Too Many Ideas - Archive for July, 2009
More impworks Site Fiddling
Thursday, July 30th, 2009I’ve added automatic checking for broken links and redirects for outgoing links. In the long term it should be a big time saver however now four days later all the broken links are fixed or removed and the 1000 odd redirects are mostly delt with except to the BBC who switch between two URLs with […]
Dark Host Out Now
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009It only seems like yesterday that Kim had a new story out but it was all of a couple of weeks ago (just enough time to read an Ian Rankin novel and a couple of history books). Her latest novella, Dark Host, was a Brava finalist and I’ve read a bit of it before so […]
Pork and Mushroom Curry
Monday, July 27th, 2009A mild and tasty curry with loads of coconut.
Colour Fixing
Saturday, July 25th, 2009Tweaking the impworks site colours so they achieve WAI – WCAG AAA accessibility.
Vue Preview Colour Change Script Page
Friday, July 24th, 2009Short and sweet tonight: I’ve added a page to the Vue section of impworks for the Vue Preview Colour Change Script. Need to work on my snappy title writing skills.
Hand me my Chainsaw of Editing
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009The rebuilding and post launch work on impworks is now pretty much done which means I can get back to other projects. tonight I’ve taken an editing chainsaw to a 120 page text which is the core design for a game and so far I’ve cut it to 60 pages. Now I’m at the hard […]
How to Open a Door
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009I’ve posted an updated excerpt from an article I wrote for Valkyrie Magazine issue 25: Open the Door on how characters go through doors in different games.
Spicy Black-eye Beans
Monday, July 20th, 2009This is one of my favourit recipes, so much so that I went and bought a 7 litre stock pot from John Lewis a couple of weeks back so I can cook a double quantity for freezing. Ideally it should be cooked a couple of days in advance and allowed to sit so the deep, rich flavour of the sauce can mature and permeate into the beans.
Miniature Pulp Era Posters
Monday, July 20th, 2009Back in August 2007 I posted a set of Miniature Victorian and Edwardian Posters which at the time didn’t really seem to get a lot of downloads or get any feedback. When I rebuilt the impworks website I almost left them out and the file got moved round late compared to some of the python […]
Three Words to Describe the We…
Friday, July 17th, 2009Three Words to Describe the Weather Here: Warm, Damp and Soggy