Jem – UK blogger

Why isn’t it Friday yet? :(

Becky, Brent and Sarai have opened a new SMF board: Neonglow MB.

Some of you will probably remember that last month, I posted about the upcoming property searching that Karl and I would have to do. Well, shortly afterwards we went to see a small cottage about a mile and a half up the road. It was pretty, had a lovely garden and a shed. However, it… read full entry »

I received an e-mail from Andrew over at Force 18 a couple of days ago (the 11th) complimenting my geek t-shirt collection, offering to send me a free t-shirt. It’s a great marketing ‘trick’, because not only will I now be aware of the website and quite feasibly buy from it in the future, but… read full entry »

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I’ve had to restart this about 4 times now, because each time I decide to finish off, I get half way and somehow lose the file. I don’t know about l33t PHP Ninja; recently I’ve been l33t file loser. Anyway, quick recap: in Part Two of the PHP Beginners Guide I briefly covered the basic… read full entry »

In an attempt to suppress the incessant need to spawn new layouts, as mentioned in my last post, I have decided to hell with it.. I’ll simply fall on to Phil’s advice and bring back a style-switcher and several older layouts along with it. This idea was easier said than done, as I discovered the… read full entry »

I’ve just seen Melissa’s hot new layout, which utilises so many of my favourite web design ‘touches’, it makes me pine for a grey on white text design. Of course, if I were to do that, I’d be missing my white on grey design before the month is out. :( Is there such a thing… read full entry »

Combined old “Valid Trend” / “No Valid Trend” rants to one new HTML/XHTML article.

Any idea what hot boob hypnosis is? No, me either. Yet, it’s one of a few thousand phrases used to find my website last month, and number 9 of a handful I collected while in hysterics last night, especially for your enjoyment (and possible bewilderment). I’ve blanked the swear words, for the sake of the… read full entry »