Category: Miscellaneous

• A Fragile Beauty Called Glass · 13 February 2007
  Because sometimes Flickr thumbnails can look as gorgeous as this.
• Roadsweeper · 9 October 2006
• I Quote · 13 September 2006
  Here are some quotes I've come across which I would like to share.
• Addicted To Flickr · 17th August 2006
• The Endless Routine Of Work · 29 July 2006
  A diatribe against the fixed hours of work in today's society.
• Keep British Design Alive Survey · 26 June 2006
  Help shape the future of British design.
• Writing Is The Greatest Job · 15 June 2006
  The perceived pros and cons of a writer's life.
• And So It Begins · 13 June 2006
  Welcome to my new-look site!
• Defining Sexy · 10 May 2006
  Extracts from comments relating to an external post about beauty and how sexy is defined.
• Lite-On LVW-5025GHC+ DVD Recorder Review · 10 May 2006
  A DVD Recorder with an 80Gb hard drive for less than £200?
• Rainville · 7 April 2006
  A poem I wrote about rain.
• Ideas Books Preview · 17 February 2006
  Sample photographs of my ideas books.
• Genius · 30 September 2005
• Web Standards Is A Journey Not A Destination · 2 August 2005
• Go-1-Better Error Gifts · 11 July 2005
  How not to make an error page, by offering a list of missing "error gifts".
• CNET Media Gallery Error · 18 June 2005
  CNET's standard Page Not Found doesn't fit the small square used for the Media Gallery, leading to cut-off text where the user cannot scroll to see more.
• Dangerous Drivers · 2 March 2005
  Some of the types of idiot drivers I have observed recently.
• Magic 8-Ball · 14 February 2005
  Virtual answers to some of life's questions revealed.
• Searching For Chris Hester · 24 January 2005
  I discover many people with the same name as me, but wildly different locations and professions!
• Living In The Twenty-First Century · 8 January 2005
• British Weather · 27 December 2004
  A 10-day forecast for Bradford doesn't look too sunny...
• Gordon Bennett · 1 September 2004
  A satirical take on the cover of the Half-Life 2 PC game.
• This Wonderful Life · 17 June 2004
  A stunning animation short created entirely on a PC!
• Five New Links · 22 May 2004
  A collection of recent finds worth seeing.
• Old Man · 22 May 2004
  What I saw an old man doing in a shop in town recently.
• The Weather In May · 22 May 2004
  Hailstones and freezing weather is becoming the norm for May in the UK.
• London Atom Bomb Advert · 1 May 2004
• Words Of Wisdom 1 · 18 March 2004
• Pop-Over Adverts · 16 December 2003
• Anti-War Demo · 22 March 2003
• A Comment From Jeffrey Zeldman · 26 November 2002
• Listed On Google · 12 May 2002

Last updated:13 February 2007

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What's New

• Comments are back! You can now comment on the latest post and future ones. (7th September 2008)
• Links Idea - something I'm working on using PHP and the Design database of links from this site. (7th September 2008)
• IE List Hover Bug (5th September 2008)
• Photoshop Moveable Menus Demo (30th August 2008)
• Links Concept Demo (29th August 2008)
• IE6 Jigsaw Demo shows a weird effect where divs are resized on hover. (29th August 2008)
• Updated the IE8 Square Bullets Font Bug for IE8 Beta 2. (29th August 2008)
• Updated the IE8 Letter Spacing Demo for IE8 Beta 2. (29th August 2008)

Recent Finds

• Configurable Flickr Homepage - Steffen J has created a script to not only redesign the new Flickr homepage that so many people dislike, but also drag and drop the sections around! (7th November 2008)
• Duoh! - Outstanding new website design by Veerle Pieters. (See my Flickr screenshots of the background images.) (7th November 2008)
• Eureka Carpark Melbourne - Axel Peemoeller's fascinating use of type designed to be read from one viewpoint only. (29th August 2008)
• Using Photographs to Enhance Videos of a Static Scene - Incredible. Video can never be trusted as accurate footage again. (29th August 2008)
• Presentation Load - Amazing 3D PowerPoint templates, diagrams and maps. (29th August 2008)
• 3D Video - Wow. The future has arrived! Watch 3D videos of places you can look around in. It's just like being there. (8th April 2008)
• Immersive Media - More 3D videos. Awesome! (8th April 2008)

View previous finds

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Current Reading

	The Suspicions Of Mr Whicher (Or The Murder At Road Hill House) by Kate Summerscale 5%
	Genesis: Chapter & Verse by Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett & Mike Rutherford 70%
	Digital Photographer's Handbook by Tom Ang 70%