If you’ve never been emotionally affected by opera before, this will likely be your first time.

(This is Paul Potts’s first audition on a British talent show called “Britain’s Got Talent”. He’s a mobile phone salesman who was completely unknown before this moment. Note: this man is not to be confused with Pol Pot — despite how the British pronounce his name)

[ Link: Something Different ]

Anyone into art, language, movies, or Pulp Fiction must see this:

What Does Marsellus Wallace Look Like?

[Thanks to Jeff Milner for highlighting this great site]

This guy is simply amazing; check out his pencil drawings. http://arminmersmann.artroof.com/ 

Ok, so here’s a redo of my previous logo/icon. Is this better than the other one?

Hmm, evidently it is. I’ve already heard more good things about this one in a few minutes than the other one over a day. So I guess that settles it. :)

I redid my favicon too. Sweet. Now that I’ve got that taken care of I can go back to my CSS adventure. Thanks for the help, folks, and let me know what you think of this (final?) version.

Well, after an overwhelmingly negative response (honest feedback that I appreciated, by the way), I decided to have another go at redesigning a logo from scratch. So I busted out Flash and started hackin’ away.

I struggled for over two hours before being struck by the idea you see at the top of the page. I am very pleased with this one — save one small issue. I think the font used for the main “DMIESSLER.COM” text is a bit too tall and thin. I looked for a more stout, digital-looking option but couldn’t locate one. No biggie, though; I’m happy with what I have.

So again I ask — what do you guys think of this one? And be brutal — it’s the most helpful advice in most cases.

Edit: Duh! I figured it out. The M’s don’t match! One is digital (the one in the logo), and the other is normal (the one in the text). That’s bad form. Bad form indeed …

Edit: Crap. It’s not just the “M”; it’s the “D” and the “R” as well. The blockiness has to carry over to those too. Hmm. This sucks.

Someone makes the argument that the camera doesn’t matter much when it comes to making great photographs.

http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/notcamera.htm

I’ve been out of webdesign for years now, but occasionally I come across a site that just sets me back. This one here is amazing:

http://www.folietto.at/