Monthly Archives: December 2008
Santa is real
Any children reading this post. Santa IS real. How do i know? Because i just saw him. Although the TV and movies, parents and friends tell you he is a tubby fatman wearing a red suit with a fluffy white … Continue reading
3 days left of the work year
And I have over 60 hours of scheduled work. Can it be done? Such a great way to end the year…
Single downloads are what you give us
To the fatcats sitting on a throne of dirty money at the recording companies – you say you want to take away single downloads from iTunes because its turning people away from purchasing albums, this is your fault. Why? Because … Continue reading
Get rid of Apple's iTunes/Volume/Brightness controls
One thing thats annoyed me as a developer is that the new Alu keyboards have function keys with apples modifiers overlaid on them. So if i was normally to hit F12 to preview in FFX, it increases the volume. The … Continue reading
Stop using IE7. Now.
Oh hello again. Now that you’re using a more secure browser, you’ll be happy to read that your old browser had a huge security flaw in it. The flaw can give access to your personal information, to hackers and terrorists. … Continue reading
Good karma lol
I like these positive and amusing feedback messages i receive when purchasing software: rather than the classic “yeah, well – we thought you were a criminal… Don’t steal software you pirate”
Why I love sIFR (and why you should too)
sIFR (Scalable Inman Flash Replacement created originally by Mike Davidson) is a form of custom font replacement which employs the usage of JS and Flash to display custom fonts on webpages in a accessible way. And i’ve always hated it. It’s … Continue reading
Shell's developer ASCII Art in CSS
One of my mates found this (absolutely awesome) easter egg on Shell’s website. It’s ASCII art inside the CSS files – only a developer would find this, (and find this entertaining); http://realenergy.shell.co.uk/css/realenergyworld.css
The degradation of English
The English are great at butchering their language and one annoyance that gets me every single day is the word “us”. Its often pronouced, “uzz” which gives me the same bitter feelings as when they say “eggzagerate”.