Archive: September, 2003

WiFi Regained

Remember how I was saying that the wireless reception in my iBook went all screwy a while back? Well, I sent the iBook off to Apple so that they could have a look at it.

Tuesday, September 30th, 2003 12:39am

Compassion and the crafting of user experience

The always-inspiring Adam Greenfield does it again with an article entitled "Compassion and the crafting of user experience".

Monday, September 29th, 2003 5:52pm

Parodilly-dallying

Take some time out to linger over some pretty hilarious parody sites:

Monday, September 29th, 2003 2:19am

LEGO

The Bump exhibition wasn’t the only cool discovery I made today.

Wednesday, September 24th, 2003 10:26pm

Bump

Brightonians, get yourselves down to the Fabrica gallery post haste (you remember: the pierced church).

Wednesday, September 24th, 2003 10:22pm

CSS Based Design

It’s time for a brand new site section here at adactio. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you… articles!

Monday, September 22nd, 2003 11:11pm

Talk Like A Pirate, Arrr!

Ahoy, me maties! Today do be "talk like a pirate" day, ye landlubbers.

Friday, September 19th, 2003 2:00pm

The Business Value of Web Standards

Here’s a great article by Jeff Veen on the practical, financial reasons for using CSS and XHTML when building websites. He cites a speedier development process, the simplification of ongoing site maintenance, faster page loading times and the increa

Friday, September 19th, 2003 12:53am

DNS Update

Here’s a timely update to my last post. Wired News is reporting that the Internet Software Consortium are releasing an emergency patch for backbone computers running BIND:

Wednesday, September 17th, 2003 12:45pm

Lost In DNS Translation

I bet Sofia Coppola really wanted to have Jessica’s domain name for her new movie.

Wednesday, September 17th, 2003 12:28pm

Booktown

The first time I visited Dan in Baltimore, the town motto emblazoned on benches was “The City That Reads”. The last time I was there, the motto had been changed to the more bomabastic “The Greatest City In America” because, apparen

Saturday, September 13th, 2003 1:43pm

Rosebud! Peas grow there.

There is something inherently funny about juxtaposing Orson Welles with the world of advertising.

Friday, September 12th, 2003 4:41pm

The Man In Black

Johnny Cash

Friday, September 12th, 2003 11:47am

An apology

I have the horrible feeling that while I was working over at Message last week, I passed on my cold to Andy.

Thursday, September 11th, 2003 12:09am

It's alive!

I have my iBook back!

Wednesday, September 10th, 2003 1:56pm

Things To Do In Brighton When You're Dead

Make some coffee.

Monday, September 8th, 2003 3:58pm

Do politicians dream of electric sheep?

This had me laughing out loud (I’m such a geek); San Francisco’s mayoral candidates are given the Voight-Kampff test from Bladerunner:

Saturday, September 6th, 2003 12:00pm

The Onion Article Generator

I was inspired by this post over at Idle Words:

Thursday, September 4th, 2003 12:33pm

Laptop lamentation

I had a horrible experience today. My mobile world literally came crashing down around me.

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2003 11:03pm

The Uncertainty Principle Is Untenable

It really takes a lot for spam to be memorable, but this is one of the weirdest I’ve seen a long time.

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2003 8:42am

Missing Skillswap

I’ve been struck low by a cold, all sniffles and blocked nose. That’s why I wasn’t able to make it to last night’s Skillswap talk by Rosie Freshwater on Search Engine Optimisation.

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2003 1:07pm

It's that time again

Rabbit rabbit.

Monday, September 1st, 2003 8:39am

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