I had the opportunity to take a snort of snuff yesterday evening – and so, for the first time in my life – I snuffed tobacco. It was a small snort, placed gingerly on the fleshy bit of hand between my thumb and index finger. (Left hand, if you must know.) With a sharp inhalation, […]
This morning I came across a particularly chilling article about websites that use malicious code to infect the computers of visitors to that site. These sites use computer coding and scripts to launch programmes, steal password information and otherwise wreak havoc with our computers. What was really frightening about the article was that it noted
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As a owner/director of a small business, I was interested in the effectiveness of a blog as a business tool. As a graphic designer working in web media (and print), I was also curious about the business benefits of a blog site. I decided to investigate the value by starting a blog myself – which
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Stumbling about the internet recently, I came across Kuler: Adobe’s online colour selector tool. It’s a great site for playing with different colour schemes, with an eye towards that next design project. Kuler allows users to define and export colour palettes from a web browser. The exported swatch libraries can then be imported into a
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I was recently faced with an interesting production issue involving converting a large scale print file (for a poster series that were 700mm x 1000mm). My client asked me to convert the (40 page InDesign) print file to a PDF for posting on the web. My initial attempts at using Adobe InDesign’s ‘Adobe PDF Presets’
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I recently asked a good friend of mine, a Scottish man, for a recommendation on a quality Scottish whiskey. Another friend had done me a favour and I wanted to say thanks in that ever so manly of ways – through heavily intoxicating liquors. So I turned to my good Scottish friend and asked: Can
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There have now been two excellent sessions of Oxford Geek Nights at the Jericho Tavern. The basic premise of the evening is a couple of main presentations (15 minutes each), followed by a series of mini-presentations on just about anything under the great sun of web development. As a graphic designer, working in both print
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Easter morning! At last, I broke my no-alcohol fast with a lovely bottle of Leffe Blond abbey ale. Sitting in the warmth of the Easter midday sun, I smoked my pipe, drank my Leffe and enjoyed the garden fun with my daughter and wife. I do so enjoy Leffe! What a lovely Belgian beer it
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Liam Dempsey is a marketing and design consultant. Through his business, LBDesign, he works with businesses and non-profits in the US, UK, and beyond. He loves pizza, craft beers, and time with family and good friends.