Archive > April 2006

Handy programs to put on a USB stick.

If you move between systems or simply want a cheap USB key that contains your favorite apps for use in internet cafes and the like then this list from my fave free and shareware site SnapFiles is where you need to start.
I’m impressed by the amount of sys-admin style apps that are included here. Very [...]

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You ready to reboot?

It’s that time of year again. Around the world on the 1st May designers, developers and all sorts of others will be unveiling new designs, new features and a spot of general housekeeping on their web sites and blogs.
And for once I’m actually ahead of the curve on this one! So keep an eye on [...]

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More tunes

In a slightly different vain to yesterday’s Jazz medley I’ve fallen in love with the Radio 2 B List track There Was a Time by Laura Michelle Kelly.
It’s a given through considering that it ticks all the right boxes for my more poppy sentiments:

Soaring minor key string section - check
Meaningless but somehow evocative lyrics - [...]

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Spin the wheel - brain free colour scheme creation

Picking a colour scheme for a website can be a tricksy business. Most designers start with some kind of corporate scheme already present or failing that, a mood board.
But for those little (or internal) projects where the above simply aren’t available then why not try the Colour Wheel? Each spin generates 3 complementary colours from [...]

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Wednesday NIght is Movie night!

I love the way the internet (and the world at large) simply subsume new concepts and technological breakthroughs with an attitude that is almost completely blase. I mean if you’d announced something like Google Video or You Tube a couple of years ago the media would have gone nuts. But because it’s been around for [...]

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