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It’s been so long I can barely contain my pent-up, troll-like emotions. Good’dwellings my funny little social-networking hermits. I thought I’d pop along and say “su’p dogs”, or some other youthful phrase, and tell you a tiny wee morsel about the spanking new Christmas themed website and mobile phone app thingemy gig, we’ve just launched for international supermarket chain, Lidl.

A Lidl Bit of Magic features a wagon load of recipes from them’z there chefs off the telly, Nick Nairn and Lesley Waters, including videos and interactive brochures, and all sorts of bits and bobs that’ll float your Yuletide boat. I’z be damned if it don’t! Read More…

My Baby Basket is a brand new service that has just landed (via a stalk) on Magento, developed and managed by The Pixel. My Baby Basket supplies customised new baby gift baskets in one easy to deliver package.

It’s a handy and convenient way to surprise a new mother and father with all the items they require for a new born child, tastefully packaged as a gift that’s both beautiful and practical. Read More…

I thought I’d update you on our latest creative venture: iPad, iPhone and Andriod apps. We thought we’d put our artistic and technical prowess into what is rapidly becoming one the most important new markets in programming and web development.

With the ever increasing popularity of smartphones like the iPhone 4, LG Prada, HTC Touch and the recent launch of the Windows Phone 7, the need for mobile apps and mobile accessible websites has risen faster than programmers can punch out code. Android, a cross platform, open source OS for smartphones is backed by Google and is the nearest thing the market has to a standardised format. Read More…

We’ve just implemented our new open source CMS, Lychee, for animation specialists NaturalMotion, who now use the system for all article publication on their website.

NaturalMotion Ltd is the creator of Dynamic Motion Synthesis (DMS), a break-through in 3D character animation that’s been used on games like Grand Theft Auto IV and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. Read More…

Here at The Pixel there have been some dramatic developments in regards to our new website. Our final concept art has materialised and it appears to resemble yet another phenomenally original and revolutionary piece of web innovation from our good, good selves. If we do say so ourselves.

Without further ado, let’s have a gander… Read More…

Our latest project for Play.com – a widget application for their clothing channel – has resulted in 18% of people visiting the service making a purchase.

Why such a high conversion rate? Well our Clothing Widget lets you choose clothes from Play.com’s fabulous range, add them to your virtual wardrobe and then arrange them creatively on a mannequin to see what stylish outfit you’ve selected. Read More…

We noticed some rather interesting statistics on the 4th Nov (the day The Pixel’s Blog featured on Smashing Magazine’s homepage, in case you’d forgotten…).

66% of users on the day were using Mozilla Firefox compared to only 8% using Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. To put this in context (just in case you’re wondering), IE usual commands a 65% market share of the web in total, and Firefox usually around 26%*. Read More…