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How NYS could have made its license plate less ugly

by amy mengel on November 10, 2009

It’s not exactly the best of times for The Great State of New York right now. The financial crisis has hit the state hard and one of the “solutions” for coming up with some extra cash is to make all New Yorkers get rid of their perfectly acceptable license plates and re-register for a higher plate [...]

Tagged as: crowdsource, design, graphics, license plate, new york, retro, starbucks, ugly

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A new look for Mengel Musings

by amy mengel on July 21, 2009

If you’re reading this post in a feed reader, stop! Click over to the site right now and check out my new design. I purchased the Thesis theme for WordPress about a month ago and have been mired in CSS and PHP mods for the last month trying to come up with a fresh look [...]

Tagged as: Blogging, css, design, php, theme, thesis, wordpress

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Is Facebook the new AOL?

by amy mengel on March 19, 2009

When I was in middle school, EVERY family I knew that was on the Internet was on AOL. It seemed like the only way you could get online. Everyone had AOL e-mail addresses, AOL Instant Messenger handles, and those somewhat stalker-enabled AOL Profiles. There were some alternatives, like CompuServe, but essentially you were on it [...]

Tagged as: aol, compuserve, customers, design, facebook, friends, instant messenger, myspace, poll, profile, socialmedia

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