The Plant relaunch

20th of Jul, 2007ce* in: dadako, websites

I was asked recently by my friend Anatole to give his company homepage a complete make over, with some friendly illustration and colour.

It went live today, and works in Japanese and English.
Luckily, it was hands off for the coding in my part, just direction to the coders from my original templates. Based on Radiant CMS as I understand it. I chipped in at the start to get some of the basic styles coded.

Illustrations also by myself, based on the staff that work at “the Plant”.

Mt Fuji conquered, phone broken

17th of Jul, 2007ce* in: diary

if you are trying to get ahold of me, please try 03 3498 3085

Needless today, mt.Fuji hurt in all the right places. I took a rain free climb to the 8th outpost (80 mins from the summit) and bedded for the night, in order to catch the sunrise in the morning. The next day was just a wall of water with zero visibility. I got to the top and walked back down, due to the weather it felt fairly inconsequential to be up there. However, being able to say you’ve done it, or just thinking so, gives one a great sense of well being.

Preparing for Mt.Fuji

11th of Jul, 2007ce* in: diary

I’m taking a trip to mt.Fuji on the 14th, I’m not sure whats it going to be like but preparing is a wildly varying mish mash of advice. Some people say take everything but the kitchen sink, others say travel light. I have no idea whats up there. Will there be snow? Ice? Will I freeze my balls off?

So I am taking a trip to get some “real” shoes on friday, considering I own what can only be described as “city” shoes.

I’m really psyched to be going up there, and watch the sunrise at the top.