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etc. // words, maps, podcasts2015Hell-ooooo world!
Ten years of Hell-Toupee. Restarting on Webflow.
A milestone post: the site moves from its 2009 grid-of-color-blocks to Webflow. The .com is gone but the project continues.2008EW GUIA UI/UX blog about Firefox, Windows 7, Linux, and what it would take to design a better tab bar.
Posts included 'Firefox 4 Concept: A Tab Bar Overhaul a la Windows 7 Taskbar', 'Holy Windows 7 UI, Microsoft.', 'Linux Orpdort!!', 'Ubuntu Thoughts', and 'Extension Spotlight: Firefox Tabs'.2007Map of Snow ShoePopulation: rural.
A hand-drawn map of Snow Shoe, PA — the borough I grew up in. Originally posted as a side project alongside snow-shoe.myminicity.com.2007Nerdish Podcast21 episodes between 2007 and 2008. Episode titles include 'Master Chief is Jesus!', 'Walrus isn't a Place', and 'It IS a Space Castle'.
Recorded over Skype. Forums at the-nerdish.com. Hosted via an Odeo embed when Odeo was still around.2006Humphrey Smackeroo & the 404 Error BoysAn absurdist character universe. Humphrey, his alternate personality The Shmuckeroo, and a steed named Hobbes.
Full character bios for Humphrey Smackeroo, Jorje, Reginald, and Weirdbeard, plus episodes and sketches. A founding pillar of the original hell-toupee.com's 'my projects//' column, preserved forever in the Wayback Machine.