funwithstuff, a blog by iain anderson
31Mar/08Off

This is very nice indeed.

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29Mar/08Off

Got an hour or two? Try this fantastic Myst-like browser-based game, Vision. I'm yet to try two more games by the same author. Kudos! Thanks!

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25Mar/08Off

Musings on iPhone and how Apple can't lose. I know I'm getting one as soon as it goes 2.0 and is easy to get locally.

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24Mar/08Off

Absolutely brilliant recent event involving some creationists.

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21Mar/08Off

Words! Love the weirdness of the OED.

In other news, Hazel can pick up a cup (well, the upturned lid of a baby bottle) and drink water. On her own. :)

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4Mar/08Off

The time has come (please) for everyone to vote for me (please) on my Threadless Design called "He Doesn't Know". Go go go! I'd buy it! 5$! Etc!

Here's a picture of an old version because I forgot to change the preview image before submitting:

My Threadless.com Submission

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4Mar/08Off

InDesign Tips and Tricks

Adobe InDesign is a deep, rich application with a great many hidden and not-so-obvious features. It can even do some things with vectors that Illustrator can't. I've been teaching it (plus other Adobe and Apple apps) for a few years now, and I was asked to present at the recent meeting of the locaI InDesign User Group.

Here's the PDF from my InDesign Tips and Tricks presentation, with many pages of tips from all over the web, from other trainers and ones I found myself. If something's not clear from the pictures plus the notes, give it a Google or add a comment here.

Also here: the Table Transposition script referenced in the PDF and on the night. It exchanges rows and columns in the first table in a selected text box. To install, expand into the "Scripts Panel" folder in the "Scripts" folder next to the InDesign application, then find it in Window > Automation > Scripts. Works with CS2 and CS3 on Mac and PC.

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