I hardly ever share my own design work on here, so I figured I might start… if I like the piece enough. It just so happened that I finished a template for a PowerPoint presentation that will be shown around our building on the LCD screens on the sale floor. It’s a take off an online advertising campaign we have recently done, and I think it turned out well.

By Jerry

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• Einstein’s last words were not understood by the attending nurse because he spoke to her in German.
• No president has been an only child.
• The concrete in the Hoover Dam will not be fully cured for another 500 years.
• The only bone never to have been broken in a ski accident is the one located in the inner ear.
• The word Aa is valid in Scrabble and is a type of lava
• Even today, 90% of the continental United States is still open space or farmland.
• Russia was the first country to ever legalize abortion.

It seems that Google, along with other popular search engines, like to “decorate” their logo’s depending on the holiday. I am loving Google’s new logo design today. Not only does it celebrate Martin Luther King Jr, it is pretty nifty design.

I have been surfing the net a lot and have stumbled acorss some great web sites that might be of some interest:

• Nubby Twiglet – Great art/fashion blog. I love her style. Plus her blog has “categories” that make it more of a newsletter. To me, it’s more fun to read.
• Digital Polaroids – A modern take on the old Polaroid-style pictures. Pretty neat if you ask me.
• Bianca Alexis Beeman Photography – Her photography is gorgeous.
• How to Make Lots of Money During a Recession – A good blog post on creating and delivering and how ultimately it’ll lead you to your goal.
• 5 Easy Steps to Buy Books Online for One Cent – I, of course, did not get my books for one cent, however, got about 5 new books for around $10 including shipping by following these directions. Now if only I could by a new bookshelf for one cent.
• What Lenses for my digital SLR – I really want to buy an SLR camera, but have no clue about lenses… good reading material.