Author Archives: gez

Yo sum yummy dim sum at So yum

So yum is part of the Oyo, Wang Thai group, Oyo also serve great dim sum (but only have a few choices on the menu). So yum have more to choose from and they were very yummy. There is nothing nicer than the prawn and celery gau dipped in that spicy mushroom soya sauce, yummm.

Quick and easy snapshot photo for your blog or avatar pic

If you’re looking for a very quick and easy way to update avatar pics or blog photos check out seenly.com for taking snapshot of yourself from your webcam, with some photobooth like options.

It then gives you the option to email to a friend, or to copy the URL. It is not like dailybooth in that [...]

Just Upgraded WordPress 2.7 to 2.8.4

I have been a bit nervous to do this update from all the things I’ve read, but was worried about the latest invasion so I just decided to give it a try. And so far it’s holding! I need to decide if I’m going to use WP or another CMS system for a new project [...]

Aliens land in Joburg! District 9 trailer

This is going to be great, Imagine aliens landing in Joburg?

Fantastic Typeface Portrait of Steve Jobs by Dylan Roscover

Go forth and conquer your type!
This typographic image of Steve jobs by Dylan Roscover is a great example of illustrator, vector and type skill not to mention his attention to detail. I’m often involved in design and technique training and would love to give this type of exercise to the students, I think they would [...]

Grunge textured backgrounds for free download

I’ve was playing around with some textures, colors and brushes in photoshop for a grunge background effect and thought I’d share some of the files for free downloading.

HMF.com handmade fonts for fabulous design

Take a look at this great site for some pretty fantastic “handmade fonts”, thanks for the link Luke.
If you’re looking for something funky – object orientated fonts, like paper cut out letters, ice, fur, grass and many more. Take a look at the link HMF.com and see the fantastic work these guys are doing with [...]

I love this Japanese Mayo design

You may think I’m crazy, but this Japanese mayonnaise packaging is one of my favourites. Sushi chefs use it all the time and we all eat it in our sushi hand rolls or whatever they put it on. I also love it because it has good memories from living in London.
I’m posting some pictures of [...]

Steers – It’s just better TV ad – true or false

I lived in London for seven years and ohhh so true is this very clever Steers tv advert, it did make me laugh! My only disappointment is that when I finally made it back home, I’m yet to have a decent steers burger. What a let down, after dreaming about their burgers for all those [...]

color pickers and color tools

This is a choice of some online color tools for hex color values, that I find very useful.
Infohound Color Scheme is a great online tool for selecting hex colors and rgb values, it also shows selected color schemes that match the color you have just chosen. I enjoy using infohound because it’s open directly in [...]