Hex lost his first two baby teeth today. This is actually quite a weird occasion for me, because despite having had tons of cats over the years I’ve never once seen one lose their teeth. I didn’t even realise it happened until Karl mentioned that someone he worked with had asked about it. Turns out… read full entry »
It seems my post on ‘web naughties’ — and my secret love for justified text — provoked more thought and opinion than I expected. It seems that quite a few people have a view on the subject, be it positive or negative. Aisling posted an interesting comment using her experience with the CNIB as reasoning… read full entry »
Nearly 3 years ago, Google released their plans to implement the rel attribute value nofollow in an attempt to combat spam on weblogs and other sites. Almost straight away, I posted my thoughts and went about hacking WordPress — which was my CMS of choice at the time — to remove any occurrence of the… read full entry »
No, I’m not talking about pr0n, but web design habits that fly in the face of accessibility, good design or just plain old common sense. I have a secret love for quite a few of these ‘naughties’ and while I probably won’t ever use/go back to them myself, I smile a secret smile when I… read full entry »
It’s a cross between the red one from 05 and the chocolate & lime one from earlier this year, I think.
While doing some random surfing, in between mocking up a potential new disaster (layout) in Photoshop, and whilst avoiding the washing up/ignoring the oven (oh shit my flat is on fire) I found a post at codinghorror.com about Creating User Friendly 404s. The post is not terribly old and does include some relevant and interesting… read full entry »
So, okay, I already exceeded my own expectations and this is the 5th day in a row that I’ve managed to post for NaBloPoMo. One might assume that I would take this as a lesson against cynicism but that would be far too sensible. Instead, I’ll just create another lame ‘bet’ (Nov 9th) in an… read full entry »
It doesn’t matter what religion you follow, what your culture is or even your geographical location, I think most of the world treats Sunday as the ‘day of rest’. Most businesses are closed, shops have reduced opening hours and so on. In England, Sunday is also very widely seen as the day when all the… read full entry »
I originally heard of the The Simpsons Game through Mitu’s entry on the subject and, being the fan that I am, immediately stuck the Nintendo DS version on pre-order via GAME. I was actually surprised at my own level of anticipation, as the previous entries in the market featuring the lovable family that I’ve played… read full entry »
As a great many of you were confused by my post on Google’s PageRank update late last month I thought I’d put together a very basic guide on what it is, and what it can mean for you. If I get chance I might even write a follow-up on how to improve yours (got to… read full entry »