Americans have Black Friday (which I only heard of this year!); in Australia we have Boxing Day sales. Perhaps they’re in America too, but we don’t have Thanksgiving, so there’s no post-Thanksgiving-holiday sales. Actually Boxing Day is a public holiday: only the main city stores are open for the sales. Thank goodness for that — […]
Archives for 2007
Sony Ericsson Themes
I wrote about the spiffiness of my new phone a little while ago. I just wanted to share some of the resources I’ve found for Sony Ericssons. I have even made my own theme, which is available on deviantArt. Themes There are some nice themes that you can download. deviantArt mobile9 Flash Lite mobile9 Flash […]
Merry Christmas!
Here’s wishing you all a Merry Christmas! Hope it’s full of joy and peace, not stress and road rage. 😛 Check it out: even my phone (using the Everchanging theme) knew it was Christmas! Totally cool. 😀 I hope that you also get a chance to pay some mind to what Christmas is about. Sometimes […]
Going on a sailboat…
I’m going sailing! Well, I hope I’m going sailing. I’m leading on a children’s sailing camp until Friday. There should be sailing involved, unless it really does rain all week as is predicted. It’s not getting wet that’s a problem (obviously!), but lightning and 10-20 knot winds can be. I really intended not to be […]
Those crazy scientists
Kangaroo farts could fight global warming When I first saw the line “Australian scientists are trying to give kangaroo-style stomachs to cattle and sheep in a bid to cut the emission of greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.” I thought, “What the heck?!” It turns out they’re not going to try to transplant cows’ stomachs […]
How to choose and use brushes
After compiling a list of GIMP and Photoshop brushes, Lauren Marie and Pelf said they’d like some tips on choosing and using brushes. I linked to some instructions on installing brushes at the time. Now I’m going to give a run-down of how I use choose and use brushes. If you’re already experienced in brushing […]
