The Garden

A collection of notes and side projects, loosely curated, oft-tended.

• TurntoSeedling

  A portable, zero-dependency generator for web-based "choose your own adventure" stories, with as much care paid to the authoring experience as playing.

• Why a garden? Established

  "Digital gardens should be just as unique and particular as their vegetative counterparts. The point of a garden is that it’s a personal playspace."
  Maggie Appleton

  "A digital garden is a kind of digital refuge, a retreat to get in touch with your own ideas"
  Tim Rodenbroeker

  With blogging, you’re talking to a large audience. With digital gardening, you’re talking to yourself. You focus on what you want to cultivate over time.
  Tom Critchlow

  Sounds good to me!

• Abusing CSS5 overflow to sow

  CSS5 overflow (spec document, demos) brings CSS-only buttons and markers, enabling silky smooth CSS-only carousels. But there must be some creative ways to exploit these new psuedo-elements.

  Coming soon…

• Belize Zoo Fonts Established

  

  

  Created by photographing hand-painted signage from around Belize Zoo and processing with GIMP, Inkscape and Birdfont.

  Gifted to this excellent rescue centre as a thank you for three wonderful weeks of being an assistant keeper.