The Making of Vincent Knobil | MUSIC version 3

This post is going to delve into the gory details. You can cut to the chase and just visit the new version of my music site. Still here? Proceed at your own risk. How do you make your music available on the Internet when you’re a geeky songwriter? Over the years, I’ve made it available…

Introducing Vincent Knobil | MUSIC

I’m proud to announce that my brand-spanking-new music-centric site is now online! Until now, my music was sprinkled all over the Web. I tried to make things a little easier on you by creating a My Music page on this blog, but it didn’t really change the fact that you had to surf to various…

KJFG by Alexei Alexeev, via Drawn!

via drawn.ca These animated shorts are the best I’ve seen in ages. The quality of the drawings and animation, and the strange, repetitive humor, made my day (be sure to check out all of the animations on the original Drawn post). Posted via web from sknob’s posterous

Geeks In Love: Redecorating

When I designed the Geeks In Love site, I originally chose to go with a cold, techy design (a variation on the standard WordPress « Kubrick » design, appropriately enough), because I thought the contrast with the sloppy brushwork might be amusing. But it didn’t take very long for me to become unhappy with it. It did…

1 mot, 1 chanson: Design Notes

I wanted a grungy looking site for 1 mot, 1 chanson. With textures, and torn paper edges, and dirty scotch-tape, and ink blotches, and fingerprints, and coffee rings, and, well, you get the idea. So I went scouring the WordPress web looking for inspiration, and ended up using Modicus by Upstart Blogger. I couldn’t be…

Francophilia dot com

Well, the cat’s out of the bag. Pamela just unveiled her latest creation. You can read all about it on her blog. Francophilia is a niche social-networking site, for francophiles, something she’s been meaning to do for years. My involvement is more recent. I spent the last couple of weeks putting a fresh coat of…

OZÉ: Welcome to your Home 2.0

OZÉ is a venture I’ve been involved with for a long time. A new version of their website came online just a few minutes ago. I should know, since I designed it, and put it there :). Yes, OZÉ is still alive and kicking, and some of the products actually exist. Hopefully, they will soon…

Boing Boing: Idol – amazing animated short film

Boing Boing: Idol – amazing animated short film. There’s a ton of animated content on the Web, and most of it is pretty uninteresting. This on the other hand, truly is mesmerizing. As Boing Boing says, it is very creepy, but the animation is superb, and the construction, graphics, ambiance and cinematography are perfect. Wow.