Archive for March, 2006
iTunes, iPods, smart playlists and finding new music
The way that we use iTunes and iPods (or other MP3 players, as I’m told such things exist) has totally changed the way we listen to music. I would consider myself a ‘power user’ where playlists are concerned and try to rate all my songs and am very careful with genres, groupings etc. I really [...]
Posted: March 30th, 2006 under Music, Stuff.
Comments: 5
Going to the Printing Press
The book heads for the printing press the end of next week. Yeehaw!
Update: the book is now available for pre-order on Amazon UK and Amazon.com (thanks for pointing that out, Craig).
In the meantime, here’s what the book might look like if you just happened to have the world’s shiniest table to stand it up on:
Posted: March 23rd, 2006 under Sitepoint Book, Web Standards, Writing.
Comments: 2
What Would Tim Say?
Well, how many accessibility-related presentations have you seen online or in the real world that started with the quote from Tim "inventor of the World Wide Web" Berners-Lee:
"The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect."
Bored of it? I know I am. So, thanks [...]
Posted: March 22nd, 2006 under Humour.
Comments: none
I’m Sorry …
To anyone who left a comment here and wondered why I, with my distinct lack of commentors, would not deem it sensible to allow yours though. I am sorry, too, that I am such a dumbass not to realise why the reason that no-one commented was *not* because no-one had commented, but rather that I’d [...]
Posted: March 21st, 2006 under Dumbass.
Comments: 5
How to Print Selective Sections of a Web Page using CSS and DOM Scripting
This is an experiment to see if it’s possible to selectively print sections of a large document usings CSS print styles after the page has loaded without affecting the on-screen display.
Why might you use this? Well, the inspiration came from a page of interest rates from banking and savings products. Customers have often complained that [...]
Posted: March 21st, 2006 under CSS, Scripting, Tech, Web Standards.
Comments: 67
Post SXSW round-up
Like a lot of people, I felt like I should do a post-SXSW round-up, but guess what? I already did it! No ‘post’ here – it was all done at the time (which was good from the point of view of immediacy, but was a pain to keep on top of at the time, I [...]
Posted: March 20th, 2006 under Tech.
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One of the (Many) Reasons I Have Been Quiet, part 3
Ever the apologist, here I am again justifying lack of activity on this site (and some others) over the last year or two (the list of other time-suckers can be found here). What’s the justification this time? Well, it’s a good one.
While travelling around the globe a couple of years ago, I started doing some [...]
Posted: March 2nd, 2006 under Sitepoint Book, Web Standards, Writing.
Comments: 1