My beloved Maddie. May she rest in peace

Posted in Personal by
Anthony Hortin
(Updated: November 12, 2011)

It was with much sorrow that I laid my beautiful girl Maddie to rest last week. She was an amazing girl who was forever by my side, from the time I got her at 8 weeks of age right through to her very last day, at the age of 14. Just missing out on her 15th birthday by 2 ½ months. This alone was quite a feat as the average age for Boxers is usually only 8 — 10 years.

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Adding a WordPress 3.0 menu to your theme

Posted in Tutorials, WordPress by
Anthony Hortin
(Updated: October 12, 2012)

One of the things that has been really lacking in WordPress is the ability to easily administer your theme menu(s). Sure, there are quite a few plugins available that made it significantly easier, but there was never any “built in” methods. This has now changed with the release of WordPress 3.0 and in my opinion, it's one its best new features.

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Come To Australia, it’s nice here – Infographic

Posted in Design by
Anthony Hortin
(Updated: November 12, 2011)

The Australian Graphic Design Association (AGDA) quite often produces posters to advertise their various events or conferences they are supporting, which are then sent out to each of their members. They're usually of an extremely high quality. The one that I received today is no exception and thought that it needed to be shared.

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Review: My New iPad

Posted in Technology by
Anthony Hortin
(Updated: November 12, 2011)

I was among the many thousands of people who got their hands on a new Apple iPad a couple of days ago when they were finally released internationally. I'd pre-ordered mine back at the beginning of May so I received mine by courier on May 28, the day they were released.

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