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Dressing Up My Blog for Halloween

Call me a party pooper, but I have never been into Halloween. In fact, the last time I donned a costume on October 31st was back in middle school. I was tempted to go all out this year — dress in a slutty outfit (because when else can I dress like a streetwalker and not be judged?), crash multiple parties, and drink myself to oblivion. However, lack of planning on my part and total exhaustion from the past week has me rooting for a quiet night in instead. So since I will not be dressing up this All Hallows' Eve, I have decided to dress up my digital persona instead. Then I asked myself: why not take it a step further and dress up...

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How a 3-Year-Old Views the NYC Subway

Graphic designer and illustrator Erin Jang created this wonderful poster for her nephew's third birthday. How adorably fun! I have to say that I'm very impressed with the boy's extensive list of meaningful subway stops. My custom map would be about the same size, and would include the following stops (from north to south): 175th St - George Washington Bridge (for when I need to meet my parents in Fort Lee) 96th St - Central Park West (who doesn't love Central Park?)  86th St (The Metropolitan Museum of Art & The Guggenheim Museum) Columbus Circle (there are always things to do in Columbus Circle) Fifth Ave - 53rd St (The MoMA) 42nd St - Times Square (Port Authority & Times Square) 34th...

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Design Updates

Every few months, I feel an overwhelming need to change the design of this site. I'm sure I'm not the only one who experiences these nagging surges of inspiration, as many of you have attested to the same. Living in a world where the substance of design seeps into every crevice of our lives, we not only primp ourselves but our personal websites as well — after all, in this wired society, it only makes sense that our websites are extensions of our personas. We are introduced to beautifully-designed websites every day via the many design sources at our disposal. We read about the latest trends in web design and study tutorials on achieving said effects. And with time and experience, we...

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