T‑shirt ideas
Recently my brain has been coming up with random ideas for geeky t‑shirts. Having five minutes to spare with the excellent Freeverse Lineform to hand, I mocked them up. Render Encoding Comic All t‑shirt ideas copyright © Matt Gibson 2009 Base t‑shirt image courtesy banj0e/stock.xchng
Why Adobe AIR Apps Suck, Just Like Java Apps
Okay, don’t get me wrong. I use Adobe AIR applications, notably the almost-excellent TweetDeck (more of the “almost” in a second.) I also use Java applications. But I only use them when there’s no native alternative that does what I want. The reason is mostly in the user interface. The minor irritations that come with non-native […]
Finder Image Previews Randomly Not Working
Just a quick note: if you’ve got problems in OS X with your Finder previews not showing up, apparently fairly randomly, I may have the answer. This was my problem: some of my JPEG (and other) previews would be fine, some would be just showing the default “it’s a JPEG” icon. Quick Look actually worked […]
Creativity and the Commons
I’ve just come back from snowboarding. In the stack of post waiting for me on the doormat was a couple of copies of Sullem Voe’s new CD All Naked Flames. Rory, the artist behind Sullem Voe, had used one of my Creative Commons Flickr images for the album art. Not only did I get a […]
