I just installed this cool little image viewing thingy called FancyZoom throughout the site. It’s not perfect, but it’s a hell of a lot nicer than just seeing an empty JPG when you click to view an image. It works with thumbnails (as you can see on the left) or with text links too.

Technology. Ain’t that some shit.™

Quick informal survey: How many keys are on your keychain? And of those, how many have you used in the past seven days? Be honest - you don’t have to use your real name (as if anyone here does anyway…). If you’re reading this, you’re obliged to participate. I know where you sleep, Alexandr.

I’ll go first. To the comments!

UPDATE: Here’s some infoporn on the results so far. Last update 2/7, 5:30PM EST

Hopefully you’ll notice that the site is much faster now. It seems the problem was the Kimili Flash Embed Wordpress Plugin, which for the record, blows. I just switched to the Flashifier Plugin, and everything seems much snappier now.

Here’s a pretty cool idea I wouldn’t mind seeing incorporated into the iPhone: the ability to see where your friends are on the Google Maps application. (By friends, I mean your friends with iPhones or other locatable devices.) For security, it would only allow you to look for and be found by people in your list of contacts. Here’s a mockup of how it would look if someone’s looking for you. Bitchin.

Hate your job as a graphic designer? Don’t forget to do this before you quit.