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January 19th, 2008
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It?s not a resolution, honest
January 1st, 2008
I’m not one for new year’s resolutions. But as it happens, a number of elements of my life have been coming into sync over the past handful of months and now is as good a time as any to make some forward-looking plans – it just happens to be the first day of 2008, too!
I [...]
Stumbleupon the greater interweb
November 14th, 2007
I have never been one for the endless stream of “sites that show me sites” - you know, BoingBoing, Digg, etc. But over the past week or two I have been warming considerably to Stumbleupon.
The internet can be the biggest time-waster man has ever conceived. This can be a major problem for someone like me [...]
Permission to suck!
September 15th, 2007
One of the biggest blocks to creative writing is the word processor. “Hang on! Surely you aren’t suggesting we go back to the days of quill and parchment?” I hear you cry. No, not quite, but you’re along the right lines.
Writing is re-writing. 10% inspiration, 90% perspiration. And I suspect there are more along similar [...]
Making accessibility accessible
July 10th, 2007
I recently attended a Geek Dinner with Julie Howell, Director of Accessibility for online agency Fortune Cookie. Accessibility is something most web developers are aware of but generally merely skim the surface of when creating websites.
Like so many web developers I have only given Accessibility - the need to ensure that everyone can easily access [...]
There is more sound around us than you think
June 19th, 2007
Since getting my hands on the Zoom H4 recording device, I’ve been experimenting with recording the various sounds around me day-to-day. Ambient soundscapes, I suppose you might call them.
The initial idea was to use them as additional elements to a podcast. For example: I may discuss last night’s trip to Ikea, and so I would [...]
MT 28 - Growing up with too much music
April 29th, 2007
It’s almost the end of an arduous and stressful April 2007, and another MT spits its way into your ears. To find out about this April, you have to tune in to Short and Fuzzy.
For the rest you’ll get: No banjo - it’s coming, honest (thank you Conrad!); Music shops and teen bands; Growing [...]
Japanese maple bonsai - starting afresh with a neglected tree
April 21st, 2007
Below (click on the image for a larger version) you can see one of a pair of trees I have neglected for a number of years. Now that our home situation allows us to have space for these trees, I can begin the process of caring for them once more. Though both trees are healthy, [...]
More fun with panoramas
January 19th, 2007
From images taken by jEN:
More panorama and stitched image experiments here.
BritCaster forum bye-bye
December 2nd, 2006
So the announcement I’ve been waiting to make for about six months now finally went out tonight: we’re closing the BritCaster forums. The discussions will remain available for a couple of weeks to give people a chance to discuss new ideas, create possible new collaborations, and, sadly, also let off more negative steam at us [...]
