One week from today, my client and friend, Christopher Tunstall, will set out on a journey from Quebec to Boston — on foot. He is quite literally following in the footsteps of his great-grandfather, J.J. Lannin, who started out a penniless orphan, walked 410 miles into America and became one of the richest, most powerful men of his day.

The story of J.J. Lannin is a true American Dream saga, where an individual could take virtually nothing and carve out something extraordinary. J.J. Lannin built a small empire of hotels, apartment buildings and golf courses. He also owned the Boston Red Sox (which included the signing of Babe Ruth) and the airfield where Lindbergh set out on his historic transatlantic flight.

By taking up this challenge, Christopher and his team hope to remind others of the fire that fueled so much of this country’s innovation, successes and accomplishments.

Bullman Design, in partnership with the good folks at Sparking Design, created a website for The Lannin Walk that lets you to follow along as Christopher makes his way to Boston, MA. The team will add blog posts, photos and video each day, all the while, reminding the visitor of what one man went through to seek out a better life.

Visit the site to learn more about the walk and J.J. Lannin and how you can support Christopher and his team.

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Artist: Dan Slavinsky

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By Ed McGowan

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While working on a recent project, I noticed that WebKit browsers (Chrome, Safari) display small-caps much smaller than other browsers. I know. Yet another cross-browser bit of weirdness to deal with.

There’s an easy fix though: CSS media queries. Pop the code listed below into your CSS and you can easily target WebKit browsers and make them behave.

@media screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio:0) {
	.some-element {
		font-size: .85em /* Add your formatting */
	}
}

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I thought the rebranding of the logo and website prompted some new business cards.

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Still a little confused about SOPA & PIPA. Here’s a great infographic explaining how the bills violate the 1st amendment courtesy of Lumin Consulting.

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