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Hi, I am Sam Howat. I design websites and create smart, useable web applications for everyday people. Welcome to my personal website.

Archive for September, 2006

… Like Democrats?

Tuesday, September 26th, 2006

Hey, I don’t care what party he’s joking about, but this has got to be one of Bob Hope’s funniest lines. The setup is just great, and then BAM! He hits you with it, and even though it’s so slap-stick, you just have to laugh.

It’s a shame that partisan politics have become so ingrained in our culture that we can’t look beyond our party or take a joke or two.

The SG Network*

Friday, September 22nd, 2006

Over the last 2 years I’ve been involved in an online community of talented designers called StyleGala (www.stylegala.com). The site has proved to be an invaluable resource to many designers who are able to access top notch design resources, get their work critiqued by their peers and provide the latest news of trends, and techniques that is important to our line of work.

There are so many designers and developers involved in the community through the forums that it is difficult to keep track of who is who and what they are working on. I am offering to start a “link-network” of these individuals so that we can stay in touch with each other. I have started a new “SG Network” link on the center column of my site where I will link to these individuals. I will always try to keep this list current so if you are interested in this feature please send me your website URL, your StyleGala alias, and your real name I will happily add you to the list.

Please consider adding this list to your own website so that we can build a true network. If you have any suggestions for how the system should work are greatly appreciated, I’m just getting the ball rolling with a basic idea!

* This network is completely unofficial and Simon (owner of StyleGala) has yet to comment on whether he agrees to this idea, I started it simply to be pro-active with building the community even more and increasing community involvement.

Trees Killed the Cellphone Star

Friday, September 22nd, 2006

So… apparently Cingular didn’t cut off my phone service because I forgot to pay my bill. In-fact, my account is now overpaid due to the quick payment I made thinking that I had forgotten to pay my cell phone overlords. Those damn trees are up to it again, knocking out virtually all communications to the Olympic Peninsula.

Good game Trees, good game.