goblinbox

gobbie

n., slang. Any kind of device (computer, PDA, cell phone, GameBoy, iPod, or television) that relentlessly sucks up all of your time and attention. If you're reading this, you're utilizing a goblinbox right now. You might even have a S.O. who wishes you weren't pasted to the goblinbox who's hollering, "Turn off that blasted goblinbox and come to bed this very instant!"

Old Art

In which I find some stuff.

Somewhere there’s a goblinbox logo with Christmas ornaments on it. I swear I’ve seen it recently; in the past year at least. But where?

I want to use it, but I can’t find a copy anywhere and the original files are long gone. I dug through the Wayback Machine but it’s not there. I looked on my old hard drive and it’s not there, either. I dug through all the junk on the server to see if I could find it, and I couldn’t.

But I did find these:

I used to be hella handy with a graphics art program! But not lately. My employer won’t let me load any software on to my work computer and my laptop’s too uncomfortable to do graphics on so I hardly ever do it any more.

Where in the hell is that logo with the Xmas balls on it?! Gaargh!

My Damn Blog

My Damn Blog has a new stylesheet featuring three columns! Aren’t I clever?

Free Icon Set

You can download my Spring Green icon set here (you may have to right-click to circumvent the image viewer) for use on your own blog or web site.

These icons are free, no strings attached! Although a link-back would be cool, and/or a heads-up to let me know you’re using them.

Enjoy!

See-through Backgrounds for Blogs

Translucent: see-through backgrounds for the masses, a Firdamatic product.

morgueFile

morgueFile: free high resolution digital stock photographs and reference images for either corporate or public use. The purpose of this site is to provide free image reference material for illustrators, comic book artist, designers, teachers and all creative pursuits.

Yay!

goblinbox.com

spring_gb.gifToday the ‘box is green, in honor of what I hope will soon be an early spring. (There’s snow on the ground outside, but hope springs eternal.)

I used a fixed wallpaper backgroud, and edited a stylesheet from movablestyle.org. I think it’s pretty busy, but it’s less boring than the white terror I’ve had up since moving to this server.

It’s greeny! Do ya like it?

An Online Hex Calculator that works!

“Use this simple java applet to compare colours quickly and easily. Excellent for designing web pages, as you can set the foreground and background colors to your tastes, and then read their hexadecimal values. You can contrast different sizes of text and/or a big colored area against the background colour.” Visit the Colour Numbers – Hexadecimal Color Value Calculator.

Style Generator Alpha

The Movable Type Style Generator loads a new, random style every time you refresh. Nice for color scheme ideas!

Free images

Intuitivmedia: source of royalty free photography offers a selection of royalty-free images, probably to get one addicted enough to buy more. Still, free quality images in any quantity are handy for websites and skinning.

Buttonmaker

If you’re wondering about the buttons: Button Maker is the place to make your own.

Buttons

This is still really damn funny.

Flickr

Skin quality?Rice and beansWallpaper 9/1/10Workin'Thai TeaTomatoes!

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