Anchor Link Larger Then Image it’s Containing

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This is a funny problem that I ran into myself just minutes ago, and after searching and searching on Google to find a fix and finding absolutely nothing, I had to find my own fix.

I have an <a href> surrounding an image, and it was for some reason 5 pixels higher then the image (despite being display:inline-block and whatnot). I was dumbfounded.

After mucking around with Firebug for a while, I found that the a was inheriting a line-height value like most things on the page. On disabling this line-height value, the problem was fixed!

If the image height is a perfect multiple of the line height value (mine was 18px for example), then this won’t cause a problem. But for 90% of other cases, putting the line-height equal to 0 fixes it.

TLDR; Set line-height for the <a href> to ’0px’;

Things Pithdog Hates

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Well anyway, everyone thinks I’ve had too many drinks to be making a blog post; I haven’t made one for two months, and I, for some odd reason, all-of-a-sudden feel compelled to make a blog post. Bradleigh informs me that I’m too drunk to be making one, but I’ve only had a very insignificant amount, so I’m pretty damn sure I’m okay :)

So anyway, the funniest thing happened before. I think it’s funny, but hmm. It’s uhh… Probably not eyy? Haha. Anywho, before we (the people tagged in this post) were talking about DTF. And for a few minutes everything was ok, discussion was going as normal. Then, we exclaim that DTF means ‘Down To Fuck’ and brad’s like WTF MAN? and we’re totes like, yeah man thats true. BUT THEN BRAD’S ALL LIKE OMG MAN, I THOUGHT IT WAS ‘DOOMED TO FAIL!’ hahahhahaha.

MORAL OF THIS SUPER SWEET SIXTEEN (STORY) is that Bradleigh Holcombe suckssssss.

I’ve been making this blog post have worse and worse grammar as time goes on. Funny that eyy?

Anywho, recents developments being; Making a bitching website for Michelle, my gorgeous girlfriend, mother; Working like a dawg at Image Direct; Being a total gangsta DJ; Pulling SAC (mini exam) scores out of my ass (no classwork, no study, 80%+ scores easily); And just generally having a super awesome time.

My DJ Ubiquity album is up to like five songs; Bradleigh and I have two plus awesome projects coming up, to be released in the next few months (although now that I’ve blogged about them they’ll never actually happen ;) ) and I really think life is fantastic.

Also I love Michelle :) she’s like… Super cool awesome-dudely. ;)

The Times They Are a-Changin’

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It’s absolutely amazing how much can change in such a little time; but whilst your experiencing the time you can hardly notice the changes. When you take a step back, and take a look at the last few months of your life, you realize how things have changed. Some of these changes for the better; others for the negative; all in all though – changes.

Six Months ago I was about to go on an outback to Central Australia. Six Months ago tomorrow was Toby Wrights 16th birthday. Six Months ago, things were looking crazy-awesome positive! I had larger reserves of money; I had been working at Image Direct for a mere 3 months; I had 10 days of outback, 14 days of school holidays, then 24 days in China, all within 2 months! School could go suck it in my opinion.

Although; Six months ago, I was lonely. Six months ago, I didn’t have a PS3, a 40′ tv, a Mac. Six months ago, I was in Year 10 at Baby Kurnai. Six months ago, I had quit football, deserting my team/coach and turning my back on Captaincy responsibilities. Six months ago I was 15, and unable to drive a car (with supervision).

Today I have a consolidated group of best friends. These people are my rock; they keep me stable, keep me going day to day. I rely on them a lot, more then any of us can understand. I was originally scared that our paths would fork with the transition to the GEP; but that was far from the truth – I’d say we’re all better friends now then we’ve ever been.

Bradleigh Holcombe, Jason Rendell, Toby Wright and myself (The original crew); have picked up long time SUPER BEST FRIENDS Michelle Prezioso and Suzie Moss as new members of the Crew; and also have long time friend, and recently turned Crew member, Breanna Downes-Smith; and the still-to-be-initiated Lauren Peters as the final addition to the Crew.

These are the people you’ll find me hanging out with at school; chilling in classes with; hanging over at KFC with; going to the movies with; going to parties with; hanging after school with; conversing with; EXISTING WITH; loving with; fighting with. If i’m ever doing something, the safest bet in existence is to put your money on these people being involved.

Being a RIDGEY DIDGE AUSSIE BLOKE, I don’t always tell Brad, Jason and Toby how much they mean to me. As gay as it sounds, I would feel lost and incomplete with the Crew, members new and old.

Time is constant. It doesn’t slow, it doesn’t speed up (unless you have a fully sick spaceship or something). Live every moment to the full, and never let someone undermine what you love doing – if you love doing it, it is always worth going the extra mile for. Don’t complain that you wan’t to be older, younger, smarter, prettier, skinnier, taller; work with what you have, improve on what you can improve, and live life in the now.

Stop worrying about the future/past and start worrying about the present. You can’t change the past as it’s already happened, and your future depends on the actions you take in the present.

You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone; don’t let the things you love get away.

Pithdog is back in business, and it’s a fucking fantastic feeling. <3 xx

Hey dudes!

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Hey dudes. Like, the blog is totally back up and running. And, as an added bonus for being the best readers in the world, I’ve moved the blogs files over to a new server. And the cool thing about this is; is that it’s hosted IN AUSTRALIA. And not just AUSTRALIA, but VICTORIA. And not just VICTORIA, but MELBOURNE! So pretty much, any of my personal friends who read my blog, it should load super lightning quick now. Although, if it doesn’t, it totally isn’t the blogs fault, or the servers fault, but your fault, soooo, fix your interwebs yo!

So yeah, Brad is moving all his work over to Fort Unlimited, which I think is really cool. Imagine a centralized hub where everything awesome will reside. Yeah, that’s The Fort. So, I’m hoping to get a blogging role over at The Fort, or just starting this blog afresh over there. I’ll probably leave this blog here for an archive purpose.

Umm other then that, got some cool music/audio related stuff in the works. I have a new upcoming artist who’s work is amazing, and we’ll be posting the first producing’s on YouTube mid to late February. Look out for that!

I also have some websites in the works that’ll I’ll probably work on in February, currently working 5-6 days a week as a web developer is sucking all the willingness to create personal websites. So when school starts back and I go back to one shift a week, it’ll be prime time for some website work.

Exciting Upcoming Potential Happenings

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Hey DUDESSSSSS!

What up my faithful followers?

Anywho, I have some potentially exciting upcoming happenings to talk about. What’s that? The title of this post says something different? Ok ok, maybe the title seems more appropriate, as it suggests the upcoming happenings are exciting but also potential (as in, they may never happen, but if they did, they would be exciting); where as what I said earlier was that the upcoming happenings were potentially exciting, but otherwise were going to happen.

So, the happenings ARE exciting, but may never happen, although I’m really going to try and focus and actually deliver some good content for you guys. And possibly for the gals too ;)

On the cards currently is a complete refresh of the website under my control. So I’ll finish the design of this blog, and start delivering some tech based news semi-frequently.

I’ll also be refreshing or maybe even rebuilding from scratch the tptarcade flash game site, using an upgraded version of the script that runs the site. And I’ll hopefully expand the catalogue of games available to play to over 100. Yum yum.

Also in hand, for which I will deal first hopefully, is a hosting change. Currently our websites are hosted with GoDaddy, and whilst their services are cheap and generous in their offerings, their customer service and service speed is shit. So I’ll be switching to an Australian hosting provider (actually located in Melbourne), and whilst this will have increased costs, it’ll be worth it for speed and stability.

There are also rumors  of a possible ‘agent’ position being available to me, in relation to a talented local singer. If my plans are successful, I’ll be helping her record, edit, publish, and market her talent. I think she can make it big, but I’ll let you know more details when its safe to do so.

So there you go, everything you need to know about what I’ll be up to in the near future. Stay tuned!

Love you all ;) <3