Big Trousers, Web, Design, Photography and new media.

Finally a word from John Gruber and I congratulate him on his honesty. I have been waiting for 12 months for my T-Shirt to be delivered. Order your T-Shirt now There are dozens of pending shipments for shirts ordered during the last few months, and, at the moment, I have an embarrassingly large queue of [...]

If you are not sure what that all means then you are possibly not alone. Virb is the site having just come out of beta that looks to be the new social network site of the age. It is well built and beautiful to look at, unlike MySpace which is as ugly as hell. This [...]

Gretag Macbeth have been leaders in the field of monitor calibrators for some time, so it was interesting to see their latest affordable calibration tool in action. The Gretag Macbeth huey is an entry level device for those who need to be color accurate for photography, video, web design or graphic design. At $240 it [...]

There has been a bit of a buzz going on in the past few days about Migila having lost the Elgato EyeTV software license. It seems something is up as bloggers speculate that Apple may be acquiring Miglia to add hardware that records Free to Air, Cable, and Satellite TV. I am not too sure [...]

I went on a little river cruise down the Maribyrnong last night. Thanks to the guys at Maribyrnong River Cruises who looked after the navigation through the Port of Melbourne. Tough job holding still at 30th sec in the dark but the Canon 5D is a dream to shoot with. Next time we may try [...]

I love this article The Fake Steve has done about the Open Source quest to be rid of DRM on their iPods. It seems there are those that wish to make their iPods not synch with iTunes or play DRM encoded music. The idea that music downloads should not be encumbered with digital rights management [...]

Well it seems that the times are a changin’…again. Elgato, having released the superb DTT USB stick for Digital HD TV on the Mac, now intend to have the export files compatable with Apple TV 720p streaming capability. I have been testing the Elgato on a 17 inch iMac Core 2 Duo and despite it’s [...]

Early start to the day thanks to Tree Logic who needed a shot for their latest newsletter. I was surprised at the amount of activity down by the river this morning. The “carnies” were setting up the Moomba stuff and the Melbourne council workers had the brooms out sweeping the gravel. Very pleasant start to [...]

In order to better deliver downloadable content, TreeLogic has implimented a CMS and RSS feed for printable pdf’s of tree species and arboricultural management facts. This information is of interest to local arborists and also to homeowners looking for a few tips. As most of the information is seasonal such as what tree would look [...]

They say never work with animals or children, but Dellwyn Apted has broken that rule. Her new business involves taking children on a journey into the design of a masterpiece. Dellwyn spends an afternoon one on one with the children where she goes through the process of concept, design and execution of a large painting [...]