“A kind of weblogged almanac of assorted interests to keep my hand in with writing, SEO, design, ads, analytics, Gen’ AI and other technologies…”
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Embed flickr slideshows into your site
I’ve recently discovered the joys of flickr (yeah I know, but I had 12 giggs of photo’s with Fotki, it was hard to move!) and I’ve been looking to integrate my use of flickr with…
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Ham in Coca Cola
Ingredients Ham 2kg mild-cure gammon 1 onion peeled and cut in half 2 litre-bottle coke The glaze Handful cloves 1 heaped tbsp black treacle 2 tsp English mustard powder 2 tbsp demerara sugar Serves 8…
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Inbound Leads: Troubleshooting bad performance
A great post here that reveals some interesting insight in to why a certian part of your online activity may not be generating the leads you expect or want. The contact forms I manage will…
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Return lat & Long for Postcode (use with Google Maps)
This has a really nifty bit of PHP for use with the UK Postcodes website API. You could use this with google maps to load a map on your web page as specified by the…
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HTML5: Video and all that
It isn’t yet a standard, but I can’t wait for Firefox and IE9 to get properly on board – at the time of writing, Chrome and Safari both support a fair chunk, but this is…
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I’ll be voting for..?
Lib dem. Haha – of course not – they have absolutely no clue of how to run a country, voting for the Lib Dems would probably see our economy going the way of greece (down…
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Web Slideshows in XHTML
I didn’t even know you could do this, let alone how, but it’s beautifully simple. All you need is the JS file and some mark up in xhtml. The ‘incremental’ class allows elements to be…
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No more planes (for a while?)
It wouldn’t be unexpected for this icelandic volcano to carry on erupting for months – this is mother nature after all – and looking at the jet stream forecasts the wind direction won’t change until…
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Skullcandy In-Ear Electric shocks: not fun.
Gemma bought me a pair of Skullcandy Full Metal Jacket headphones for Christmas which were gratefully received – they sounded great and they had a mic / button to control my iPhone. A couple of…
Any good recommendations for books, podcasts or blogs?