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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #765, on November 14th, 2011, 10:52 PM »
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I apologize for assuming bad keyboard ergonomics were the cause of the problem. I was speaking out of ignorance.
There's no need to apologise; it's an assumption that's commonly made and in most cases it's both justified and accurate, because most of the people who I used to regularly bump into at the chiropractors fell into three groups: those there because of some previous issue and they continue to go because they feel better for it, those that go because of a sporting or other physical trauma, and those who go because they don't know how to set up a workspace ergonomically. I find myself surprised how many people are in the latter group.

Mind you, my old chiropractor, before he left, was awesome. He didn't just treat people, he actually did spinal adjustments on dogs too. Then he left. >_<

As for me, I've been a computer user and student of ergonomics long enough to know by now what works and what does, to the point of spending £150 on a desk and almost £400 on a chair. It also helps that at one point in my old career, I was a health & safety assessor, temporarily, within the company's facilities department.[1]
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The part about getting outdoors, tending to your health, eating properly, and making every effort to sleep properly -- that still applies, and is the same advice I give to my kids. Take care, both of you.
The outdoors... that has light... the light it burns it burns!! Seriously, though, I go for a walk most days, and I have actually been eating better lately, but it's something of a conscious struggle because I've never been that bothered with food, as it were.

But, as I've privately opined lately, as much as I'm still busy as heck, I'm also consciously taking a break by playing games a lot more than I used to. The last thing I need is me burning out. I've been burned out before, took a lot to rekindle the flame.
 1. Long story, but although it was technically a demotion after a big company fuck-up which was at least partly my fault, I got moved to facilities. Best two months I had in the 5 years I was there, as it turned out. I learned so much that I still make use of now, several years on.
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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #767, on November 15th, 2011, 08:00 PM »
The amount of cloud cover and crappy weather in this country, it's almost not worth the effort.

Besides, at 28, I feel a bit old to be cavorting outside like someone less than half my age...

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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #768, on November 15th, 2011, 08:17 PM »Last edited on November 15th, 2011, 11:25 PM by AngelinaBelle
Oh, I own shirts older than you are! Polo, frisbee-golf, footie, gardening, modern interpretive dance, cavorting. It's all good. Maybe your friend Bryan can help you find something suitably dignified to do out-of-doors.

And now that you know I'm nearly old enough to be your mother, it's time for me to drop the motherly advice.

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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #769, on November 15th, 2011, 09:30 PM »
But not old enough to be mine ;)

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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #770, on November 15th, 2011, 11:25 PM »
Not so much, no.

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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #772, on November 17th, 2011, 11:22 PM »
Post #802 has plenty of logos for you to look into...
I think it's time to ask if there's something you like better ;)
I'll give you my personal favourites, from best to the rest: safe82 (because of safe82s, which is the current minilogo in your signatures), wedgechroma, wedgech2, wedgechroma2.

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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #773, on November 18th, 2011, 03:18 AM »
I'm loving the logo improvements!

Every new idea looks great, keep it like that CJ!

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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #776, on November 20th, 2011, 12:52 PM »
I don't think it does... (?)

@Bloc> I'm not surprised you like it. Same reasons for me :) And this particular logo has enough of a 'unique' shape to bear being shown in a single color.

@all> Bumping for more opinions... Also, I updated the sidebar logo (and its hover version) with the new font, and I'd like to get feedback on it, and the logo, etc... Anyway, anything that makes me go back to work on this would be good. :P

@OT: Currently working on finishing the Thought system's ajax interaction. It's 90% done but I'll be gone for the afternoon.

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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #777, on November 20th, 2011, 01:43 PM »
Actually, yeah, I can see the resemblance, especially if you desaturate the pieces, because then you get essentially a / shape in the negative space, which is the underpinning of Zend's logo - they also have the top and bottom bars of the Z, but also in negative space.

Like the new logo, prefer the non-hover version, font is awesome.

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Re: Logo Madness
« Reply #778, on November 21st, 2011, 08:06 AM »Last edited on December 14th, 2011, 10:16 AM by Nao
Okay, I'll be playing with it more...
I'm in love with the 'small' version (the one in your sig), not so much the large version, but it's probably something really tiny that's bothering me, I'll try to put my finger on it...
Got a strange one here... I'm sure it'll fall flat but whatever, it's funny enough ;)
Posted: November 20th, 2011, 11:13 PM

Bump :P

Maybe if I swapped the colors?

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