April 2011
9 posts
The OK clock
We commisioned this piece from Helaina last year and finally picked it up last week. It’s stunning, the photos don’t really do it justice.
Find out more at Helaina’s website
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Yorkshire puddings
What, for a man with my cooking experience, could possibly phase me when it comes to the kitchen?
As it turns out standing in a kitchen in Yorkshire, with three folks, Yorkshire born and bred, a tub of proper Yorkshire dripping to hand, and the prospect of producing Yorkshire puddings for a proper Yorkshire Sunday roast. No pressure then!
Fortunately I have a simple, easy to remember and almost...
Above the fold
I ordered this book on the basis of the website, which I love and even though I am clearly not the target audience, it’s always interesting to take a paddle around the mind of another web designer attempting to explain the fundamentals.
There’s some great stuff in here: web typography, site planning, SEO & analysis amongst them. There’s also quite a lot of Jason Santa...
Liam’s Pictures from Old Books →
Over 3,000 high-resolution free images scanned from more than 180 different old or rare books
Vintage LP Record Puzzle →
This is so clever!
(Rach)
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How I learned to stop worrying and love the frozen...
As a food snob I’ve had a tough time admitting I can’t be bothered to chop onions unless they are red and to be grilled and marinated in balsamic. Like washing up, ironing and pushing back your cuticles, onion preparation has always been a task I’d rather avoid. No wonder then that I consider the frozen onion to be amongst the 20th Century’s finest achievements.
The...
We're almost OK!
Alright, we’re not quite formally Mr & Mrs OK yet but we’re one step closer now, we got officially engaged on Thursday!
(It’s even prettier in real life!)
Now I’m apparently John’s financier which seemingly is a type of rum soaked teacake… ahem!
(Rach)
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Omar's blog
Day-to-day I spend much of my time prodding statistics, shaping wireframes, or pushing post-it notes around a wall in search of an answer. It’s all jolly good fun but it’s nice to do something simple for a change. So when my good friend Omar started talking about a blog in red and black, I dived on in.
View full size screenshot at Flickr
I quite liked the earlier version but...
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We're all about the universe
I don’t know whether it’s a quirk of television scheduling but often we find ourselves watching lots of programs about one particular topic. A while ago this was light and maths but at the moment it seems to be all about the stars.
We’ve been watching Professor Brian Cox’s endearingly over-enthusiastic series Wonders of the Universe (all the time not being able to...
