How Deep Is The Ocean?

A new Madeleine movie!

Eric Ogburn — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 15:42:07 +0000

Madeleine stars in this action-packed thrill ride!

You need Quicktime to view this. If you don’t have it, download the plugin here.

Lots of new Madeleine pics

Eric Ogburn — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 20:07:05 +0000

Here’s one of them.

See more at the photographs page.

“Freedom of the press is limited to those that own one.”

Eric Ogburn — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:56:56 +0000

Sorry for the public service announcement. I’m ticked off today. The quote in the title is from former New Yorker media critic A.J. Liebling, and is stunning in its relevance to net neutrality and democracy today. The internet allows anyone to own their own “press,” so to speak, creating a dialogue never before heard in the world. If we are to truly protect the 1st Amendment, we must protect the right of citizens to speak, unfettered and uncensored over the internet. It’s all at risk.

Learn more:

Save the Internet
Moyers on America: The Net at Risk
Neutrality On the Net Gets High ‘08 Profile, from the Washington Post

The redesign of pixelfork.com

Eric Ogburn — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 18:11:20 +0000

It’s been a few years since I first launched pixelfork.com, and a lot has changed in that time. First, my daughter was born; second, Hurricane Katrina made a mess of things, and third, I’ve moved to Austin as my wife finishes graduate school. However, the biggest thing that has changed since pixelfork’s inception is that my client base has grown, and most of them aren’t restaurants. Pixelfork started out with the mantra “web design for the restuarant industry,” but as my client base has changed, the direction of pixelfork has changed with it.

So I thought it was time to redesign the site to reflect the evolving entity that is pixelfork.com. First, while I still mention restaurants, the site no longer focuses exclusively on that market. Instead it now has a more general approach. I also mention theme-design for Wordpress blogs, though soon I will be adding Expression Engine as a content management and blogging platform that I can handle.

As for the design itself, the biggest departure is that the entire site is now only one page, though I offer two ways of viewing it, vertically and horizontally. My portfolio is viewable using the Slimbox plugin for Mootools, creating a large, navigable screenshots for each site.

In pixelfork.com’s last version, I had included a blog, which I have now removed. Honestly, it was just too much to try to blog on two different sites. I decided in lieu of the blog, to simply have a “Latest Project” area at the top of the site to feature, well, my latest project.

That’s it in a nutshell. There are a few bells and whistles added that I didn’t mention here, and I may soon add a downloadable Wordpress template section. And of course, in the middle of any design or redesign, you’re automatically thinking about the next design, so who knows, in another year or so I may switch it up again.

Peyton Manning is good people

Eric Ogburn — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:03:41 +0000

Here’s proof.

Learn more about Net Neutrality

Eric Ogburn — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 14:13:33 +0000

Save the Internet | Rock the Vote

Tulane Golf Classic

Eric Ogburn — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:47:17 +0000

Pixelfork.com has just completed the website Tulane Golf Classic. The Ray Hester Chapter of the Tulane Athletic Fund hired me to build a site that would help them attract sponsors to their annual golf tournament. In addition, they needed registration and prize information for prospective registrants. Content for the site needed to be editable, so I set up a simple PHP system to facilitate new content.

XHTML, CSS, PHP, Javascript

Now Can We Talk About the Saints?!

Eric Ogburn — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 15:33:04 +0000

After a week where all we heard from the national media is Tony Romo this and the Dallas Cowboys that, the New Orleans Saints crushed the Cowboys in Texas Stadium 42-17. Drew Brees threw for 348 yards and 5 TDs, Reggie Bush had 138 receiving yards, and Deuce McAllister logged a quiet 111 yards on 21 carries. The defense exposed Tony Romo as they picked him off twice and should have stolen at least two more. The Saints are for real. Say that with me slowly, and let it sink in. The Saints are for real.

The first Madeleine movie!

Eric Ogburn — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:38:44 +0000

Beth and I haven’t shot very much video of Madeleine, mostly because prior to a few weeks ago she just laid on her back and rolled from side to side. But now she’s mobile, so I picked up the camera this morning and filmed this.

You need Quicktime to view this. If you don’t have it, download the plugin here.

New Madeleine Pics Are Up, Update

Eric Ogburn — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:06:03 +0000

New photos on the Photos page!

Madeleine now has five teeth and she knows how to use them. She’s eating oatmeal, avocados, peas, bananas, and leaves from our house plant (the last part was unintentional). She’s also managed to snack on cat food. We fed her sweet potatoes as well, which she liked, but she had a reaction to them, so we won’t be going back there for a while.

In other developmental news, Madeleine has begun to clap, and she says “Da Da” when I come home. She’s also pulling herself up in the crib. She seems to enjoy being spun around, tossed, and swung in the air. Maybe she’ll be a pilot or a trapeze artist.

We’re looking forward to flying to ‘Bama for Thanksgiving to see the family. Everyone can play with Madeleine, I can eat stuffing, and Beth can eat my grandmother’s sweet potatoes.