Get Normal
A basic overview of database normalization. This tutorial walks you through the process of organizing your data in the Third Normal Form to achieve power and flexibility.
Don't Double-Click that CSV!
A tutorial for an alternate method for opening CSV files in Microsoft Excel for Windows in order to preserve leading zeros of numeric codes
Logo Design:
Guide for Customers
Logos attempt to take an abstract idea, typically multifaceted and complex, and represent it in a single, simple, concrete form! This guide lists considerations a customer can make before talking with an artist.
Guides & How To Articles from the Archive
NOTE: Visit the Projects page for articles on artistic subject matters.
Lessons learned and techniques used to craft board game projects, with examples and photos taken from a project to upgrade Dixit to allow 12 players.
Make your own high-capacity DC 12V battery backup system with a little bit of assembly.
Tips & tricks on scanning 35mm slides and how to fix problems. Some tips also apply to digitizing film negatives & photos.
Dangerous & destructive battery charging advice continues to thrive and spread. Get the facts and stop giving or following bad battery practices!
Logos take an abstract idea, typically complex & multifaceted, and represent it in a single, simple, concrete form! A list of considerations customers can make before talking with an artist.
Retain and engage web site visitors through consistency by using a tool to capture ideas for future posts, track their creation & development, and schedule each publication
If you write for the web and want to be polished and professional, then you want to be typographically correct. This guide shows what those correct punctuation marks are, how to create them, and includes a quick reference chart.
How I crafted custom horizontal tuck boxes for multiple player card decks.