Side-note: The DStv website: What's with that pointless <title> cruft? What's with the weird layout issues in Firefox? Ugh Ugh.

So anyway, I plan to get outdoors as soon as the wind stops pumping. Then again, my kite needs a good dusting. I posted some casual B&W photos from yesterday. They're converted from raw sepia TIFFs, which I've never experimented with much before. The sharpness of the photos really suprise me.

Two comments concerning the subject of daily feedback I'm receiving via my contact form:

(a) I have no current affiliation with YDE. I realise that if you google for Young Designers Emporium, my portfolio page appears second. This doesn't mean you should e-mail me for advice on how to become one of their designers, if you can't follow the help on their own site.

Side-note: the YDE website doesn't have a <title>, so Google apparently uses the Meta Description tag in it's listing, which confoundingly reads: "Truworths is one of South Africa's leading fashion retailers, with a range of brands...". Smarty pants!

(b) I receive a number of questions from students and fellow designers/developers, which have got me thinking about compiling a kind-of manifesto based on my experiences in the field. It will be an ongoing and practical effort, from which I hope to learn more myself.

Three weeks ago I wrote about number/pattern recognition in the time. Substituting 12:34 for 11:11 has definately worked: I've seen 11:11 twice in the past day alone, first in my comment on Sponky Travels (Justine & Mark's travelog), and then again just moments ago in an IM conversation. Interesting stuff.

Lastly, I have a quick question which was also a mozillaZine Poll (view results) a while back:
What kind of home/start page do you have set in your browser?
You know, when you open your browser, what's the first site you see, if any? Please leave a comment to let me know, thanks.

UPDATE [09/02]: Jason of 37signals.com has asked the same question. Cool, 83 comments... althought it would be more useful to survey general public too and not just us technophiles.