To celebrate the success of writing my very own, first ever PHP class I’ve been re-writing the backend of the site. It probably means nothing to you guys, but basically means things should be a bit quicker, a little more “optimised”. I’ve also decided to rejig how the site is laid out too — things… read full entry »

Reviewed: Kathleen Site URL: band-o.org I seem to be reviewing the skin “RockyBliss”. My first impression involves the word “cack” so I’m not sure if I should continue. The background colour, while obviously selected from the top photograph, is tediously plain and doesn’t compliment your layout like it should. A pattern, or anything to break… read full entry »

Reviewed: No idea, didn’t bother to find out. Site URL: pixelfx.org Generally I only direct my unrequested reviews at other review sites of poor quality — a taste of their own medicine. However, having seen pixelfx.org mentioned about 6 times today I’m getting more and more infuriated at the amount of people relying on the… read full entry »

Ah, I had one of those moments yesterday where I visited a website and it just screamed “review me”. About 9 hours later and I finally think I’ve finished. That is, unless I decide to “have a moment” and add to it. I won’t post the entire review in this post as that would a)… read full entry »

Reviewed: Vixx Site URL: furious-angel.com I’m reviewing your default layout. It’s hard to sum up a first impression when I see a site at least three-four times daily to check to see if there’s any new weblog updates. You must be doing something right to keep me coming back so regularly though. There’s something so… read full entry »

It annoys me when I browse the Internet and see teen “web designers” in various forums complaining that they’ve had various “blends” or supposed “original artwork” stolen from them. Said artwork usually contains a sloppily edited celebrity photograph, a few dodgy Photoshop™ brushes or textures, with a few illegally downloaded (yet usually expensive) fonts chucked… read full entry »

I was going to take part in the 2005 National Novel Writing Month but dropped out a week into November after realising I had far too much on (what with job apps, etc.) and yet have still been receiving the NaNoWriMo e-mails: I’m too lazy to untick a box on the appropriate page. Anyway, I… read full entry »

Reviewed: Brenda Site URL: little-wonder.net A splash page. If you listen hard enough you might hear me grumble! Seriously though, I’ve seen your reasons for keeping the splash page and I would say they’re pretty reasonable. The size of the splash page isn’t though. Approximately 100Kb for an image that a user will look at… read full entry »

Since I discovered the Internet my main aim in life was to become the world’s greatest designer/developer. I taught myself HTML, CSS and then when I realised there was a newer, better mark-up language (XHTML): I taught myself that too. I delved in to PHP and dabbled with JavaScript; have looked into Perl and I’m… read full entry »

Reviewed: Manon Site URL: fatedfoibles.ca My first impressions are somewhat mixed. While I like the main image and was pleased to see it loading quickly even on my dial-up, I am not so sure about the green links. Don’t get me wrong, red and green could probably be a good combination, but that particular shade… read full entry »