Category: Creativity


Narrowboat log: Feb 25

It’s been bastard cold this month but have still got a few things done on the narrowboat, and had my first Boat Safety Test.

Modern Boat Safety Scheme (BSS) signage for narrrowboats

I don’t like the traditional boat safety signage, so designed a more modern set of boat safety signs for my narrowboat. Available here as an open source download.

Greensock CSS/JS Animation library

Greensock is a free animation framework for managing CSS animations with Javascript and much more. Many award winning websites use Greensock to power their animations which can include parallax scrolling, locking panels in place, animating text in a letter or word at a time and some incredible 3D effects.

Book summary: Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown

Essentialism encourages us to prioritise  tasks and activities that align with our values, goals, and purpose, and eliminate distractions.

Atoll: My first map for Operation: Harsh Doorstop in Unreal 4

There’s a first person shooter called Operation: Harsh Doorstop that recently released on Steam for free. The studio boss is a YouTuber called BlueDrake42 and he’s absolutely sick of the games industry, so created his own game funded by Patreon. It’s still very early days but shows great promise as it’s based on Unreal Engine […]

Nottingham Bikeworks Charity Web Design

We revamped the WordPress website for Nottingham Bikeworks, a local charity that repair donated bikes to sell and give away to people in need.