Month: October, 2007
29 October, 2007 (12:19) | Computing, Web Stuff | No comments
Have found a couple of really useful tools for helping the web development process today. Two development toolbars for the two most popular web browsers. First up there is the IE Developer Toolbar which you can get here:
IEDevToolBar
And the second is Firebug for Firefox which you can get here:
FireBug
I’ve only just installed [...]
28 October, 2007 (12:13) | Web Stuff | No comments
I’ve just finished the major phase of setup on my girlfriends new website. All looking good so far, there are a quite a few small jobs left but the bulk of the work is complete and online now. You can view the site here.
21 October, 2007 (20:03) | Computing, Web Stuff | No comments
Well I’ve learned a nice little IE workaround for the bane of all web designers programming lives. You can create the perfect CSS file that renders your page beautifully in all browsers save for the world dominating Internet Explorer. Its a really neat little one as well, none of that horrible dynamic PHP [...]
20 October, 2007 (14:17) | Computing | No comments
At last Microsoft have released Service Pack 2 for VFP9.0 … will be interesting to see what has been fixed in this release and just how much of my code work arounds are now broken! heh heh … you can grab a copy of the update using the link below.
VFP9.0 SP2
19 October, 2007 (10:13) | Web Stuff | No comments
This is a seriously neat bit of extension work IMHO. A “Speed Dial” extension that manages your faveourite websites in a separate tab in your browser window for quick access in a load of different ways. You can have thumbnails in a tab view, you can literally use it like a speed dial [...]
18 October, 2007 (09:22) | Toys | No comments
OK, OK I know very childish, this this little thing is the puppies plumbs! ME WANT, ME WANT!!
Micro T Video
Team Losi Micro T Product Info
12 October, 2007 (09:49) | Jam-Files, Science, Web Stuff | No comments
This is so cool, so so so cool … A live webcam focussed on the Great Pyramids in Egypt.
Watch the Pyramids Live
11 October, 2007 (10:06) | Jam-Files | No comments
This isn’t a usual sort of subject I include on my blog but its something I’m really interested in … I am an X-Files fan after all!! I’ve been waiting for this book to come out for ages! Its a book dedicated to re-investigating the ‘Flatwoods Monster‘ UFO case from 1952. One [...]
10 October, 2007 (16:24) | Web Stuff | No comments
Some wise guy worked out that if Google had a black screen, taking into account the huge number of page views, according to calculations, 750 mega watts/hour per year would be saved.”
In response Google created a black version of its search engine, called Blackle, with the exact same functions as the white version, but [...]
6 October, 2007 (22:51) | Music | No comments
This is the thing that most people first saw on Later With Jools Holland when Bjork used it as an instrument performing “Independance” … really cool gadget!! Here are some links to video’s on YouTube.
Video 1
Video 2
Video 3
Bjork on Jools
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