11 July 2006
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In contrast to the original version, published yesterday, here is the outline mark up for the box with the drop shadow: <div class=”sbxouter”><div class=”sbxinner”><div class=”sbxheading”><h2>Heading Here</h2></div><!– .sbxheading –>… rest of content …</div><!– .sbxinner –></div><!– .sbxouter –> The “cost” of the … Continue reading
10 July 2006
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Last week, I was playing around with the appearance of the Intranet at work, trying to introduce a drop shadow effect without making the HTML or CSS involved in building the pages significantly more complicated. Here are the before and … Continue reading
27 June 2006
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Since January, I have been using Rojo as my primary online newsreader. Most of the experience has been good but there have been some niggles: in particular, some feeds don’t seem to be picked up reliably. My blogroll is up … Continue reading
26 June 2006
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Earlier this month, I was musing on making my site more friendly for Palm sized devices. This morning, I’ve implemented one of the plans laid out, namely moving the dynamically included blogroll and tagroll to separate pages and out of … Continue reading
15 June 2006
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I’m still enjoying my new Palm PDA and finding more useful things to do with it. One observation is that, while it is a boon to be able to surf the web from a wireless handheld, a lot of websites … Continue reading
14 June 2006
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Booting into my new Linux install this evening, I spotted that XFCE (my preferred desktop environment) has now got an animated loading graphic for the its Ubuntu distribution: a cartoon rodent running inside a rotating Ubuntu logo. It’s not quite … Continue reading
12 June 2006
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This evening, I decided to upgrade my Ubuntu Linux install from 05.10 (Breezy Badger) to 06.10 (Dapper Drake). Unfortunately, my laptop is getting a little bit temperamental in its old age and tends to shut down suddenly if it gets … Continue reading
7 June 2006
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I’ve found another useful Palm application – Handy Shopper. This is a database aimed primarily at helping manage shopping but also applicable to other ends. I downloaded it last night, took it on our shopping expedition and came away very … Continue reading
6 June 2006
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I’ve recently bought a Palm T|X. I’ve got various things planned, like using it as a lighter weight alternative to lugging a heavy Bible and chunky novel with my on my return to el camino de santiago in July, but … Continue reading
31 May 2006
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I have been processing a few more pictures from my trip to Wisley on Monday. This time you’ve got bronze fennel, alliums and a slug! I have also adapted one of the pictures for use as my new desktop wallpaper … Continue reading