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Time to read: 3 minutes “I bought it because it was shiny, how does it work?” is something you’ll never hear a man say, I’m told. When does the gender bias start? […] continue reading »
Time to read: 2 minutes I have just started working as a freelancer, and intend to continue blogging and expanding my knowledge. Sadly, both of these pursuits, while extremely pleasant, are lucrative for amazon and bring me nothing more than joy. So I’ve decided, a bit belatedly, to add a paypal “donate” button to my blog for anyone who would […] continue reading »
Time to read: 4 minutes It’s 2013, and we should no longer be seeing unhelpful error messages. Some common mistakes and practices, with examples of how to make them better. […] continue reading »
Time to read: 2 minutes So I’m flat-hunting. With Evernote. How does this work? I get daily alerts I’ve signed up for SpareRoom’s early bird service, so I can be allowed to contact adverts that were posted on the same day. Every day, I get emails with all the new adverts that meet my criteria. I’ve set up searches, and […] continue reading »
Time to read: 2 minutes So I was at home, nice and cosy… And I’ve just downloaded some new episodes of Frasier that I want to add to my collection. To move them from my hard drive on the Air to the networked drive, I need to unplug that, connect it via usb, move the files, stick it back on […] continue reading »
Time to read: 5 minutes If I am stuck with a budget of next-to-nothing, can I still design for the web at the level I normally deliver? Can, ultimately, web design be free? “adobe” is web-design for “wealthy” I have been fortunate enough to work on Adobe products for most of my web designing life, so creating lovely interactive buttons, […] continue reading »
Time to read: 2 minutes At work, we have a regular "broadcast" and want a consistent look So I'm testing out setting up a pre-fabricated html-with-css container for a newsletter sort of thing that is broadcast on a regular basis. I have created a container which you can copy from lower down on this post. If you paste its contents […] continue reading »
Time to read: 2 minutes So you have a spare Raspberry pi? No? Still waiting for yours? Yeah… a friend of mine ordered his from RS, and they were taking forever. So he found another supplier who had some in stock… so he ordered it! And eventually he’ll receive the RS one as well which means he’ll have a spare. […] continue reading »
Time to read: < 1 minute It’s been a short while that I discovered that two of my WordPress installs had gone, shall we say, tits up. You could visit the site, you could log into them using the WordPress app, but the damn thing refused to let you log into the dashboard. Something about update.php not existing? Very strange behaviour […] continue reading »
Time to read: 3 minutes My friend Peter Warwick-Mahoney, web developer extraordinaire (and a fairly awesome human, too) just tweeted about how a lot of his work starts on the back of an envelope, challenging the twittersphere to reply “how do _you_ work?”. I love learning about how people get things done, and quite fancied writing a reply longer than […] continue reading »