Archive

24. Parts of a GUI: the button.
2005 Dec 01 — Writing.
Buttons are an integral part of a Graphical User Interface because they provide a clear metaphor of interaction: buttons exist in the real world so when something looks like a button it is immediately apparent that it can be ‘pushed’.

23. The Great Paper Tiger Culling.
2005 Nov 30 — Development.
Oh it’s here again: the Great Paper Tiger Culling, that time of year when I look at the annals of the website and delete things I’m now ashamed of.

22. Scott wants a better job.
2005 Nov 28 — Normal Blog Stuff, Other websites.
This from the very wonderful MediaWatch, for which I pine until next year.

21. It’s too much work being a nice guy.
2005 Nov 27 — Development, Other websites.
Three things I’m currently tearing my hair over: Semantically correct form layout.

20. The Toy.
2005 Nov 26 — Normal Blog Stuff, Other websites.
The Toy, a next-generation sex toy that connects to a mobile phone to allow men to stimulate their significant others via text message, is really, really odd.

19. How I cracked my head.
2005 Nov 22 — Normal Blog Stuff, Development.
When I was just two or three and living in the Philippines I cracked my head open when I tripped.

18. Danny Deever.
2005 Nov 15 — Writing, Development.
A great poem by Rudyard Kipling, Danny Deever: “What are the bugles blowin’ for?

17. Web comics.
2005 Nov 12 — Other websites, Normal Blog Stuff, Development.
Did I ever tell you that I read web comics?

16. A lift to the formal.
2005 Nov 11 — Normal Blog Stuff.
Here’s the problem: the formal is in six-or-so days and I don’t know how I’ll get there.

15. Finished, nearly finished.
2005 Nov 08 — Normal Blog Stuff.
I have only two days left in the HSC.