I don’t know how designers start work. I used to draw masses of squiggles, and then remove all the lines that didn’t fit. It’s probably not a good method for websites. Maybe they do the same; I don’t know.
All I know is that at some point they drag rulers, guidelines or keylines across the page, to help them line up the elements. Then they hand us the resulting PSD file, which we break up into nice little segments for conversion to HTML and CSS.
My idea: use rulers in CSS. Continue reading
There is absolutely nothing wrong with this door.
What do I do?
Of course, I’m only saying this because I’ve been reading Charlie Brooker’s recent book on my Kindle while riding the bus to work every day, and he’s warped my brain into that of a deeply cynical sadistic sociopath, who should probably be placed into solitary confinement, not for my own good, but for everybody else’s. Upshot is: I want to see humanity suffer. Continue reading
My annual End of Year update. See previous years: 2009 and 2008.
This year had ups and downs. The downs are no fun, so let’s focus on the ups.
This year I have: Continue reading
I think this guy may have a Genuine People Personality™.
Kenneth > Hi. I expected installation yesterday evening, but no engineer arrived. Please can you confirm appointment time?
Ely > Hello Kenneth_, Thank you for contacting Comcast Live Chat Support. My name is Ely. Please give me one moment to review your information. Continue reading
In a land of excesses and enthusiasm, of Macy’s and Hollywood, we expected Christmas to be something of a big deal.
We can hardly expect to celebrate with our usual joie de vivre, pulling crackers over a wobbly napkin-strewn table waiting for plates filled with myriad festive stodge, hot and cold, while our family plays the tradition games of ‘who can have the loudest conversation’.
Alas, we are stuck away from home and cannot partake. I am disappointment incarnate. Continue reading
Hello Kenneth,
My name is ### with iTunes Store Customer Support. Got your message, and I understand that you’ve been trying to ###. Sorry to hear that’s become an issue, Kenneth. I know you must be eager to get this taken care of. Continue reading
Unless you’ve been stuck in a cave somewhere, held hostage by extremists, fallen deep into a coma, been discovered living on arsenic, or, worst of all, not been following me online, you’ll know that we’ve up and moved to San Francisco, California, so that I can go to work for Twitter. Continue reading
As a quick response to
I’ve put together a quick greasemonkey script to change the favicon when new messages arrive. In #NewTwitter, it’s surprisingly easy to build simple scripts that add to the behaviour of the page. Continue reading
