Archive for 2009


in love with the 960 grid system

I have been working on some new sites and designing them with the 960 Grid System, and I am officially in love. It drastically reduces the effort required to layout a page, and also reduces the amount of maths that you have to do in your head. To completely eliminate the maths, I have created [...]

How to change the logon wallpaper image in Windows 7

I have been using Windows 7 since RTM and I have to say that I am impressed. It seems quite solid and there have been many “that’s nice” moments.
One default that I have disliked is the logon wallpaper image. It is a bit, how do you say, ghey. I tried out a few methods [...]

F1: Legard isn’t good, needs to go

The BBC’s biggest mis-step this year in their otherwise excellent Formula 1 coverage is Jonathan Legard.
His commentary just doesn’t work: it’s repetitive, he frequently gets things wrong, and he’s generally just not entertaining. Martin Brundle seems to put up with him, but if I hear his tone right, doesn’t think he’s doing a great job [...]

Fuck you, Hulu

Content is not available in my region.
Fuck you and your region. Typical “we are the world” US-centric bullshit.
Hulu seems to be a digital remnant of the old school network model. They’re trying to make themselves the default, easy option for US people to view US content, and thus retain their existing advertising models, by claiming [...]