Bitter Grounds Magazine

espresso fueled ramblings

Tweaking the horizontal hold again

May 22, 2018 | Memoirs of an analogue person

I'm still mulling over design changes. I think I just heard a couple people throw their hands up in despair. The primary design is all fine but a number elements still elude me, like banners for the tech midsection. I've run out of "WOW" ideas, hence the reason...

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Sparks Auction gem – WW1 war saving poster up for grabs

May 14, 2018 | Stamps

I wrote about this World War I War Savings Stamps Poster back in 2015 Canada war revenue poster – Great War propaganda. I put it up as my wallpaper now and then because I like it so much. It's one of those posters you look at and idly think wow wouldn't that be great...

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Offerings from the lilacs on our balcony

May 21, 2018 | photos & digital art

To celebrate spring and all things non snow related, I took a stroll to photograph one of my favourite spring blooms, lilacs. It's a lazy long weekend here in Toronto with the May 24th weekend the first official long weekend of summer. I know it's not the 24th but no...

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Help keep links up to date in WordPress with Broken Link checker

May 13, 2018 | apps | software | computers

I undertook the mammoth task of moving from Joomla to WordPress. I took this opportunity to change categories, links, descriptions and a host of legacy ideas that no longer relevant. Both the move and the rejigging of content meant I created a large number of...

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It may be pink, but it’s an effective ad

May 22, 2018 | typography, typos & design

While standing on the subway platform last week, my eye was drawn to an ad that screamed out "Look at me!". The design is simple, simple, simple! And you can't ignore it. The pink, while terribly over done regarding targeting women, is successful in this setting. ...

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Where the hell are the patents?

May 21, 2018 | history of tech

I'm working on a number of new articles for the patents section. It just takes so dreadfully long to do the research and pull them together. Well, not almost a year long. That's a 50/50 combination of too busy and too lazy to do extracurricular work. I have a backlog...

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