Ronan Sprake - Web Developer

You can find me on Google+ and Twitter these days

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:08:37 +0100

You can find me on Google+ and Twitter these days

"If there isn’t at least once a day your breath catches in pure wonder, you’re not..."

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 12:00:06 +0000

“If there isn’t at least once a day your breath catches in pure wonder, you’re not listening to the right music.”

- Brenna Bahr (via Twitter)

Constructed from abstract words - here’s some more nice...

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 11:27:13 +0000

Constructed from abstract words - here’s some more nice wordy art for ya

Some enlightening browser stats

Wed, 01 Dec 2010 12:00:00 +0000

Come on Asia, keep up

Awesome clock is almost Lynchian in its awesomeness. So is other...

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:38:00 +0000

Awesome clock is almost Lynchian in its awesomeness. So is other awesome clock.

"I think the day it all went wrong was when I stopped drinking hot chocolate, and started drinking..."

Sun, 28 Nov 2010 12:00:00 +0000

“I think the day it all went wrong was when I stopped drinking hot chocolate, and started drinking coffee.”

- Brenna Bahr (via Twitter)

She did what now?

Sat, 27 Nov 2010 12:00:06 +0000

I never said she stole my money

Place thumb over Paul Simon. Embrace the moustache. (Via Reddit)

Fri, 26 Nov 2010 12:00:06 +0000

Place thumb over Paul Simon. Embrace the moustache. (Via Reddit)

AddThis simple alternative

Thu, 25 Nov 2010 13:48:00 +0000

A work in progress, but a starting point - anyone care to contribute?

Cool HTML5 vs Flash demo

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 13:54:00 +0000

Pong, as you’ve never seen it before

Amazing Arcade Fire HTML5 video

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:15:00 +0100

Really is a treat

"When your skin is the only thing you feel truly proud of, it’s become a prison in itself. A..."

Sun, 04 Jul 2010 09:00:42 +0100

“When your skin is the only thing you feel truly proud of, it’s become a prison in itself. A cell of cells. Whatever the colour.”

- Profound words from Mr. Charlie Brooker

A brilliantly illustrated explanation of how (some) developers...

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 23:19:16 +0100

A brilliantly illustrated explanation of how (some) developers are motivated

Yahoo homepage optimisation techniques

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:59:00 +0100

The Mozilla User Experience team have posted an interesting little look at the thought process...

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:15:00 +0100

The Mozilla User Experience team have posted an interesting little look at the thought process behind the relocation of browser tabs in Firefox 4

2009. Oscars. Best Animated Short. (go fullscreen and disable...

Sat, 19 Jun 2010 20:25:50 +0100

2009. Oscars. Best Animated Short. (go fullscreen and disable scaling)

"Shakespeare’s vocabulary across thirty-eight plays and 150 sonnets: 29,168. James..."

Sat, 19 Jun 2010 15:08:00 +0100

“Shakespeare’s vocabulary across thirty-eight plays and 150 sonnets: 29,168. James Joyce’s in Ulysses: 30,030”

- George Lazenby (via Twitter)

CSS3 animated fail whale

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:05:00 +0100

A very nice little CSS3 enhancement to Twitter’s fail whale

Jeff Bridges' website is awesome

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:20:00 +0100

At least, his drawings are

"I built 3 small boxes to place behind 3 holes. I used epoxy & FixAll & built 3 small hands...."

Sat, 12 Jun 2010 19:14:00 +0100

“I built 3 small boxes to place behind 3 holes. I used epoxy & FixAll & built 3 small hands. It was a glorious weekend.”

- David Lynch (follow via Twitter)