ollicle.com

Oliver Boermans works as an interactive media designer in Adelaide, South Australia. This is his web interface — a place for Ollie to rant, reflect and share. Read more about Ollie

February 2004

MTDateHeader begone

Tonight I shifted my entry titles into their rightful H2 position. Until now this esteemed slot was occupied by the entry date, as it does in the default templates from MovableType. I understand why the MT templates were built this...

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Hide frontend editing links with CSS

I don't have PHP set-up but being partial to a low tech solution I figure I can hide the admin links with CSS.

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Missing link with Flash

I mentioned the possible use of a Flash UI for AppleScript a while ago. Peter Bunn - developer of Missing Link requested a demo.

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Aussie dollar and software

Australian dollar inspires me to spend

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Testing the fabric

Yesterday I attempted to give the new Textile 2.0 a spin. I had some problems so here goes Textile 2.0.1. pre. Sample code <b>Sample code</b> <b>Sample code</b> The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox...

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Plumbers tap

It’s not a new expression but it goes a long way to describe the lack of design attention apparent on this site. Tonight I am making some superficial changes (i.e. CSS only) to ollicle.com. The usual excuses have held me...

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Impact of U.S.-Style Copyright Laws

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Ashamed American

The Ashamed to be an American In my week off I realized I’m ashamed to be an American. Why is it not OK for Janet Jackson to show her boob on national TV, but it’s OK for our military to...

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Welcome Blake

This evening Blake Kimber-Mair came into the world. All 9 pounds - 50cm of him. Congratulations Robyn and Damien! I can’t imagine what he will make of Blake’s Seven - perhaps by the time he sees it he’ll have is...

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No intelligence

While Bush and Blair tell us they have decided to investigate the bleeding obvious. Howard admits Australia has no intellegence of it’s own to investigate. Speak for yourself Johnny! At the same time Mr Bush made no excuses for the...

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Force of numbers

I have been considering getting myself a PC at home for web testing and a bit of desktop gaming. A tricky decision as my Mac has a growing need to be upgraded.

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Noized

Nicolas of lightfocus.org honoured me with an invitation this weekend to contribute some pixels to noized. It’s been far too long since I last set out to have some shameless fun with photoshop. The excersie has impressed on me once...

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The other spherical desert

It seems the Bush administration would prefer American's had their eyes on the stars.

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