I’m always going on about how great Apple’s stuff is. Their products are top-notch. And there’s more than one reason why my other products don’t hold up to their standards.

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Howdy! We are heading out to Lake Mead today on our (sort of) annual Las Vegas visit. We’ll be out of the studio Wedensday, October 7th through Monday, October 12th. Here are a few shots from our Mead vacation last year (the second image sadly shows the waterline dwindling, currently down 43% from capacity). Although we typically are drawn to grey skies, oceans, and evergreens, there is nothing like sitting on a deep blue lake and looking out over the dessert.

Have a lovely week!

This week, Google released the first public version of Google Chrome Frame. This is “an early-stage open source plug-in that seamlessly brings Google Chrome’s open web technologies and speedy JavaScript engine to Internet Explorer.” In ordinary-speak, it lets crappy old versions of Internet Explorer - which many folks still use for one reason or another - work nearly as well as modern browsers like Apple’s Safari and Google Chrome. This is very exciting indeed.

It means that it might be possible, in the near future, for us to design all of our sites to require this, and not have to worry about the many, many problems with old versions of IE. We will be able to spend more time doing design, and less time worrying about technical issues.

Thank you, Google.

Yesterday, I was contacted by a local company that provides environmentally-friendly web hosting. They want us to consider referring our clients to them. They look like a great business, and while most of our hosting is already “green,” I’m always interested in learning more about local businesses.

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We’ve just collaborated with Andaluz Waterbirth Center here in Portland to redesign their website. The website focuses on stunning photography taken at the center, is based on designs by owners Jennifer and Fernando (with a touch of Needmore fit’n’finish), and is easily updatable. We were excited about the opportunity to work with Andaluz as we’ve spent much time in their Portland center; our daughter Zoë was born at Andaluz in April of this year.

We’ve just worked with the folks at Anson Mills to produce their Late Summer Newsletter. During the process, we were struck by the sheer amount of love put into each and every one of their newsletters. For this production, not only did Anson Mills launch two new products, but owner Kay perfected a number of new recipes. We’re so curious about Grits Praline Ice Cream and our mouths are watering over their Neapolitan Style Pizza. You’ve got to give these delights a try.

Over the passage of time, you learn a lot from running a project. While we’ve run a business for six or so years now, no single project has probably been as much of a learning experience as Gone Raw was. Maybe others, but certainly no “internal” project. Community sites are a lot of work.

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Congratulations to Sujean on the release of her first children’s book, Birdie’s Big Girl Shoes. We cannot wait to read this to our little one.

Remember when we started Gone Raw? It seem like just yesterday that we were lamenting the lack of resources for raw, vegan recipes. Well, our little website has been steadily growing over the last couple years with over 1,500 users and over 4,000 recipes. And, folks appear to be having a good time on the site, too.

Really awesome job with this site. Thank you. I was really surprised to find such a useful, well-designed site for raw vegan recipes, of all niches. This is, honestly, the first recipe site I’ve ever *enjoyed using*. Looks like there’s a great community here as well. (source)

We’d love to have you stop by and try a recipe or two, check us out on Twitter, or subscribe to our recipe RSS. 

QuickTime is awesome. It’s been an integral part of the Mac experience for a long time. It would be most regrettable if something were to happen to my favorite media player.

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