State Your Intentions
I’m attempting to ditch the British reserve and start publishing the things that I think about. I’ve finally dragged this ugly baby kicking and screaming into the world, so I would like to start (if I may) by taking a minute to explain why.
It basically comes down to degredation of the body as age kicks in. My memory isn’t what it used to be, and this seems like a rather tidy way to ensure that the things which I’ve thought about become indexed and readily accessible (to me, and anyone else). It’s a sad truth that googlebots will do a better job at this than my own memory, but one that I’ve come to accept.
I am also hoping that the discipline of writing will allow me to be a little more structured around developing the ideas that I have. I tend to get quite excited about something new, then run off in a different direction leaving a half-formed creation flapping around on the floor.
You better be aware Jay is going to open a can of American whoop-ass on you for calling her body old by implication.
Comment by Grace, May 18, 2006 @ 9:43 pm
I’d quite like to purchase a can of American whoop-ass to find out what it is. Is that like Macaroni Cheese?
I wasn’t really claiming to be old, just that I need a little artificial help to get by (sigh).
Comment by oli, May 18, 2006 @ 9:59 pm
It’s like pot noodle, but harder.
Comment by Grace, May 18, 2006 @ 10:07 pm
- wonderful stream of inventive, but offensive imagery, reluctantly moderated out -
you wait till you get really old skippy. i suspect for you that’s over 30. then you need artificial help for lots of things.
like sight. (you pervert)
Comment by barry, May 19, 2006 @ 10:40 am
In retrospect, maybe I should take away the note about moderation. Might just come across like a challenge to the gaggle of immature people I know. I would put a smiley in here, but apparantly it looks strange in IE7 beta 2, so no happiness for the world until I’ve checked it out.
Comment by Oli, May 19, 2006 @ 10:49 am
immature people? but what about
- truthful, but embarassing recount of oli’s desire to dress in leather quickly moderated out -
Comment by barry, May 19, 2006 @ 2:13 pm
Leather is hot and uncomfortable. My leather days are most definately over. I moved to Soho to get away from all of that after all.
Comment by Oli, May 19, 2006 @ 2:17 pm
I thought we moved to Soho for the naked chicks.
Please don’t moderate me – I’m just being cute and I’m only 5′4.
Comment by Grace, May 21, 2006 @ 9:48 am
My leather days are over too. I’ve recently discovered Kevlar – much more high-tech.
Nice site Oli. Not sure about primary navigation at the bottom of a long stream of censored, sorry, moderated comment, but it looks very pretty – sort of like a Goth that’s grown up and decided white is the new black?! (Obviously, purple will always be purple…)
Comment by Jake, May 22, 2006 @ 10:31 am
I think that one is probably a victim of designing in Photoshop with nice happy dimensions. Watch this space for v1 patch.
Black will always have a special place in my heart, but it had to go at some point (along with the hair).
Comment by Oli, May 22, 2006 @ 11:49 am
I’m working on my nice new shiny mini-tablet – all the joys of a proper computer but with none of the weight.
(http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1844478,00.asp)
While it’s perfect in every way, the one downside is its small screen size – 1024×600! The up-side is it’s perfect for testing websites for content above the fold – your primary nav (even on the homepage) is below the fold, so it took me a while to even discover it was there.
But when I discovered it, ’twas such a thing of beauty that I totally forgave you! What price, style, eh?
J.
Comment by Jake, May 24, 2006 @ 2:59 pm
It’s strange how you can get blind to fairly obvious things like that when you’ve been working on a design for a while.
I have to admit it’s been bugging me quite a lot since you brought it to my attention. I think I’ll go back to the drawing board and try to shuffle things around a bit.
Comment by Oli, May 24, 2006 @ 3:17 pm