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iBAM has another contest! This one is to design the site a logo/identity that is in keeping with the ethos of the site and ties in nicely with the existing design. Best bit is that you can win an AppleTV. As if I needed another design brief to contend with!
Dell is set to offer a line of desktops and laptops that come pre-installed with Linux. This is great news as people continue to become frustrated with Windows and look to other options for the Operating System. The more competition the better, I know if I had to use a computer that wasn’t [...]
One of my friends from Uni went out on a limb today and bought herself a web domain. With a bit of help form yours truly she has herself a brand new blog. So I thought I would point you all to her site. She has a lot to say so it [...]
The last few weeks I have been working on a Uni independent study module, basically a self led brief. I have been working on a new identity for the Christian Union here at the university. I’ve worked on something that aims to demonstrate the beliefs of the CU and it’s mission statement, “live [...]
I’ve been enjoying this little game for the last few days! It’s strangely addicting, but not as good as it’s predecessor.
Fantastic web page showcasing what people have done with their Moleskines. I particularly liked Harrie Fiber, Eduardo Padilha and Takagi Ayako.
My Dad linked me up with this earlier. I thought it was worth a post on here for a little bit of fun. Can you guess what it is yet?
A school in Louisiana is getting rid of text books and giving it’s students MacBooks. Man I wish! Sounds like an interesting idea, not sure how the students would use them as text books but I certainly would’ve preferred using a MacBook in lesson.
Now I’m a bit of an F1 fan and I’m looking forward to the start of the new season this Sunday, it looks like it will be an exciting one. But this article detailing the prospect of a new technology coming in will ruin the sport, taking any driver skill out of it. [...]
Inspiration is a fantastic thing. I’ve spent most of today working on my Uni project, a redesign of the Christian Union identity and website. Now the identity came fairly easily, but the website has been hard. Anyway, I spent most of today designing and mocking up ideas. I was chatting [...]
Just came across this useful tool for testing the appearance of typefaces and how they appear on screen. I found it useful as it gives you the chance to view default and therefore “websafe” typefaces.
Looks like someone is already on the case of making a SpanngingSync alternative. gSync is currently in beta and differs from SpanningSync in that it has no in-between server, as a result the price will be $20 the price many people expected to be paying for SpanningSync. I’m in the process of trying [...]
Spanning Sync has reached version 1.0. Which is good news. I’ve been using the beta to sync my iCal with gCal for a while and it works perfectly and I had considered buying it when it got to final. But the prices are just way to expensive for me. $25 for [...]
Aston Martin have been sold to UK company Pro-drive so they are coming home. The makers of the Bond car are returning to its British roots. I only hope they keep the same designer and continue making beautiful cars!
The Wembley stadium has finally been handed over to the FA. It’s taken 6 years to build and cost £757million but its almost ready for the cup final in May. All I can say is it better be worth it for that amount of money. I’d expect it to be able to [...]
Ok, so now’s your chance, to tell me what you would like to see here on Electric Weekend. What I can do to improve the site, as well as encourage more conversation and participation in the comments. So this is effectively an open thread.
What would you like to see here at Electric Weekend?
It’s interesting how things often crop up in the space of a couple of weeks in the Christian world. Two weeks ago at CU we had one of the guys from my church, Luke, come to speak. He spoke on relationships, first about our one with God, then our friends and then with [...]
Just wanted to draw your attention to the new navigation. I had to alter it a couple of weeks ago, but really didn’t like it and finally came up with a slightly better solution. I had to lose the 100% width of the header as it looked funny with the image, so that [...]
No this isn’t what it looks like, I’m not quitting Birdfeeder I just wanted to fill you in on the switch. It’s gone very smoothly, there are still a few people using the FeedBurner feed but they hav e a little while to switch. The up shot of all this is that apparantly [...]
Following on from my recent link to a VW advert using I hands, I saw this Guiness advert tonight. So I had to track it down. It seems hands are providing a lot of inspiration at the moment.
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