Archive for January, 2008

This is a monthly archive of all the entries from all the sections and categories of the site. You can access it from the calendar in the sidebar, wherever the calendar appears.

Journal entries for 2008-01-31

waits for the presentations to begin
wants lunch now!
has listened to the Guardian Tech podcast, as part of his research
has been experimenting with a new colour scheme using the online Color Wizard

Journal entries for 2008-01-30

figured out the design grid problems here in the middle of the night, and is now writing the solutions down
has updated his Joiku phone themes
attended an excellent thesis seminar and returned to write a glowing report
is coaxing a reluctant computer online rather than attending VideoBlast. How modern is that?

Prologue: WordPress as Twitter!

Automattic, the people who make WP, have introduced an extraordinarily interesting new theme that is available both on Wordpress.com’s free hosting services, and as a downloadable file for people who want to use it on their own sites.

Journal entries for 2008-01-29

consolidates the podcasting idea, and prepares to write something down
updates his biographical details
has discovered gravatar and is getting ready to use it

Sparks: how cool is that?

Sparks are releasing their twenty-first album this summer, and were asked what they intended to do to promote it. This is their reply.

Journal entries for 2008-01-28

CATCHES UP WITH WHATEVER NEEDS CATCHING UP WITH
apologises about his CAPS LOCK problems!
says Happy Birthday to the Lego brick

Permalinks and a magic 301 redirect

Try as you might at the beginning of a project, you are bound to get some detail wrong. Often this doesn’t matter, but sometimes it does. I got the permalink structure on this site wrong at the beginning, and the longer I left it the harder it became to fix. Today I finally fixed it.

Lego is 50 today

I noticed this morning that the Google logo has gone through one of its periodic temporary changes. At Christmas, it is covered in snow, at midsummer it has flowers, and so on. Today it looks as though it is made from Lego bricks.

Week 05: Office Hours

2008. Week 5: January 28 – February 3.

Journal entries for 2008-01-27

is about to go for a long Sunday walk