Guillemots - Never went to church (The Streets cover)
Update: If you like that you might also want to check out these other songs by the Guillemots - Made Up Love Song #43 and Little Bear

Ruth’s Poland site is now live. The phpFormGenerator came in handy - the one I was using for the Clanen site didn’t have a capcha so now there is less chance of spam. The designers toolbox is also pretty useful. I couldn’t decide which type of navigation to use but I ended up with going with this one. I really wanted a slider but I’ll use that idea for the next site that I work on. Like so many pretty things many slider menus are a bit traumatic on a 56k model (and given the geographical scope of the site it’s not such a good idea to expect broadband in every home).

I love the AJAX slideshow even though it was slightly quirky when I integrated it into my code. There were many AJAX adornments to look at but I decided that they really weren’t needed in this situation. I think that the slideshow is a good compromise between usefulness and prettiness.

For the overall site design there were so many CSS template sites to choose from (Little boxes, intensivstation, mycelly and CSS Tinderbox to name but a few) that I was so overwhelmed by the choice (and lack of what I really wanted) that I ended up building the site up from an old tutorial from Netmag.

Ruth’s site (which I’m sure will evolve significantly over the next 12 months) is a sub site of the Borders Exploration Group - be careful though… their site breaks Firefox! Maybe it’s time for a CMS!

Foo Fighters - The Pretender

[photo by milo]

I got to see the Foo Fighters for free last night. And. They. Rocked! Totally unexpected ticket offer at the end of the day and it was a really great night. Woo for T on the Fringe.

More pretty food pictures!

Some hostels try to encourage you to stay with them by spending money creating a good looking website - here are a few of this weeks more interesting finds. Which style do you prefer? Crazy navigation, a graphic designer’s mind on a plate or a calm and nature based site. Some sites are just ugly though.

Nine Inch Nails - Right Where It Belongs
Since they are playing in Edinburgh today this seems like a good choice!

Lana Trick is a game where you have to keep your eye on multiple moving objects. It’s tough but also addictive. I have to say that I completely suck at it! Slime is a game that I found years ago and is definitely more addictive. I’m rubbish at this too.

Thomas Briggs art is definitely my find of the day.

“A paperclip can be a wondrous thing. More times than I can remember one of these has gotten me out of a tight spot”
MacGyver

MacGyver rocks - he can solve any problem known to man. MacGyver for president though? Who’d have thought it!