Opinions of the WolfOpinions, reviews, articles, rants, musings, comments, drivel, general waffle and the odd photo from lucie, Red Wolf and sbszine — three web geeks from Sydney.William Morris Fox Tapestry Update 05- (Found July 2, 2008 ) The lowest of the leaves on the left is done, barring its central stripe and the negative space where the wild flowers will go is clearly outlined. The large green leaf at the top is started to be infilled. Got three fo the four fox colours I need. Would have gotten the fourth, but some moron helpfully put the adjacent colour code wool on the peg for the colour I need and it didn't get reordered. Some fox bits will be on hold for a few weekshttp://www.redwolf.com.au/column/opinion/2005/01/william_morris_fox_tapestry_update_05.htm... Nano-Lectures at the University of Tasmania- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Not so very long after the Ig Nobel event at the University of Tasmania, students there engaged in a nano-lecture competition. Wayne Goninon reports that The idea was that students would describe their school in seven words: Agricultural Science: We take cows and make 'em better Aquaculture: Red fish, blue fish, breeding new fish Architecture: The unholy union of art and engineering Chemistry: Too much acid, explosives and stinky stuff Computing: Coffee and pizza make for happy...http://www.redwolf.com.au/column/opinion/2005/01/nanolectures_at_the_university_of_tasmani... More 2005 Colour Forecasting- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Just a quick link, I'm working half days as I am doing some life drawing classes in the mornings this week. I waltz into work at 2pm and there's a tonne of work sitting in my email. Sigh! I like Adam Polselli's 2005 Color Forecast. I love the purple palette, we can only hope that designers choose purple this year.http://www.redwolf.com.au/column/opinion/2005/01/more_2005_colour_forecasting.html Bill Gates- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Ah, geek love in sensible trousers. It probably says more about the weirdness of Teen Beat magazine than anything, but someone has dug up a 1983 photo spread the magazine did on then up and coming Bill Gates. I'm left wondering what they were thinking with the poses. Is this some strange 80s teen equivalent of the naked girl draped over a car Note the Mac behind him in the first shot.http://www.redwolf.com.au/column/opinion/2005/01/bill_gates.html CSS Zen Garden Gets Unwanted Contribution- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Have a look at this terrifying restyling of the original CSS Zen Garden markup. It's 100% standards-compliant, but in the vein of a Geocities site circa 1997. The goggles do nothing!http://www.redwolf.com.au/column/opinion/2005/01/css_zen_garden_gets_unwanted_contribution... Punk-Folk Music Under CC License- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Brendan Themes is a punk-folk musician whose stuff is like Billy Bragg's best music crossed with a little Beck and some Leo Kottke. His CD is available for free under a Creative Commons license from the Internet Archive &8212; via Boing Boinghttp://www.redwolf.com.au/column/opinion/2005/01/punkfolk_music_under_cc_license.html VersaLaser- (Found July 2, 2008 ) The VersaLaser is a desktop computer peripheral that takes your drawings and spits out products made of wood, plastic, fabric, paper, glass, leather, stone, ceramic, rubber. It's a nicely designed package, available in a range of colours, including purple, but the US$10,000 price tag means it will be languishing on the wishlist for quite some time to comehttp://www.redwolf.com.au/column/opinion/2005/01/versalaser.html William Morris Fox Tapestry Update 01- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Now that the tapestry fot the seat is done, I'm finally starting off on the first of two back panels for an antique chairhttp://www.redwolf.com.au/column/opinion/2005/01/william_morris_fox_tapestry_update_01.htm... DJing On Thursday- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Hey, if you're in Sydney on Thursday, come and watch me blast out some evil tunes. It's upstairs at the Australian Youth, for free, and I'm on at 9.30. Half price cocktails also : )http://www.redwolf.com.au/column/opinion/2005/01/djing_on_thursday.html William Morris Fox Tapestry Update 02- (Found July 2, 2008 ) The fox's face is done and more of the leaves have been infilledhttp://www.redwolf.com.au/column/opinion/2005/01/william_morris_fox_tapestry_update_02.htm... |