Archive: August, 2004
iPoddie
Now that I’m in the States, I’ve taken possession of my previously ordered iPod. Needless to say, I’m loving it.
Friday, August 27th, 2004 2:19pm
Wish you were here
I’m in the land of coral and sunshine: Key West, home to Hemingway, shipwrecks, six-toed cats, wild chickens and lots and lots of seafood,
Tuesday, August 24th, 2004 10:27pm
Sunshine state of mind
I’m taking a flight from Gatwick to Orlando first thing tomorrow. Jessica and I will be spending the next two weeks in Florida.
Saturday, August 21st, 2004 10:05pm
Not waving but drowning
Looking at the unusually large waves being churned up on the shore of Brighton’s beach yesterday put me in mind of a particularly descriptive line from Joyce:
Saturday, August 21st, 2004 3:14pm
Don't worry, browse happy
The Web Standards Project has launched a new promotional website to encourage people to switch from Internet Explorer. It’s called Browse Happy.
Friday, August 20th, 2004 6:42pm
Something well wicked this way comes
Here’s a wonderfully Goreyesque Flash game called A Murder Of Scarecrows.
Thursday, August 19th, 2004 8:07pm
Fixed vs. Liquid... yet again
Quote of the day comes from Nick Finck:
Tuesday, August 17th, 2004 9:36pm
iChat Snap
iSnap!
Tuesday, August 17th, 2004 12:41pm
A gaggle of geeks
This weekend, Brighton was the setting for Geekend 2: Electric Boogaloo.
Monday, August 16th, 2004 1:44pm
Multimappa Mundi
Richard has added a handy little feature to Multimap. By creating a category for blogs (along with hotels, restaurants, etc.) you can now link a blog to an address in the Multimap database.
Thursday, August 12th, 2004 3:21pm
PDFs with PHP
Not all of the functionality I’ve been adding to this site recently involves JavaScript and the DOM. I’ve also added a new PHP script.
Sunday, August 8th, 2004 11:52pm
Lust
This collection of 1920s erotic photos features one flapper with a mandolin and another with a bouzouki.
Saturday, August 7th, 2004 11:17pm
Anger
If you’d like to make a difference in the ever-worsening situation in Darfur, please, please, please make a donation (via the secure WorldPay service) to the World Food Program. I’ve made a modest contribution which, by itself, won’t amo
Saturday, August 7th, 2004 9:15pm
Envy
File this under "Now, why didn’t I think of that?".
Saturday, August 7th, 2004 8:58pm
Greed
I finally caved in and succumbed to the temptation of owning the style gadget de-siècle. I’ve ordered an iPod.
Saturday, August 7th, 2004 2:23pm
Gluttony
Richard points out that Jamie Oliver’s website is now written in XHTML and CSS.
Saturday, August 7th, 2004 2:10pm
Sloth
When I really should be working, the last thing I need to read is this excellent article by Tom Hodgkinson in The Guardian entitled The Virtue Of Idleness, taken from his forthcoming book How To Be Idle:
Saturday, August 7th, 2004 2:00pm
Pride
It’s that time of year again. Brighton is party-central this weekend. Brighton Pride is an annual event celebrating the town—, sorry, city’s gay and lesbian community. It’s Fun with a capital F and it’s make me proud to live
Saturday, August 7th, 2004 1:46pm
Definite article
I finally put together some of my slides from the SkillSwap talk I gave with Richard and turned them into an article.
Friday, August 6th, 2004 10:26pm
:hover Considered Harmful
I was on iChat with Andy Clarke recently, shooting the breeze about CSS and accomplishing this or that cross-browser effect.
Wednesday, August 4th, 2004 9:47pm
Migratory patterns
I’ve mentioned before just how stressful and nerve-wracking it can be to move web hosts. That’s why I’ve been putting off the long-overdue migration of The Session from the hell that is WebServePro.
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2004 9:44pm
