I’ve been here there and everywhere lately. Anywhere infact other than where a computer might be. It’s that time of year where I unplug myself from the net for a few days off. Not that the digital delights have run dry. I’ve been taking a few pics with my still below par Fuji Finepix digicam [...]

A new contest has sprung up to encourage web designers to make Jakob Nielsen’s site a little more pleasing to the eye as well as being more accessible and usable. Shouldn’t be too hard as it’s been a pile of cack in all three areas for years.

Fast rollovers, no preload needed - excellent experiment to be tried later. “When using CSS rollovers with images, two, three, or more images must be loaded (and preloaded for best results) - one imgae for each state (normal, hover, active, visited etc). Putting all pictures into one image makes dynamic changes faster and requires [...]

Spent the weekend as VIPs at the V festival in Staffordshire courtesy of my generous pals Robbie and Michelle. We went up on Saturday morning and were set up in time for Tim Burgess sans the Charlatans. His solo stuff doesn’t even come close to The Charlatans’ anthems but it was harmless enough. He was [...]

I haven’t touched Internet Explorer for over a week now. Do I miss IE? Nope. Why? - Mozilla Firebird.

Received from Helen this morning:
I have just had an email from Mum. Arnie Nicola’s big gold fish died last night, it went mental and was dive bombing the bottom of the tank then just flipped over so they buried it in the garden. Oh dear!!!
H xx

An advertsing group is putting up posters that talk to you in pub toilets across the country. As you walk past them, they deliver cheesy chat up lines. The aim to is to put you off drinking too much that you fall victim to, or deliver said chatup lines.

Too hot to work. Too hot to play. Too hot to stay awake. Too hot to sleep. OK heatwave, you’ve had your fun, now bugger off.

A BBQ at Harry Deans’ house is never a straightforward affair. Naked Stocky, asses on show, feuding friends and violent cocktails are all in an evenings fun. Photos for those who were there are here.

Wherein a bunch of people argue over the pros and cons of using the Fahrner Image Replacement technique.