Archive for November, 2009

Why I use WordPress for nearly every install I make

27th November 2009 by Phat Reaction No Comments

I was feed up with re-doing the same things time and time again By using wordpress external site I am able to remove a bunch of my standard work like adding content , setting up the head section or configuring my layout areas.  They are now all pre-configured inside my own hand made made theme, [...]

Why I work a lot with freelance designers

27th November 2009 by Phat Reaction No Comments

It’s because I can make their pritty designs perform in the way that they envisage Yes thats why they do it, I can do what they cannot.  As I am not a classic graphic artist, I do not have any input towards their designs except how to turn it from a flat single layer into [...]

Why I do so much work for advertising agencies and communications beuros

27th November 2009 by Phat Reaction No Comments

Advertising work, yes please I get lots of requests from Advertising agencies and communcations beuros to perform coding work for them.  This for me is great work as I get chance to show off my skills, but also for the agency it is great as… I have no ambition to become an art director They [...]

The who v. fatboy slim

24th November 2009 by Phat Reaction 1 Comment

I was insipred the other day and decided it was time to make my first audio mashup. I chose to use The Who ‘I can’t explain’ and FatBoy Slim ‘Going out of my head’. Phat Reaction – Who me out of my brain It’s already got some airplay, and nothing but good vibes from all [...]

Want to be able to play video content on your PS3 without getting DLNA errors?

24th November 2009 by Phat Reaction No Comments

Being the techie fool that I am, it was a breeze for me to setup my latop with a massive external hard disk that manages all of my video content.  The only problem I found almost instantly was that playstation3 uses DLNA to talk between the media server and the it.  DLNA is crappy at [...]

Fun Web’s in production june 2009

24th November 2009 by Phat Reaction No Comments

Oh, I’ve got a few fun ones this month. http://www.bon-esprit-amsterdam.com and http://www.emotionalspy.com/. I’ve decided for these sites I am going to try to use some elements from pop videos, trying to stay away from flash as my tool favoring such things as ajax animations. I’m also playing with the idea that the background of the [...]

Should that really be linked to on every page?

24th November 2009 by Phat Reaction No Comments

While reading through page rank explained by Ian Rogers, it became clear to me that there are many occasions on a site where links are contesting with each other to become highest. For example, the footer and the header tend to have more or less the same links in them on every page. Lets just [...]