Jesse Schmidt » random http://jesseschmidt.com Random Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:00:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Chocolate Cake in 5 Minutes! http://jesseschmidt.com/2008/07/11/chocolate-cake-in-5-minutes/ http://jesseschmidt.com/2008/07/11/chocolate-cake-in-5-minutes/#comments Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:45:13 +0000 Jesse http://jesseschmidt.com/?p=58 I was linked this by Pat and thought that it was absolutely ingenious.  I will have to try it out sometime since I never want to make a whole cake to let lots of it go to waste.  This is great for a single person!

Chocolate Cake in 5 Minutes!

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]]> http://jesseschmidt.com/2008/05/20/big-typography/feed/ 1 25 Reasons You Might Be Hardcore… http://jesseschmidt.com/2008/04/30/25-reasons-you-might-be-hardcore/ http://jesseschmidt.com/2008/04/30/25-reasons-you-might-be-hardcore/#comments Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:19:07 +0000 Jesse http://jesseschmidt.com/blog/?p=52 So I was reading Bittbox earlier today and came across the latest post by them entitled 25 MORE Reasons You Might Be A Hardcore Graphic/Web Designer and thought that some of you people that very rarely frequent my blog might find it quite interesting. I personally get number 10, “You’ve had a client ask you to “Make the logo bigger.”” quite frequently. These are hilarious, give them a read. I am sure some of them fit you too.

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]]> http://jesseschmidt.com/2008/04/18/current-progress/feed/ 1 First post! http://jesseschmidt.com/2008/01/22/first-post/ http://jesseschmidt.com/2008/01/22/first-post/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:33:56 +0000 Jesse http://blog.jesseschmidt.com/?p=3 Obligatory first post post!!!!   More to come!

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