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January 27th 2012
Skyping? (Websites)
Ok, ok, I know everyone else is using it, so finally here it is; my Skype Id: FlusterDesign ...Read more
September 19th 2011
Collecting Stuff... (Websites)
Another E17 Art Trail, another new year. Phew, another trail is over (90% anyhow; now the tidyup and monitoring and setting up for next year). The 2011 trail was mighty indeed, mostly due to the amazing amount of time and effort pored in by #awesom...Read more
March 8th 2011
Marc Armitage - Come on HTML5! (Websites)
Goodbye HTML4. I have just completed and put live my last website built in HTML4... Hooray! Marc Armitage is a complex fellow, with lots going on, that's why his site is actually 4 sites all rolled in together. It took a lot of work, but it...Read more
February 15th 2011
Curvy Corners... (Websites)
Finally got my hands on a copy of Andy Clarke's 'Hardboiled Web Design' book. So, without reading more than the preface, I'm making Fluster curvy as well as 3d. Andy purports that just because some browsers don't properly implement the latest H...Read more
February 1st 2011
Job Done (Websites)
Just completed a small job designing web adverts. I wonder what they all look like together? ...Read more
January 31st 2011
Thanks Moira. (Websites)
Alright, already. It's done. You can come down from the billboards now Moira, swinging your legs like you are not some harbinger of financial budren. It's done, January 31st, tax return in. But that tax bill aint going to pay itself, so anyo...Read more
January 25th 2011
How Mobile are you? (Websites)
I have started developing websites for mobile phones, thinner, leaner, and portrait rather than landscape. iPhones account for something like 7% of the browser platform, so there is a real need, and there is also a real need for a succinct me...Read more
December 6th 2010
New Site Live - two firsts... (Websites)
Just launched a new website for Robin Thompson - part of the Thompson clan. Robin is a set designer, and all he wanted was image catalogues, so I have done my first bespoke Javascript. It's easy, I had no idea. Lots more javascript for me...Read more
October 11th 2010
Hard Times... (Websites)
With belts tightening across the country, a couple of prospective clients have recently told me that they would love me to build them a website, but can't afford my (frankly ridiculously competitive) prices. A website handmade by Fluster Design will g...Read more
October 5th 2010
Time for some play... (Not Work)
Been thinking for a while about making some toys for Leon. I think I might have found the right mentor... Would anyone like to commission a set? Check out the master. ...Read more
October 1st 2010
Google releases optimisation guide update. (Websites)
Need to find time to get my teeth into the updated Search Engine Optimisation Starter Guide. It's only 31 pages, so I should be able to digest that in the length of an Eastenders. About time to update my 'White Hat' teniques anyhow. ...Read more
September 13th 2010
All over bar the monitoring... (E17 Art Trail)
Well, 10 days later it's over. This year's E17 Art Trail was amazing. My favourite part of it was working on the Information Hub in the town square. Here she is, before we started the week. It was loads of fun meeting everyone who wanted to kn...Read more
September 3rd 2010
The Painting is finally here! (Artwork)
It's been a bit nerve wracking, I'm having a painting done in China, and I have been watching the delivery stages for a couple of days. I had no idea when it would arrive, but it's all good. Obviously, it arrived rolled up. I never thou...Read more
August 30th 2010
High Tea Website, but no Jam... (Websites)
I'm working away on the website for Lady Laura's High Tea Society Radio, and it's coming together nicely. The Lady herself is out conducting a High Tea based radio interview, leaving me in the house with the remainder of the fresh scones... Lovely, ...Read more
August 24th 2010
Adding that extra dimension. (Websites)
For this year's E17 Art Trail, I'm having a bit of nerdy fun... For a while I have been hoping that a client would request a 3D website, but no-one ever has, so I'm converting Fluster to 3D. ...Read more
July 31st 2010
E17 Art Trail Website (Websites)
This year's site is ready, it has an amazing 200 listings representing over 1200 artists and contributors. It's huge, and we have lots of new ways of navigating the trail. Loving the artwork designed by Happily Ever After. Check it out! ...Read more
Leon's First Game... (Animations)
Learn more about this project...Read more