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Here’s a great resource for BrainFuel readers. You know how every once in a while you need a template for a CD Cover, or a VHS Cassette? Well, Avery provides templates in Word format, which is useless for designers. Enter Worldlabel.com, a resource that provides all of the Avery templates in PDF format (so you…

I was interviewed recently by Stephanie Palenque who is a writer for Images AZ Magazine here in Phoenix. I mention it because she interviewed me about coffee in Phoenix and I know a number of the BrainFuel readers are from Phoenix. So please check out the short interview at the Images AZ site under the…

Recently, I’ve been dabbling in the arts of form-based mail (i.e., on your website, someone fills out a form with their email address, subject, and message content, and an email is sent to you). I’ve managed to blunder my way through, and come up with something that works, but there’s a problem: the w3 validator…

Ernestina Alatorre I think this is a web site for a home builder (in Mexico). The photographs are simple and it has a javascript error so that’s one bad move.

Flash Chess What nobody thought was possible? Chess in Flash. These guys did it with the new Flash MX using Actionscripting. Quite a kick, however, I won easily. I played the hard version and the computer just moved its Queen around and tried to take pieces. It even missed some obvious opportunities.

Deaver hand lettering We really like the hand lettering at this site. It would really make any logo pop out. Can’t do that on a PC!