Archive for June, 2006

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Lane Smith

Date June 1st, 2006 Comment No Comments

Remember my post about the children’s book John, Paul, George and Ben? Well the author has recently created a cool wee blog with more amazing sketches and funny letters from fans.

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Levels of HTML knowledge

Date June 1st, 2006 Comment No Comments

6 levels of HTML knowledge among people, spanning from next to nothing to those who write the actual HTML specifications. Quite a funny read and not to be taken too seriously.
I sadly am a flimsy level 3, very rarely code these days
read more |

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Photoshop CS 1/2 will never run native on Intel Macs

Date June 1st, 2006 Comment No Comments

Official Quote from Adobe released on their plans for Intel Macs.
This will have a serious effect on any designer thinking about buying an intel mac in the next couple of years.
Sorry for small text size, view larger here
From report:

You can download the report from Adobe here

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Captain Copyright©

Date June 2nd, 2006 Comment 1 Comment

Those readers who have kids and are waiting with tredipation for the day when their offspring ask the question every parent dreads will be relieved to know they can now direct inquisitive minds to a Canadian website guaranteed to take the embarrassment out of that most sensitive of subjects.
So, when little Jonny finally […]

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Halloween Costumes….

Date June 5th, 2006 Comment 1 Comment

The Thing Costume from Fantastic Four made out of real rock!
It weighed about 7.9 stone and this guy must be unemployed….
How he did it

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Sony Data Tiles

Date June 5th, 2006 Comment No Comments

Its a table that you put things on, but they do cool stuff.
Wait this is hard to explain, watch the video
Its the future of tables that do stuff…
(but even cooler than just a table)

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Great wee flash movie

Date June 5th, 2006 Comment No Comments

Reminds me off IMD work, ahh so much time, so many jammie dodgers
Watch Video

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Attack of the Snargles

Date June 6th, 2006 Comment 1 Comment

Yet another reason why I’m looking forward to Nacho Libre…
NACHOOOOOOO!

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The 101st Airborne “Flying Goatfish”

Date June 6th, 2006 Comment 2 Comments

“Chopper” Houston, Lord Green St. John-Smithe and Franz “Basher” Hoeritzauer. Bally good show, chaps!

(Click for larger image)

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The Life Cycle of the Snargle

Date June 6th, 2006 Comment 4 Comments

NOTE: The following is theoretical information about the biology of the creature known as the Snargle. This information based largely on my own interpretation of the available data. You may not necessarily agree with my ideas. This section concentrates on the process by which the Snargle takes over another organism.
In the example below, the intruder […]

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Yahoo’s Summer Movie Guide

Date June 7th, 2006 Comment 1 Comment

In case you missed it (because I did until very recently), Yahoo’s now got a nice Summer Movie Guide set up. The movies I’m most excited about are: Cars, Pirates of the Caribbean, Clerks II and Superman Returns. Should I be looking out for anything else?    ….maybe a little Nacho Libre??

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Jif Lemon Anyone?

Date June 7th, 2006 Comment No Comments

Dont read this, your goulies may retract into your chest plate.
AIDS Prevention Possible With Lime Juice

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Ratatouille

Date June 9th, 2006 Comment No Comments

How gorgeous does Disney/Pixar’s upcoming flick look?

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Transformers Movie Teaser Poster

Date June 9th, 2006 Comment No Comments

I’d rather have seen an image of Optimus Prime kicking the feck out of that Decepticon that turned into a Tape Recorder (’Sound Wave’?), but this’ll do for now…

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A Fist Full of Cow Pats

Date June 9th, 2006 Comment No Comments

Click here to see more pics from the Ballysham weekender, including one of me poking Franz with a stick!

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CSS Standards Design

Date June 12th, 2006 Comment 3 Comments

With the birth of CSS3 and the wealth of CSS based websites out there, all very proud of their cross platform accessable nature.
Has anyone here built a 100% CSS site? Would you recommend it?
A bit about CSS3

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The Klaxons

Date June 14th, 2006 Comment No Comments

A glorious mix of new-wave indie and old skool rave, The Klaxons’ new single ‘Atlantis to Interzone’ is the catchiest thing since ‘Looking for Freedom’ hit the Berlin Wall. Check it out at the band’s mySpace section, or go to their newly-launched site to view the bonkers video.

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Belfast Maritime Festival

Date June 14th, 2006 Comment 2 Comments

This place is begging to be hit by the Good Ship IMD in full pirate regalia. What say ye?
Belfast Maritime Festival
Inspiration

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DIY Dub

Date June 14th, 2006 Comment No Comments

Perfect for those lazy summer evenings, get lost in sound here!

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Big Number Two

Date June 15th, 2006 Comment 1 Comment

The first Jackass movie is a bona-fide guilty pleasure of mine, funnier than I thought it’d be and still withstanding the test of time.
Number Two looks even funnier, especially since it includes a rocket-powered bicycle and ‘extreme’ teeth removal. Bring it on!

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Brando Lives!

Date June 20th, 2006 Comment 1 Comment

Click Here to see how they shot the new Jor-El footage for Superman Returns. Then click here to see how they could have done it for a lot cheaper! Probably.

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Fortune and Glory Design

Date June 21st, 2006 Comment No Comments

I finally got ’round to creating my own wee space on the Interweb; Fortune and Glory Design is now live! The blog is up and running, and I’ll be adding bits and pieces over the next few weeks. Excelsior!

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Tinkling the ivories

Date June 22nd, 2006 Comment 1 Comment

This is brilliant, check out the jukebox ‘Ouch of the tiger is my favourite’
(bikini clad ladies are involved, but in a tasteful way…honest)
Check it, East Side

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W3C Schools - Resolutions & Browsers

Date June 22nd, 2006 Comment No Comments

Is 800×600 dead?
According to W3C schools its not!
Worth keeping a bookmark of this, nice to be able to quote the latest figures when clients/users make sweeping judgements!
Check it

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Computer Arts - This Months a Doosie

Date June 22nd, 2006 Comment No Comments

50 ways to be a better designer:
My Favourite-
EVIL FLASH
“Never ever, ever, ever use the default Green-to-Black Gradient Fill tool in Flash. This is evil and will ultimately bring about the demise of humanity.”
SUPPLIED BY: LAITH BAHRANI
Great stuff: Check it