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Selling out?

the State of Flux — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:11:32 +0000

Regular readers (all three of you!) may have noticed the recent appearance of advertising in my sidebar.

For the longest time, I was strongly against showing any form of advertising on this site. Partly because I just don’t like it, and partly because the site doesn’t really look that big. [...] Continue Reading…

Let it snow

the State of Flux — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:04:10 +0000

When I first moved here from the warmth of Australia, I really wasn’t looking forward to the winter season. Coming from a place that had just two seasons, warm and not-so-warm, it rarely got anywhere close to freezing temperature!

I slowly began to enjoy winter after I learned how [...] Continue Reading…

A summary of everything I don’t like about Facebook

the State of Flux — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:57:09 +0000

As an expat, I find Facebook to be an excellent way of keeping up with friends in other countries and timezones. I really like most aspects of it. Some parts of it really, really annoy me though. So much in fact, that I studiously block the offending items from [...] Continue Reading…

Hmmmm… iPad?

the State of Flux — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:47:57 +0000

I’ve been thinking about eBook Readers for a long time now.

I almost bought a Kindle. Several times. Then I almost bought a Nook. Then I almost bought a Kindle. Again.

The thing that kept stopping me was that I wanted something that could do more. I like to travel, [...] Continue Reading…

Simple Notepad theme for WordPress

the State of Flux — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:45:02 +0000

Introducing a theme reminiscent of the old school style of blogging, otherwise known as writing in a journal – Simple Notepad.

Simple Notepad is a theme for the WordPress platform. It was intentionally designed without a lot of visible frills in the background with the goal of keeping the reader’s [...] Continue Reading…

Reflection on a New Day

the State of Flux — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:07:33 +0000

This is the complete version of the default image used in the SubtleFlux theme. It was taken at sunrise from Mill Point, on the side of Lake Cootharaba in Queensland, Australia.

I recommend CSSEdit for tweaking stylesheets

the State of Flux — Mon, 04 May 2009 21:50:26 +0000

Recently, somebody suggested I take a look at CSSEdit by MacRabbit. As a regular user of MacRabbit’s Espresso, I had no qualms with downloading the trial version to take a look. The rest, as they say, is history.

I played with the application for less than 5 minutes [...] Continue Reading…

Is MySQL doomed?

the State of Flux — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:01:01 +0000

There has been widespread concern around the internet world following Oracle’s acquisition of Sun Microsystems earlier this week. It’s no surprise really, when you consider most of the internet runs on the open source MySQL database that will soon find itself in Oracle’s world-class (and costly) database lineup.

I’ve [...] Continue Reading…

SubtleFlux 1.0.x

the State of Flux — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:11:45 +0000

Following is the history, comments and questions for version 1.0.x of the SubtleFlux Theme for Wordpress.

Version 1.0.3 – 3 February 2010

Minor adjustments to CSS to correct header display
Added support for posts with multiple pages

Version 1.0.2 – 16 June 2009

Minor adjustments to code for XHTML compliance
Confirmed compatibility with WordPress 2.8

Version [...] Continue Reading…

SubtleFlux Theme for Wordpress

the State of Flux — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:49:49 +0000

You’ve put a lot of thought into your blog content, so don’t let your theme draw attention from it. Introducing a nice and subtle theme that helps your reader focus on your content, not the surrounding elements – SubtleFlux.

SubtleFlux is a theme for the Wordpress platform. It was [...] Continue Reading…