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11/01/07

Five.

Ah been nabbed I tells ya. Seeing as I haven’t sucked up to a meme in a while, I’ll let this one happen. Five things you may not know about me…

I studied wildlife illustration at college. I loved the feel of acrylic paint on brush and paper, and didn’t think I’d end up designing with code. I miss those days, but I can’t paint fast enough to make it work financially.
I entered the Simplified Standards logo contest under a pseudonym. I’m glad I did, the logo wasn’t the best, and it lost. No, I won’t tell you which one!
I actually love eggs much more than cheese. Scrambled, boiled, poached or fried, I’m satisfied, as long its eggs.
I met my wife Leigh when I sold her my 1972 Yellow VW Beetle. It sounds trite when people say that “you’ll know when you meet the right one”, but I really did know.
I once appeared on the cover of a leaflet for the Church of England entitled “The next Vicar…in your church?” pretending to sing. They made me take my glasses off, which I found rather odd. Surely glasses would’ve made me look like ideal Vicar material?

I hereby tag the next 5 people to comment.

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Stanislav Müller said 638 days ago:

I think it was logo #12. with this cool badger ;)

Geoffrey Sneddon said 638 days ago:

Ooo… The chance to do another meme if I’m quick enough!

Mario Parise said 638 days ago:

never been tagged for a meme before…

Ben Darlow said 638 days ago:

Hmm, isn’t self-tagging somewhat akin to onanism? In which case I know what that makes me…

shorty114 said 638 days ago:

Ohoh, #5 we are.

Andy Pearson said 638 days ago:

Ah, just missed it!

Gavin Sim said 638 days ago:

Eggs are good! :)

Samuel Sidler said 638 days ago:

The heart on #34 is totally your style. If I had to guess, I’d say that one was yours.

(P.S. Camino 1.1a2 was released.)

Richard said 638 days ago:

My guess is you did #8… I could be wrong, but it looks like it could slot right into your portfolio.

#10

Jerry said 638 days ago:

My guess would be you did #18

#11

That Canadian said 638 days ago:

I’m pretty much confident you did 54
Could just be because that’s the one I like the most in the list though :)

#12

Denis said 638 days ago:

{; ?

#13

boere said 637 days ago:

I’d go for #38 because it’s got your old logo on it.

My personal favourite is the che chevara Zeldman, but then again, the Badger is so damn cute…

#14

Mearso said 637 days ago:

I don’t care about your entry, I just think #4 of the things about you is lovely .

#15

Stephen said 637 days ago:

Must’ve been strange getting the odd lift in your old car.

P.S. When I tab from the Name field it jumps to your logo rather than the E-mail field. Kinda weird.

#16

Katrine said 637 days ago:

So Logos make all your life. You even met your wife with the help of logos. Don’t let them go

#17

luxuryluke said 637 days ago:

I agree that #38 reminds one of your recent logo, but doubt that you did it, since it’s just too close to it.
I would say you did one using a font similar to #15.

…but i like #13 the best, simply because it’s simple, and despite how generic/plain it looks, i think it’s the most useful and descriptive.

The one that won just looks a bit too web2.0 which (i know, i know) seems just too overdone now (there, i’m in ‘that’ camp, now).

#18

Chris Ivens said 632 days ago:

To be honest, after looking at most of the entries, I feel that it’s a case of ‘rip it up and start again’. None of them really sparked any ‘professional’ interest in me. The badger was fun though, reminded me of O’Reilly books.

#19

kabari said 632 days ago:

I met my wife Leigh when I sold her my 1972 Yellow VW Beetle. It sounds trite when people say that “you’ll know when you meet the right one”, but I really did know.

damn! that must have been one hell of a car, haha.