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Flickr interesting photo meme
Well, it’s not actually a meme unless anyone copies the idea, but hey-ho. Or at least, I guess technically it still is a meme, just an unsuccessful one. Don’t get me started on evolutionary theory....
View ArticleGoogle Analytics
Google have just launched a free web-traffic analysis service which looks pretty damn good. At the moment, they seem to be struggling under the weight of people joining up, so it hasn’t recognised my...
View ArticleFor a short time only – valid XHTML *and* CSS!
It’s not that I go out of my way to use non-standards compliant HTML or CSS, but some of the specs seem pretty petty (tags must be lower case, img tags must have an ‘alt’ quality, you have to close...
View ArticleOverheard in New York
Overheard in New York is always worth a look. Some recent faves: Teen boy #1: So the other day I was watching TV and I said out loud, “Fuck, I wish I didn’t just eat all those Doritos.” And then I was...
View Articleblog design
I’ve been thinking about web design recently, specifically as it applies to a possible redesign for this blog. There’s no rush, because the current look is fairly new and I’m pleased with it, but I had...
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the coolest use of Flickr EVER!!
Sorry for the exaggeration marks. But it is pretty cool. It seems to be this guy‘s idea, but this is the recipe I’m most tempted to try: You need to click on either the link or the photo above to see...
View ArticlePony or Porny?
This turned up as a link on some website or other. It’s an old favourite, but none the worse for that. Some related posts: you gotta love open source web design stuff two entertaining links Tomorrow’s...
View Articlemore folk wisdom
On the subject of folk wisdom: I’m reading a book called Mutants which mentions a C17th book called Pseudodoxia Epidemica: or, enquiries into very many Received Tenents and commonly presumed Truths, in...
View ArticleMagnum photo-essays
Magnum in motion has photo essays with audio commentary. The only one I’ve watched is the ‘Inner-City Youth, London’ one – which I would certainly recommend. I found it via GRIMETIME. I’ve downloaded a...
View ArticleTomorrow’s News Today
This story from Avant News made me laugh. Some related posts: You said what now? Yes to AV. Why Obama won the nomination This financial crisis is a bit of a buzzkill. Thinking out loud about Wikileaks...
View ArticleFlickr field guide
There’s a group on Flickr called Field Guide: Birds of the World. Pretty self-explanatory, really – they’re trying to form a collection of photos that can be used to help identify birds. It’s a great...
View ArticleChihuly at Kew
I went to see the Dale Chihuly glass at Kew Gardens today. Which was pretty fab. This Flickr slideshow gives you some idea. It finishes 15th January, so if you haven’t seen it and you’re in London, go...
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Birdstrike wing
A photo my brother took of the mark left by a bird hitting his window. You can see the whole bird in this one. Birdstrike wing Originally uploaded by rutherfordfamily. Some related posts: Galapagos...
View ArticleNew Theme
I’ve come up with a new design for the site, as I think should be pretty obvious. If you prefer the calmer qualities of the old look, there’s now a theme switcher in the sidebar so you can pick your...
View Articleweb design stuff
The more time I spend thinking about web design, the more easily irritated I am. Take Spork. Look at that lovely, stylish, front cover: it manages to have something of a print aesthetic without being...
View ArticleTesters wanted!
I mentioned earlier that I thought it might be fun to enter a WordPress theme competition. Well, I’ve got a theme worked up that I’m thinking of entering. You can see it in action on my test blog here....
View ArticleCSS positioning
[Sorry, I know most of you won’t be even slightly interested in this] I’ve just had a major intellectual breakthrough about how CSS positioning works. Or, to put it another way, I’ve just realised that...
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ahem
(via) Some related posts: you gotta love open source web design stuff two entertaining links Tomorrow’s News Today the secrets of the ancients have been uncovered The less obvious reason to hate...
View ArticleMy latest web design bonnet-bee
I was looking through WordPress themes on the Codex. I find it surprising how many people design themes with flexible-width text columns – i.e. ones where the columns get wider and narrower when you...
View ArticleAjax and the common man
One of the hot new(ish) things in web design is Ajax – standing for Asynchronous Javascript And Xml. To quote Wikipedia, “The intent is to make web pages feel more responsive by exchanging small...
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