Author Archives: Brian Lawler

About Brian Lawler

Brian Lawler is an Emeritus Professor of Graphic Communication at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo and was a Guest Professor at Hochschule München from September, 2021 to September, 2022. He writes about graphic arts processes and technologies for various industry publications, and on his blog, The Blognosticator.

Burning on a photowalk with Trey Ratcliff

Posted on October 1, 2015 by Brian Lawler

Apologies, readers… I burned out on blogging early this year, and took a break. I thought it would only last a few weeks. But here we are nine months later, and I am just now getting back to it. While … Continue reading →

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ePubs – under the hood

Posted on January 10, 2015 by Brian Lawler

I’ve been making ePubs for several years, and I have taught courses on ePubs at GraphExpo and at Cal Poly, where I am employed as a professor. For the first few years I was very grumpy about ePubs, as they … Continue reading →

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Shooting 100 60MB photos every second
with the Red Dragon

Posted on January 3, 2015 by Brian Lawler

For years I have been following the development of the digital video company called Red. They made news first at the National Association of Broadcasters event in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2006. At that show they introduced the world to … Continue reading →

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Upgrade adventures – a sleek new Mac Pro

Posted on December 14, 2014 by Brian Lawler

A few weeks ago I decided to take the plunge and get a new computer. I have been using an aluminum Mac Pro tower for many years (I have had two of them). The current machine has eight cores, and … Continue reading →

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100,000 Readers! Thank you

Posted on December 14, 2014 by Brian Lawler

It’s actually 101,759 readers. What started three and a half years ago on July 26, 2011 has now reached a major milestone in blogging for the graphic arts. The Blognosticator has reached and exceed the 100,000 reader mark. I started … Continue reading →

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Quicken 2015 for Mac can no longer pay bills

Posted on November 30, 2014 by Brian Lawler

I have been a Quicken user since 1987 – 27 years. Quicken allows me to keep track of income and expenses, and it has, until now, allowed me to pay any bill to any vendor online. The convenience of this … Continue reading →

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CNC router owners: meet the quoin

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Brian Lawler

For centuries printers have been locking-up type inside a frame called a chase, then putting the chase into a printing press to complete letterpress printing projects. The method for doing the lock-up was originally done with wooden wedges which were … Continue reading →

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More in my GREPping drama

Posted on November 7, 2014 by Brian Lawler

In past blogs I have expressed my love for the GREP functions in InDesign. GREP is not only functional, but for me it’s a lot of fun. I enjoy working with strings of text, manipulating things en masse to cause changes … Continue reading →

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Our night on Mount Wilson
with a really big telephoto lens

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Brian Lawler

On September 26, my wife and I joined a group from the local astronomical society on a field trip to Mount Wilson, just east of Pasadena, California, where we spent the entire night observing objects in the sky. My wife … Continue reading →

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Another Blognosticator milestone

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Brian Lawler

Greetings, dear readers, With your continued interest, The Blognosticator has now passed the 90,000 reader mark. The blog is read by more than 200 people every day, and it continues to grow at an impressive rate. So, please keep those cards … Continue reading →

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