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    Welcome to the website of Rob Barrett, graphic and web designer.

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    Recent Blog Posts…

    2009 Wallpaper to toast the New Year!

    Happy New Year! 2009 is suddenly here, bringing us into the final year of the millennium’s first decade!

    Given what my holidays have been like, I think this wallpaper I made this morning is a fitting tribute to the pastime I feel I’ve been sticking to most for the past couple of weeks… So, join me in raising a glass bottle to the next twelve months — here’s hoping it brings bigger and better things for all of us!

    2009 Wallpaper

    Download the ‘2009 Ox-Strength Premium Year’ wallpaper:

    Right-click the link and choose ‘Save as…’

    800×600, 1024×768, 1280×800, 1280×1024, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1200

    I’ve catered for the most common resolutions of my visitors, according to Google Analytics, but if I’ve missed out a lot of you, let me know and I’ll add more sizes.

    New Flickr Account

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    I hope all of you reading this have had a fantastic Christmas and got everything that you wanted from it.
    I’ve been playing around with Flickr the past few days, and I came across an account that I set up months (possibly years) ago and have never used (actually, I discovered two accounts of mine, one [...]

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    Merry Christmas!

    The big day’s now only three days away, and I’m heading off to the parents’ later today to spend some time with the family and I’m looking forward to a great, home-cooked turkey dinner on Thursday.
    I’m also going to be spending some time looking for companies to get in touch with in the new year [...]

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    The Graphic Artists’ Advent Calendar: Day 4

    “The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear” — Buddy the Elf
    After a long break, here’s Day Four. Apologies to anyone who’s been watching this series of posts — the whole project fell apart around a little over a week ago, due to a combination of a heavy end-of-week [...]

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    Gmail does it again — say hello to Tasks!

    Just as I was heading to bed last night, I spotted a new link at the top of my Gmail page announcing the arrival of Google Mail Tasks under the Labs programme.

    Obviously I couldn’t go straight to sleep without checking this out first, so I spent a few minutes having a play around with it. [...]

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