If you haven't heard of Magento yet, it is now time you should. The web based Magento software is a next-generation e-commerce system that puts previous open source 'shopping carts' to shame.

I have been putting the beta versions of Magento through their paces for the last 6 months, and while it is still early days, I am thoroughly impressed.

The version 1.0 release is a significant milestone, which I'm sure will make waves.

Go check it out: www.magentocommerce.com

Yesterday was such a lovely day, so I took the opportunity to take a few pictures while out for a walk (with Theo's new godparents). This panorama is a stitch-up of 4 images I took, with a bit of help from Gimp and the Pandora plugin.

I am proud to announce the [re]launch of amykendall.com - the website for none other than Amy Kendall!

Amy (my wife and partner in design) and I have had this website in-the-wings for quite a while, but had been too busy with other things to get it finished.

Check it out

The Creative Coast is 'the north yorkshire coast creative industries network'. Our most recent event was a Get Blogging night where we launched the Creative Coast Blogs, and helped to set up free blogs for some of the members.

The London Disability and Arts Forum required a simple website to promote the London's 8th International Disability Film Festival which they are responsible for.

Working to a limited budget, I was able to produce a website that met their requirements and allowed them to effectively promote the film festival event.

It has been my pleasure to once again work with electric angel design developing another website. In fact doing so may have confirmed my niche - offering value-add web development services to graphic designers and design agencies.

Sponsored by Yorkshire Forward, the Renaissance Friends website was launched at the Renaissance Reunion ‘looking back, stepping forward’ event in Scarborough on the 12th October 2007.

Here you will find 10 sayings of Jesus that I have collected together. Finding quotable passages from Jesus was not that easy, as most of what is recorded of what he said (in the gospel books: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) are either metaphorical stories, or Jesus responding to particular questions that had been put to him. Neither work very well when taken out of context.

Just launched this week, the Vital Regeneration website is another fine example of a Drupal powered website.

The site uses a custom theme that I developed according to the client's specification.

Vital Regeneration is a charity that works with deprived communities in London providing education, training and creative development programmes. You can find out more about their work from the website: www.vitalregeneration.org.uk

I came across this interesting article the other day on the CNN website: Collins: Why this scientist believes in God, in which Francis Collins - the director of the Human Genome Project - shares his personal experience on the matter. (He also has a book out: The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief).

So we have possibly the world's leading scientist of the day sharing his personal opinion and experience that it is possible to pursue scientific endeavor and believe in God while maintaining intellectual integrity.

I think that's pretty hard to dismiss, however it seems (from some of the comments) that some of the naysayers will say nay no matter what.