Time to read: < 1 minuteI won’t take the credit for this. I saw someone mentioning it. @themattelliott to be specific. The gist of it is that there is a little website which will take instagram photos (yours, someone else’s, from a tag, etc…) and generate a background image for you which you can stick onto twitter. This is what […] continue reading »
Time to read: 2 minutesA friend of a friend needs a website. She’s an award-winning theatre director and professor in the USA, so her website needs to convey her experience and vision. I asked her why she does what she does, why she has chosen to direct, and she said that she loves telling stories, showing relationships about people, […] continue reading »
Time to read: 3 minutesI saw my first properly large double room today. I love it. As in really love it. It can actually fit all my clothes and books and things! first reaction But the experience of walking into a room where 5 people were sitting around a table, with a chair very blatantly set up on the […] continue reading »
Time to read: 3 minutesLast weekend I had to traipse across town, spending more then three hours in transit to go see two flats. It made me think about where I want to live rather strongly so this week I am using a new technique. last week I learnt that I don’t want to share with couples It would […] continue reading »
Time to read: 3 minutesIn the never-ending game of chicken with the Universe in 2013, I have been asked to move out of the flat I have occupied for 5 years, twice in the same week. I was sent a notice to move last Wednesday, then on Friday morning the property manager called me to tell me that they’d […] continue reading »
Time to read: 2 minutesSo I was at home, nice and cosy… And I’ve just downloaded some new episodes of Frasier that I want to add to my collection. To move them from my hard drive on the Air to the networked drive, I need to unplug that, connect it via usb, move the files, stick it back on […] continue reading »
Time to read: 5 minutesIf I am stuck with a budget of next-to-nothing, can I still design for the web at the level I normally deliver? Can, ultimately, web design be free? “adobe” is web-design for “wealthy” I have been fortunate enough to work on Adobe products for most of my web designing life, so creating lovely interactive buttons, […] continue reading »
Time to read: 2 minutesAt work, we have a regular "broadcast" and want a consistent look So I'm testing out setting up a pre-fabricated html-with-css container for a newsletter sort of thing that is broadcast on a regular basis. I have created a container which you can copy from lower down on this post. If you paste its contents […] continue reading »
Time to read: 2 minutesWent to another life drawing session at Candid Arts in Angel. Lovely as always. Here are my sketches from the evening. Uncensored. I’ve never believed in hiding the human form. It is beautiful as is. […] continue reading »
Time to read: 3 minutesI’ve been wanting a “real” camera for a long time, and now that I am dating an amateur photographer and camera collector (when you have more than half a dozen cameras, you’ve got a collection, chéri), my lack of equipment is made apparent on a semi-daily basis. I own a Rollei 35S which is in […] continue reading »