I never thought I’d type this entry. My previous website portfolio has included code to apply hacks and fixes for IE6, 7 and 8. While I’m on the topic, this is good advice for all you budding (or some experienced) web developers out there. Why do I only apply fixes to 6, 7, and 8? [...]

A while ago I had an idea. Since that time, it’s been pushed further and further back as more important projects have started. Finally, I realise I’m never going to develop the idea, and it’s time to let go and sell the domains. I’ve created a little sedo account and popped two domains up: localtakeawaymenu.co.uk [...]

It’s so simple. You want to use UL elements for your menus. You want to style them with CSS. You want all the LI items centered. Until now I’ve been using “float: left;”, which then leaves you to manually center the whole UL with specific margins. I’ve developed a simple CMS system which generates all the [...]

Yes, two posts in one day! Apple have released a cutting edge HTML5 demonstration site, rejoice! It’s at http://www.apple.com/html5/ It demonstrates a number of features provided by CSS3, Javascript and a couple of HTML5. A couple of HTML5. It’s viewable in all HTML5 compatible browsers, as long as your HTML5 compatible browser is Apple Safari. Wait… [...]

I’ve taken some time to calm down after recent statements by Apple and Microsoft regarding their choice of HTML5 codecs. I’ve tried to consider all sides, and yes, I can see the (probably FUD based) uncertain patent landscape with Ogg (Theora, Vorbis). I don’t think this is the only reason for it. Lets back up [...]

I’m an avid reader of ZDNet for my technology news, and today came across Adobe screw-up leaves Flash flaw unpatched for 16 months. I’ve never been a fan of Flash, I see it as some kind of blight on the internet. When I was a Windows network administrator, I often had to tell users to shut [...]

One thing that always amuses me about electronic communication in general, is the amount of spam one can get. I check this blog regularly to clean out the dozens of spam comments I get daily. Still, I suppose I should be pleased. Most of them aren’t “performance pills”. Hey, bot. Yes you! This is moderated. [...]

I hear Geocities has gone forever. Well, it’s hardly surprising, but it is a little sad. I remember signing up for one of their quaintly named sites all those years ago. Still, I went investigating and found Yahoo Web Hosting! (I feel everything with Yahoo! needs exclaiming, it is like some kind of marketing ploy [...]

I wasn’t feeling very well today, so I thought I’d do something more light-hearted and fun. Yes, that’s right! I wrote a website compression utility! Basically, you do “php sitecompress.php mywebsitefolder” and it goes through all the .php, .html, .htm, .js and .css files. Javascript and CSS (inline and external – yes I said inline. [...]

So I’ve been developing a chat room entirely in Javascript and PHP using a lot of ajax. Aside from an eCard I made for friends and family last christmas, I’ve not written more than a few lines of javascript before. I find starting a large project is a good way to learn a language, so [...]