Focal Curve

Focal Curve is the online homestead of Craig Cook, designer, blogger, and general geek. For more about me and what I do, visit the Info section. Peruse the Work area to see past and recent examples from the portfolio. My Blog features frequent ruminations on design and culture with a regular smattering of anecdotal self-indulgence.

Recent Bloggings

The Blinky Backstory

I signed up for Flickr a little over four years ago. While I was going through the initial setup and exploratory tinkerings, I was presented with the opportunity to change my profile avatar from the default gray block to something a little more personal. I couldn’t think of anything original offhand, but I happened to [...]

2007, Obligatory Year-in-Review

It’s been over six months since my last posting to this web log. I could offer excuses about being far too busy, and that would be true for some periods of my absence. But to be honest I haven’t blogged because I haven’t been motivated to do so. Oh, I’ve had plenty of ideas for [...]

Beginning HTML is Finished

Beginning HTML with CSS and XHTML: Modern Guide and Reference (Beginning: From Novice to Professional), the book to which I contributed 6 chapters, is finally in transit from the printer to the warehouse, thence to be distributed to bookstores worldwide. Some time in the last 24 hours, Amazon switched the button from “Pre-order this item [...]