Jem's field notes

Karl’s back to work after his half term break today so not only does that mean I had to get up at 6:30am this morning, but I’ve got to get off my lazy ass and visit a job agency today. Job agency, back to bed.. job agency, back to bed.. such a tough choice. *snore*… read full entry »

This is partly aimed at Sonya and partly at those who’ve graced my FAQ/contact box with their oh-so-lovely questions and comments analysing my website (and as such, my personality) despite not knowing me at all… If you’re going to tell me how to run my own website at least have a successful one yourself. I… read full entry »

I’ve invented a new method of skinning. Oh yes, me, I am the best. :P No one else gets the code yet, ’cause it’s one of the new tutorials on tutorialtastic (or it will be, when the site is up). Basically, it’s smaller and tidier than the original method of skinning that seems to be… read full entry »

Talk about a cock-up. Excuse my profanities.. I’m incredibly pissed off. While Karl and I don’t usually do anything for Valentines Day (meh, just another day to me) we decided to do the 20 minute drive to the local supermarket to pick up a bottle of wine and some quick grub (and some chocolate, for… read full entry »

I came up with a new design.. only I can’t decide if I like it enough to make it the new default theme. I don’t think Karl likes it either, he pulled a funny face when I showed him. :P In version 1 the header is full width and fixed (in Firefox, anyway) — when… read full entry »

It’s been a while since I updated you all on what’s going on in my life therefore I figured I might as well post… I quit my voluntary job on Friday — the one I’ve been doing since they stopped paying me in September. What with job searching and ‘stuff’ I’ve not had the time… read full entry »

Don’t ever make homemade Macaroni Cheese with Red Leicester cheese, even if the BBC Food recipe website thingy tells you too. Do however buy a small baguette, cut it in half lengthways, drop several small knobs of butter along the squishy side (opposite of the crusty side) of the bread along with a bulb of… read full entry »

If the site goes down at some point over the next few days, it’s because I’m switching registrars to 1and1.co.uk. The domain is coming up for renewal in April, and these guys are cheaper than the people my Aunt kept renewing it with. They also deal with tutorialtastic and Review-You so it’ll just be plain… read full entry »

I just found this Haloscan page in my referrer logs which ontains a comment from “me” (my name and website url) — regarding somebody closing their website — posted at 7:05 this morning. For those not wanting to click the link, it says: Is this because Petshopgirl has a no right click script so you… read full entry »

Alright, so no one has actually said it to me yet, but I can see it coming. People are getting spam in BellaBook3.1 — and it’s their own fault (honest!). BellaBook users are not making use of the features in the script. My personal installation of BellaBook hasn’t been spammed yet. Not once. Not at… read full entry »