Wendy came to me looking for a new website. She had one already but this was old, out dated and used old web technologies.

So I came up with a few designs and this one came out on top. Using a mixture of PHP and HTML, her new website was born.

Clips of music from her Album & EP, multiple gallery pages and a personal interview make the site a valueable resource of information.

Have a look now, tell your friends! Add her on Facebook and let her know what you think of her music!

http://www.wendyguevara.com

Hi,

Feeling bored? Here's a few websites to keep you busy! (not like that..)

Life Hacker
For all those random goings on in the world with some diy tips inbetween!
http://www.lifehacker.com/

Project // Draw
Fancy a doodle? Paint just not good enough? This even comes with network icons,  electronics, furnature, flowcharts..
http://draw.labs.autodesk.com/ADDraw/draw.html

Phone Spell
Ever wondered what the numbers in your phone might read as?
http://www.phonespell.org/

Seesaw
A great fairly new video website with a growing back catologue of all your favourite shows. (not kidding, ther're all there!)
http://www.seesaw.com/

That's all folks!
James.

Morning/Afternoon/Evening all!


Jcook Design has added a new website to it's portfolio. Matt Baker DJ. http://www.mattbakerdj.co.uk

Matt came to me looking for a website for his new DJ venture. The aim was to promote all the events he has done and hopefully draw in new customers from around the area. There's still a few finishing touches needed such as a photoshoot and one or two other bits and bobs, but we'd be happy to hear any feedback you have!

Bye for now.

James.

So, Apple have tried to fill the gap between the phone and the netbook; but have the succeeded?

Design

Well, it's definetley on par with the other products made by apple. Featuring the quirky curves and glossy finish you would expect from any product that pops out of Apple's dream factory. It basically looks like a gigantic iPhone/iPod touch. Featuring the same home button, headphone jack, built-in speaker, microphone, 30-pin standard apple dock connector, volume rocker, sleep button and interstingley a screen rotation lock. This seems like an incredibly handy addition (compared to an iPhone). When watching a video on iPlayer, it sometimes is tricky to get in a comortable viewing position; and have the phone at the right angle to both see the screen and have the video rotated the right way. It's obviously something they've thought about!

Tech Features

It's easy enough to make a long list here but i'l try and pick out some interesing ones. The iPad is available in two flavours. Wifi, and Wifi + 3G. Each of these comes with either 16GB, 32GB or 64GB of solid state flash memory.

• The Wifi model comes with 802.11a,b,g,n - pretty standard these days - and Bluetooth 2.1 with ERD (for erm faster voice communications?!?)

• The Wifi + 3G model wiill work on UTMS, HSDPA, GSM and EDGE networks. But, this is restricted to data only; so you wont be able to hold it up to your face and call anyone through the phone network - which could be ammusing (for others atleast!) Of course this model also comes with the same Wifi and Bluetooth package mentioned above.

Both models have the digital compass built in. (This remains a mystery to us all! - A compass.. digital? eh?) The wifi can be used to work out it's location. However the 3G model has assisted GPS (more accurate) and can use the cellular network to figure out where abouts it is - say for example if you move from your living room to your bedroom in your mansion..

Battery life is said to last up to 10 hours with constant Wifi surfing, and up to 9 hours with constant 3G surfing. It is also said to have over a month of standby time. This is quite believable as apple are known for achieving great standby time in most of their products.

Like it's iPhone and iPod cousins, it features an accelerometer for telling which way is up - this is how it decides which way round to show a movie. Also featuring is an ambient light sensor that enables it to adjust the screen brightness. For example, if you are in a brightly lit room, the brightness of the screen would automatically brighten up so you could still see what your swiping your fingers over. And if you were using it at night in the dark.. ..the screen would dim slightly as not to hurt your eyes. This is a proven technology that has been featured on many of their mobile devices in the past.

You can plug it in your telly or monitor (with, of course, one of apple's overpriced cables) and watch whatever on a bigger screen.

Your common files are supported - for email attatchments etc. - docx, xlsx, pptx etc. and it will play all of your common audio formats in the usual 20 - 20K spectrum.

Software Info

The iPad will run a slightly adapted version of the iPhone OS users are familiar with. But, because of the larger screen, it appears somewhat stretched. All apps that have been designed for the iphone will work on the iPad. They will appear smaller in the center of the screen however, with the option to stretch them and make them full screen. The developer pack for the iPad has been out for a while now; so expect some propper full screen versions of the most popular apps around.

Apple has re-designed it's 'office' suite to fit in with the new full touch screen interface. I won't go into too much detail about this, but I will say that you need to learn a whole bunch of new gestures to fully use the software.

It will sync with iTunes in a similar way to the iPhone and iPod etc. Mac or Windows.

Books

Apple have been pushing their new Book Store. When you go to the books app, you will be presented with a bookshelf with all the books you have purchased displayed.

When reading a book, it is displaed on a "book coloured background"?! - sort of off white. There's even a nice page turning effect.

The first books that apple showed off are priced at around $15 (£10 ish).

 

 

 

To conclude

So will I be getting one? probably not. I have no need for a gigantic iPod touch. I fear that the back-lit glossy screen may strain my eyes after a few hours of reading a book. Starting at $500 (£328) and climbing up to $830 (£544) it is quite expensive. However this cost may be spread over a contract deal with a mobile operator. We shall have to wait and see for the announcement in the UK. A friend of mine said they were planning on getting one as a desktop replacement. I have to disagree. This is designed for casual browsing; say sitting on the sofa or watching a film on a long journey. I wouldn't have said it was designed for business. Hovever i'm sure that there's still a market out there for businesses to find uses for them. Such as showing clients designs, maybe on a building site - carrying round plans etc.

Hope I've informed you somewhat! I'm off to play on my normal sized iPhone...

Sources: Apple