Archive for November, 2008

HD comes to Youtube

Beautiful picture and sound quality thanks to two additional URL parameter values (‘fmt=22′ & ‘fmt=18′), but obviously dependant on what quality the video was uploaded at, in the first place.

They’ve also changed the aspect ratio of their videos (whether captured in HD or not), to glorius widescreen.

Check out a .

New Theme

A new theme was in the pipeline ever since I started this blog, as I’d used a hacked Kubrick one before this. As you can tell the design is very simple; I didn’t want a design that would either take months and months to design or that would be a hassle to maintain, in the long run; the homepage is deliberately pretty bare, and Categories have been removed altogether and replaced with Tags.

One CSS module that I wanted to utilise in this theme was Web Fonts – I recently discovered the stunning from which I’ve incorporated into all my <h*>s.

I need to really get a logo made up for the site as I’m pretty awful at Graphic Design, so if you feel you’re up to the challenge, please drop me an email at james [at] idreamincode.co.uk.

Kudos also goes to Mark James at FamFamFam for allowing the free distribution of his .

I have identified a some outstanding integration issues which I’ll be sorting out over the next few days; so for now, I’ll slap a big Web 2.0-style Beta badge on the site (hypothetically-speaking, of course :) )

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Daniel Glazman/Dave Hyatt and now fantasai have proposed specs for Variables/Constants in CSS. Read my article on CSS3.Info which essentially sums up and compares both proposals with one another.

Theme change

I’m currently trying to drum up some ideas for a new theme for the site – not sure how long it’s going to take, but since handing in my notice at National Strategies, I have ample time to at least come up with some conceptual ideas.