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24 Sep 2012

iPhone 5 and the Golden Age of Computing

I found the reactions after the iPhone 5 announcement last week really interesting. Everyone knew the iPhone 5 was coming, and all the rumour blogs had announced almost everything presented. Before it started we knew many of the announcements. So...
08 Sep 2012

Quick Tips: Taking Screenshots on a Mac

I take a lot of screenshots on my Mac – for all sorts of reasons. Often it’s screenshots of web pages that I am going to draw over or modify for mockups. Sometimes it’s screen shots of bugs that need...
04 Sep 2012

7 Uknown Mac Apps You Might Find Helpful

I converted to Mac a couple of years ago – and am now a bit of a fanboy. Over the last couple of years I’ve been scouring the interwebs looking for the best apps to make my Mac usage even...
30 Aug 2012

Internet Explorer 7: Should We Stop Supporting it?

Internet Explorer 6 is finally dying a death. It’s been a really long time coming, but it seems to be widely accepted that we – as web designers – no longer support it. That’s fine, but what about the rest?...
15 Aug 2012

My 3D Art Portfolio

I moved house last year and we’ve slowly been going through the boxes of junk weeding out the rubbish when, a couple of days ago, I found my old video game art portfolio.I must have made this in 2002/ 2003...
19 Jun 2012

Pushing Myself to the Limit

South-downs Way I always like to challenge myself. I generally go for mental challenges, trying new technologies and coming up with new ideas. I feel that it’s the best way to learn and expand my mind – however I tend...
22 May 2012

Perfection is overrated… right?

If you’re reading this in a web browser (and you’ve visited the site before) then you’ll know that I have recently updated the design here on Binary Moon.I’ve been sitting on this design for about 7 or 8 months. I...
15 May 2012

European 2 Letter Country Codes Cheat Sheet

As web designers, sometimes we need to work with lists of countries. For instance there is a new EU cookie law coming into action soon – that only applies to Europe. There is a worldwide standard that gives each country...
01 May 2012

Mimbo Pro Released on WordPress.com

My first theme, Regulus, was released on WordPress.com as one of the first themes there. It’s because of Regulus that I started really getting into WordPress themes, so it’s great to have another theme of mine on the site.One of...
26 Apr 2012

Draw Something

Draw Something’s developer, OMGPop, was recently purchased by Zynga for $crazy money. It’s a phenomenon that I don’t quite understand but have been dragged in to.Essentially it’s a drawing game, with no objective. Take it in turns to draw pictures...
20 Apr 2012

iPhone Game in More than a Day

So I continued experimenting with my experimental iPhone game from over a week ago.In the video below you can see the progress I have made. I added a very simple graphic for the character you are protecting. I thought this...
08 Apr 2012

An iPhone Game in One Day?

So – it’s Easter Day – and I have nothing planned. I am going to make a video game!I’ve had an idea for an iPhone game going round and round in my head for a couple of weeks now, and...
02 Apr 2012

Building Elemental 2: Simplifying Through Reduction

One of the key things I wanted to do with Elemental was simplify it – and I mean this from a few different viewpoints. I use Elemental on this very website. Over time I have added new features and functionality...
25 Mar 2012

Building Elemental 2: Getting Started

As I mentioned in February I had a conundrum – I wasn’t sure how to make changes to my theme Elemental without breaking peoples sites. Thankfully the people who read my site are super clever and suggested I create a...
21 Mar 2012

Have you heard of WordPress $content_width?

The WordPress theme check is a great plugin. For those who haven’t seen it it’s a way to check that you theme covers all of the functionality required to be added to the WordPress.org theme directory. I have been using...
15 Mar 2012

TimThumb Configurations

As a TimThumb user, making changes to the settings has always been a bit of a pain. It’s possible, of course, but if you make changes – and then want to update the script – then you have to make...
10 Mar 2012

Mimbo Pro 3: The Classic WordPress Theme Updated

Before Christmas last year Darren asked me if I wanted to work with him to update Mimbo Pro 3. The theme was first released more than 4 years ago – and it’s done fantastically well. As one of the first...
21 Feb 2012

Complete TimThumb Parameters Guide

It was recently pointed out to me that there’s no single place to get a list of all the TimThumb parameters so I thought I would put together a page explaining them, and link to the relevant tutorials/ explanations.TimThumb Parameters...
15 Feb 2012

Customising WordPress Custom Headers in Child Themes

I am currently working on the next version of Mimbo Pro (due for release really really soon), and am updating the child themes to work with the new update.Part of the update is that we (Darren and I) wanted to...
03 Feb 2012

Legend of Zelda: The Lost Oracle

Anyone who knows me knows that I love some Zelda action. So I’m in love with this trailer for a new Zelda game..? The Lost Oracle is what every fan wants and, unfortunately, not something we’re likely to see. The...
02 Feb 2012

WordPress Theme Framework: Less Is More – Or Is It?

I have a conundrum. I want to improve Elemental – my WordPress theme framework. I want to make it lean and fast; but this will involve removing functionality. This in turn means that when people upgrade their themes things may...

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