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Ordered Some Business Cards


written on April 28, 2009 by Chris Brandrick
Design, Personal | 2 comments

With the Future Of Web Design taking place this week, I decided I ought to get myself some business cards printed to hand out while at the event. I designed the cards myself, and went for a double sided card, with rounded edges. The cards also give a glimpse of what my new blog theme will look like in terms of colour scheme, along with my new personal logo.

Business Cards

What do you think? I ordered the cards from OvernightPrints.co.uk, but don’t let the name fool you, I did not recieve the cards the next day, in fact they are still on their way, I just hope they turn up before my journey down to London. I will be sure to blog about the cards, and the quality of them once I get them, so look out for that. If you can recommend any printing companies, then please feel free to leave a comment.

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-04-26


written on April 26, 2009 by Chris Brandrick
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  • In the library with @ElNacho, it’s so dam hot in here. #
  • 24 time. #
  • Ah no time for 24, heading out to the Lincoln SU Media Awards. #
  • Good luck to all those nominated at tonights SU Media Awards, especially @elizabethfish and the @thelinc! #
  • Jai Ho just came on at this award ceremony. Yes! #
  • Congrats to @thelinc for winning best reporting of the year. #
  • RT @tweetmeme Win a Tweetie License | Twitter Bulletin http://bit.ly/14DebL #
  • Two pieces of junk mail today, Virgin Media, I’m not in a cable area so stop trying, and really, a lawn care service? I live in a flat. #
  • In the library, work, work, work. #
  • Just got done watching this week’s Apprentice, enjoyed it tonight, fun creative task. #
  • Just renewed my Flickr Pro account for another year. #
  • RT @jonwheatley Yahoo just pulled the plug on Geocities. It’s the end of an era. :( http://is.gd/u7TP #
  • Just ordered some business cards, hope they turn up before FOWD London next week. #
  • RT @TheNextWeb Blogs aren’t dead. They are maturing! – The Next Web http://bit.ly/13nqVY (via @tweetmeme) #
  • Listening to Biffy Clyro now. I am a mountain, I am the sea! #
  • I joined twitter 490 days ago – http://whendidyoujointwitter.com ? #
  • Just sat in the office and then out of silence I hear a Dixie Horn from a passing car outside. Burnout anyone? #
  • The Apple Mighty Mouse is far from mighty, in fact its god awful. #
  • Finally booked the hotel for London next week. #
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It’s Easter


written on April 12, 2009 by Chris Brandrick
Other, Personal | No comments

Today is Easter Sunday, so be sure to have a good day. If you want a little something to do, then why not check out my blog post from last year, in which I made a desktop wallpaper with an easter theme, the link to the PSD tutorial is also there.

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Check out my new blog, Daft Justice.


written on April 12, 2009 by Chris Brandrick
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I’ve been running Daft Justice for over a month now, but figured I ought to share it with my personal blog readers here at ChrisBrandrick.com. DaftJustice is a music blog which covers news, remixes and more from Daft Punk, Justice and other similar artists. The reason I choose to start this blog (running on wordpress), as opposed to putting the content on my own blog here, is that with it being a standalone blog it can generate much more targeted visitors to what this blog, which mainly covers web topics ever could. I try to update the site a few times a week, and I am doing it as more of a hobby than anything else, although if you are a fan of similar music, then be sure to get in touch with me as some extra help would be swell!

Daft Justice

The blog can be found at www.daftjustice.com, and if you are a fan of either band, or just have a love for electro music like myself then be sure to subscribe via RSS and of course follow the blog on twitter. Be sure to leave your comments on the site here. Oh and yes for those eagle eyed readers, the blog is running on a WooThemes theme.

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March Top Entrecard droppers


written on April 1, 2009 by Chris Brandrick
Other | 2 comments

I haven’t updated you on my top entrecard droppers in over three months now, so I figured I should. Entrecard is planning some big changes soon, including finally monetizing the system, read more about the upcoming changes on the Entrecard blog.

For those of you who don’t know what Entrecard is, it’s a service in which bloggers  can ‘purchase’ advertising for free, through the use of ‘Entrecard credits’, these credits can be gained by visiting other blogs and dropping your Entrecard. If you want to know more about this blogging tool you can read more about it here and of course you can always just visit Entrecard itself. Enjoy your free link back:

Congratulations to the number one dropper, as you just earned yourself 300 free credits! For those of you using Entrecard, what do you think of the upcoming changes?

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WooThemes offer – 4 for the price of 1


written on April 1, 2009 by Chris Brandrick
Advice | 1 comment

This ain’t no April Fools. WooThemes, the creator’s of fine premium wordpress themes are for one day only offering an additional three free themes when you buy one. So you get four great Wordpress themes for the price of one, and amazing offer, but for only one day!

WooThemes have added a lot of great new themes to their portfolio recently so be sure to check it out when making your choices.

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