When Smashing Magazine first appeared on my radar, my first impression was dismissive: lots of ads and search engine bait articles. Fast forward five years and… Continue reading
September 13, 2011
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September 1, 2011
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Opera in the Web Browser Grand Prix
Yes, Kay returns to blogging here after a 12 month hiatus. She’s now semi-retired and living it up in Krakow, Poland. In the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Australian speed skater Steven Bradbury won gold in the men’s … Continue reading
September 8, 2010
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Firebug Lite–for every browser
I’ve often said that I have no idea how I developed web sites before the Firebug extension for Firefox came along. I think it’s the single tool that I use the most. It’s also the reason that I’m still using Firefox … Continue reading
June 29, 2010
by Kay
Tour de ColdFusion
I’m always looking for faster, easier to use reference materials — and here’s a good one! Continue reading
May 27, 2010
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Death by caffeine
Caffeine is important to the productivity of geeks. Well, of anyone, I suppose. I had a wicked caffeine addiction that I managed to kick by travelling in Europe for 3 weeks in 2008. The combination of not being able to … Continue reading
May 24, 2010
by Kay
Complete the humorous history of programming languages
Circulating the nerd-o-sphere at the moment: A Brief, Incomplete and Mostly Wrong History of Programming Languages. This stuff is pure gold. Some examples: 1940s — Various “computers” are “programmed” using direct wiring and switches. Engineers do this in order to … Continue reading
May 19, 2010
by Kay
Site archiving
Sometimes, web sites reach the end of their lives, and continuing to host them for archival purposes is not a responsibility or expense that anyone wants to go to. Personally I hate the idea – after all, the W3C’s commandment … Continue reading
May 17, 2010
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An epiphany on the nature of problem-solving whilst weeding…
Photo: Black kangaroo paws in the dying sunlight I have not been, traditionally, much of a gardener. In fact, we built and moved into our house over 6 years ago and up until last month we have not had any … Continue reading