the genius of the BBC

October 19, 2009

The BBC’s new look website has now made it impossible to quickly see what is going on during a radio programme. I heard someone being interviewed today on Five Live and wanted to know who it was. Previously, by going to the website, I’d see the programme schedule for that day and be able to [...]

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Carbonite

October 16, 2009

Just been prompted by Carbonite to renew my subscription. That’s odd, I thought, it didn’t seem as though a year had passed. On clicking the prompt, you get sent to a screen that invites you to pay but doesn’t tell you when your current subscription expires. Curious, I logged into my account to find that [...]

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Facebook application development

October 15, 2009

I’m enjoying my first foray into Facebook app development. Unfortunately, the documentation is relatively sparse and the book I’m reading (Wrox’s “Facebook Application Development”) is not entirely helpful. Basically the process is: 1) download the PHP Client Library (http://svn.facebook.com/svnroot/platform/clients/packages/facebook-platform.tar.gz) 2) Upload it to a new folder on your server (eg “facebook”) 3) Create a blank [...]

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Safebuy

October 8, 2009

Safebuy, the online accreditation scheme for web traders, is currently down. Type www.safebuy.org.uk into your browser and you’ll get “No web site is configured at this address”. No warning. Charming: so my potential customers who click on the logo will see that message and assume I’m taking the mickey when the whole point of the [...]

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My letter to my MP

September 24, 2009

Dear Phyllis Starkey, In a letter from Ian Dalton to NHS Chief Executives published on the department of health site, he identifies the priority groups to receive the swine flu vaccination. From the list, it doesn't appear that school-children are going to be routinely vaccinated. Given that the swine flu infection rate goes down when [...]

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Loving codeigniter

September 16, 2009

I’m building a site using the CodeIgniter PHP framework and I’m absolutely LOVING the form validation function. I’ve just turned a full day’s work into (literally) 20 minutes. Posted via email from Kevin’s posterous

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Google Toolbar

September 14, 2009

Google Toolbar doesn’t work in Google Chrome. Go figure! Posted via email from Kevin’s posterous

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Livid with LloydsTSB

September 12, 2009

My 19 year old daughter has been into Lloyds to convert her under-18 account into a “proper” current account. To my utter disbelief, rather than the free Classic account, she has been placed on the “Silver” account which costs £8 a month and offers benefits such as: AA breakdown cover: my daughter hasn’t even learned [...]

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Posterous

September 9, 2009

I’m finding Posterous an excellent blogging tool: it allows me to post to all my blogs and my Twitter feed with a single email. I’ve now discovered that I can even ensure the entry goes to the right category in my blog by simply “tagging” the email. In this case: ((tag: marketing)) in the subject [...]

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CSS for Form elements

September 9, 2009

Just working on a login form for a new site. Having achieved this using tables before, was delighted with the CSS-only solution offered in “The Art & Science of CSS” from Sitepoint. Posted via email from Kevin’s posterous

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