About
I am a web designer and developer based in Auckland, New Zealand, with a background originally in graphic design. I spend most of my time these days creating semantic and standards-based XHTML and CSS, so you could probably call me a bit of a web geek. But then, who isn't these days?
When I'm not tinkering away on my Apple, or spending time with my wife, you can find me rocking a guitar with my band or enjoying the fine NZ coffee at one of the many local cafes.
Currently listening to
Bloc Party, Kasabian, The Shins, Kaiser Chiefs, Ryan Adams, The Beatles, DJ Shadow, Wir Sind Helden, Jeff Buckley, Cut Off Your Hands, Doves
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DecemberDec 22 Tuesday Tue 09
My Farfisa Organ: I scored this for $40 today. These are Italian made, and are a simple reed organ from the 60's (I think). The stand on this one is home-made, so I guess the original legs must have been lost. I'll probably make my own rolling base so I can move it around.
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Farfisa: With the Robin Day rolling chair I also picked up recently for not much money.
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Farfisa bass/chord notes: There are a whole lot of buttons on the side for bass notes and simple chord sounds. The black cover can be put on to only show the main notes, or removed to show all.
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DecemberDec 8 Tuesday Tue 09
I was browsing through my Evernote archive and came across this...
I was browsing through my Evernote archive and came across this great poster from Methane Studios. Evernote has been great for recording information, ideas and images, but I seldom remember to look back on the information I’ve collected. If this is anything to go by, it seems I’ve squirreled away some gems that need revisiting.
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NovemberNov 23 Monday Mon 09
♪.tumblr.com is yet another lovely project from Jarred Bishop,...
♪.tumblr.com is yet another lovely project from Jarred Bishop, utilising the new album art features Tumblr recently launched. Rumour has it that Jarred never sleeps.
It is interesting to note the use of the unicode ‘♪’ character in the URL. While it looks great, it raises a few issues for users – most notably that it’s difficult to type, and many people would not even know how. Also, not all systems are set up to support them. A case in point is that here on Tumblr I can’t link to the site in this text area without the URL breaking, due to whatever encoding the text field is run through (though URL fields seem to still work, for example the link around the image above). It will be interesting to see whether the use of characters will become more widely adopted.
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