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Ode to Whisky
Some reflexions on that magical liquid called whiskey Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enough. - Mark Twain I like my whisky old and my women young. - Errol Flynn Whisky is liquid sunshine. - George Bernard Shaw Always…
The Last of the Mujicans
The honest and consistent politician isn’t a unicorn — I think I just saw one over there… My special guest An undeterminable number of days ago, I had a conversation with my wife. Out of nowhere, she asked me: “If you could invite any one…
Shit Happens, According to Religion & Politics
The famous “shit happens” in English: many flavors, one distinct smell… Into everyone’s life a little shit must fall. Call it what you will: poop, caca, defecation, excrement, bad things….it’s all the same — shit. It happens to everyone; no religion or politics can escape…
A Tale of Chile and Its Delightful Little Earthquakes
How Chileans and non-Chileans understand the Richter Scale. Chilean’s are a particular bunch of people. They live in a country often mistaken for the word “Chili” (and, what’s worse, the geography just happens to resemble a chili….), are surrounded by ocean to the west, mountains…
Excel For the Weak: Split First and Last Names into Separate Columns with Functions
Not as hard as it looks. Breathe deeply, and follow along with me. A nerdy tip to manage those untidy Excel documents. There is no better way to spend an afternoon than by working hard, copying and pasting first and last names into different columns…
Your Internet Speed (and that of your website’s visitor) Probably Sucks
Dear Designer: The Internet Is a Slow Enough Place. Don’t Screw It Up More Guess what, my beloved article reader? Your internet speed probably sucks. Sorry to break it to you. But, look on the bright side: you aren’t alone. In fact, you are part…
Of Bathroom Door Symbols and Flags For Languages
Flags do not represent languages. They represent countries, histories and so much more. Ever enter the wrong public bathroom by accident? Did your experience have anything to do with how the door was labeled? The next time you find yourself in a public place and…
WordPress: My Favorite Static Site Generator
Creating a faster, safer website, and kissing databases (and some features) goodbye! Hello! What we are going to do here is install WordPress in an offline environment, develop our website, with all the designs, posts, pages and plugins that you like, and then “export it”…
The First 3 Things I Do to Your Website (and why you should know it)
As a web designer, I sometimes get so caught up in the strategies, processes and …tricks we use to make the web a better place, I forget that the average website visitor does not do what we instinctively do. This became clear to me the…