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So what does this blog offer? When you’ve found out, be sure to email us the answer because we clearly don’t have a clue ourselves. The failed website we’ve come to call “Creative Fail” hosts a selection of graphic design tit bits, funny(don’t quote us) film and game reviews and a whole bunch of random nonsense. We hope you find something of value here, but we doubt it.
Category Archives: software
Why I prefer Textpattern CMS to WordPress
They say your should select a suitable CMS for each individual project. The reality is, who on earth would want to explore every CMS ? Most people are satisfied with selecting one or two and becoming proficient in them. It … Continue reading
Posted in Design, software, Wehtam
Tagged CMS for designers, Content Management System, Textpattern CMS, Web Design, Wordpress
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A CMS for an existing website
I was in search for an open source CMS to power my existing HTML websites, my search is now over. About a month ago I spend countless hours searching for an open source content management system that would work with … Continue reading
Posted in Creative, software, Wehtam
Tagged CMS, CMS for an existing website, Content Management System for designers, HTML, Textpattern, Textpattern CMS
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Remember the Milk – My Wish List
Remember the Milk ( www.rememberthemilk.com ) is a free, online to-do list. So, if like me you struggle to deal with having just one brain, Remember the Milk is there to capture the ideas and thoughts which would otherwise fly … Continue reading
Posted in News, software, Uncategorized, Wehtam
Tagged free software, remember the milk
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Listen HTML5 folk, Flash is actually OK!
Over recent months I’ve noticed a trending hostility toward Flash, this was fuelled by the Apple vs Adobe debate and the absence of Flash on the Apple iPad. I have read many interesting blog entries which cover a similar theme … Continue reading
Posted in Creative, Design, software, Wehtam
Tagged Flash, Flash must die, Flash vs HTML5, HTML5, iPad
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More Minecraft, No whitelist fun
We’ve experienced forest fires, sabotage, thieving… the works (horay!). But that’s what makes it interesting! CubeCraft, our Minecraft server, has been steadily growing in popularity. We have some regulars who have been busy building some very impressive structures, many of … Continue reading
Creativity and customization in video-games
Since I first fired up the Duke Nukem 3D level editor, I’ve had a hobbyist interest in level design for video games, this then spawned into character design and even making mods. As the visuals and mechanics of these customisable … Continue reading
Posted in Design, software, Video games, Wehtam
Tagged avatar, Minecraft, Photoshop, videogames
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Unity Illustration
Due to holidays and such, the blog has been too quiet of recent so I thought I would share an illustration I completed this Sunday. The image depicts a mighty fist emerging from the downward spiral of a symbolic cityscape. … Continue reading
Posted in Creative, Design, software, Wehtam
Tagged Cinema 4D, illustration, Illustrator, Photoshop, Unity
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FPS Creator 1.17 – Now you’re talking!
I remember the weekend I purchased FPS Creator v1 very well. I spent many hours fiddling with the script system and trying to make a convincing urban setting. To me FPS Creator always felt very “open”, giving you the tools … Continue reading
Posted in Creative, Design, software, Wehtam
Tagged 3d design, fps creator, interactive, video game, videogames
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Collabtive – open source project management software
At the end of last month I was in dire need of some project management software, something that can log the hours I work on particular projects and enable me to keep tabs on when jobs needed to be completed. … Continue reading
Posted in Creative News, Review, software, Wehtam
Tagged Collabtive, free software, open source, Project Management, team management software
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