Welcome to the new Airbag! A site to behold (no that is not a misspelling). Now before you start validating and measuring for curtains let me say that I still have some work to do, this project is not yet finished. I pushed back the deadline for six weeks and couldn't bear another.
These guys are great!
I want to say thank-you to the following persons. All of whom shared opinions, helped fix style guides, and provided encouragement that resulted in the site you see here.
Tom Dolan, Ryan Irelan, Jon Wiggens (site pending), Dan Benjamin, Blake Everingham and Jeffrey Zeldman.
For a complete list of people who have in some way touched this website, either through inspiration or FTP, take a look at the source code.
Who am I, and what is Airbag?
It's possible that you are new to Airbag. For you I have written an extended piece for the About page.
I am not Canadian, I live in California.
In trying to track down a new domain my choices were limited. Airbag.ca was available and I live in California (CA) so why not? Besides if I could live anywhere in North America, it would be British Columbia. Screw San Francisco, I left my heart in Vancouver.
Clothing is on the way.
I've already had several request for t-shirts and baseball caps featuring some of the artwork seen here. Don't worry, the swag is on the way.
Ballast
There are problems which will surely be worked out in the next week or so. All I can say is, if you use Internet Explorer 5 for Macintosh, well God help ya. It's not that bad but something is definitely working against me with that browser. A curse upon it's creators!
I realize (after Jeffrey pointed out) that the style guides could be better, faster, stronger. And I intend to make that happen in the weeks ahead. I'll also get these pages validating XHTML Strict before you know it. Have Orange Book, will validate.
So now what?
Well I would like to get back to writing and linking and writing, and I have a new Shutterthumb to get ready for a February 1 launch date. Other plans are brewing for 2004, expect more announcements soon.
Join the fray by reading through and commenting at the end.
Holy crap!
Greg ... it's absolutely gorgeous! Congratulations on a very well-done new design. I'm feeling very insecure now. Must go back and re-redesign my own site...
Slick, clean and crisp.
The design gods smile down upon you and beam a radiant light in your direction.
Very, very nice, Greg.
I like, I like!
Very nice Greg. Very nice.
Really nice artwork and a smooth design. I'm looking forward to some t-shirts.
Very fine. Welcome back.
The web is now officially, a better place for us all.
Not to say what everyone else has, but it looks really nice Greg. Keep it up.
Damn. Damn you. It's spectacular. Awesome. Lookin' good. And I'm envious. Very envious. Even still, glad I could be of help. Go Greg, go. Yeah, baby!
Top stuff!
I'm very much looking forward to the next installment of Shutterthumb if this is a measure of what we can expect...
Boss Man, you da Boss!
Congrats on the new site Greg!
Looks great. It must feel great to have it up finally. Oh man, that didn't come out right. :)
A beautiful thing indeed! As if you need to hear it again!
Michael, all these positive comments are helping me stay awake. Captain Airbag (me) was up till 2 AM applying the last coat of paint and mangling the English language in preperation for launch.
It looks great Greg. I saw my name in the source code, I'm honored, this is fucking fantastic. I mean, it looks great, but it's also fucking spectacular. This design is a work of genious.
I feel small, so fucking small. Damn you.
Beautiful.
Good stuff, Greg. Well worth the wait you put us through with that teaser splashpage.
I dig the design, your photoshoppery is refreshing, and your writing is fun.
2 thumbs up.
Taking our domains without citizenship will result in a ban from Tim Horton's, eh?
Incredible site.
I saw Tim Horton's ads everywhere while driving from Vancouver to Seattle, but alas never came across an actual store. What am I missing?
Looks superb. And I never use that term. At least not lightly. Ooh, just noticed inside and outside pages. Yum.
It looks great! Awesome work, Greg.
I'm still intrigued by the empty left half of the page as I read these comments. It's unfamiliar, yet comforting. And that bear logo sticks out from the bottom of the page like a tag sticks out of new jeans against your back. Way cool, man.
One suggestion: have you thought about making the AOL IM buddy on the left an "aim:" link?
great site.
i had never heard of it before i saw it on zeldman. now it will be in my RSS reader. and near the top even!
I know that I'm hopping on the boat a bit late at this point, but the new Airbag is absolutely lovely. Well done.
Can only agree. Very clean and nice design...