Wednesday, May 30, 2007

sitemetre counter

today i added a sitemetre counter. it gives me much more detailed information on the people that view my site, it can tell me the number of people that viewed or visited it today yesterday, altogether or on average.
link to sitemeter

counter


i put a counter on my blog site last assignment and since then there has been 62 visitors to my site.
i chose the apperance of my counter to be that similar to a poker machine as i found that to be a fun way of displaying the numbers
link to free counters

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

aesthetics

aesthetics relates to apperance of things and how we respond to it. it is known as the The philosophical study of beauty and art. it is mainly sdubjective as the beauty of something can be determined differently by others.
so i might consider my blog to be aesthetically pleasing while others might disagee as there interpretation of beauty is completly different to mine.
link to wikipedia

my mag


ive been working on scm magazine for sometime as an assignment in one of my classes. the front image had to incorporate vector work and the format was 200mm x 200mm. i am about to got to the printers to pick it up. but this was the final front page i summitted after various attempt. hope you like
link to grp223 site

switzerland





my freind that just moved to switzerland sent me some photos of where she is living. its amazing how different their lifestyle is too ours. the scenery is so picturous, and their grass is so green. obviouslt they're not in a drought
link to ash

Wednesday, May 9, 2007

google reader

i chose google reader over blogline as i already had a google account so didn't have to sign up any new accounts. also jo recommends google so i thought why not.
link to google reader

XML and RSS

what is RSS??
RSS is a format for delivering regularly changing web content, so when digital content like blogs news fees or podcasts are updated it is published. it allows you to be kept updated with the sites you are using.

RSS definition

What is XML
XML stands for Extensible Markup Language it is designed to describe data
its purpose is to facilitate the sharing of data across different information systems via the Internet

XML definition