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And for all browsers except IE8 and lower, I could.
.offer-flash {
background-color: #DE277D;
width: 50px;
height: 50px;
position: relative;
transform: rotate(45deg);
}
.offer-flash:before, .offer-flash:after, .offer-flash b {
position: absolute;
width: 50px;
height: 50px;
background-color: #DE277D;
}
.offer-flash:before {
transform: rotate(22.5deg);
z-index: 4;
content: "";
}
.offer-flash:after {
transform: rotate(-22.5deg);
z-index: 4;
content: "";
}
.offer-flash b {
transform: rotate(-45deg);
font-size: 16px;
line-height: 45px;
text-align: center;
color: #fff;
text-transform: lowercase;
z-index: 5;
}
<div class="offer-flash"><b>Wow!</b></div>
I’ve removed the various prefixed versions of transform
for clarity, don’t forget to add them in if you want to support IE9, Firefox 15 or lower, Opera 12 or lower or any Webkit browser.
One caveat is that as the various elements and pseudo-elements overlap each other we can’t add borders or dropshadows to those elements. Borders I’m not going to get into, but dropshadows are possible by wrapping one extra HTML element. (Watch out for the interaction of z-index
, position
, :before
and :after
.)
.offer-flash-shadow {
background-color: transparent;
width: 50px;
height: 50px;
position: relative;
box-shadow: 3px 3px 6px #333;
z-index: 1;
}
.offer-flash-shadow:before, .offer-flash-shadow:after {
position: absolute;
width: 50px;
height: 50px;
background-color: transparent;
box-shadow: 3px 3px 6px #333;
z-index: 2;
}
.offer-flash-shadow:before {
transform: rotate(-22.5deg);
content: "";
}
.offer-flash-shadow:after {
transform: rotate(22.5deg);
content: "";
}
.offer-flash-shadow .offer-flash {
box-shadow: 3px 3px 6px #333;
position: absolute;
z-index: 3;
}
<div class="offer-flash-shadow"><div class="offer-flash"><b>Wow!</b></div></div>
]]>So I guess this is about as late as a review of 2012 can be posted, right? Okay, some lists and photos coming up, no great insights. If I had any of them I’d have posted them at the relevant time.
I started work at Visit London back in April 2005, so I’d been there just three months when we won the 2012 Olympics. The next seven years were all building up to that event. Was it worth it?
Yes. I was lucky in the ballot of tickets and got two lots of Athletics tickets – morning sessions, “just” heats, but I got to see both Jessica Ennis and Mo Farrah in action.
After the games were over Lettice and I had a holiday in Bath – I’ve never been before. Loved it – the Roman Baths, loved the American Museum, loved the Postal Museum, everything.
For books, see the last post. Museums and art, apart from all the stuff in Bath, I went to Mapping the Underground at the London Transport Museum, Bronze at the Royal Academy and the Crossrail archaeology exhibition.
I managed five trips to the cinema, more than in the last few years. The Iron Lady, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Prometheus, Avengers and Skyfall. They are all films that reinvent icons. Is that a theme at the moment?
I also manged six trips to the theatre. Noises Off, The Ladykillers, One Man, Two Guvnors, Timon of Athens, Hedda Gabler and Chrous of Disapproval.
Adam Ant at the Fairfield halls! Also saw Ben, Howie, et al at the Surya; and The Life and Death at the Cavendish Arms – first time I’ve actually seen Justin play live in the ten years I’ve known him.
I joined the 21st century and bought a smart phone. After seeing me get very lopsided carying my old SLR around Bath, Lettice bought me a new camera for Christmas. And as I replaced my PC last Christmas, I’ve had a near complete technological upgrade this year. Still no jetpack though.
For my birthday, Lettice took me to East London – Mudchute City Farm, the new cable car across the Thames, and treasure house that is the Who Shop. I love this crazy city where you have a World War II anti-aircraft gun in the middle of a farm, within sight of the towers of high finance.
Well, come on 2013. So far you’ve been full of stress, germs and broken boilers. Let’s see if you can do better?
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Not a huge amount in 28mm. Acheson Creations have put out a few more Primaeval Designs figures but seem to be making very slow progress on the backlog of greens that have been shown on Facebook. The same goes for their 15mm range. Range sculptor Richard Deasey announced a new endeavour called Project Genesis but things have been quite on that front as well.
In 15mm, Khurasan Miniatures have added a few new figures. They’re currently offline due to Superstorm Sandy, here’s hoping they get back up and running soon. Splintered Light have reorganised their web site and released the raptors and sabre tooth tigers mentioned last time.
Magister Militum have expanded their 10mm range with many new dinosurs, some walking posed pterosaurs and a pack of cavemen. This is now a very extensive range.
The 3D print-on-demand service Shapeways has a few dinosaur related stores: David Krentz sells products in 1/72 and 1/44 scales, whilst 3D Creatures produces a range of hadrosaurs in 1/40, 1/50 and 1/75 scales. RareBreed have a number of sculpts in a number of scales, but nothing very close to the common gaming scales.
Finally, what’s better than dinosaurs? Dinosaurs in Space! Loud Ninja Games are in the final stages of a Kickstarter campaign to fund a range of 15mm science fiction high-tech dinosaur aliens. What’s more, they will also now be available in 28mm! There’s just under 48 hours left as I type, so get in quick if you want to support this interesting range.
Let’s hope it’s not another two years before the next round up.
]]>All the hits, some new songs, and a proper full-on, turned up to 11, giving it some welly, rock gig; not just a by-the-numbers recreation of the 1980s.
]]>Obviously some role playing games are more likely to drive you insane than others.
]]>That’s more or less every weekend and school holiday from the mid to late 1980s right there.
Geek nostalgia heaven.
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There was a leaf perched on top of his head.
He was sitting at one end of the train carriage. Middle aged, slightly podgy, blue business suit and on top of his dark, side-parted hair was a solitary autumnal leaf.
It was easy to imagine how it had got there. Walking to the station gravity had tugged the leaf from a branch and gently floated it down onto his head. So gently that he hadn’t noticed.
Everyone else in the carriage must have noticed. But no one said anything. Not the smartly dressed couple sitting next to him. Not the young woman sitting opposite him. Not the trendily dressed man with the iPod across the aisle. Certainly not me standing halfway down the aisle. How could we?
The leaf was gone by the time we reached London Bridge. I don’t know whether gravity had taken hold of it again, or whether a casual touch of the hair had dislodged it. I do know that I didn’t hear anyone say anything.
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