Posts for July 2004 (7 entries)

Redesign explained: tag transformations

29th July 2004, early evening | Comments (44)

Part two of the redesign explanations (or ‘Giving Away All My Secrets’, as I’m starting to think of it) is going to look at how I present images, code samples, and conversations on this site…

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Summer garden

28th July 2004, late evening | Comments (24)

I’m photographing a friend’s wedding this weekend, and decided I better get in some practice with my new fish-eye lens before the big day. I spent an hour pottering around the garden, snapping away, and thought I’d share with you just how beautiful things are looking here in the UK…

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Redesign explained: time presentation

23rd July 2004, early evening | Comments (66)

Part one of the redesign explanations is going to look at time (specifically post and comment time), and how it gets presented on this site…

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A weekend away at Sea Ranch

21st July 2004, evening time | Comments (21)

The Girlfriend and I spent this last weekend at a rented house on the Sea Ranch estates; a beautiful area of the Californian coastline, about five hours north of San Francisco…

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Version 2

17th July 2004, the wee hours | Comments (96)

I remember hearing Sir Peter Ustinov explain that the making of the film ‘Spartacus’ took so long, that his first child, conceived during filming, was able to answer a school-mate’s question of, What does your father do? with the reply, Spartacus.

The reason I bring this up is that if you asked The Girlfriend what I do for a living, she’ll only know to reply The Blog. I think I’ve been working on it for more than half the time we’ve been seeing each other, and its redesign has rather taken over our lives…

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Laptops as social aids

9th July 2004, evening time | Comments (29)

17in Apple laptops aren’t useful just for web development and meeting geeky chicks; they can also help bring healthy, vibrant people (like you and I) into contact with those less fortunate, gutter-dwelling members of society…

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Barbequing with the rich and famous

6th July 2004, late at night | Comments (55)

The girfriend and I went to a couple of barbeques over the weekend. We met some odd people…

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