Filed under Site Updates on August 10th, 2009 | 12 Comments »
It’s a new layout. And it’s pretty. And I quite like it! After drowning in HTML/CSS & databases at work all day, the last thing I usually feel like doing when I get home is coding away some more, so it’s taken a while! It’s also taken me forever to come up with something that I’ve actually been happy with. I mocked up five designs before finally settling on this one. It’s quite simple, but I think that’s actually why I find it so appealing….
Just quickly I’d like to thank Amy Mahon for the very cute hand-drawn twitter bird, Laszlo Krokoska for the textured background & Fasticon for a few of the icons I’ve used in the footer menus.
Please let me know if something’s not quite right or if you have any suggestions! :)
Filed under Geeky, Reviews on August 3rd, 2009 | 6 Comments »
This morning on my oh-so-boring train trip to work, I was thinking about just how much I’ve come to rely on my iPhone for my day-to-day activities and just how big of a part it now plays in my day to day communications.
In short? I am an iPhone addict. As I’ve mentined before, sticking with the one phone for more than a couple of months is quite a big deal for me. I’ve now had my white 16GB iPhone for almost a year, and even though she’s a little worse for wear (the poor darling has a tendency to fall out of my pocket and down the nearest set of stairs every five minutes)… I don’t see myself changing phones any time soon.
Here’s a list of my six most useful iPhone applications. I was going to make it my 5 most useful iPhone apps, however, as much as I tried I couldn’t narrow the list down anymore! I haven’t included games, because, they’re not really ‘useful,’ just fun! I’ll make that list another time!
- Metlink (free)
I could spend this paragraph whining about Melbourne’s public transport systems… but I won’t, because really… I have far better things to be doing. That’s probably why I find this little application so useful. As well as listing all the train, tram and bus timetables for Melbourne, it also has maps of the public transport network and lists of current disruptions and alterations. I think my favourite feature is the plan trip feature. It allows me to pick a start point, a finish point, and a start time, and based on that information it calculates the best way for me to get from the start point to the finish point by public transport!
- iiQuota ($3.99)
I like this particular app because it allows me to monitor my phone and ISP usage straight from my iPhone. It shows me exactly how much of my call and data allowances I’ve currently used in an easy to read graphical format. I currently use this to monitor my 2 mobile phone accounts (one on a plan and one on prepaid) as well as my home ISP and wireless broadband. It’s so much easier to have all this information collated in one place rather than having to log into 3 or 4 different websites.
- Wikipanion (free)
I love Wikipedia. Before I do any serious research on anything, I usually Wikipedia it first, just to get a general overview! I really like Wikipanion because as well as being faster than loading Wikipedia up with Safari, the formatting of the information is so much nicer and easier to read on the iPhone’s display.
- FlickIt (free)
I use FlickIt to add Flickr metadata to the photos in my iPhone photo library (title, description, privacy settings etc.) and then use it to upload these photos directly to my Flickr account. It also allows me to assign tags and assign photos to sets. So much easier than getting photos off my iPhone and onto my computer, then uploading them to Flickr!
- TwitterFon (free)
I’m yet to actually find a twitter application for the iPhone I actually love. TwitterFon may not be the prettiest Twitter app I’ve seen, but it’s simple, clean and very easy to use. That said, I have been playing around with Tweetie ($2.99) a bit over the last couple of days. I love the multiple account support and it does everything I use TwitterFon for (while just being that little bit prettier). It’s coming very close to replacing TwitterFon as my Twitter application of choice.
- ToiletMate ($1.19)
Toilet mate will take your current location and inform you of the nearest public toilets. The app will then provide you with directions. It’s a simple app, but an absolute lifesaver when you’re somewhere unknown and really, really, really, really need to find a bathroom!
Please note: Some of these are Australian orientated! Namely Metlink, iiQuota & ToiletMate.
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I’ve been feeling pretty nostalgic lately. I’ve been thinking about my ‘teenage’ years quite often over the last couple of weeks. I’m guessing it has something to do with missing people like Jess who’s busy pretending to study over in New Zealand, Jemma who lives all the way over in Adelaide and Melanie who’s currently gallivanting around UK/Europe. I think it could also have something to do with the fact its only now just hit me that I’m really 22 and most definitely an adult. I can’t even pretend to be a kid any more.
Anyway, there is a point to the rambling prelude, I promise! I’ve put myself together a playlist of music that defines my teenage years and reminds me of some of my most important memories from growing up. I just thought I’d share a couple of them with you. :)
- Ben Folds – There’s Always Someone Cooler Than You.
I might just get up and dance
Or buy some acid-wash pants
When you don’t care then you got nothing to lose
You could say this song was (and still is) my philosophy.
- Counting Crows – Mr. Jones
I will paint my picture
Paint myself in blue and red and black and gray
All of the beautiful colours are very very meaningful
This particular song reminds me of teenage sleepovers and staying up all night.
- Everclear – Wonderful
I just don’t understand how
You can smile with all those tears in your eyes
This is the song that helped me through some of my toughest ‘emo’ teenage issues. This song was so important to me, that when me and a couple of my closest friends buried a box of treasures, my contributions included the lyrics to this song.
- The Postal Service – Such Great Heights
That the freckles in our eyes are mirror images
And when we kiss they’re perfectly aligned
Mine & the boy’s ‘song’.
- Incubus – Warning
Those left standing will make millions
writing books on the way it should have been.
Long nights alone, just me and my computer.
- Machine Gun Fellatio – Unsent Letters
I’m spendin’ all my time driving round fakin clever
With a girl who seems all right and another one who’s better
I don’t know if I lied when I said we’re not together
But I try to talk to you, and some how you seem gone……
This song reminds me of the first boy I ever truely cared about.
- Spoon – The Way We Get By
We go out in stormy weather
We rarely practice discern
We make love to some with sin
We seek out the taciturn
This song just reminds me of learning to drive and lazy summer school days.
- Cat Stevens – Father and Son
Its not time to make a change,
Just sit down, take it slowly.
Youre still young, thats your fault,
Theres so much you have to go through.
This song reminds me of my Dad. Me and my little sister use to listen to it on repeat for hours at a time.
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Filed under Ponderings on July 26th, 2009 | 3 Comments »
A postcard in the mail from Jessness (by the way Jess, your writing is still absolutely DISGUSTING and I actually had to decipher your scribble) in New Zealand has had me thinking…
I can’t wait to leave Australia.
I feel this insatiable need to travel before being able to settle down permanently. The boy feels the same way. Ever since I was little, I’ve had this grandeur idea of living in England for a few years and using it a base to travel around Europe. I also want to visit parts of Asia. The more I think about it, the more disappointed with myself I’ll be if it never eventuates.
I love my job, however, the 9-5 monotony is starting to bore me… As soon as I’m done with my university degree, the boy and I will be going on an adventure. :)
Filed under I Like Lists, Life, Work on July 23rd, 2009 | 5 Comments »
You know… there are just so many reasons I love Fridays.
- Casual clothes at the office.
- Urban Burger for lunch.
- The weekly “Culling of the Post-Its.” This is where I go through the 1984239849238 post-it notes that are drowning my computer monitor and throw out ones that are no longer applicable. It may sound silly, but it’s actually rather therapeutic.
- After work drinks (affectionately known as Beer O’clock).
- Sleep in Saturday morning!
I never thought I’d say this, but I believe Fridays are slowly but slowly overtaking Tuesdays as my favourite day of the week.
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