My Ramblings

This is a blog about design, front-end development, WordPress and other random musings by Liam Jay

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Win Adobe CS5 Premium!

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Over at Graphic Design Forums they are holding a damn fine competition to win a copy of the new Adobe CS5 worth £1500 along with some other awesome design related prizes!! I’ve been a member of the Design Forum for a few years now and it’s a really great place for advice and help with… Continue Reading +

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No Pain, No Gain!

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Recently I was on holiday with a friend in Finland (random place to go on holiday I know, but it was kinda picked out of a hat so we just went with it…and it was lovely) but I digress. On the second day of the holiday it started raining quite literally just after we left… Continue Reading +

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iMac steampunk mod!

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Have you been playing to much Bioshock, reading to many Jules Verne novels or maybe watching anime films like Steamboy? All feature an obvious steampunk theme so you may like the iMac steampunk mod above which should cater to your fashionable hypocrisy. Old Time Computer are the makers and designers of these handcrafted oak and… Continue Reading +

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What is Graphic Design?

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That’s the dreaded Design question isn’t it? That was the question that was asked to me and my whole class by a graphic design thoery teacher while I was still a University Student. Well, I didn’t have (and really still haven’t) got a bloody clue, but I had a stab nonetheless. So just what is… Continue Reading +

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Free WiFi in Bristol

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Short URL: http://moourl.com/freewifi A really handy public mapping service of all the places in Bristol that provide a free WiFi service. Most places listed are cafes but it can be any public location that provided a free WiFi service. Most of the places already have notes about power and the facilities provided but if not… Continue Reading +

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Vet Nursing =

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My friend is currently studying Vet Nursing at uni. It was only during a discussion I was having about strange jobs with one of my other friends, I realised that I have no idea what being a Vet Nurse actually involves but after thinking about it, I like to imagine it means that she gets… Continue Reading +

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My Little Pony but not as you remember!!

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While browsing the huge monstrosity know as deviantART I stumbled upon a huge collection of customised my little pony dolls. The creator seems to have used everything from famous films to well-known video game characters as inspiration sources and some of the results are amazing. To see the entire collection of custom figures check out… Continue Reading +

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Protecting Your Saved FTP Sites (Coda/Transmit)

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A few days ago I opened up Coda (a program I use to code websites) to find that it was screaming at me that it was unregistered and all the FTP login details of all my saved website were gone. After a brief outburst (probably involving far to many swearwords) I realised that I would… Continue Reading +