Kentucky GRILLED Chicken comes to the US
Posted on | April 17, 2009 | No Comments
Man I love KFC chicken… I probably have it twice or so a year, and even then it feels like that’s too much for my arteries. So to my delight, KFC have thought about putting on some healthier options and have unveiled Kentucky Grilled Chicken in the US.
Check out the KGC here
As you will see from the website, the calorie, fat, and salt content is massively reduced to KFC’s fried chicken.
Really want this in the UK!
Personal victory - I rank #1 for my own name!
Posted on | March 16, 2009 | 4 Comments
Not long ago I posted that I wasn’t ranking #1 for my own name. This was mainly due to a site with the domain williamgardner.co.uk being established for a few years, and Google has the tendancy to rank sites with the keyword as it’s domain very well.
I just checked today and I wgardner.co.uk now ranks number one for the keyword ‘william gardner‘. Not that this is that important for me, or the site, but I am pleased since this was my own little personal SEO goal.
Rounded CSS/JS corners without images
Posted on | February 24, 2009 | 1 Comment
CSS3 is looking great - lots of new features including rounded corners, but Internet Explorer is not supporting CSS3 so it’s pretty tricky to think were it will be useful right now.
Anyway, I came across an awesome JS resource that allows for CSS rounded corners on the fly with or without borders.
http://www.atblabs.com/jquery.corners.html
Good stuff
Making the change to Wordpress 2.7
Posted on | January 4, 2009 | No Comments
The latest version of Wordpress (2.7) is out and ready to be installed, something that I will be doing very soon. I have used the new version on other blogs and I must say I am very impressed so far, there are some awesome new features that will help you spend more time writing posts rather than organising them.
In the meantime, check out this excellent article from Nettuts on some of the new features of Wordpress 2.7.
http://nettuts.com/tutorials/wordpress/5-new-wordpress-27-features/
Still no word on 4od coming to iPhone
Posted on | January 3, 2009 | 2 Comments
Channel 4 have not been in contact after I have sent three emails to various people asking for more details on 4od coming to the Apple iPhone.
4od is Channel 4’s ‘catch up’ service that is available on the web and through digital TV services. However, unlike the awesome BBC iPlayer, 4od is not accessible through the iPhone, and other mobile devices.
I would love to see the 4od service come to the iPhone, so I have gone on a mission to speak to someone at Channel 4 to find out what their plans are for the service, but so far I have had nothing but a generic, ‘drone’ response.
Stay tunes for more information since I am in the process of writing a mammoth letter to someone in Channel 4, someone who I have been told can actually answer something more coherently than a call centre worker.
Why can’t I rank well in Google for my own name - William Gardner
Posted on | January 3, 2009 | 2 Comments
When I first started off this blog, I was ranking second and/or third for my name William Gardner. The reason I was not ranked first was because some baby who has the same name as me decided to setup a 1998-style website and use the domain www.williamgardner.co.uk - something that obviously helps him rank as top dog.
The funny thing is, now I rank about 29th for the phrase William Gardner, which is odd, since IT IS MY name and my domain is fairly friendly for that particular term.
Anyway, no bother, REALLY, I don’t care, that baby can take the number one spot, honestly I DON’T CARE. Honestly.
The battle continues…
Three obvious things that will improve the iPhone in 2009
Posted on | January 3, 2009 | No Comments
I’ve had an iPhone for about three months now, and I can definitely say it’s the best gadget I’ve ever had and would never go back to any other mobile phone.
What interests me is how Apple have made some major flaws with the iPhone, and don’t appear bothered about fixing them. No multimedia messaging, lame camera, and no video recording. Most half-decent cell phones have a much better camera than the iphone, and video recording and MMS are just 2002 standard.
So, my wishes for 2009? That some bright spark at Apple grants a lot of people’s wishes, and does the three following things…
- Make the camera 5mb upwards - I really like how quick the iphone camera is, and browsing through photos on the handset is a joy thanks to the low filesize of each photo, but when you upload them to your computer they just look rubbish - in fact, 2002 rubbish.
- Add video recording - The standard iphone has 8gb of storage - PLENTY of room to film and store the next happy slap viral. No brainer.
- Let iPhone users send picture messages! (MMS) - Do I need to go on? No.
Tips for excellent typography and web text styling
Posted on | November 25, 2008 | No Comments
It’s quite likely that text will be the most frequently appearing element on a website, so it’s important that you think carefully about the design of it. When designing a website, a common habit is to choose a familiar font and styling and concentrate more on the elements around the text, such as placeholders and attractive images. However it is worth spending time on your text design as this is fundamental to good design and overall aesthetic feel.
Here are a few text guidelines you should consider when styling text on a website.
Text choice – Different fonts communicate messages in different ways, and it only takes a few seconds to give website visitors the right message, so make sure your font does what is should. Different fonts can look modern, retro, corporate, clean, dirty, humours, familiar, warm, cold etc. You should never pick a font just because it’s quirky or fun, as it’s quite likely someone else will just find it irritating or hard to read – try to stay objective.
Text sizes - With different web design trends come different font size trends. A few years back small text was seen to be a good design staple, and with recent Web 2.0 trends we are increasingly seeing larger sizes. Whatever you do remember that the most important thing is to keep your font size proportional, readable, and to ensure that your headings are sized according to desired importance.
Text spacing – Good spacing between text lines allows for your text to ‘breathe’, as well as making it easier to read for your visitors. Having all your text bunched up and small is like reading fine-print on a legal document – hard, irritating, and easy to give up on. If your text flows well for the human eye, then there is more chance that your reader is going to read it all.
Text line length — The key rule here is to not make your lines too long, it’s actually hard work for the eye to scroll a long line of text, and will eventually make your reader skip the text. Follow the technique of newspaper style columns – compact, easy to read and re-find your place.
Text colour – This is dependent on your website colour scheme, but generally you should be looking to have high contrast colours that stand out over your background colour. If you are using a dark background then you should be careful that your text is bright enough to be read, but not glaring. As a rule, you can’t go wrong with bold colours on pastel backgrounds, or simply - black on white.
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