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The Illusionist

Sylvain Chomet delivers another visual treat with The Illusionist. The animation is incredibly beautiful and atmospheric - the attention to detail, colour and lighting unlike anything else in animated cinema at the moment. Read the full article »

Give TXP Tweet 2 a test drive - alpha release of arc_twitter available

The next big release of arc_twitter (TXP Tweet) is really coming together now so I thought it was time to release an alpha version of the new plugin. The focus for version 2 of arc_twitter is very much on the front-end side of things with the introduction of a load of new tags for your Textpattern templates. Read the full article »

jQuery Mobile in development

Discovered an interesting development over at the jQuery Project earlier today: jQuery Mobile. They're describing it as a touch-optimized web framework for smartphones and tablets. Read the full article »

Making use of Textpattern's yield tag

Since Textpattern 4.2. Read the full article »

Gainsbourg (Vie héroïque)

I went and saw Gainsbourg (Vie héroïque) at the weekend. Pretty solid for a biopic, although perhaps a little rushed in parts (trying to fit the entire life of Serge Gainsbourg into a couple of hours was bound to be difficult). Read the full article »

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