Ninja Beaver Blog
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And some that isn’t!
The Total Perspective Vortex (or how Doctor Who told us to get a sense of proportion)
The latest series of Doctor Who has been one of the best in a while. Solid story-telling backed up with good acting from Capaldi, Mackie and Lucas. It's a shame that it's Capaldi's finale has he seems to be finally enjoying himself in the role. On the whole I don't...
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I Told You So #4
How I sometimes feel about situations: Me: You're on fire. Them: Yes, we are. Join us Me: Mmm... I don't think so. I mean - doesn't it hurt? Them: Yes, join us. Me: I really don't think so. If it's hurting and going to do great harm. Why don't you st-...
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Graphic Novels of the Year 2016
2016. Jesus, where even to start. If it was not everyone dying (so much that you began to feel left out), it was people making weird and strange decisions.
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Affinity Designer – The isometric grid
To test my shiny new install of Affinity Designer, I’ve recreated a vector I made in Illustrator for the Oxfiniti case study.
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Diversity. Some cards are more equal than others
Given the events of last week’s US election, and the aftermath of the June 24th EU referendum it seems even more important to get my thoughts down.
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I Told You So #3
FUCK! FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK. FUCKITTY FUCK FUCK FUCK.
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Dreamweaver CC 2017 – Initial thoughts on HiDpi and UI scaling
Adobe released the 2017 version of it’s Creative Cloud suite last week. And it still doesn’t support HiDpi screens.
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A fresh approach to stock images
Although we try to use as much bespoke imagery as possible, there are times when you have to reach for stock images to get the end result you want.
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