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Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> > Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> >> But damn, how do
> >> you draw something this nice in the first place?
> >
> > Well, there's this little-known program called Photoshop and...
> ...and using Photoshop, I wouldn't even know how to create the stripy
> background. Goodness only knows how you do the curved corners, the
> delicious drop shadows, the glow effect at the top of the page, and so
> on and so forth. (And then, as I said, there's the "minor detail" of
> turning all of thise graphics into a web page somehow...)
There's this thing called learning and...
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- Warp
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Warp wrote:
> There's this thing called learning and...
I fondly remember the first company I ever worked at where people weren't
pissy and selfish and grumpy. I had hand-drawn a diagram of a rather complex
architecture, with multiple messages flying between computers in different
administrative domains and stuff like that. I went to the head of marketing
and said "Do we have anything I could use to turn this into something
presentation-quality?" She took it from my hand, glanced at it, reached it
over the wall of the cubicle she was standing next to,and said "Yes. His
name is Tom."
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Yes, we're traveling together,
but to different destinations.
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Darren New wrote:
> I fondly remember the first company I ever worked at where people
> weren't pissy and selfish and grumpy. I had hand-drawn a diagram of a
> rather complex architecture, with multiple messages flying between
> computers in different administrative domains and stuff like that. I
> went to the head of marketing and said "Do we have anything I could use
> to turn this into something presentation-quality?" She took it from my
> hand, glanced at it, reached it over the wall of the cubicle she was
> standing next to,and said "Yes. His name is Tom."
You shoulda brought a gun rather than a beer, mate.
Nah, I don't need a gun, I've got a Donk.
You've got a what??
DONK!
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http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> OK, so looking at the CSS for this page, apparently it's a WordPress
> theme called "black piano":
>
> http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/piano-black
Holistic Teahouse isn't bad either.
http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/holistic-teahouse
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http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Now, if I can just figure out how it works...
Actually, browsing through the themes gallery, several of the themes do
things which I thought to be impossible. Apparently the state of the art
has changed. Hmm, I wonder how...
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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> really. But the thing that gets me is that it's so much more *pretty*
> than my blog. I mean, it looks really slick. Take a look at the
> attachment. I would imagine it's a default theme or something for
> whatever off-the-shelf blogging engine they're using. But damn, how do
> you draw something this nice in the first place? And once you've drawn
> it, how the hell do you make it into a web page?
When I first read this post, I thought you were using irony... now I'm not
so sure.
What is so special about this page? The rounded bottom?
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TC wrote:
> When I first read this post, I thought you were using irony... now I'm not
> so sure.
>
> What is so special about this page? The rounded bottom?
OK, they's nothing jaw-droppingly "wow" about it. It just looks really
sharp and stylish. And I can't put my finger on why. (Which is probably
part of why I can't replicate it...)
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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TC wrote:
> When I first read this post, I thought you were using irony... now I'm not
> so sure.
You're new around here, aren't you? ;-)
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Yes, we're traveling together,
but to different destinations.
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On 15/04/2010 8:56 PM, Darren New wrote:
> TC wrote:
>> When I first read this post, I thought you were using irony... now I'm
>> not so sure.
>
> You're new around here, aren't you? ;-)
>
LOL
Stop it that's twice tonight. :-)
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Best Regards,
Stephen
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>> Now, if I can just figure out how it works...
>
> Actually, browsing through the themes gallery, several of the themes do
> things which I thought to be impossible. Apparently the state of the art
> has changed. Hmm, I wonder how...
Uh, yeah, that's affirmative. I took Black Piano apart and discovered
that it doesn't work the way I thought it did at all! Somehow it manages
to layer semitransparent images ON TOP OF EACH OTHER. It's news to me
that this is possible. This changes everything...
Now, if I can just figure out how this works... (The code is a tangle of
CSS and JavaScript events, and there are property names in there that
I've never even heard of.)
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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