Jem's field notes

Every day is sloooowly draaaagging by. Every second feels like a minute, every minute like an hour. It’s still January. Why is it still January? Why is it not February? Can’t we get to the 13th already? I want to finish packing, I want to start moving, I want to get my furniture and belongings… read full entry »

Remember on January 1st, I posted about the release of the new CSSbake? Well, I thought some of you might like an update :) For starters, we’ve just hit 999 unique hits this month. This is a good figure for a website that was effectively raised from the dead — and I’m sure Ben wouldn’t… read full entry »

As you may (or may not, it was fairly seamless) have noticed, I have moved to a new server. Site5 cocked something up during a supposedly routine server upgrade last week, and after contacting the CEO and having a level 2 tech supposedly fix the problem 3 times, most of my site remained unavailable. I… read full entry »

Validation — to validate HTML or XHTML — is the process of tidying up the syntax of a web page to conform to standards set by the World Wide Web Consortium, the group that develops the standards and guidelines of our beloved mark-up languages. Valid pages retain a horde of benefits over non-valid counterparts, upto… read full entry »

Why is it that cats have such terrible — or perfect, depending on how you look at it — timing when it comes to litter tray business? For instance: It doesn’t matter how many times a cat has already been to the tray that day, the moment it is cleaned and stocked with fresh litter,… read full entry »

I received an e-mail just after New Year, nominating today’s Pants Award recipient. I still haven’t decided what I’m actually going to do with the Pants series, so I was tempted to just delete the e-mail… and then I opened the website. i D A R R Y L’ [d0t] NET is… startling. I mean,… read full entry »

Ginger pig wants to know what’s going on… “What you doin’?” (Note: tutorialtastic is still down because of a site5 cock-up. I hope to have it back up ASAP. Sorry for the inconvenience.)

I have spent nearly every night this week procrastinating going back through old entries to tidy up typos, remove dead links and tag where necessary. I am now going through the “Just Blogged” threads on various forums so that the links point to accurate URLs rather than 404s. Of course, sense would say that it’d… read full entry »

Those of you interested in coding and programing — specifically those of you who are dabbling with releasing your own scripts — are probably already aware of my lengthy rambles on sanitising input data, not trusting anything, etc etc. However, where I leave you to discover the nuances of individual language security on your own,… read full entry »

After the last time Karl and I moved, I vowed not to leave the packing until the day before again. True to my word, I started packing things up at the weekend and did a little more today as I was off work with a funny tum. So far, I have packed about 4-5 boxes… read full entry »