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Everyone's favourite online web design/development magazine is currently conducting their 2008 survey.
As the image says, I took it and so should you.
Frangipani II
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So, the new design1 is on the field and so far, seems to be kicking ass. I'm pretty happy with this one, it's certainly the most fully fledged WordPress theme I've made, as well as being quite attractive. It basically came about because there were lingering issues with the last design in IE. Damn IE.
I'm particularly happy with the 1000 words section (which uses a new plugin, more on that later). You can basically browse my entire Flickr account on this website now, including comments, tags, and even notes2 which is ultra cool. Some of that was possible in ... more
Get Naked Day
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I love almost anything with the phrase "get naked" involved and that includes really geeky things like the CSS Naked Day. Unfortunately, I'm not going to participate this year because sw'as needs to spend a little more time at the gym.
The New Foo
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One of the disadvantages to reading most of my web content in Bloglines is that I miss design changes unless people point them out in their text (which they usually do). A while back I gave forget foo a plug because I think he's constantly showing off great little design ideas. A few days ago he released the new design, FOO2K which is super slick. I just love it.
While I'm here, a little update on Cyclone Larry. It turns out Larry was upgraded to Category 5 just before it hit the coast and is the most destructive storm to ... more
This is sw'as, the digital home of Simon Elvery - a 26 year old Web Developer with too many extra curricular interests. Usually written from Brisbane, Australia, sw'as has entries dating back to 2004 on subjects including politics, photography, books, music, and many other flights of fancy.