CSS Should Be Better
CSS, albeit old, is an amazing breakthrough in the way we can separate markup from how things are displayed.
Oli’s Blog
Father of three, seasoned web developer (Django, Vue, Astro, etc), Ubuntu Member, photographer and woodworker. This is my blog, covering a raft of topics, mostly technical.
NEW Experts-Exchange Website
Their massive redesign has leaked out through DNS, and here it is…
Ballmer ♥ Developers
Developers, developers, developers, developers, developers, developers…
Your Mum Collapses!
Yes she does.
Get an @live.com email address!!
You can get yourself an address from a number of new Microsoft domains
Urgh Cats
How can something so cute and fluffy also be so vile?!
Breasts should be banned
This thread is really going to bite me in the arse one day, but this needs to be said:
The Net Makes For Lazy Game Dev
The modern trend of releases unfinished, untested games is getting old, but I fear it’s here to stay.
82 meg updates for brand new games
How has quality assurance got so bad that just two days after release, large updates are needed?
Lost: How To Introduce Characters
A lot could be said for the plot twists in Lost, and of the things said, not many would involve the word “planned”.
Squished Squash
Have you ever wondered what happens to a squash in the median stages of decay? Well here’s your chance to find out.
The People vs IE7
Today marks the day when MS decided to push IE7 as a critical update. What will happen from here is still yet to be seen although people have hesitated that it could make or break the internet.
Dubugging Error
Rummaging through some of my old motherboard boxes, I noticed these little things moving around…
Moving to Ubuntu - Part 1
What am I thinking? No that’s very unfair. I’ve used Ubuntu on and off (more off than on) since it was first released.
Seagate is about to shaft us in the DRM
Seagate have today released their first DRM-infected hard disk. It’s a feature they’re calling “Drive Trust”
Ubuntu and Linux are NOT consumer ready
While I like the direction, there are some significant issues that stop the average user migrating
Web 5.0 - A glimpse of the future
As people start trying to define Web 3.0 with unbridled optimism and endless hand-waving, I look ahead a few versions
Happiness
Well I think I’ve managed to turn my frown upside-down and have just released the latest design, and with it, the 9th [r]evolution of ThePCSpy.com.
Is WebSafe Still Important?
It’s important to remember that not everyone is viewing your website on a device as capable as yours. Colour-depth is easy to overlook, but is it important?
Linux Needs Golden Applications
To be successful in the short term, Linux needs to gain user from closed systems by having its own brand of unique applications.
Firefox 2 FINAL is here
That’s right. The final release of version 2.0 of Mozilla’s Firefox browser is here and ready, a day before it was due to be released.
Unhappiness
Unhappiness is not a pleasant thing at the best of times and big wave of it has just hit me.
Smells Like Orchestral Spirit
Fun covers of Nirvana’s classic
What Really Slows Windows Down
The follow up experiment testing more software with improved benchmarks. If you want to know what applications are slowing down your machine, check out this post.
Slight design change
Regular visitors may have noticed a slight change to the design =)
Has Digg gone nuts for Apple?
It’s the day after the big event. One press release known as a KeyNote, where the big man at Apple, Steve Jobs gave a talk about the up and coming things from Apple.
What Slows Windows Down?
The first of two studies carried out in September 2006 showing what types of software and more interestingly which versions of those types make Windows XP slow down.
If only all things were this sexy…
Today I’ve been beautifying more aspects of the output of KittenAuth adding more JavaScript*
KittenAuth News
I’ve added this new section of the blog for posting updates on KittenAuth that don’t merit going on the front page.
Summer Update
Just a quick update on me, KittenAuth and ThePCSpy.com. (Edit after typing) Well its quite a detailed look on what’s going on, actually.
Paging In SQL
Only get the records you need. Learn to page though them with SQL.
Stop Annoying JavaScript
Web developers are starting to lose ultimate control over the way websites are consumed.
Browser Speed Comparisons
Benchmarking only gets you so far, at some point you have to assess the preferences of the meatbag sitting on your chair
LotR > Star Wars
It’s a strange point in a man’s life when after watching episodes 1 through 3 of Star Wars that he thinks to himself that Lord of the Rings really is a better set of films
Limiting The Digg Effect
How do you build a website that can survive massive traffic spikes?
O2 Treats - Not As Good As They Sound
Service providers are rubbish. Why do business on the merits of the service delivered when you can just trick people?
Getting the ISP from the IP
A Visual Basic .NET approach to resolving an ISP through WHOIS
Getting The Real IP of Your Users
There are a lot of sites around the internet that try and get your IP address. Most of their reasons are legitimate
Onsite Development
I’ve been adding a couple of onsite features that appear to have broken everything.
Best Value Hosting… Ever!
When KittenAuth was launched I was forced to look for an auxiliary host to offload all the images…
KittenAuth v2
I know you’re probably wondering what my limits are on version — 2 major versions in a month seems a little silly to me too — but that’s how it is.
Follow-up on KittenAuth
I’ve just posted an article on the likely future of KittenAuth which eliminates (almost) all the current problems that have been raised in the comments.