Fordie
upgrade to the handset you want on vodafone – for free!
My Vodafone contract is now at a point where I can upgrade my handset, so after a lot research I decided I was going to go for the V1605 (HTC Hermes). I really liked the look of the v1605, My previous handset (before my current N-70) was an i-mate jam (also an HTC device) I… Read note →
A bit of a spring clean…
In preparation for launching a new design for fordie.co.uk in the coming weeks I’ve just been re-jigging the site’s categories. They are now organised hierarchically under either personal or technical. This hasn’t made any obvious effect to the look of the site yet, but it will (hopefully) help me achieve the layout I want for… Read note →
Blogging with ecto
I ain’t afraid of no ghost! Ever since I started blogging, I’ve been trying to come up with a good way to get html into my posts so that can write tutorials. It’s something I’ve struggled with and as an upshot – I have two or three articles that are waiting to be published that… Read note →
A couple of videos
It’s been a while since I posted anything about the family – here are a couple of videos of the girls. Erin is growing up fast, she thinks her big sister is hilarious, here you can see the little comedy double act in action. http://www.youtube.com/v/msP8F7BSnsg http://www.youtube.com/v/xQk_YrW5Mf0 Read note →
ahh… that’s that out the window then 🙁 – oh well on to the next!
I was really hoping that I’d be able to go to @media 2007 in London next month but for one reason & another (it not having being signed off by the boss & actually being on holiday) I won’t be there. It’s a shame, but with any luck there’ll be plenty blogged about it. Last… Read note →
Push for POSH
Just when you thought we had enough abbreviations in web development another one comes along. This one is POSH! POSH stands for Plain Old Semantic HTML. It’s a phrase first coined on the microformats IRC channel and promoted forward by John Allsopp, Tantek Çelik, Jeremy Keith, and Chris Messina. The thinking behind this abbreviation is… Read note →
Fordie’s Form System – a POSH way to mark up forms
Form layout is one area where designers have struggled to find a sensible way to replace tables with nice clean semantic xhtml + CSS. In 2005 Andy Clarke demonstrated his approach to form layout at CSS for designers, He wraps the label around the input field, then put the actual label text in a span.… Read note →
I put all my eggs in a Murdoch shaped basket
Until very recently had my phone, tv and broadband through NTL (now virgin media); I was reasonably happy. The broadband service was pretty good, I never had any real problems, the telephone worked and we switched our TV service from Sky to NTL to take advantage of a cheaper charging structure. Then last November I… Read note →
Web design survey
Those lovely chaps at “A list apart” are running a survey to try and get a complete picture of the web design / development industry. Why not pop over and fill it infor the chance to win some cool prizes? Read note →
back in the saddle!
I think I’ve finally cracked the various PC issues I’ve been having – last night I reinstalled XP on my laptop (again). I’d done a reinstall last week, but I’d neglected to format the HDD first; the upshot of which was my hard disk was almost completely full of folders XP wouldn’t let me delete.… Read note →