Category: Local

I just put the finishing touches on my sis-in-law’s Web site. She’s a stupidly-talented illustrator and graphics designer (she designed the site, I coded it, for better or for worse). She’s graduating from George Fox in a couple weeks, plans on coming back to Bend (can’t stand the Valley), and is looking for work. She has a pretty varied portfolio, and is one of the most efficient workers I’ve seen. She’d prefer full-time work, but I’m sure she’s open to some individual projects.

If you want to get in touch with her, or want a personal recommendation, let me know.

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What a day. A metric crapload of wet snow pummeled the area. All the Bend schools canceled classes, Redmond didn’t cancel their schools, realized their mistake and my power was out for a couple hours this morning. It’s a mess, and it took nearly two hours for me to get my driveway cleared because of all the moisture in the snow (worked on it during the power outage, since I couldn’t work from home, like I planned). I didn’t even attempt to make it out of my neighborhood, as my car is too low to the ground to even try with the thick snow (they don’t plow my street). The power came off and on a couple times this morning, which I think caused a surge to go up one of my lines, as my always bullet proof WRT54GL router (running DD-WRT, of course) is now dead. I had an old wired router that I’m running off now with a bunch of cables running all over the place, but you don’t realize how much you miss wireless on a laptop until it’s gone (I have ethernet running to other computers in the house already, so they’re fine). Looks like I need to get a new router ordered. I’m pretty sure I’ve had that WRT54GL since I had my back surgery, so it’s probably due to be replaced anyway — I can finally get myself an 802.11n router. (Edit, after looking through my records: I’ve had that Linksys router more recently than that. I had an old crappy D-Link prior to that.)

Everybody surviving the storm?

So my sis-in-law is a poor college student who’s studying graphics design at George Fox. She’s tremendously good at graphics design (she has a few of her older designs posted here, but she’s done much more and much better work since I put that site online for her a couple years ago). In an attempt to get a few bucks and some local fame, she submitted a logo for this year’s PPP Logo Contest, Her submission was thus:

Personally, I think it’s far superior to the 2010 logo, but I’m obviously a bit biased.

If you live in Bend, a vote for my sis-in-law would be greatly appreciated. Unfortunately, you have to go to the downtown Bend US Bank Branch to cast a vote (which I guess is fair, since they are the title sponsor of the PPP). But if you happen to have an office downtown (I know many of you do), then just take a walk during your lunch break, and cast your vote.

On a related note, if any of you local marketing or advertising firms is looking for a talented, fresh-out-of-school designer to add to your staff, contact me. She’s graduating this Spring and would like to move back to Bend. Obviously George Fox is one of the more expensive schools in Oregon, so she’d love to be able to start working and paying that down as soon as possible. Contact me and I’ll put you in touch with her.