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Sunday, May 3rd, 2009
Future of Web Design over with for another year then and I have to say my first conference was an overwhelming success. Started well, with meeting @boagworld, @stanton, @ryanhavoc, @mikestickler, @anna_debenham, @nofont, @BHardcastle and @dkirk (twitter usernames of course) in the Prince of Teck at Earl’s Court, unfortunately had to bail to finish the current Virgin Insider build, but alas it was still fun. Except the getting stick for not having an iPhone, however after the next couple of days I definitely want one. I just upgraded on Orange. Bugger.
Molly Holzschlag on stage at FOWD 2009 - Flickr image from user: vectorfunk
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Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
A blog entry by my friend Gareth prompted me to blog about this useful bookmarklet.
So you have the web developer toolbar, have solved all issues in Firefox, only to find IE doesn’t do the same.
What if you could click a bookmarked site, load a piece of javascript, then you simply click on any element on a page to display the element, id, class, hierarchy, positioning, border, margin and padding values in a pretty interface? Well sonny, with X-Ray (from http://westciv.com) you can!
The best bit is that it even works in IE, so you can troubleshoot any box model or double margin problems easily! It’s an excellent idea, and if I hadn’t already voted for jQuery, I would have voted for it in the innovation category of the .net magazine awards. Maybe you could vote in my stead!
Thursday, September 13th, 2007
So after a few days in work, not very long (but long enough!) I was off away again to Ruf Y Anun’s wedding in Palma, Mallorca. The flight was fine (easyjet aren’t that bad) and waiting for Jen in the hotel was great as I managed to squeeze in four pints.
Standard Mallorca holiday malarkey until the wedding on Saturday 1st September, 5pm local time. The Church was amazing (see above and below). Anunciada went to school there apparently, which is a bit nicer than the brick building in Hamsterley that taught me to read!
The service, in a mix of Spanish and English was lovely, with readings from both sides and the priest even doing his best in English.
Rufous is clearly impressed with the whole marriage lark.
Afterwards we got a few buses to the Hotel Delta Beach Club, on the coast with a great view, great food (the beef was EXCELLENT, as was the sorbet!). I think being seated at the Bride and Groom’s table was a bonus – it meant Hufty could entertain us! Free wine flowed freely and the dancing was inspired (I cleared the floor at least twice!). I just wish someone had told me the Spanish were going on to a club when the bus home dropped us off in El Arenal about 5am, since I definitely could have partied on into the day – at least I think so!
Anyway, a few more days of beach, burning, pool and Tapas later we all went home and back to daily life. This may be a little short, but then again, I was drunk most of the time and memories fade when intoxicated!
Ole!
Thursday, August 30th, 2007
Photo courtesy of Kneller!
So holiday time has come and gone, and I have been far too lazy to blog in the slightest.
Cornwall was excellent as normal, however the highlights include:
- Much Risk, and not coming last in one game!
- 2 barbeques
- Pubbage
- FInally meeting Del
- Wii
- Boat exploits
- Tintagel, legendary birthplace of King Arthur
- St Michael’s Mount
The best part of the whole holiday (apart from the sentimental “time with friends” rubbish) was surfing. It was excellent, and I even caught one wave, stood up and rode it all of 25m to the beach. I am definitely going to try and do it more often, either by getting down to Brighton and hiring a board and wet suit or seeing if Seaham is a possibility if I go back up North – followed by a full week next year dedicated to surfing. 2 hours is nowhere near long enough!
For the record that alcohol consumed that week include (but is not limited to):
- 1 x 18 pack Fosters
- 7 x red wine (bottle)
- 1 x Sierra Tequila bottle
- 1/4 x Tesco value vodka (aka meths)
- 1 x 18 pack John Smiths Smooth
- 1 x 24 pack John Smiths Bitter
- 10+ pints Tribute Cornish Ale
Please be aware the above list is what I consumed in full! Just me. No help (except a little on the Tequila from Claire Levison!) Good, eh!
Photos are up! Gallery, Flickr and Zooomr
Tarra for now!!
Wednesday, June 13th, 2007
This blog entry is pretty pointless, unless you consider helping a mate win a bet pointless. So can we get Heather McNeil’s image up on the top ten Google image search results?
I think probably, no reason why not, especially if everyone helps.
This is the image:
Good luck Rory!!
Read more about the bet at http://heathermcneil.blogspot.com/