Salsa Caliente

The Champion

Today the Mt. Pleasant Farmers Market hosted a salsa contest. I entered a batch of freshly made Green Thunder. An hour and a half of tense taste testing later, Green Thunder was crowned champion. Here are the photos.

I built this extension in an effort to help the feedback/support cycle.  Now, clients (or anyone for that matter) can browse a site, spot an issue or have a question about a particular page, and submit a feedback form without ever leaving the page.  Every feedback form (in addition to the client’s comments) records information about the client, like their browser, operating system, screen resolution, etc.  With this information developers & designers can get a better picture of what the client is seeing.

Download

Installation

First unzip the file you downloaded (which should have “UNZIP_FIRST” in the filename).  Inside the unzipped file you will find two more zip files: com_feedback.zip & mod_feedback.zip.  Install the component, (com_feedback.zip) first and the module (mod_feedback.zip) second via the normal Joomla extension install screen.

Once both the component & module are installed, assign the module to a position that occurs throughout your template.  Now the feedback form will appear on your site.

Screenshots

The Client Feedback component in action on FlatBen.org

Admin screen for the Client Feedback component

Development

The Client Feedback extension is the first Joomla extension I’ve built for the general public, so I would appreciate any feedback (lol). Also, if you would like to get the most up-to-date code, you can download the source code directly from its SVN repository (thanks to our good friends at Grownseed for the SVN server space).

License

GNU/GPL see LICENSE.php in the com_feedback folder.

“stencil”

“diamond ring”

“glasses”

“ant”

“stars”, “moon”

“trees”, “stump”

Yesterday I again found myself wandering through Iowa City, photographing street art, when I noticed the above series of stencils. I can honestly say that my French vocabulary doubled from the start of the walk to the end. Très bon, Monsieur.

Old Glory, in Bench Form

After a long hiatus, I’ve got another daily photo.  This one is from Burlington, Iowa.

My new </head> hat

I bought this hat last December in Rekyavic, Iceland, for five quid. It was plain at the time and I planned on customizing it “sometime.” I thought it would would be a sweet idea to put a</head> tag on the back of it – to signify the end of my head.

Flash forward six months to me walking around Brooklyn, New York, and I see a place called Neighborhoodies.  15 minutes later, my vision is realized.

Longhorns in IC?

“Save Your Money”

“Ghetto Tags Suck”

I recently took a walk around my old stomping grounds in Iowa City and pleasantly surprised with the quality of street art.  These shots are everything I found in an hour of wandering around outside the city center.

If anyone has any more leads on decent pieces in the Iowa City area, or any information on the artists above (I’m not a cop), give me a shout.

UPDATE [10 July 2010] - I went back to Iowa City yesterday and actually went into the city center to have a look.  I’ve added about 15 new photos to this post and created an entirely separate post for all the French vocabulary stencils.

Uniforms for 22 of the 32 Word Cup teams

I’ve spent the past two weeks glued to ESPN watching the 2010 World Cup and I find myself repeating continuously, “what is the font on their jersey?”

I did some research and this is what I found for the majority of teams.

Unity

Unity is a custom alphabet designed by Yomar Augusto for Adidas.  It is used by Argentina, Denmark, Spain, France, Germany, Greece, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, South Africa, Slovakia and Paraguay.

[Nike]

I’m still looking for the name of the font used on the Nike kits. It is used by Australia, Brasil, South Korea, Portugal, Serbia, and the USA.

Crepello

Crepello is a custom font made for Puma by Paul Barnes of Commercial Type.  It is used by Italy, Uruguay, and Switzerland.

Olembe

Olembe, like Crepello above, was designed by Paul Barnes of Commercial Type for Puma.  It is used by Algeria, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, and Ghana.

I have not been able to find out about the names of the fonts used on England (Umbro), Honduras (Joma), Chile (Brooks), or North Korea – so if anyone knows, give me a shout.

FontFeed has a good interview with Paul Barnes about the creation of both Crepello & Olembe.

Note: All the photos used here were taken from World Soccer Shop (which is why I’ve only got 22).

Beer Cans and BB Guns

This photo represents the simple pleasures of going home.  In my case, returning to rural Iowa means standing in the driveway, shooting beer cans with a pellet rifle.  Good times.

13.1 Miles Later...

From the start, I could tell that 2010 was going to be a year of extraordinary events. First on the list: run a half marathon.  Living in Scotland, February is not a good time to spend 2 consecutive hours outdoors.  This is why my girlfriend and I decided to go to the small, Mediterranean island nation of Malta for our first half marathon.

This half marathon trip to Malta was also to be the testing ground for my idea of making short videos while traveling (which turned out pretty well later).

Practice Run

Two days before the race, Laura & I ran a wee 7km route along the sea-side promenade of Sliema.  It was obvious that the marathon was in town from the clusters of other foreign runners doing the same thing.

Pre-race Jog

Prior to the race we warmed up by walking through the crowd, looking for good candidates to bum some sunscreen from.  After successfully scoring some cancer protection, we adjourned to the playground for some swinging & jogging.

The Start

Malta Half Marathon is a go!

The 8km Mark

With the temperature getting above 80°F (27°C), the first water station was a great site to see (and hear as they had a live band).

Sponges!

This is where I started to lose it a bit.

The End

13.1 miles (22km) and just over two hours later we made it to the finish line.  Running across half of a country is definitely a great way to see it.

Next of the list of extraordinary events in 2010?  Bon Jovi concert in New Jersey.

Bridge to Hell

As you may know, I can’t stop taking photos of products or signs that I think sound funny. Here is a collection of gems from my recent banger rally through Scandinavia.

Smak - Oslo

Food Pancakes in Copenhagen

Rasta Buffet

Geekiest Soda Ever

Divine Chocolate Milk

KKK Supermarket

Bacon in a Tube

Drink 'til You Die

Skruf in Tromso

DONG Energy

Servingforslag

Finnish Tobacco

What kind of coffee?

Japp

This guy is suing the yogurt company for using his photo. Seriously.

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