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Apparently I failed to end the blog. So for those of you who were watching, this is the last post on this particular blog. I will probably start a new blog for this summer but I think I'll put it on one of a few sites.http://insideunr.ning.comhttp://unrenvironment.ning.comhttp://mikehigdon.comThanks for all my loyal followers.

MikeManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00936990347600110899noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2267582515772169518.post-1073003430541779842008-01-20T22:36:00.001-05:002008-01-20T22:37:07.318-05:00

Before and After

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MikeManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00936990347600110899noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2267582515772169518.post-53595361041085003462007-10-02T04:12:00.000-04:002007-10-02T05:02:17.950-04:00

The final release of the redesign here

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I think we have more visual people than words people this year.Dig?

MikeManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00936990347600110899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2267582515772169518.post-60449097102638402202007-08-23T02:41:00.001-04:002007-08-23T04:02:41.115-04:00

So it's the first day of The Nevada Sagebrush publishing which means I am no longer part of the Louisville family or The Courier Journal.Therefore, I will close my blog with a final update of our orientation issue. From time to time I might change the picture of the week or add some things. For anything else, see my Facebook account or IM me. If you don't have a messenger compatible with AIM or

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My final duty as A1 designer yesterday consisted of a back to school CP for Kentucky/Metro and a deadline car crash for Indiana.It was a good day full of late news, crazy business, communication, delegation and everything. It was like the Sagebrush again except professional so I was the only one swearing and everything worked out great and we made deadline.So really the only thing like the

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These are raw JPEGs. Imagine text over the screens and a white line between them.You'll never see this one.

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Update: I'll spare the epic story, call me if you want to hear it (it involves smashing through windows and a lot of slow motion action). Anyway, I went back on the clock to do this late edition skybox because Barry Bonds owed me.This A1 I really like.It's funny how much planning went into a story about the heat wave. But then again this is the first time the temperature has risen over 100

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I find myself spending more time on Facebook than here, so I apologize for any of you who actually enjoyed visiting. So Jessica, I'm sorry. :)You can find my facebook account by clicking the little icon to the right.Meanwhile, I have 7 days of work left and 14 days left in Kentucky. After my last day I'm going to pack, clean, get a "sports massage" and head to Elizabethtown for the rest of the

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Today we (Kyle Kurlick, Ana Lagunez, James Wagner, Daarel Burnette) drove to Ohio to watch the Chicago Cubs at Cinncinati Reds game. The day was full of personality.Daarel (left) proceeded to harass James any way he could the whole day. From retort to counter-retort, Daarel was grouchy from a hang over after a night of drinking and go carts and not in the mood for James' usual banter. Daarel also

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The "i" key on this keyboard is broken so bare with me.This weeks, much to the chagrin of Patty, I worked a lot of overtime. Monday I worked 3 hours extra to cover the metro section due to an accidental scheduling miscommunication.Then I worked an extra hour on that Travel cover because I didn't want anyone else to touch it. But I should've trusted them and I didn't respect the company's

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Mike: so I had a dream about me and a bunch of people trying to save a font from getting into evil alien hands. it was pretty cool, there were graphic designers from all over the world compiling the font family into large capsules and we were deciding if we should stay and fight or copy them to our hard drivers, destroy the originals and disperse through the galaxyJessica E: a font? only your

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This is a unique chance for you all to participate. I had some inspiration about redoing the A&E flag (if it is to be called A&E). I've provided the old flag with a bunch of samples of some new ones. I like about two maybe three of them but I'm still unsure if I should stick with this line of thinking or try something new. Which one(s) do you guys like? Or if none, what would you like to see?

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The magic of burn and dodge can be seen in this picture. I burned the hell out of the background layer (the sand) to create shadows and depth. I also burned the paper to make it looked curled. The only thing that didn't turn it is the box of chocolate because it was tilted wrong. But I tried my best to integrate it into the photo. Your thoughts?Are you guys interested in seeing the individual

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I really like the Indiana edition cover and art. The pullquote is cool too because it almost answers the question posed by the headline. I wish the tonersdidn't lighten the picture so much, it looked better darker, but hopefully it'll print how it looked before.The Metro main photo freaks me out, the guys head is being cut off but they really liked that picture and insisted it be the lede image (

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I haven't been able to update for a while because of my internet, so I apologize for doing them all at once.In any case, this is my mom, everyone say hi. She's a photo-ographer too.Here's another picture of me. Here's a thing I found in the park.

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Colors of the rainbow - which one do you like better? top, middle, bottom? Is it plastic or water?

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I'm a whore for product photos. I wish I had put a dropshadow on that top right picture but that's okay. I also noticed about 5 minutes ago that I accidentally matched the grey with the waves and the word "WIRELESS." I guess I'm just a sucker for grey.You all like it?

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Black and white is the new color?

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I really like this one, it incoporates all the things I like: cut out, picture, typography, white space, drop shadow. And it's organic. This is the kind of stuff I'm talkin' about people!I'll update it with the real one Wednesday when it prints if I remember.

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First and second edition Sports covers were "Beckett bounces back in boston." I didn't like the yellow but every other color I tried sucked too. I wish I had the Sagebrush's gold. I tried that but it looked orange on proof prints so this was safer. Maybe it'll turn out better on the page.The third edition, Late Metro shift was about the All-Star Baseball game. This was a simple but effective set

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So really it's just News that makes me unhappy. I rather like doing stuff like this. I wish there were breakout so I could do something else, but I'm learning to a lot more in the way of typography and design elements rather than photo illustrations.

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He's not the blind violinist I wanted to find but he's still hiding from the public though playing it f or all of us to hear. I didn't get to work the subject because some asshole came up and started talking to him for about 20 minutes and I had to go. But I still like the picture. It means something I'm sure. They are all in Nashville.It looks like they have Aimish people too. People are funny

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So many people in one place for the same cause. See how they are rounded up inside those fences? What else has to be herded together?This guy was obviously blown away. Unless that' s Jesus...then he's probably just upsetHere's an example of someone who embraces her blind following.I'm fairly sure he is Jewish...but Annie says he's not a real Jew because he should be at synagogue on Saturdays.

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The rest of the redesign will come in the form of everyday pages, covers and the general approach, feel and personality of the newspaper and its sections. The templates below are merely updated to catch up with that new approach and to set a foundation for the sections' personalities. The old man page will show you the biggest differences in the tiniest things and how the new items are used.A&E

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Do you guys like the nutgraf here or should I leave it the old one (walburn italic)?Is it too close to the opinion headline style or will it be pretty clear there's a difference?PS. I rebuilt the Design Library and the Paragraph Styles. Cleaned them up and made the more efficient and easier to understand. Once I reload the Paragraph Styles onto the new pages and finish Weekly Update, all the

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I've been waiting for these shots for two months. I think they turned out different but as nicely as I had hoped.

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Baby Pierce Rhiley played in the Waterfront Park fountain thingy after the fireworks at fourth of July. Babies, like Annie, are likely drawn to water because it reminds them of the womb and also happens to be nice and cool. I wish my camera were waterproof so I could jump in join him and the other kids. It would make for some interesting up close photos.

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I took a picture of this same building during the day and named it "Glass Wall." I had a tripod for the night so shot the building again at night. It's facing the opposite direction so I guess this one can be called "Reflection of a glass wall." Man, the artsy just burns the skin doesn't it.

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Fourth of July on the Ohio River. Out of 250 generic ass fireworks photos, these 3 didn't suck.

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Features makes me smile.

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Here's an example of what everything looks like when it's together. There are a lot of entry points on this page which, in theory, is how it should look anyway.I've been updating this post regularly. There are a bunch of minor tweaks.Weekly Update and Perspectives are in their infant stages of reform. I need to rethink them in general with the help of the editors.Right now Sports is the leading

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Update: After looking at the template Colin suggested and being in love with it, I decided the old logo sucked. This is the new, web 2.0 version. See the bottom of the page for a low-res JPEG of the template with a brief explanation.I just bought the http://www.collegevisuals.com/ domain name and secured and certified it for $35 so now I can tell you what it's all about.The internet is a place

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http://s52.photobucket.com/albums/g27/921dennis/NSFW/?action=view&current=Japan.gif

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First, the game: The best caption or title to go with this photo will win a large sized print (at least 8x10 or close ratio since it's a square unless you want the horizontal below - it is slightly different).Second, in my continued obsession with high contrasting light and shadow, this week's picture is one of my most amibtious photos.I've been working more on artistic photography than

MikeManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00936990347600110899noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2267582515772169518.post-68262294737643962922007-06-29T16:13:00.000-04:002007-06-29T16:26:24.350-04:00

I'm slowly uploading my stuff to cmdrtrekk.etsy.com to sell my photos.Take a look, I might put some things up there you guys haven't seen.Right now I'm on the phone with PayPal because I have a 2 year old account that's blocking me from doing anything with my new account. ...And I'm so stupid I didn't even know I was using the sagebrush e-mail.Okay I'm done.In the meantime, I didn't get to go to

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Here are some quick previews to what's to come this weekend:Tomorrow is a big day, I get my photos in the mail, my Fonts disc (YAY!) and go to Weird Al. Because no one wants to go with me I'm renting a car but I need a ride to the rental car place because I was holding out for someone and the rental car place nearby that normally would pick me up is sold out.Weird Al is in Ohio and it's going to

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Update: I updated the page to the Late Metro edition because the deck was rewritten to give the headline more air and balanceSo I did. Not bad, eh?

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Mike: Annie sent me a love soundtrack in a hand stitched lyric book with pretty paper and scented with my favorite perfume of hers!Mike: *spins around and falls to his seat*Mike: *hands him his balls*Aaron: ::has balls bronzed and makes comemorative plaque::

MikeManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00936990347600110899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2267582515772169518.post-28398244731737786272007-06-26T18:23:00.000-04:002007-06-26T20:57:32.645-04:00

Someone else: "Have you ever designed anything before?"Me: "I dabble."Me in reference to The Nevada Sagebrush redesign:"Orange is the new red""Air is the new hairline""Left aligned is the new centered"

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So today started out with me thinking sports was going to be the most unfortunate thing to ever happen to me. I was bitching about it being the ruins of journalism and the last bastion of the oldest most dangerous traditions.But I was wrong. At least for now.I suggested this idea for the CP instead of a random action cutout with massive feathering and they did it. In fact, they let me cutout the

MikeManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00936990347600110899noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2267582515772169518.post-56411349920363837672007-06-20T23:52:00.000-04:002007-06-20T23:54:09.418-04:00

I wish this was on the cover so I could jump the main story, give it more air and some entry points. but I like the art and the CP set up. Do you guys like it?

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Today a copy editor toured us around town. It was interesting but exhausting. I'm tired as hell and need to go to bed to eliminate my dehydration headache (also caused from wonky sleep pattern). Here are some things around louisville.

MikeManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00936990347600110899noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2267582515772169518.post-88529086132964793902007-06-19T00:22:00.000-04:002007-06-19T00:53:34.795-04:00

I kinda liked these ones so I figured I'd slap them on here for your enjoyment. I don't get to take a lot of single shots much right now so I just shovel stuff on. But multiple pictures are better than one.The little boy, duck and Kyle photo are compliments of Ana Lagunez.We're all so artsy. We're a bunch of a photo hippies who belong in the park

MikeManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00936990347600110899noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2267582515772169518.post-34548347151442762162007-06-18T17:57:00.001-04:002007-06-18T22:04:22.775-04:00

It's Ana sandwich. Yah yah yah, euphism, innuendo but only if your'e sick and stupid. It's an adventure in photography, give me a break.I love pit bulls a lot. They are probably the best kind of dog anyone could ever ask for - except when they kill children. I once saw a pit bull try to play fetch wit ha rock so big that its owner could not pick it up, let alone through it any distance. Fellow

MikeManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00936990347600110899noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2267582515772169518.post-62322768719952770622007-06-18T14:43:00.001-04:002007-06-18T17:56:49.287-04:00

My dad is sooo silly, you should see him when he's in a good mood. Today he was just hot and tired. I'm fairly sure he's preganant but the baby has been in there for many many years and has showed no signs of coming out.

MikeManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00936990347600110899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2267582515772169518.post-23809382271766002132007-06-16T17:21:00.000-04:002007-06-18T17:49:39.153-04:00

Response: To answer your question Jessica, we work on 6 and sometimes 12columns because they allow 1.5 columns here. But for columnists like the onebelow, they allow irregular bastard columns that totally screw with everything.I hate it.Patty told me to do more, so I did. Dig?

MikeManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00936990347600110899noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2267582515772169518.post-80870356181472047362007-06-16T00:18:00.000-04:002007-06-16T01:43:13.500-04:00

This one is going to be a lot of the evidence I've witnessed and pieced together to come to my "great discovery." This is going to be like in some terribly convoluted spy movie where the plot suddenly becomes clear through a combination of strung together scenes that connect all of the pieces that really didn't make sense alone but somehow coalesce into something resembling an explanation. It's

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I don't expect you to get it right away, but this is it right here.I've been spending a lot of time lately analyzing the pieces of journalism, especially at work while I wait for my actual work part of the day to start. I watch how people interact and what they do. The CJ is really close to getting it but they are so stuck on their pointless, functionless traditions, they are unable to really get

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I've been planning this moment out for weeks, waiting for the right weather, which here is actually perfectly clear instead of cloudy. There's some kind of perpetual foggy humidity in the Kentucky air that creates a type of softbox around the whole city. During sunset it creates amazing color that gradates perfectly, unlike the rough expansive and light pink colored sunsets in Nevada.For these

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The layout program we use, CCi, has a messaging system in it that we use to communicate. Here is an awesome conversation between my direct boss, Presentation Editor Patty Pitts, and me.Higdon, Michael:So anyway, is my blog professional enough (as for as not getting in trouble for it) or do I need to push it deeper into hiding?Pitts, Patty:i don't know. i'll have to take a closer look.Higdon,

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Why can't they have people up later than 11pm in Louisville?

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Click to enlarge should work this time.Despite Colin's shagrin, everyone including my boss likes this one the best. I updated it on the first one and then tried a wild one in the second. Do you guys think it's too busy or does it tell more about it? It's not simple but it's refined so that the main logo still stands out. Also, the subhead no longer fits, I was thinking of something like "a place

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A lot of you are too young to remember this but back in the '70s Jon Belushi had a skit on SNL called "The Olympia Cafe" where him and other famous guys would say "Cheezborger, Cheezborger, fries and a Pesi!" in reference to the only things they have on the menu when patrons would attempt to order something else (that was on the menu).http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympia_Cafehttp://snl.jt.org/

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I'm not used to working with this many pictures at once because we generally do one big fat picture but it's kinda nice to learn how to do this. We should be doing this in the Sagebrush next year. What do you guys think?

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I didn't get everyone in these shots so I'll show you more later but first is Adam De Jong, the editorial intern, from UCLA.You've already met James so I didn't post that picture and second is Kyle Kurlick, the photography intern, my other roommate and Ana Lagunez yet another reporting intern.It's a fun family. Yet to be posted are Britney and Justin but I'll get them in, don't worry.We were at

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Update: I added more this morningClick for full size.I'm not going to talk about what this is for right now because it's not a good idea to post it in public but for those of you who know what it is, what do you think? The color is used so that you say each part of the name one at a time.I'll probably add a subtitle and maybe a background but I haven't decided what.What do you all think of it so

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Today my mom and I got in a huge fight where I cussed her out and hung up.Later when I called her back I told her that I am happy. Despite failing at school, having no money, not eating much, being in a new city, working a scary new job and being away from the people and persons I love; I'm happy.It's mostly a combination of I'm doing what I love (newspapers) and I'm doing it on my own. And I'm

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http://www.snd.org/update/2007/06/latestupdate.pdfThe Virginia stuff is especially important to those of you who care about journalism.But also scroll down for some Sagebrush gloating.PS. Sorry they quoted you as a girl, Colin, next time you should include a picture of your penis.

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There's a creation museum that just opened to weeks ago and THIS is hilarious:"By JULIE CARR SMYTHAP Statehouse CorrespondentCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The man picked as Adam by a museum based on the Bible’s version of Earth’s history led quite a different life outside the Garden of Eden, flaunting his sexual exploits online and modeling for a line of clothing with an explicit mascot.Registration

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Got some really kick ass art that I got to play up big today. Accidentally forgot to put a story on the cover too but it worked out to make this CP awesome as hell and fill in a big fat hole on page 3. I wish they allowed putting text on pictures in news stuff, it probably could've made for a cooler headline. But that's okay, the water splash is arguably important to the photo so I'm cool with

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CCi is some crazy European database program used to layout newspapers and magazines around the world (at least those who can afford it).In these screen shots you see the main windows that dictate my day. There are lists of the stories, photos, graphics, pages and pieces of everything that will be in the paper that day (and other days)Most of it works on a drag and drop function that ends up on

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Mmmm, White Castles(Photo by Michael Hayman of The Courier-Journal)

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Neveah, age 8, Lexi, age 7 and little nameless boy:Strange girl:

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Neveah, age 8:

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Here are some random pictures I didn't get to post early because my internet no longer works. I'm in the library and it's closing so I can't make this long.When people retire, they get nice things. This guy is a pilot and he's wearing authentic WWII gear.Feeding time is an important daily routine. Look at the happy faces, they LOVE it here.My continued obsession with the printing press has me

MikeManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00936990347600110899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2267582515772169518.post-75683223879892266392007-06-02T00:15:00.001-04:002007-06-02T00:20:47.330-04:00

Can you see The Nevada Sagebrush on this page? If you can, I'll give you a prize.Also, this happens to be the same story that I found a big error on (good for you Mike), no just wait. It's an AP story (woooowww) okay screw you guys, you never corrected the AP.Anyway, the error is in the nutgraf of the story on the left. Originally it implied (which is the same thing is stated for readers) that

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Update: Switch this subject withthe beer one below.Today's section had a severe lack of stories (normal) and you're looking at the ONLY art I had for the whole section right there (not including Metro stories I stole and some wild art I stole from Metro).The best part about this is the crop on the main photo (so you can tell who is important) and the map graphic. It's the best part because I

MikeManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00936990347600110899noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2267582515772169518.post-26309247481235151892007-05-31T00:55:00.000-04:002007-05-31T01:33:49.454-04:00

Update: James is the bartender, notthe internThe beer here is so much better than in Nevada, let me tell you. Instead of trashy, watered down lagers (psh, lagers? more like ales you wussies), they have really good wheat beer and even better Red something or something Red, I don't remember because I had a lot of the wheat one and the label of the red one wasn't facing me.James is actually a nice

MikeManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00936990347600110899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2267582515772169518.post-28909079553533046522007-05-30T14:50:00.000-04:002007-05-30T15:00:51.892-04:00

This is my first Indiana (edition 2 replacement for the Metro section) cover! Woot!Newspaper speak to follow:The hardest part is that the editors only budget for B1 (at left) and B3 specifically. After that I work with the Metro designer and my budget list to decide where stuff goes on my own. Yes there's a hierarchy but I have to turn on my old sense of news judgement to decide how stuff should

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Today I seriously left my apartment 4 times to: get laundry soap, put a load in the wash, put a load in the dryer and take my clothes back to my room. These are the kind of conversations these days are made of.Update: I found more of the conversation in the log and it adds some contextNick N: i went out and got some new workout clothes, so i get to test them tomorrowNick N: that will be

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After pouring over HTML code for about an hour I finally figured out why the stupid "Picture of the Week" was in grey and fixed it so you can all read it and the snarky caption below. But somehow the picture got resized but at this point I don't care.Hooray! One step closer to understanding how this stupid thing works.

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I like this one because of the antithesis - tiny mommy on the left and big baby princess on the right. This is redneck country kids. Grandma Ruby says she doesn't like her picture being taken but I'm fairly sure that's a lie. Apparently this is Isaac's (step-brother) drunk face but there were no booze so maybe it's just how his face gets stuck.My noble father; steadfast and true. James, the

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Took James, one of the interns, out for a cookout with the family. There are two posts worth of pictures. This one is just of the little kid.Too bad Kentucky isn't considered a third-world nation, otherwise this would be National Geographics material. Poor kid. I remember when I used to have this much energy. When playing in the streets was fun and easy.And there were times when I used to see

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I was up until 7:30am and happened to notice the sun rising over the western building tops. I dig the color although that's only a product of looking through my dirty window. Nonetheless, it's pretty cool, what do you guys think?

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I saw this guy run across my floor a few days ago when I got out of the shower (I can shower with the door open because I'm in a studio, how wicked cool is that) but couldn't figure out where he went. Then when I got home today I guess he figured out how to get on his back, but being of a tiny mind he could not figure out how to get to his legs again. So I took the opportunity to show all of you

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My roommate James Wagner came in today so we walked around downtown Louisville and explored. He's really cool and very naturalist/idealistic. So I think we'll get along fine. He's also nice enough to let me take pictures because he wants to be a photographer too so he understands the patience involved with getting a shot you want. Here are some of things I was trying today.Tomorrow we're going to

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Today I designed 5 pages, 2 for each edition and one cross over. It's weird working with three editions, it scares me. But I'll get used to it because I have to. Next Tuesday I start designing the Indiana section by myself with guidance in the background instead of the other way around. For now I have a 3-day weekend. James, one of my roommates, gets in tomorrow so hopefully we'll hang out n' eat

MikeManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00936990347600110899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2267582515772169518.post-44067829957340145802007-05-25T13:03:00.000-04:002007-05-25T13:09:46.645-04:00

Update: The tenth floor happens to be where maids used to live pre-1950s. Now it's home to a traveling group of gypsies and the worst of all: unpaid interns who act at the theater across the street! That would explain all of the random bathrooms and kitchen - they all like to pee and shower together then commune over foodstuffs. Damn actors.Yesterday when I was heading home around midnight some

MikeManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00936990347600110899noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2267582515772169518.post-90163815008328460052007-05-25T00:43:00.000-04:002007-05-25T01:26:59.999-04:00

Deadline at The Nevada Sagebrush is at 12:30am, this is us at about 12:15am:"AAAAH! Where the hell is that page?""I don't know the link is there, who has it open?"A shoe flies across the room and knocks out a copy editor"Man down!""WHO HAS THAT DAMNED PAGE OPEN!"Clint walks in"You mean A1?""Yes, only the least important page of the century""I think I have it open""Nick, please kill your assistant

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Update: The printing press is actually 6 stories tall, not three.That's just the front side of my building. I work on the west side (we're looking North now) on the 4th floor which is where the newsrooms starts. There's actually a gym in the building somewhere too and this picture doesn't cover the whole thing, I had to composite two wide-angle shots just to get this much. There's a restaurant to

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Thats Ron Dibold (not D. Bold like I thought). He's a funny guy and totally liberal. His fiance, him and I went on a day hike today and most of my pictures were crap so I don't like them.I also got a haircut at a black barber shop which was pretty awkward not because of the racial part but because I don't think he had ever cut white people's hair and was nervous and I didn't want to be rude and

MikeManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00936990347600110899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2267582515772169518.post-49503516108648191382007-05-21T22:26:00.000-04:002007-05-26T01:17:11.267-04:00

What the hell is wrong with this state! Have they never heard of Internet? Ah, just AH! My building is wireless on DSL and I haven't been able to connect until 2 minutes ago, so I'm going to make the best of it by telling you about the crazy awesome stuff I found today.First and foremost, this is for all of you in Reno:So they may not have anything high tech but they got the low tech down

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My apartment totally rocks the cazba. It's a good sized, pretty little old studio (for now) with a kitchenette and walk in closet. The best part though - and this is for Coltrain - is that the bath tub is pre-overflow drain and is knee deep so you could seriously drown like 2 or 3 people at once.Also, I met one of my neighbors Gordy and his owner Hillary (pictured) and they like taking pictures

MikeManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00936990347600110899noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2267582515772169518.post-59302533225691137142007-05-20T14:31:00.000-04:002007-05-20T14:55:32.546-04:00

Why must the foodstuffs be so hard to reach from my seat. I tried using a whip to snatch some yogurt from the counter but I only succeeded in pissing off the person behind me when the whip came back and slapped him in the face.If I didn't have a 25 pound computer bag I might actually get fed today because carrying this thing around everwhere is a huge pain. Maybe I can pay someone to go get me

MikeManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00936990347600110899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2267582515772169518.post-74243801465967191822007-05-19T22:02:00.000-04:002007-05-19T22:18:20.407-04:00

So this is what remains of my once prolific room. It was full of personality and memories (mostly of the womens who spent time with me watching porn, reenacting porn or discussing porn). There were also other things that I'm sure happened in my room that involved being fully clothed but really those aren't terribly interesting.In any case, it's sad, really. I'll miss the hard wood floors that

MikeManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00936990347600110899noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2267582515772169518.post-90142762942094468592007-05-14T22:32:00.000-04:002007-05-18T03:53:15.641-04:00

You don't really realize how much time you're missing until it's 1am and you're tired as hell but you can't go to sleep because your bed is covered in crap that needs to go in a box.Most of my stuff is in storage now. All that's left is my bed, a nightstand, a pile of crap to take to Kentucky, a pile of crap to put in a the last box, all my clothes and posters. It's kinda eerie and really white

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