I just got done watching I Am Legend. Wow, what a strange film. Yeah, the cgi of the lion and other animals and hybrid creatures was kind of lame, but the story was oddball in a futuristic sci-fi sorta way. I sure hope we never face a catastrophe like that (where a virus basically wipes everyone out). I hope that an energy crisis doesn't result in massive blackouts, etc. I was a wee lad in the mid-70s when the "Energy Crisis" happened and gas prices soared to over 50 cents a gallon. In some places, they peaked at about 70 cents a gallon. There was a perceived gas shortage and there were long lines at gas stations and many people started buying locks for their gascaps, to prevent gas theft. People used cyphens (sometimes just tubes, sucking on one end to get a vacuum going) to rip off gas. Can you believe it? I don't hear people calling this gas price hike an "energy crisis," but it sure bugs me.
Anyway, hopefully this deadline will finish as smooth and easily as I envision. It will involve a lot of hard work, but being able to finish it without zapping my body of its natural energy would be nice. We could be nearing the peak point of the majority of last-minute effort soon. I'm about to expand the magazine to make a really cool feature a lot longer, which will be much easier to lay out. Having space and pages is a wonderful thing in laying out and design. Having too little room means cutting corners and cramming text into smaller places. It makes an impact on what the eye feels when it sees the page. It's either real inviting, drawing you in; or it's unappealing and kind of pushes your eyes away, making them uncomfortable.
Posted by Doug Van Pelt at March 24, 2008 10:54 PM