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Popup Fiasco is Ian Haigh’s personal blog, for all things I find interesting but not too geeky (see how I switched from third to first person there?). This blog is tall and skinny. Like me.
For more computer related stuff (scripting, motion graphics, things like that), go and have a look at ianhaigh.com.
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Category Archives: personal
Boy Has Birthday
Because it’s a Friday and I’m in an absurdly good mood for some reason, I thought I’d show you this, the birthday invitation to my 20th birthday party. I painstakingly recreated the front page of The Dominion, which was Wellington’s morning … Continue reading
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Part of the Reason I Haven’t Updated My Blog in a While
That’s right – I have a new lens for my camera! (Do Dad Jokes get exponentially worse with the more children you have? Or is it just me?)
I Seem to be Having Tremendous Difficulty with my Lifestyle, or: A Case Study in Regret
I am rarely happier than when spending an entire day programming my computer to perform automatically a task that it would otherwise take me a good ten seconds to do by hand. Douglas Adams, Last Chance to See It’s just … Continue reading
If You’re Reading This…
…then I’m already dead. Not really. It simply means that I’ve succeeded in moving this site from Steam Power to Shiny New Unnamed Yet Futuristic Power, as I promised I would some time ago. It was much more difficult than … Continue reading
This Year I Will Try Not To
Christopher Doyle and Elliot Scott have just launched their new manifesto: THIS YEAR I WILL TRY NOT TO, a collection of design clichés that they are vowing to steer clear of in the year ahead: You can buy a copy … Continue reading
Can You Feel It? Change, She Is Coming
I’ve been running Movable Type on two blogs, and – I’ve gotta say – I feel like the passion for that particular platform is evaporating. Every time I’ve tried to look up documentation I encounter broken links and pages that trail off … Continue reading
Ian’s Top Ten Albums of the Decade
These are the albums that defined the decade for me. I reserve the right to suddenly remember an amazing album I’ve overlooked and hastily include it. Or drastically back peddle on one of these choices, claiming I was concussed. In … Continue reading
Hi Liv!
I’ve been trying to convince my wife, Liv, of the wonder of keeping track of websites with an RSS aggregator. So this message is especially for you, Liv. Welcome!
Demo Magazine : issue two
Ludicrously large music magazine Demo has hit the streets again after a three year hiatus. The brainchild of identical twins Mark and Andrew Moffitt, it features achingly hip design and photography while showcasing Aussie bands. I just happen to have … Continue reading
German Girls Are Hot And Strong
Some bananatastic illustrations.
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