London Run on Bikes
Saturday night saw us embark on the first London Run for a number of years. Continue Reading →
Adobe AIR Downloader app
Since designing and estimating the work on this downloader app, the time has come to actually build the thing. Continue Reading →
Agile Methodology: misconceptions
Working to some kind of Agile methodology can be a great way to deliver web development projects but it can also be a complete nightmare if not done properly. Continue Reading →
Super Chocolate Cake
This is the rather dubious looking cake I baked for Clarkson’s birthday recently. Continue Reading →
Adler Tippa S Typewriter
I got this typewriter for Clarkson for her birthday. It is a quite fantastic device. Continue Reading →
Imbimp Pie
This weekend Clarkson made me an Imbimp Pie, with real, or at least elephant shaped bits of pastry walking round the edge. Continue Reading →
Cricklewood Fridge Proliferation
For some time now, I have suspected that Cricklewood is a place that loves fridges. \ Continue Reading →
iGoogle Mobile iPhone Rummaging
It appears that Google have changed their mobile iGoogle experience yet again. Continue Reading →
Daubeney School Website
I was lucky enough to work on website for a local school over the last few months with a group of people from work. Continue Reading →
Grade II listed 17th Century cottage – For Sale
A superb and unique Grade II listed 17th Century cottage situated in this sought after village location with two double bedrooms, stunning re-fitted bathroom and kitchen with garden to the rear. Continue Reading →
Adobe AIR Download Manager using Flex
I have been investigating and designing an MP3 download manager built using Flex and delivered as an Adobe AIR app. Continue Reading →
Outlook HTML Email Renders Poorly
I was working on creating an HTML email today and found that it was next to impossible to achieve compatibility between Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007. Continue Reading →
SEO & URL Ambiguity
I have been looking at URLs a lot recently and trying to work out how much they really matter. The quality of URLs is one of many parts to the whole SEO debate that is difficult to negotiate because of so many different views on topic, all with different levels of authority. I have no authority at all really so am keen to investigate using sources that do. Continue Reading →
ClickHeat Randomness
ClickHeat is an interesting open source script that can be used to track users clicks on your website. Continue Reading →
Problems with Apple’s Airport Express
There is often only praise for Apple’s products. I have a MacBook Pro, an iPhone, a Time Capsule and an Airport Express (APX) and am mostly sold on their benefits over the alternatives. This is fine, since in all cases I have generally paid more than the alternatives and so expect a better experience, but when things do not work it is far more annoying. Continue Reading →
How much is a spot on Google’s Official Analytics Blog worth?
So having assumed my little baking stunt was a one-off foray into the world of SEM and blog popularity I was pleasantly surprised this morning to find my cake atop Google’s official analytics blog. Continue Reading →
How to temporarily increase traffic to your website
So your blog is ticking along nicely at 2-3 visitors each day. People don’t stay long. Continue Reading →
Google Analytics Dashboard Cake
This weekend Clarkson and I decided to build a cake based on the Google Analytics dashboard. Continue Reading →
Quantitative Easing Of Mobile Bandwidth (Useless 3G)
I can never get a decent signal on my mobile, well not enough to download email or view webpages quickly. Continue Reading →