Showing posts with label feature. Show all posts
Showing posts with label feature. Show all posts

Thursday, May 13, 2010

fun-ote 03

It naturally mimics the hierarchical structure of most reasonably complex websites, and groups things so that our tiny ridiculous minds can navigate a large number of options with ease.

This got a genuine laugh out loud of me, the entire article is actually brillantly written and any web developer would agree. Check the whole article out here

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Time for a reboot!


I've been a little disappointed in myself over the last six months and my complete lack of posts. Much has happen in my life so I can't really blame a lack of content, I've just failed to find the time to pen it to paper … um, electronic pages.


Given that I perceive this blog as a kind of electronic journal its pretty useless as a retrospective view of my goings on if I don't make any post. So it is time for a reboot of virtualsteve as I still think it has place online, all be it a small.


I hope to spend the next fortnight or so catching up on some of the many posts I've told myself I'll write over the last six months. Covering a number of subjects from almost buying a block of land to moving in with the family in law. As well mush lighter subjects such as reviews on the movies I've seen and the video games I've completed.


So tune back in it'll be a shotgun ride for the next month or so and then hopefully this new found passion will persist and I'll get back to making a post or three every week ...

Monday, October 19, 2009

ponder this 03

If you're up all night, is it still called breakfast in the morning?

Monday, August 17, 2009

fun-ote 02

"With women, I've learned it's better to beg for forgiveness rather than to ask permission" - Anthony Lapaglia"

This got a snort out of me in a very truthful article by Hollywood success Anthony Lapaglia

fun-ote 01

"Spanning Sync requires Mac OS X. For our Windows friends, we recommend you get a Mac! - http://spanningsync.com"

I came across this gem when searching for a way to synchronise my iCal and Google calendars. It made me laugh

A new idea and an old one amended

It is blatantly obvious that I’m new to blogging and I’d be foolish to think that everything I write is interesting to everyone. I do hope on the odd occasion something I write is appealing to someone.

Earlier in the piece I announced a regular feature that I titled ‘ponder this’ and committed to weekly contributions that for a fortnight I upheld. Sadly I’ve been short on ponderings lately but rather than scrap the feature I’m going to back down from the weekly commitment opting to instead post them if and when they spring to mind.

In addition to the ‘ponder this’ feature I’ve also decided on another regular segment. It is funny that I refer to it like a column piece or regular portion of a live television show but the term seems fitting so I’m going to continue the analogy.

With the rise in digital communities face to face communication is often emulated among participants with a range of pseudo standard textual abbreviations or expressions. While the most common might be the humble another dominate abbreviation is lol. Expressed in increasingly more forms my latest regular feature wants to play homage to the idea of laughing out loud.

Fun-otes will be random pieces of text I’ve read somewhere during the week that pry an audibly affectionate sound from my stone interior. Obviously the love child of Funny Quotes I hope they spread a little mirth to any who stumble across them ...

Saturday, August 1, 2009

ponder this 02

If your soap is dirty how to you clean it?

Saturday, July 25, 2009

ponder this 01

If you hold the half flush button to long should you
have just pressed the full flush?

A gimmick to encourage regulars

Now I won’t claim to have done any real research in the field but I have participated in my fair share of electric communities and I think regular features give the fans something to look forward too. So without further ado it is time to announce my own first half baked idea for a regular feature.

“Ponder this” will hopefully feature each weekend and pose a question that for whatever reason I’ve pondered sometime throughout the week, I won’t answer the question but rather leave it open to my audience to appease us all ...