Comments on: New header graphics

By: big bruv

big bruv — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:14:36 +0000

A quick look at wikipedia told me you were right - I wonder where I get than from? Billy Connelly probably. Still, I stand by my original sentiment. The Sydney Opera House, leaks and all, is a far nicer and more iconic building.

By: stuart

stuart — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:34:48 +0000

I thought of the Sydney Opera House, but it isn’t that old, about 40 years old I think.

By: big bruv

big bruv — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:06:01 +0000

Well, to me it looks like the Sydney Opera House. Only two dimensional. I’m sure it leaks less, but it’s not as nice.

I’d have deserved shot it I’d failed to get Ben Lui. I’ve been up both central gully and the right hand ridge in winter.

By: stuart

stuart — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:18:21 +0000

Oh, and no, you don’t win a prize. Sorry.

By: stuart

stuart — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:17:56 +0000

Full marks.

The Armadillo (Clyde Auditorium) is seen in reflection on the side of the new BBC Scotland building. You’ll have to let me in on a secret though - what 100 year old building is it a rip off of?

The one in Peru is from Amantani Island on Lake Titicaca.

I knew you’d get Ben Lui.

The recently commented page is still there but I removed the link to it because it scoops up all the spam comments that are still in moderation as well as legitimate comments.

Of course you could subscribe to my comments feed and then you wouldn’t have to keep checking for changes.

By: big bruv

big bruv — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:05:49 +0000

The armadillo, obviously. Though personally speaking, I fail to see why Glasgow is so proud of a new building which rips off a far better building that is 100 years old.
Barney at belhaven
Peru somewhere ?
And best of all, Ben Lui, looking mighty fine.

Do I win a prize?

ps - the lack of a recently commented page meant I almost missed this…

By: stuart

stuart — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 13:48:26 +0000

Cape Foulwind, SouthIsland, NZ.

Do you know the others?

By: big bruv

big bruv — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 13:40:25 +0000

Where was the one of the sea taken?

By: stuart

stuart — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 21:23:06 +0000

The images themselves were put together in Photoshop, and the magic that rotates them randomly is just a little piece of code I pinched from a php tutorial, which I dropped into my header template. I’m using what is pretty much the default Kubrick theme for Wordpress with a few of my own modifications and additions.

I don’t know how much access WPMU gives you to themes and I seem to remember from experimenting that you can’t do much with the Kubrick theme, but I’m sure David Gilmour could point you in the right direction.

I’ve put all of the header images on flickr, it gives an idea of how I’ve put the site together. It’s all smoke and mirrors, not nearly as clever as it might have been.

By: Ollie Bray

Ollie Bray — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 21:10:12 +0000

Nice header Stuart! Did you make this yourself or can you up-load it?