James McEwan is a web designer, illustrator and fanboy from Edinburgh, Scotland.Tumblr (3.0; @retrosuper)http://retrosuper.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7nyyxOZuL1qz5u9ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Alan Moore and Steve Bell at the Edinburgh book festival</p>http://retrosuper.com/post/1003923713http://retrosuper.com/post/1003923713Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:56:57 +0100<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6z9y2ZqFe1qb46dqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://lewisedinburgh.tumblr.com/post/936151791/postcards-by-matt-lamont">lewisedinburgh</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/functionalfox/4878741341/">postcards</a> (by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/functionalfox">Matt La’Mont</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://retrosuper.com/post/936303434http://retrosuper.com/post/936303434Wed, 11 Aug 2010 09:48:45 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6xq2bT2Fm1qz5u9ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Lunchtime curry!</p>http://retrosuper.com/post/931626248http://retrosuper.com/post/931626248Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:46:59 +0100<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6pcpvmkpO1qz5u9ao1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Andy MacFarlane - fire and rain @fandrmusic</p>http://retrosuper.com/post/909753572http://retrosuper.com/post/909753572Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:21:24 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6pcn9EEUF1qz5u9ao1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Neil Williamson - fire and rain @fandrmusic</p>http://retrosuper.com/post/909752647http://retrosuper.com/post/909752647Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:21:10 +0100<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vgQ-qgPI8PA&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vgQ-qgPI8PA&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>oh hell yes!</p>http://retrosuper.com/post/904588348http://retrosuper.com/post/904588348Wed, 04 Aug 2010 22:54:26 +0100<object id="flashObj" width="400" height="225" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0"><param name="movie" value="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/96372666001?isVid=1&isUI=1" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="flashVars" value="videoId=96331781001&playerID=96372666001&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true" /><param name="base" value="http://admin.brightcove.com" /><param name="seamlesstabbing" value="false" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="swLiveConnect" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/96372666001?isVid=1&isUI=1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashvars="videoId=96331781001&playerID=96372666001&&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="400" height="225" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" swliveconnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Love the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henshin">henshin</a> tribute in Mark Ronson and Business Intl’s latest video.</p>http://retrosuper.com/post/795379216http://retrosuper.com/post/795379216Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:26:29 +0100<a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/07/01/10-useful-wordpress-security-tweaks/">10 useful wordpress security tweaks</a>: <p>I should run through these before I even think of using wordpress again for my site.</p> <p>On a separate note, I really dislike that the new post types in wordpress 3.0 are defined by the theme and not within the admin suite.</p>http://retrosuper.com/post/772438520http://retrosuper.com/post/772438520Mon, 05 Jul 2010 11:48:52 +0100<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5OLP4nbAVA4&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5OLP4nbAVA4&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://lewisedinburgh.tumblr.com/post/756960836/amazing-video-of-a-finger-painting-by-david-kassan">lewisedinburgh</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Amazing video of a finger painting by David Kassan on the iPad.</p> </blockquote> <p>Wow, this is pretty amazing. This doesn’t help my self control when it comes to buying an iPad!</p>http://retrosuper.com/post/770503029http://retrosuper.com/post/770503029Sun, 04 Jul 2010 22:58:19 +0100<p>Remind me not to work through the weekend again… Feeling freaking stir crazy due to working from home.</p>http://retrosuper.com/post/770479341http://retrosuper.com/post/770479341Sun, 04 Jul 2010 22:49:31 +0100<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12819723&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12819723&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12819723&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Short subject film shot and edited entirely on the iPhone 4. I find it pretty fascinating to see how creatives utilise new and inexpensive technologies to realise their vision.</p>http://retrosuper.com/post/751213933http://retrosuper.com/post/751213933Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:22:27 +0100<a href="http://www.aestheticallyloyal.com/public/optimize-legibility/">Kerning Pairs and Ligatures handling in CSS</a>: <p>Awesome little css declaration “<span>text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;</span>” that improves handling of Kerning Pairs and Ligatures in modern browsers, which is invaluable as we start branching out into different typefaces on the web.</p>http://retrosuper.com/post/751200836http://retrosuper.com/post/751200836Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:18:12 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4o7dsftRJ1qz5u9ao1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>My blog just turned 3!</p> <p>They grow up so fast!</p>http://retrosuper.com/post/741685751http://retrosuper.com/post/741685751Sun, 27 Jun 2010 12:17:52 +0100Blog Birthday<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/aWn_1yOFpfU&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/aWn_1yOFpfU&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Brilliantly done tribute to two of my favourite sci-fi classics</p>http://retrosuper.com/post/732444919http://retrosuper.com/post/732444919Thu, 24 Jun 2010 23:26:18 +0100<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2rxl0VI7f1qz5u9ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Designing some logos</p>http://retrosuper.com/post/619296742http://retrosuper.com/post/619296742Fri, 21 May 2010 15:29:24 +0100<a href="http://dev.herr-schuessler.de/jquery/popeye/index.html">JQuery Popeye 2.0</a>: <p>Wow, this is a pretty beautiful jquery alternative to the standard lightbox scripts we all use.</p>http://retrosuper.com/post/600564208http://retrosuper.com/post/600564208Sat, 15 May 2010 11:49:04 +0100<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l249gf8tHi1qzvw5po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://comicbooks.tumblr.com/post/582042331/bat-fail-by-jacob-borshard">comicbooks</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.creebobby.com/batfail.html"><em>Bat-Fail</em> by Jacob Borshard</a></p> </blockquote>http://retrosuper.com/post/582159508http://retrosuper.com/post/582159508Sat, 08 May 2010 21:44:04 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0xio706EW1qz5u9ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Today’s haul from the comic store, as inspired by <a title="comicbooks.tumblr.com" href="http://comicbooks.tumblr.com/post/521978257/this-weeks-comic-book-pull-new-4-14-10">Comic Books!</a></p>http://retrosuper.com/post/523732178http://retrosuper.com/post/523732178Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:45:43 +0100<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky6053kqhB1qzfcyfo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://blog.loish.net/">loish</a>, <a href="http://domtothemoon.tumblr.com/post/401406648">domtothemoon</a>)</p> <p>Freaking me out in one easy step.</p>http://retrosuper.com/post/523134015http://retrosuper.com/post/523134015Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:49:04 +0100<object width="400" height="225"><param name="movie" value="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/video/xcv6dv_pixels-by-patrick-jean_creation" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/video/xcv6dv_pixels-by-patrick-jean_creation" width="400" height="225" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Loving this short by Patrick Jean, the cg on display here is incredible!</p>http://retrosuper.com/post/516216647http://retrosuper.com/post/516216647Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:49:12 +0100