We’ve (well, my work has) recently been issued a takedown notice by Pantone, insisting that we remove a page of hex codes labelled with numbers that correspond to the Pantone Matching System. The page was very well patronised, even though it wasn’t very accurate and did not claim any ‘official’ status. Not wanting a fuss, …
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the world cup soap opera
I have enjoyed watching the world cup. It was great that Australia participated and didn’t make fools of themselves (well, apart from Harry). Guus has cemented himself as an honorary life member of the gallery of Australian ‘heroes’. It’s been fun. But then I woke up this morning to make the tea and turned on …
My sad RAW workflow
I’m beginning to really enjoy shooting RAW format with my digital SLR, so why am I sad? Read on gentle friend…
phew!
It took a bit of care and time, but upgrading to wordpress version 2 went quite smoothly. I’m hoping to start playing with new plugins and enjoy improved comment spam prevention.
Google keeps the good stuff coming!
I can’t believe how many new and interesting things are coming out of the Google labs these days. A long-time gmail user, in the past month I’ve started using four new google tools and, so far, I have to report that they are all ‘really cool!’.
Round-tripping geocodes from Flickr to Google Maps
I love Flickr. I love Google Maps. Like a lot of people, I’d like to combine my love for these two tools by accurately geocoding my photos and then being able to see where geocoded photos were actually taken. I was frustrated that all the tools to do this either required GPS equipped devices, or …
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Mapping Australia – spoilt for choice?
Just a few months ago, Australians had no ‘new generation’ web street maps, now we’ve got three! By ‘new generation’, I mean smooth dragging, ajax/javascript driven, feature loaded maps – not the old point and click clunkers like whereis (though quite good in their own right, people want more these days). Now that I have …
Get on your bikely!
Thanks to treadly for the heads-up. This is a really neat little tool. Bikely allows you to map your bicycle route as a google map overlay. It’s so easy, admittedly, I have a very short commute (5.5km.), but it only took me a few mintues to map it on bikely. It would be nice if …
franco cozzo’s big incentive
From the ‘Moreland Leader’ newspaper, May 22, 2006. Franco Cozzo is threatening to give each socceroo a limited edition ‘Venziano’ bed if Australia wins the world cup. How can they lose? I’m sure, his heart is in the right place, though if you’re familiar with him spruiking his furniture on tv, you’d realise he’s always …
Google Maps street maps for Australia and New Zealand!
From Google Maps Mania, I was alerted to the (as usual) unheralded release of new content in Google Maps. This time, it’s maps for us and the kiwis. The maps are excellent in coverage and detail though the hybrid view shows up a little bit of inaccuracy in my suburb at least, though this is …
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tatty going in circles
This is Tatty. She’s growing up, but obviously still very much a kitten. Here she’s whoopin’ it up with her very best toy ever… her tail. Her (adoptive) mother thinks seems to think it’s a sign that a young cat that still chases it’s tail might be a bit backward, but I reckon tail chasing …
the enlightenment?
How long is this Vatican Astronomer going to keep his job? He is quoted by Scotsman.com, dismissing Creationism as ‘a kind of paganism’ and Papal infallability as a “PR Disaster”. In fact, he makes a lot of sense, as opposed to the Creationists, who tend to make very little sense. Found via Boing Boing