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Nice touch
Browsing through the latest entries at CSS Mania this morning, I came across happygiraffe.net (thought titled Jabbering Giraffe when you get there). The menu down the right hand side of the page ha...
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IE7 bug?
I've started trying out the recently-released Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 and it's a big improvement over IE6. There's been plenty mentioned about CSS bugs that are either still there from IE6 or ne...
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Why comment spam is more evil on small blogs: a completely biased opinion
Being slightly less than serious for a moment, I've decided on another reason comment spam is evil (aside from the whole unsolicited junk, ruining content of an otherwise good site, making people s...
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Kiss kiss bang bang
... is finally available to pre-order on DVD! I saw this film at the cinema by pure chance. My Dad really wanted to see Constant Gardner so we'd gone to watch it, but it was the Harry Potter rel...
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Bottle cap monopod
Spotted via 37signals' Signal vs. Noise blog, the Bottle Cap Tripod (but really a monopod) looks a very nifty and ingenious item for photographers who get caught needing a steady hand but don't hav...
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Nice Flash
I'm not a fan of Flash-based websites in general, partly because Flash tends to be used unnecessarily (just to be flashy), partly because of niggles like problems with bookmarking and partly becaus...
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V6 by night
V6 by night Just taken this tonight as it looked too cool a picture not to take of my nice new car :) If I ever remember though, I want to try it another night with the tripod to keep the ...
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Weird search suggestion
As I've been playing with the MODx content management system over the past couple of days, I though I'd see what other WYSIWYG editors were available as plug-ins. First I searched for a Xinha pl...
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MODx CMS - nice
I noticed the MODx content management system a while ago, but only recently had the time to test it out properly when setting up a client website at work. The install is simple enough (not quite...
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Coolest keyboard on the planet is here, just smaller...
Back in August I mentioned the Optimus keyboard design by Art Lebedev that included OLED displays on every key on the keyboard for the ultimate in cool and customisation. During a regular perusa...