In planning for our trip, I decided a bag that holds both my camera and other stuff (wallet, notebook, water bottle etc) would be useful. Even better, a bag that could carry those things and my laptop; I could use it as carry on luggage and for uni.
Archives for 2008
To-do Software
A while ago I downloaded iGTD. I used it to put aside the things I’d rather be doing than studying for exams, so I could do them in the holidays. I also wanted to get used to the software before I started my rather busy year this year, in the hope that I might feel […]
UFRaw User Guide
Just a quick note about dealing with RAW photos with open source software. I recently realised that my camera shoots RAW (in the Nikon .nef format), so I want to learn how to use this format. The version of GIMP that I downloaded from Wilbur loves Apple already includes the UFRaw plugin. So when I […]
A song by Scott McKenzie
If you’re going to San Francisco Uh huh? Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair Really, that sounds a bit retro doesn’t it? If you’re going to San Francisco Yes? You’re gonna meet some gentle people there Oh well, that reassuring. What else am I going to do there?
Designing decisions: width
What’s the measure? In my previous post I wrote about my musings on heading hierarchy. The next issue I’m contemplating is width (or measure as it is sometime called). People use a range of monitors with different screen resolutions. Users hate scrolling sideways on a page that’s too large, especially if it’s to see important […]
Designing decisions: hierarchy
I’ve been reading so much about typography and layout lately; I’ve been inspired to design a WordPress theme. I’ve also been wanting to do it from scratch so that I’m completely familiar with all the code. I’m no PHP whiz, but so far things are working and I know what everything is doing in my […]
