Bryan Bielefeldt

WHERE WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO VISIT ON YOUR PLANET?

Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:10:19 -0500

Alaska

NetFlee.com Domain and Hosting services

Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:08:00 -0500

I found a great resource for domain and hosting not too long ago and decided to become a partner. I figured, I was basically selling domain and hosting already why not make a business out of it. I haven’t done any promotion for it and it has already taken off. You can barely even find it on google, but people are still going there it?

Strange but it’s working.

http://www.netflee.com/

How To Build A Mobile Website

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:12:00 -0400

How To Build A Mobile Website:

Over the past few years, mobile web usage has considerably increased to the point that web developers and designers can no longer afford to ignore it. In…

New Smashing eBook: Mobile Design For iPhone And iPad [PDF, ePUB, Mobi]

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 13:12:00 -0400

New Smashing eBook: Mobile Design For iPhone And iPad [PDF, ePUB, Mobi]:

Web designers know that their industry tends to change very quickly. Continuous adaptation and development of skills are necessary in order to always stay…

The !important CSS Declaration: How and When to Use It

Tue, 02 Nov 2010 22:18:00 -0400

The !important CSS Declaration: How and When to Use It:

When the CSS1 specification was drafted in the mid to late 90s, it introduced a rule called the !important declaration that would help developers and…

Transparent CSS Sprites

Sun, 31 Oct 2010 09:46:00 -0400

Transparent CSS Sprites:

One of the most useful front-end development techniques of recent years is the humble “CSS Sprites”. The technique was popularised by Dave Shea on A List…

Take The Initiative and Create Your Own Projects

Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:41:00 -0400

Take The Initiative and Create Your Own Projects:

During my last job with a large corporation, people started to get laid off. Many fellow creatives came to me, as they had no idea what they would do if…

Billboard Web Design: How to Win Your Audience’s Attention

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 12:34:00 -0400

Billboard Web Design: How to Win Your Audience’s Attention:

Let’s say you’re driving down the freeway at 65mph and you see the roadside plastered with advertising posters on both sides. Some small, some large, all…

"Look What I Saw!"

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 17:06:22 -0400

"Look What I Saw!":

My mom, Gerrianne Bielefeldt was the feature artist for the “Look What I Saw” art show from the Tombstone Art Association.

Typoglyphic.com

Sat, 11 Sep 2010 10:41:41 -0400

Typoglyphic.com

Where were you on September 11, 2001?

Sat, 11 Sep 2010 10:41:08 -0400

Where were you on September 11, 2001?

At the time Iwas working for my parents business, Ziegler Custom Carpet Cleaning. I was in the middle of cleaning the carpets in a condo complex behind the “Stew Leanards” discount liquer store. It was mid morning and I had to run to the truck to get the stair tool or something, I don’t quite remember what it was. I could barely hear the radio in the truck over the sound of the machine, I swore I heard something about a plane hitting a building. I didn’t put too much thought into it, got what I needed and went back to work.

Something brought me back out to the truck, I think it was a cigarette? And so the story began…

Again I heard the radio host talking about a plane hitting one of the World Trade Center buildings. I was listening to 95.1 fm out of Brookfield CT, the morning show, they always made you forget about the day ahead, but today they were different. There was a serious undertone, one I couldn’t quite figure out.

Near the end of my 5 minute smoke break the second plane hit! I was bewildered and almost confused. at the time I didn’t realize the magnitude of what was happening. I went to get my uncle, I told him what I had heard and he stopped in his tracks. We both sat and listened to what was happening and looking for an explanation or something to help us understand. After about a half hour we went back to work and finished the job and went on to the next, unaware this day would change my life forever.

The fear I felt was overwhelming on that day, and the anger that followed on the next was indescribable. I felt pain for those that lost someone, and anger a those who went on about their business with no emotion toward the situation. On Sept. 12, 2001, again mid morning, around 10:30 or 11 o’clock I nocked on the door of my second job. I don’t remember what town I was in, or the lady’s name who answered the door, but I will never forget the scene.

It was sunny and the trees were still green, almost overgrown. The front door was in the shade, a beautiful dark hardwood door with a single pane of glass in the center. There was a step up to the front stoop and lush flower beds surrounding the entry way. As I knocked it just felt different, and as she opened the door I knew something was very wrong. She was crying, but not just tears, there was a soul crushing pain flowing from her eyes and it infected me instantly.

She apologized, she said, “I’m sorry, come in”, and I did. I asked if she would like us to come back another day, “no its o.k., just let me know if you need any thing”, she said. So on I went, doing what I was there to do, I guess, actually I don’t remember anything I did after that point. All that rings clear was her pain, a pain that did not diminish the entire time I was in that house. at some point I realized that she had a loved one trapped n the of the Trade Center. The next thing I remember was driving back to the shop. Something changed in me at that house, an anger had taken over, I was so angry at every one around me. They seemed as though they had already forgotten.

Iwent strait to the recruiters after work. The recruiter didn’t have to say much. Staff Seargent Runlett was his name, he was from the 82nd airborne. He told me about jumping out of planes as an infantry man, and the excitement, and every thing I wanted to hear. The only thing I could think about was getting into the army as fast as possible and getting over to Afghanistan.

I wasn’t going to sit here any longer. I had a burning feeling in my heart that wouldn’t let me continue down a path that wasn’t meant for me.

Nine years later…

It still hurts to remember that day. Even now I feel the air of the brisk september morning at the condo complex and the sinking feeling knowing that there wasn’t any thing I could do to stop it.