For the $50 film camera project, I picked up my “new” Kodak Retinette 1A on Ebay for $19.99 + $12 postage (that’s Australian dollars, so even less in USD). The project was almost immediately fun! It’s always a bit of a rush to win on Ebay… if you’re like me and don’t bid too often, […]
Archives for 2008
Back on the Google Reader bandwagon
I’ve been using Google Reader on and off almost since the beginning. Now I’m back on!
Buy Thesis & get Cosmo free
I recently recommended Thesis from DIY Themes. Since then version 1.1 has been released, which includes a whole new design options page where you can change the font sizes of the nav, titles, content and footer, as well as change widths and the number of sidebars without having to deal with the CSS. Pretty handy! […]
The $50 camera project
The project Epic Edits Weblog currently has a $50 Film Camera project. In a nutshell, the project is to obtain a film camera for less than $50. Shoot a roll of film, write a review of the camera and make both (the pics and review) available online. I loved film when I was in high […]
Weird CSS background loading issue
I’ve noticed on several sites, including mine, the background images and colours don’t load in parts of the page outside the window. So if your web page is 1000px wide and you’ve got your browser down at 800px wide, the parts that you have to scroll sideways to get to won’t have their background loaded. […]
Event of the day: car crash
Before you go getting worried, no, I wasn’t in a car crash. The crash was just down the road. I heard the squeal of brakes and crunch of metal, I quickly changed out of my pyjamas into something resembling clothes and went outside to check it out. I can’t quite figure out how the car […]
