Grant

New game launch: Penguin Knockout

<![CDATA[A new wee game for you to try, fresh off the export button today. It's for the Falkirk Wheel, promoting their Christmas programme and winter sale. And it's called Penguin Knockout… For the game concept I took inspiration from the Falkirk Wheel itself. I’ve always been impressed by the fact it can raise or lowerContinue reading “New game launch: Penguin Knockout”

New job!

<![CDATA[I've been working at s1 for eight years now, designing and developing some of Scotland's leading online destinations like s1jobs, s1homes and s1's local community platform. As one of the original three members of the tech team, I've been involved in virtually everything that s1 has launched over the years. Since December 2007 I've beenContinue reading “New job!”

Quarter mile times on the iPhone

<![CDATA[I finally gave in last week and bought an iPhone. I'd been trying to resist for ages, and bought the LG U990 (supposed iPhone-beater) just at the start of the year. But the one thing the LG taught me was that tech specs don't count for anything – it's the quality of the UI that'sContinue reading “Quarter mile times on the iPhone”

s1jobs.com – Now with fancy bits!

<![CDATA[Today sees the launch of the new s1jobs.com, now full of ‘fancy bits’ like homepage personalisation, AJAX search results, drag & drop personalisation of My Account, etc, etc. It’s also a completely fresh, new design which gives us more space for content while allowing new ad formats such as the leaderboard and useful new stuffContinue reading “s1jobs.com – Now with fancy bits!”

Weather station web-publishing software

<![CDATA[Since I stuck my weather station online back in May I’ve had a number of enquiries about the software I’m using to publish results to the web. My long term plan is to make my software freely available for anyone to use, but at the moment I’m just too busy to write the tutorials andContinue reading “Weather station web-publishing software”

Weekend project: Weather Station

<![CDATA[This weekend I put together a wee project I’d been thinking about for a while — a web-enabled weather station in my back garden. Ever since I moved out of the city a few years ago I’ve taken a greater interest in the weather. When we moved into our new house in Elderslie I noticedContinue reading “Weekend project: Weather Station”

Weekend project: Alternative OS

<![CDATA[Ever since I packed away my old Amiga A1200 I've been a Windows user. Starting from Windows 3.0 I've been through virtually all the evolutions — 3.1, Windows for Workgroups, NT, 95, 98, ME (eek!), 2000, XP and Vista. I've always favoured the universal nature of windows, with a tool for every conceivable task, overContinue reading “Weekend project: Alternative OS”

Microblogging platform and anti-smoking campaign in same bird shocker

<![CDATA[I was walking to work this morning and spotted a poster on the back of a Glasgow bus. What caught my eye is that it had the Twitter.com bird on it. I thought "Twitter… advertising in Glasgow… on a bus? Pretty cool!". Then I noticed the ad was for something completely different — the GreaterContinue reading “Microblogging platform and anti-smoking campaign in same bird shocker”

Weekend Project: Patching AppleTV Take 2

<![CDATA[When I was in New York last summer I picked up an AppleTV set top box. Personally I think it’s the bargain of the century — for £200 I got a fast, virtually silent, easy-to-use replacement for my noisy old Windows Media Centre PC. Best of all, I managed to sell the old Media CentreContinue reading “Weekend Project: Patching AppleTV Take 2”

Weekend project: Adding a cycle computer to my Ludix Blaster

<![CDATA[A few weeks ago I bought a Peugeot Ludix Blaster RS12 scooter. It’s really just to get me to work and back. Between parking and petrol, taking my car to work was costing me about £9 a day (£4.50 petrol + £4.50 parking, and that doesn’t account for tyres, petrol, servicing, etc). The scooter isn’tContinue reading “Weekend project: Adding a cycle computer to my Ludix Blaster”