What people have said about Airbag...
"We like the crisp, clean look of Greg Storey's personal site, Airbag."
— Jeffrey Zeldman
"Greg Storey's Airbag is a rare thing. A beautifully designed and smartly written weblog."
— Jim Coudal
"...interesting, entertaining, and easy to digest."
— Will Femia, MSNBC Weblog Central
"Relevant. Irreverant. Just plain cool."
— Mark Bixby
"I'm so glad that there are a few Americans left with your sense of humor."
— Thomas Jogin
"...did I forget to mention how much I like your design sense? Really nice stuff."
— Derek Powazek
"Your site is very cute and retro looking."
— Cristina
About this site
Airbag is the personal site of Greg Storey. It began in the winter of 2001 as a place where I could practice English, back in the days when Movable Type in beta. For now, this is a blog where topics range from design and satire to politics and Ashley Simpson. Airbag has been featured in Communication Arts, Wall Street Journal, MSNBC, Salon Magazine, Associated Press, etc.
Airbag, or Airbag Industries LLC as it is officially known, is currently in a state of transition, please excuse the mess, missing page errors, and such.
And by the way It's Airbag — not AirBag, Air Bag, or Kottke
While I appreciate links I do ask that you get the name right. Really it's not that hard, but if you need help walk out to your car and see how its spelled on the dash.
About the Bear.
Originally this site was to be called Ten Miles to Disneyland: Work and Play in Orange County, but alas that name would have been lost somewhere in the T's — between A and Z. And it was just too damn long.
The kitchy logo seen living here all these years was originally designed for that site. I thought it was just too cool to trash, so I place it here and there as a reminder of humble begnnings.
That's great but who are you
My name is Greg Storey and I live in Orange County, California. I moved here after living a lifetime landlocked in Alaska. On most Saturday mornings you can find me at Peets Coffee watching the pretty people prance around in their Prada sweatsuits and wonder if the Red Saab Lady and her entourage will turn up. Those who frequent the Corona Del Mar location will know what I mean.
On being Internet best-buddies
I try to respond to every email sent by site visitors but admittedly sometimes email gets lost, spam filtered, or forgotten (read: A.D.D.). If I haven't replied to you in seven days time, look to the East at the coming of dawn and send it again.
Also, I don't believe in trading links. I link what I like, not what I owe.
To the design pirates and pixel hacks
In the past, several Airbag visitors/readers decided to 'borrow' parts of this website (a few mouth breathers just took the whole damn thing) to make their own. Sure, technology allows you to take just about whatever you want here but that doesn't help that fact that it only makes you an idiot.
I am more than happy to give constructive criticism, unless you're using MS Paint, then I suggest going to Costco to pick up another pack of 1 Billion Clip Art Images and Fonts. The more the better right?
Colophon
Airbag enjoys a super structure made of industrial strength code. All the content you see and read sits comfortably inside custom spaces created by a combination of PHP, XHTML, and Cascading Style Sheets.
Amish barn builders were kidnapped and forced, at pitchfork, to learn web standards and build what you see here. The results are stunning, yet strikingly humble.
This site is powered by Movabletype — The Official Content Application of the Pennsylvania Amish.
Airbag — Version 3.0, 1 Jan 2004
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