Category Archives: miscellany

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I’ve been tagged!

A fabulous photographer, Erika McCauley, whom I met on the [b] school and whose work I very much admire, tagged me on her blog a few days ago…it’s taken me until now to get with it and play along, sorry about that Erika! Better late than never…here’s mine:
4 things I did today (counting yesterday after [...]

Fun Fridays | Photoshop Blending Options

So…in my free fifteen minutes after lunch I stumbled on this article from Michael Flarup’s PixelResort:
The Power of Blending Options
As I tend to be entranced by shiny, Web 2.0-like icons, I was intrigued to see this example that consisted of the same three layers, only having their blend modes altered!

So I tried some experimenting…I [...]

Great time waster - How fast can you type?

Try this test…it’s kind of like having a minute-long head rush! That, and you might find yourself doing it a few times. The first time I realized just how many mistakes I make when I type! Once you put the pressure on, though, it’s kind of like one of those runaway freight trains…you can just [...]

New iPhone and iPod Touch Icon!

For those of you who might be visiting me from an iPhone or iPod Touch, you can now add a shortcut to your home screen with my logo! An awful lot of sites have now added these images (used just like the little favicons that appear in the address bar of your web browser) to [...]