The Illusion of Safety by Thrice

The first Thrice song I ever heard was on the Atticus: …dragging the lake, Vol. 2 compilation. When I first heard To Awake and Avenge the Dead, I was in my car alone and I must have listened to it five times on repeat. I had discovered Thrice, and I immediately knew that they were a band to watch.

Writing a review of an album over six years after its initial release allows a certain unique retrospective…

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Posted around 07.00 on 05.07.08 | no comments | Filed Under: Music

Blog Comment Design

I updated my blog comments from the Hemingway default to a more iconic design.

A post about blog comments that I saw a few weeks ago inspired me to use the “big number” idea for my own comments.

I also enabled Gravatars and have highlighted my own comments when I make them. I have posted the comment loop and the relevant comment CSS in case anyone else wants to use this idea.

UPDATE: Something strange happened with the formatting of the code…
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Posted around 17.00 on 24.04.08 | 2 comments | Filed Under: Code, Design

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This is Thomas Upton’s weblog. Here you will find his thoughts about and contributions to the tech and web world in general. You can find album reviews and music-related musings, software analysis and reviews, and even some helpful code and design work.

Thomas is currently a student at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA.


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