mentalism drunk

so mr. kersey is making another go of his online project: scoab. in so doing, he’s asked me to also get specks back up and running. admittedly, i have been sorely lacking on the motivation needed to do any side projects; specks included. but this is my year of design (or so i’ve tried to tell myself). i am doing more things design related outside of work and specks should actually be on the top of that list.

for those who are unfamiliar with specks, please direct your browsers to the first issue. there you will be introduced to bob and patrick – the heroes of the show. neither of them are really hero material, but i use the term figuratively. anyway, based on how much of a task it was to put together those issues, i might have to change the format of the comic. as of yet, i have no idea what that means. i can say that i will be trying to post some specks related thing once a week (if your lucky, more often, ya).

to prove i’m serious…


“mentalism” – shpongle (nothing lasts… but nothing is lost)
“drink to get drunk” – sia (momentum vol. 1)

BeSPeCkeled Adium

It has been a long time since I posted last. Almost forgetting I have a blog seemed like a possibility there. Though I haven't blogged in months, I will not torture you with a small novel.

Onto that novel…
Item 1: The game DarkGalaxy is a joke and, by far, the worst browser-based, turn-style game out there today. Keeping it short: Poor game mechanics and horrible "customer service" make this game deplorable. The creator both plays and cheats. Well, he may not be actually cheating, which would mean he is just dumber than a post. Both options aren't exactly kudos.

Item 2: I am returning to FFXI to be a Puppetmaster. What a fun time for FFXI. Starting April 18th.

Item 3: I downloaded Adium two days ago. I tried this All-In-One IM client some 5 years ago and it just didn't do it for me. Today, however, it does it for everyone! This program is phenomenal and I highly recommend it to anyone seeking to streamline their IM needs. There are even talks of incorporating IRC (via Colloquy, I think) which would just blow my socks clean off and across the ocean to slap some unwitting European in the face.

If Adium wasn't bad ass enough alone, it certainly kicks ass (ala Chuck Norris style) because of all the Xtras. Want a custom set of status icons? Download it or better yet, make them yourself! There are literally thousands of these Xtras to choose from. I found GiR to my liking as my Dock Icon, initially. Then I thought to myself, “How hard could it be to make my own?” Answer: Not at all. So I took the time and created my own Dock Icon for Adium. I bring you SPeCks DI! So far, I am averaging around 5 downloads an hour of this dock icon set. I will likely work up some other characters for a DI set and will also make a menubar set and status icons for the contact list. What I really would like to tackle is a set of emoticons for SPeCks. That would be killer!

All of the above means, of course, that I have introduced a form of “credible threat” for myself regarding the comic. As everyone who downloads/views the DI (or any other Xtra I might create) would be introduced to SPeCks and would likely click to the website to view the comic. So, I guess this means I need to actually start back on that...