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Venidici

Posted: February 01, 2007 @ 08:42 PM EST | Filed Under: Blogging, Life, Site News and Updates

It’s been a long time coming, but the day is finally here.

Silky, version 4 of Milk Carton Designs, has been up since August of 2005. At that time, it was certainly a very valid representation of my skills. However, almost a year and a half later, I’m proud to present to you the fresher and newest incarnation of Milk Carton Designs, version 5 (vV), named Venidici. Venidici is so named from a mashup of the Latin phrase “Veni, vidi, vici.” I got the idea to name this new design from, quite simply, the version number. When I saw what version I was on for Milk Carton Designs and realized “v5″ was “vV” using Roman numerals, it almost came instantly to me. Not much of a story, but I like the name. (And people tell me it may be an Italian word— can anyone verify?)

Not long ago, Milk Carton Designs celebrated its 2nd birthday (as one astute observer noticed). Over these past two years, Milk Carton Designs has become very much a part of who I am today. Through the ups and downs of those two years, I always had this. My knowledge, my work. MCD is very much alive to me, and this is my (belated) birthday present to it, a new skin. I’m hoping this fresh look will usher in a rich, new era for Milk Carton Designs, and for me.

As it stands now, there are still some bugs and unfinished aspects of the design. Feel free, however, to contact me about any bugs you may come across. I’ll give you a shiny star for finding ones I didn’t know about— maybe. Feel free to poke around, however. And please also feel free to leave congratulations, criticisms, accusations, hate mail, and any other form of banter in the comments.

Thank you to all who helped me with this new design, including Sissy, Meaghan, Andrew Krespanis, Jim Whimpey, and many many others I’m sure I’m forgetting. Thank you all.