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Awful Hairdressers’ Puns

Posted July 19th, 2012 in Funny by admin

My goal is to find the ultimate toe-curling, cringe inducing hairdresser name pun, here is a list of ones I’ve found on Yell.com. What I’m finding is a lot of names replace C’s with K’s and S’s with Z’s, possibly with the intention of “That’ll make us sound edgy, no one will have done that before.” I’m looking at you Kutting Krew, Cutz, Strandz, Frizz Bizz.

  • Hairlennium
  • A Cut Above
  • Headmasters (conveniently, next to a school)
  • Shampers
  • Frizz Bizz
  • Beachcombers Hair Salon (St Ives, Cornwall)
  • Kutting Krew
  • Strands Hair Design
  • Hair Heaven
  • On The Fringe
  • Cuttin’Um Palace (groan)
  • Bourn 4 Hair
  • Groom Room (paedophilic?)
  • Colorseum
  • Way-ahead
  • Talking Heads
  • Hairport
  • Headlock
  • Hairess
  • Hairline
  • Hairhouse
  • Barnet’s Hair Studio
  • The Lyons Mane
  • Additional Lengths
  • Scissor Shack
  • Raiza
  • Blades Hair Care
  • Wedges
  • Roots
  • Overheads
  • Hair-flick (presumably Allo Allo fans?)
  • Streets Ahead
  • Tatty Head (come on guys, you could big yourself up a little bit)
  • Unruly (again, as above)
  • The Cutting Edge
  • The Cutting Post (my nearest, conveniently part of a post office).
  • New Waves Hairlines
  • True Colours
  • Locks Hair Studio
  • Hair Flair
  • Headquarters
  • On Reflection
  • Millionhairs

Oddly-named or laughable hairdressers

  • Beyond the Fringe
  • Extreme Length – isn’t going to hairdressers usually about losing length – not going to extremes?
  • Hair-Net.net – imagine telling someone the URL over the phone.
  • Rumours, the Art of Hair – poncey
  • Andrew – just a name? not Andrew’s or Andrew Hairdressing?
  • Escape Hair Design – not a name, but an order!
  • Moody Hair – moody? I would never have thought that hair was moody.
  • The Hair Experience
  • Samurai Hairdressers – interesting business idea
  • Natattack
  • The Hair Shop – “half a pound please”

 

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Leeds College of Art Portal UI Update

Posted July 15th, 2012 in Portfolio, Website Design by admin

Following a series of Intranet Working Party meetings I co-chaired for Leeds College of Art, it was decided that the horizontal navigation menu should be dropped and substituted for a large graphical UI, with sub-sections navigated via a hierarchical Jquery menu in the left sidebar, admittedly this new navigation system results in a higher clicks-to-content, but the general reaction to the changes has been very positive.

Other features added: a tailored quick links bar was to the head of the page (different content for authenticated and unauthenticated users). Integration with Google Calendar in the form of a upcoming events block, accessibility controls for text size and page styles to help comply with current legislation, and some minor tweaks to the CSS for colour schemes and spacing.

portal.leeds-art.ac.uk

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Recommedation from Amy Hinrichs

Posted February 27th, 2012 in News by admin

“Chris is the kind of project partner we all hope to have. He starts by listening and then asks the right questions. He knows his stuff, offers good suggestions, and keeps an eye on feature creep while at the same time being open and responsive. His work is professional, clean, very fast, and well priced – an excellent working partner and a great person to have on your team.”

Service Category: Graphic/Web Designer
Year first hired: 2011
Top Qualities: Great Results, Personable, High Integrity

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Leeds Community Foundation

Posted February 22nd, 2012 in Portfolio, Website Design by admin

Developed in WordPress using a modified two column theme and a combination of several plugins. Migrated partial content from an existing static HTML website.

Leeds Community Foundation is a charity dedicated to bringing about real and lasting change in local communities. They believe in helping make Leeds a place where everyone is able to make the most of their life and fully explore and develop their potential, where local residents feel valued and respected, and are proud to contribute to the city in which they live.

Leeds Community Foundation

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Recommendation from Frances Day

Posted September 30th, 2011 in News by admin

“Chris is full of useful suggestions and has a good way of communicating with clients so that they’re not baffled by IT jargon. He is always willing to talk through any challenges and find cost effective solutions. Highly recommended!”

Service Category: Graphic/Web Designer
Year first hired: 2010
Top Qualities: Great Results, Good Value, High Integrity

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Pig Racing Events Video

Posted September 30th, 2011 in Portfolio, Video by admin

A promotional video I shot for Mark Moorby Entertainments, edited and finalised in iMovie.

www.markmoorby.com

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Recommendation from Jennifer Holloway

Posted June 27th, 2011 in News by admin

“The fact that I’ve already passed Chris’s details on to a few people is testament to the fact I was really impressed with the service he gave me and my website that came from that. His price was fair and he stuck to it which is always a worry when you’re dealing with the dark art of the internet. Chris was ultra-precise on the layout – just as I like it – and had a real attention to detail, as well as a willingness to try a couple of options for me to choose one I wanted.

I can’t recommend him highly enough!”
Service Category: IT Consultant
Year first hired: 2011
Top Qualities: Great Results, Good Value, High Integrity

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Why oh why can I not keep my blog up to date?

Posted May 24th, 2011 in News by admin

Well, the reasons are thus:

  1. I have a lovely, fantastic, goregous wife, who I love to spend my time with.
  2. I have a keen interest in board-gaming (which I also enjoy playing with my wife) and dare I say it? Magic: the Gathering. Yes, that makes me very geeky and dammit – I don’t care!
  3. I am enslaved to my Xbox (much to the annoyance of 1.), I can often find myself engrossed in a game for hours, see Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood or Call of Duty multiplayer.
  4. I am also enslaved to the Sky+ box, which if I leave it alone for more than 5 minutes it seems to fill up with quality programming – we had a marathon session of Game of Thrones at the weekend – all I can say is WOW! Good plot, great actors, can’t wait for ‘winter’ to come.
  5. I have also recently purchased a Blu-Ray player and am now experiencing ‘the very latest in high definition home entertainment’ – exactly what they said when DVD came out. But….. it does look good, very good. Casino Royale looks amazing and the just purchased T2 is very sharp. I think that having the player will also stave me off getting Sky HD (well for a year or so).
  6. When I’m not doing the above, I’m usually sleeping or working, or at a beer festival enjoying a few ales. See below.

Skipton Beer Festival 2011

But somehow, I’ve managed to put a blog post up detailing how I can’t put a blog post up.

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Spark – Personal Branding for Business

Posted May 24th, 2011 in Portfolio, Website Design by admin

Developed in WordPress using with a custom-designed CSS one column homepage and two column site/blog pages and a combination of several plugins. Migrated from a WordPress-hosted blog and a stand-alone flat PHP website. Home page features latest blog post and a sliding ‘top 10 reasons’ widgets built into footer.

Spark is Jennifer Holloway who, with a career including 15 years in PR and communications, is a personal brand specialist, using her knack for spotting someone’s USP and her way with words to help them promote that in everything they say and do.  Known as ‘The Antidote to Yes-Men’ her down-to-earth, straight talking, honest style delivers real value by helping today’s leaders discover how, by being themselves, they can be even more successful.

Spark

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Morley Chamber of Commerce

Posted January 23rd, 2011 in Portfolio, Website Design by admin

Migration to WordPress-based business directory website with custom CSS layout.

Website taken offline due to split in chamber membership