written by Drew | 2009.342 Wed 09 Dec
One extremely useful resource that I’ve come back to again and again is the Free Online Graph Paper generator at incompetech.com.
You can use the site to generate just about any kind of graph paper you can think of – including isometric, hexagonal and some speciality formats – and download them in PDF format. You can also customise grid spacing and colours.
written by Drew | 2009.316 Fri 13 Nov
My current web project is called geo.pick, which is basically a web site that picks a city and country at random from anywhere in the world. A far as I knew when I started the project, nothing like it existed anywhere on the Internet.
I had actually launched geo.pick back in March, where it was called “Geo-Pick”. I remember it took an incredibly long time to decide on a name for the site, and when it came to purchasing a domain name only the hyphenated version of “geopick” was available.
This new version, which was launched this morning, has a nicer interface than the previous version, but unfortunately it has the same level of functionality. I had hoped to launch a fuller-featured site by this morning, but it was a lot harder than I’d expected – the site runs on an alpha version of my Foley Engine, which is still in a disorganised mess.
I decided to upload everything I had at the time this morning, having set myself an artificial deadline of today, because I couldn’t stand to see the site in its former state. Even so, I found myself being incredibly stressed that things weren’t moving as quickly (or as reliably) as I’d liked. I think I’ll have to spend a lot of time working on how to streamline things, and make them more efficient in future.
Anyhow, please visit the new geo.pick site if you have a spare moment, and provide some feedback and your suggestions for the site’s future.
written by Drew | 2009.301 Thu 29 Oct
When you were young(er), did you remember playing a game called Consequences? If not, or you can’t remember what it was about, check it out.
For some reason it popped into my mind just now, and was pleased to have found an online version of Consequences with a quick search. It allows you to choose different story formats, as well as your own entries for “he said”, “she said” etc.
Here’s my rather amusing effort:
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written by Drew | 2009.292 Tue 20 Oct
For my fellow Fireworks users, here’s a few places where I’ve found some very useful Fireworks style libraries. If you’re into this whole Web 2.0/Apple-style user interface thing (which is kind of dying down now), you’ll love some of these.
Fireworks styles @ VirtualClues.com
150 Fireworks gradient effects
48 “ultimate” Web 2.0 styles for Fireworks
131 Web 2.0 layer styles for Fireworks