Category Archives: Rants

Rants and raves

The internet is wrong

Posted on 22/6/2006 by Rich

Not sure if this is a rant, or just Joe Clark going off on a tangent but: The wrong people’s Internets is an interesting read all the same. Note I originally attributed Zeldman, my sincerest apologies to Joe Clark. Though … Continue reading →

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mysql update

Posted on 15/6/2006 by Rich

I am currently writing a series of scripts to handle a quiz. As usual when i write these things I try and implement little things that I may have not known about before, or that I have never had a … Continue reading →

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When creating scripts…

Posted on 2/5/2006 by Rich

… in Firefox, always remember to test in Internet Explorer *sigh*. I spent most of today coding a javascript preview of Markdown, works great in Firefox, but does it in IE – no of course it doesn’t. If I actually … Continue reading →

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Lost in Translation

Posted on 6/2/2006 by Rich

I may not officially work any more, but I do occassionly do some unpaid work. Currently this involves htmlifying Slovenian translation of a set of web pages. Except that they aren’t based on the web pages but the original, much … Continue reading →

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My ISP vs Google

Posted on 11/1/2006 by Rich

Or at least I assume that is the problem! Every so often I get the following whilst in the middle of extensive Google searching: Error We’re sorry… … but we can’t process your request right now. A computer virus or … Continue reading →

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Cygwin versus Darwin

Posted on 28/11/2005 by Rich

Some time ago I obtained a Mac-Mini. Up until now I have rarely used it. Last week, however, I also upgraded my PC, and have now been brought kicking and screaming into the 21st centuy – it has WinXP on … Continue reading →

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