew of security and bug fixes. Not being one to be left behind I updated today from 2.1 to 2.2. I will admit that this is always a nerve racking process due to the severity of the consequences should I mess up. Being that I would hate to lose my blog and everything it has come to be I of course back it up and as always the update goes without a hitch. It’s really just the fear that I might mess up that bothers me. Anywho… the blog is back up and running. It was down for about three minutes so for those of you who might have hit a road block I apologize. So… yeah… enjoy that 2.2 goodness…

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I have been snapping pictures left and right with my new D80. I got some cool shorts of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco over the weekend and threw them up on the gallery. It’s my opinion, but I think this has to be the most beautiful place in San Francisco.

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I am in the process of finalizing the gallery for its official launch. So expect that soon. I am also working on integrating “Digg This” buttons into my blog so that you can easily digg my post’s and such. Just thought I would keep you all updated on whats going on.

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I will be upgrading my WordPress installation today to the newest release 2.1.x. So expect a bit of strangeness on my end for the next few hours. I will let you all know when the installation is complete and everything is back to normal.

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::Update:: Everything seems to have gone supprisingly well. Not a single problem and the new 2.1 interface seems to be pretty nice.

I have just recently started using FeedBurner to track all my feed stats and such. As a result my RSS feed has changed and you may need to update to the new feed. If so, I apologize for the inconvenience but at least now I can track all of my rss feed goodness. It shouldn’t cause too many but seeing that very few people read my blog I don’t want to lose any of the faithful. In case you were wondering how to find that new feed just click on the link to the right (subscribe here). I will also be giving a run down on FeedBurner integration into WordPress and its performance after I have had some time to see how it works. So you might want to check back for that. Until then… sorry again for any problems this might bring up.

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We celebrated Mike’s 23rd birthday last night. I set up an impromptu photo booth so people could have a go at it throughout the night. It turned out to be a pretty good idea. I also put up the photos from last weekends airsoft trip and the dinner that fallowed. Overall, there is a tun of new pictures to explore in the gallery so check it out at gallery.axisds.com

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I have still yet to finish the gallery completely. I have, however, been snapping photos like crazy and adding them to the gallery. So when it does finally get finished at least it will have content. Anywho, these photos should explain this weekend and its events pretty well. So check out this weekend of adventure at gallery.axisds.com. I am currently in Fresno for a few days but will be returning to San Jose later this week. The free time that Spring break will be offering should provide for a some major work to get done. So be sure to check back sometime this week to see whats up. Until next time…

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