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Archive for the 'Web/Tech' Category

Weather Translation

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Yesterday’s forecast:
Tomorrow will be overcast with light showers
Translation:
Tomorrow will see very light drizzle as you leave the house, turning into full on, drench-you-to-the-bone rain as you get closer to work.
To add insult to injury, the rain is just getting heavier. Mmm, I am so excited about the ride home…
In other news, O2 have just sent […]

Serif Fonts and the Web

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

Is it just me or do serif fonts look totally different when rendered in Windows compared to in OSX?
I’m trying to build a site using serif fonts (namely Georgia but have been experimenting with Times too) but the character width and/or spacing is different between the platforms, even in the same browser. I’ve never […]

80% Jelly

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

This morning was my first trip out on a bike for about 3 weeks (holiday and work got in the way). I thought that eight days of snowboarding would keep my legs in condition but how wrong I was. My legs had the feel of post-ride jellification as soon as I started pedaling. Great.
My plans […]

Nasal

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

Do you ever get just that one annoying nasal hair that grows out of control? I do.

Fifty Years On

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Sputnik launch by the (then) USSR. This sparked a massive spending race between the Yanks and the Ruskies to see who could complete the most useless mission. Sending a monkey into space? Brilliant.
I shouldn’t be too hard on the whole space thing though - I do love my […]

Value-Added? I Think So!

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

The SHIFT key on my apple keyboard seems to be prone to sticking and not depressing fully when performing those tricky 84-key Photoshop shortcuts so I thought I’d treat myself to one of the new Apple slimline keyboards (any excuse for a new toy).
I hopped on to the Apple site and found them only to […]

I Was Afraid Of This

Saturday, September 1st, 2007

When I was a student in my second year of college (and my first year of marriage) I entered the world of Playstation ownership. The first two games I owned were Gran Turismo and Final Fantasy VII. GT is possibly the best driving game ever created and I spent may hours racing when I should […]

Cool.

Tuesday, June 12th, 2007

MultiTouch - it will rule the world one day.