Eric’s Journal

Eric Hepperle’s journal.

My notes on design projects. Includes software design, web design, graphic design, golden ratio, sacred geometry, InDesign, Adobe products, etc. I’m a much better graphic designer than I every was a software developer/engineer.

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Composite thumbnail of still images from bystander and commentary videos of the Alex Pretti shooting and earlier ICE confrontation in Minneapolis.

Alex Pretti ICE Shooting Part 1: What We Know So Far (Jan 28, 2026)

/ / Current Events, Eric's Writings, Government

📅 Date Written: 2026-01-28 Preamble Since writing the analysis below, additional footage and commentary have surfaced that slightly changed how I view Alex Pretti’s behavior before his fatal encounter with ICE. I’ve shared those updated thoughts in a separate follow‑up post, but I’m preserving this original write‑up as a snapshot of what I believed based […]

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Screenshot: 2026-01-01 - CodeWizard13 GitHub Repos - Markdown KBs list

Eric’s Developer Journal: Updating & Redesigning my GitHub Repo Readmes

/ / Design, Eric's Code, Eric's Document Designs, Journal Notes, Programming & Coding, Writing

📅 Dates Covered: 2025-12-31-2026-01-01 Today was a full-on Markdown makeover across three of my GitHub knowledge base repos. I took a set of rough, barely functional READMEs and rebuilt them into proper front doors: clearer hierarchy, stronger branding, and layouts that are actually pleasant to read and navigate for a very visual, design-minded brain. ehd-kb-ohm

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Pop_OS website homepage (above fold) (screenshot: Eric Hepperle, 2022)

Pop!_OS: The Best Windows Alternative for Developers?

/ / Operating Systems

Could Pop OS really be the BEST Windows alternative for Web Developers, Coders, and Software Engineers? Pop OS, or Pop!_OS, as it is branded, is a relatively new free operating system competitor to Windows and Mac that is targeted toward creatives (Designers) and developers. According to their website, “Pop!_OS is an operating system for STEM

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Recreating WordPress Dashboard in Evolus Pencil (High-Fidelity Wireframe)

/ / UI UX

In order to teach oneself any new tool or process it can be quite instructive to attempt to duplicate a work that already exists and has been successfully produced. This is the way famous artists of the past including Albrecht Dürer and Leonardo da Vinci have learned and mastered their craft.Well, following in the steps

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Why I Write: Reasons for Writing and Notes on Audience

/ / Blog Meta, Eric's Writings, Journal Notes, Writing

Greetings, Dear Reader, Or “Bretheren”, or friend, or self … Whatever “catchy” intro phrase I’m choosing to use today. I like “Dear Reader” because it was something my idol/influence Stan Lee, creator and writer of what eventually became Marvel Comics. My thoughts are somewhat fragmented and somewhat cohesive. I am naturally analytical — prone to

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Newspaper Clipping: ASOM at Trinity, Geneva, AL 2018-02-07 (article and photos by Eric Hepperle)

ASOM Brings Music Ministry to Trinity (Geneva Reaper)

/ / Design, Eric's Published Writings, Journal Notes, Music, News Reports

Article Background & Summary I attended Trinity church in Geneva, AL early February of 2018. Their guests were a troupe of expressive dancers, singers, and musicians from the Atlanta School of Ministry. ASOM has locations across the US that seek to draw runaways and other disadvantaged youth and to rehabilitate them through art, music and

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Design Journal: Designing a new logo for St. Elizabeth Missionary Baptist Church (SEMBC)

/ / Art, Design, Eric's Graphic Designs, Graphic Design, Journal Notes, Spirituality

Last night I began teaching myself InkScape (again). This is the best and most well-known free and open-source alternative to Adobe Illustrator. I’ve tried to learn InkScape before, but the tutorials never seem to work, or are incomplete — not step by step for an absolute newbie — and often don’t include the very fundamental

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Eric's Dothan Eagle first ad: Matthews Dale Florist (2019-08-25)

First Advert Design as Graphic Artist for the Dothan Eagle

/ / Design, Employment, Eric's Graphic Designs, Graphic Design, Journal Notes

It’s official: I’m a professional GRAPHIC DESIGNER! My first newspaper advertisement I designed as the news Graphic Artist at the Dothan Eagle, in Dothan, Alabama was published on Friday, August 23, 2019. Here is a screenshot I took from the E-Edition: Date Published: 2019-08-25 Date Updated: 2022-09-06

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