3Cogs Update

After much thinking, I’ve went ahead and scrapped the entire 3Cogs layout I had up until this point. I decided to go in a completely different direction in terms of design, a cleaner and sleeker direction. I expect the design part of it to be done by the end of this weekend.

I’m doing the design in Photoshop, which is a personal first. I always used Flash for all graphics and designs (even though it was never meant for that purpose). One reason I strayed away from Photoshop was that it screwed up colors upon exporting, but I’ve solved that, thanks to Viget’s color-calibration tool. Hopefully I’ll be able to crank out fancier layouts with Photoshop…

Dell is also preparing to venture into the smartphone market, like so many other computer manufacturers. However, their entry might actually be quite good, as Dell made rather good Pocket PC’s when they had their Axim product line a few years ago.

Also, ForTheLose has been updated with a slick new design. Go check it out, and leave a comment or two. 

Feb 1 2009
zPosted in General, Technology, Web
  • http://forthelose.org Ralph

    Thanks for the linkage there, Dan ;)

  • http://dzine-studios.com Dan

    No problem, man.

  • Nick

    I’ve found you again. I kept on checking DZine Online, but found that the site had been deleted or sold off etc. So I searched your first name, which is the only one I could remember (Zabolotny is quite a complex name (for me)). Then added dzine online in the search bar, because I thought you would have expanded your empire, which kind of seemed to work, I followed links and until I found this. Sorry for not explaining myself, I was a frequent visitor to dzine online and loved your blog then you disappeared and so did your newgrounds account (which, by the way is where I found you). I commented on your website and ng account (do you remember the account “Nick2410″?) Hell, you even offered to make a website for me on my domain (autonstudios.com).
    Anyway, it’s good to see you’re still around and doing website things (my general term).
    P.S. Sorry this comment isn’t on a relevant page

  • http://dzine-studios.com Dan

    Yeah, still here, still doing websites. Sorry about the inconvenience with the domain. It wasn’t my choice to move. My old host deleted my account after hackers got into the server and turned it into a spam bot. Since I bought the domain through the host, off it went, along with most of my “empire.” Instantly on the same day I went and bought DZine-Studios. I bought server space from Media Temple and moved all I could. No blog posts were lost in the move, so I still have all my original posts. At first the blog was kind of hidden in a different directory, but I eventually moved it to the main page after I purchased a different domain for my web design business.

    It’s nice to have a dedicated reader who will go out of his way to find a blog :) These kinds of responses are what keep me motivated to update this blog in my increasingly busy life.

    So now that you’ve found my new home, settle in, and take a few minutes to read some of the older posts. Leave a comment or two here and there, give your two pence every once in a while ;)