my first animated gif
It seems gif animations are making a comeback these days. My pet hate is gif animations which are several megabytes in size and take an eternity to load. The time spent waiting on them to load could have been spent watching a video which would be smoother & better quality. But gifs have their benefits…
Desktop Spotcheck November 2011
Last week my PC broke so i took the opportunity to fine tune my work space. The basic layout never changes but i do always try to move things about to either making them easier to use or harder to use…
Dead PC Fixed
There’s no worse feeling than knowing something you rely on is broken but not knowing how to fix it. Throwing money at someone is the only solution. That’s an expensive solution. There’s a few things in life that we use on a daily basis.. electricity, food, transport… being able to manufacture or fix all of them is something we should all be taught in school from an early age…
Rihanna Pics
I went to see Rihanna in the o2 last night. Earlier in the month i was at a Katy Perry concert and managed to finally figure out how to get the best from my camera. Rihanna’s lighting was a lot darker than Katy Perry’s so as a result i had to change settings on the fly, again and hope the photos turned out ok. Some did, some didn’t but i’ve uploaded over 60 that turned out ok to my flickr…
addicted to multitasking
I’m not used to working with just one monitor and one computer. Usually, i have 3 running simultaneously so i feel a bit ‘lost’. All of my design work is done on my Windows PC. That’s right, not my Mac mini. Despite the fact i’ve been using a Windows PC and a Mac simultaneously for over a year on the same desk, i still regard windows as ‘home’, therefore most of my work is done there. But right now i’m forced to use just the Mac…