Media Virgins Style Redesign

I love the new style of Media Virgins, the home of first year at Tipperay Institute, for several reasons. Its design is simple yet not boring. People often say dark grey is the new black, but the dark grey I think adds elegance and professionalism to this new design.

Probably my favourite piece of this design is the sidebar with alternating shades of grey, that make it eay to stand out. This was also one of the most tasking pieces as I had to fiddle around with Wordpress for a bit to get it to work properly. The footer also is a nice piece. I was never that much of a fan of content in footers but once I finished it I was surprised at how well it fit in with the sites flow.

This one is quite a different project than ones I usually work on. I administer this blog, and so I had the creative room to do what I wanted and I am pretty pleased. I had the chance to brand this design over several social networks to add conformity and continuity to the site. I had done several other designs beforehand (4 to be prescice), yet I was never happy with how they had turned out. Im pretty sure that this one will last for a bit and I hope people enjoy it. There is still several kinks to work out so if anyone see’s any, please comment below.

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Firefox Addons Qik

The inaugural Qik for Miralize is a follow up of a post I did about 8 months ago, on the Firefox Addons I use most regularly. Enjoy

New Design

Yeah so in case you haven’t noticed, this blog has been given a redesign. I am quite pleased with how it has turned out so far, but this is just the bare bones of the design.

In other news, I got myself a stunningly powerful n95. What’s great about this is that it is qik-able, so prepare to see a lot of videos on this site

TV Shows (that are worth watching) are back.

Yes my favourite shows are coming back in the States tonight and I can’t wait for some of them, although some I hate watching but I do anyway, because I’m too intrigued with the storyline to part with the show.

24

The first season I watched was Season 5, and sadly most of the previous seasons and latter season disappointed me. The bombast of the threats on USA, were too far-fetched to even believe, yet the show has such a fast pace, it’s hard to just jump into an episode and get it. You need to watch it from start to finish to truly appreciate the complexity of the show. And Bauer is back in Season 7, as ruthless as ever

I am more than willing to be judged by the people you claim to represent. I will let them decide what price I should pay. Now please do not sit there with that smug look on your face and expect me to regret the decisions that I have made because, sir, the truth is I don’t.

The new season is shaping up to be the best yet, and it is a definite TV show to watch in 2009

Prison Break

This is one of shows where I’m on the line. I’ll watch it, but I;m not going to enjoy it. Its played out too long, the title is irrelevant now, characters are becoming tiresome, and the plot is repetitive and predictive. Yet I am still watching the show, mainly because it’s about to end. Fox have announced that this will indeed be its last season. I think this is great, it will end with a high, and allow the actors in the show to break free from becoming typecast felons and masterminds.

Heroes

I have never been much of a Sci-Fi/ Fantasy fan but this show is just superb, the suspense, the effects, and the characters are brilliant. The plot is becoming a little stretched but it still remains one of my favourite shows. You can’t help but love Hiro Nakamura, his optimism in the show is a great factor to the show, showing that they can be funny too. Were now on Volume 4 : Fugitives. I’ll give you three guesses as to what that is about

Other favourites

• Chuck
• How I Met your Mother
• The Big Bang Theory
• Entourage
• Scrubs
• IT Crowd

Twitter Followers

Sometimes I am just taken aback by the amount of people who follow me on Twitter. It’s not olny a major flattery, but it also shows that you can be a nobody and still have a reasonable following (actually scratch that, I just remembered Tila Tequila exists). So seeing as I want to show my appreciation to my followers, here you are, in all your minature glory.

By the way, if you haven’t yet followed me on Twitter you can do so by going to http://twitter.com/miralize