Thu
Jan
01

2009

Terrific Typography

Every now and then you discover little nuggets of joy in amongst the dross on the web.
I’m happy to be labelled a font junkie, but I’m also getting much more fussy and picky in my choice of fonts. This discovery had me salivating over my keyboard:

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Sat
Nov
29

2008

The newest family member

For years we were a family with loads of pets. I think the record period was when we had five dogs, three cats and numerous goldfish.

But time and natural causes take their toll, and now there’s just the smallest dog left (Tasha), and the ancient cat who refuses to gracefully go where ever cats go when they die.

But the time has come to add another to the Atwood collection again.

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Tue
Oct
07

2008

My new best friend - Nokia E71

People who know me know I love gadgets and geeky stuff of all kinds.
But I need to feel they have a constructive purpose and usefulness, and not just be a piece of frippery.
So mobile phones fit in nicely to this category – packed with geeky features, but productive as well…

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Wed
Sep
10

2008

How to sell fonts

Fonts

Are you paying attention Adobe?

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Fri
Jul
18

2008

Papal humour?

WYD

Papal humour… so much (good natured) opportunity…

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Fri
Jun
13

2008

A win for the little people

Ebay: holding us to ransom

After posting a rant here, it’s very good to read that the ACCC has rejected Ebay’s attempts to force PayPal on users in Australia.

Excellent news indeed.

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Sun
May
25

2008

Your know you're home when...

You know the feeling: You’ve been away on holiday or a another trip, you head home, the car (or for us, car and trailer) is loaded up, you reach your driveway, pull in, open up the house and start unloading.
But you know you’re really home when … what is it for you?

For me it’s when the espresso machine (all 35Kg of it) is back in place in the kitchen, the water supply hooked up, the Mazzer grinder is in place, and the whole kit is warming up, ready for the first ‘spresso back home.
That was today for me. Returning ‘home’ after eight weeks leave…

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Tue
May
20

2008

More on technology, ministry and relationships

Kev McCord has written up a really helpful approach to using email in a ministry context

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