Magic Mouse is sad

By Alistair | Published: October 20, 2009


Magic Mouse is sad, originally uploaded by Alistair.

I saw the Magic Mouse on Apple’s site this morning and the frown just kind of jumped out at me. Added some eyes in Pixelmator and voila!

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Themework

By admin | Published: August 21, 2009

I am reviewing some WordPress Theme Frameworks right now, hoping to play with each one to see how easy they are to customize.

The frameworks I have investigated so far are:

Each framework provides the developer with a basic version of a theme, some with comments and documentation on how to build a theme from scratch. I have been playing with Thematic most of all (I am currently using the default Thematic theme) but I am currently editing a new theme using Sandbox.

I’ll let you know how it goes as I get more done.

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Scotland: In Progress…

By admin | Published: July 17, 2009

I’ve been in Scotland just over a week and I’m having a fantastic time.  I visited a few great places in Glasgow and Edinburgh, met with friends and family, taken a bunch of photos on the iPhone and now I’m embroiled in the process of Real Estate from many miles away.

I arrived in Kirkcudbright to stay with my aunt & uncle late Tuesday after having dinner with family in Dalbeny and then a drive down to the coast.  On my 2nd day here, I received an email from my Realtor asking me to check on a property I might like in Burnaby.  I immediately realized I’d love to have it, and started the process of making an offer.  I am in the process of this as I type, with paperwork making a digital transatlantic trek.

When I fly back to Vancouver, I may do so as a land owner.  I’ll keep you up to date.

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Haircut madness

By admin | Published: July 7, 2009

I just got my haircut and it looks kind of tragic. I think the barber was distracted by another patron who was talking very loudly in Serbian or something.

Before I could say anything, my hair was a lot shorter than I wanted. But once it’s done, you can’t get them to put it back.

Photos later. Maybe.

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Shame on me

By admin | Published: July 2, 2009

I have had a blog at Alistair.com for around 12 years now.  At the beginning it was a simple ftp down > edit html > ftp up.  Now it’s WordPress and though I am nowhere near as prolific as my friend Derek, I use this site extensively for many other projects that are not public.

As a faculty member at BCIT (in Web Development, no less), you’d think I would have a nicer web site, or at least on that is current.  Alas, I have constantly struggled with my writing and end up abandoning many posts because I get frustrated with the process.

None of that should prevent me from working on template and the interactions on the site, though.  I thoroughly enjoy assisting my students achieve their potential when crafting their own creations, but somehow I slow down when working on my own.

So, I have reverted the site back to the default design that comes with WordPress until I can put the time and effort in to build something I am proud of.

Let’s see how long that takes.

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