No more baseball for 5 + months damnit. The Red Sox swept the Rockies in four games and won their third world series in 3 years. I knew Boston was going to win it, but wanted the Rockies to win it since it was their first world series ever and I felt they were very [...]
Archive for October, 2007
World Series
Posted in cios256 on October 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Analogous Color Scheme
Posted in cios256 on October 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I found a good example of Analogous Color Scheme in this page titled, “Quilting”. This isnt exactly a website in itself, It is a picture of a quilt with 5 different patterns side by side, and they each have a Analogous Color Scheme, I just thought this looked pretty cool and would be a good [...]
Triad Color Scheme
Posted in cios256 on October 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I ran into a well designed example page with a Triad Color Scheme titled, “Triads”. It uses an aqua green, grey, and purple. It explains the strengths and weakness’s of traids and gives you a look at other schemes as well. The link to this website is, http://www.littletownmart.com/colors/triad.html
Complementary Color Scheme
Posted in cios256 on October 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I feel I found a good example of Complementary Color Scheme on a website titled, “Fusion”. It is a website ran by a team of professionals who plan, design, and develope intelligent media solutions. I feel the site has a great appearence and has a striking complementary combination. The dark blue goes nice with the [...]
Monochromatic Color Scheme
Posted in cios256 on October 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I found a website titled, “Aspirations to Sweetness”, and I thought it looked liked a good example of monochromatic color scheme. In this the primary color is red. Here is the main link to the page, http://www.sweetaspirations.com/
You enter it and you can see all the different ways that red is contrasted and tinted, but it is ultimately the primary color.
Nintendo Wii
Posted in cios256 on October 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I just purchased a Wii yesterday and so far it is one of the best things I have owned. At first months ago when it first came out I thought it looked stupid and was a riiculous thing to come out with. A few weeks ago my cousin bought a Wii with a mario party game, a [...]
Example of good “Typography”
Posted in cios256 on October 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I ran into a site is titles, “Animal Diversity Web”. It is a website of the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology and I like the colors used and the way it was setup. The pictures are great and the headers. It gives you a tool bar with options which makes look really well setup. [...]
Example of bad “Typography”
Posted in cios256 on October 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I made a search on yahoo to find animals, I figured I could find a good example of typography as well as a bad example. My first blog is about a website titled, “TIERE – ANIMALS”. I believe it is a website made a Germany and that animal in German is Tiere. They give you [...]
Windows Vista
Posted in cios256 on October 9, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Windows Vista is a great new OS System and has many great new and exciting features. I currently have Windows XP, and Windows Vista by far is a better interface and more advanced. It pretty much gives you the total package with all the features included rather then purchasing them all seperetly. I am planning [...]
Top three websites
Posted in cios256 on October 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The top sites that I use frequently are myspace, yahoo sports, and amazon.com. I like myspace only because I can keep in touch with family and friends. I dont like being exploited to much to the world, but it is one of the top ways I communicate with people on the web. I am a [...]
