Notes from the long web
Making, breaking and figuring things out.
Hi, I’m Mark. This site contains an archive of my ramblings from the last 20 years. I keep planning to write more—who knows, maybe I will now?
Latest notes
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Baby Update – Is this it?
I got rudely awoken about 04:30 Today by Laura with what she described as a “very sore tummy”. Since then she’s been having contractions varying in strength and frequency, but no further… Read note →
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Sharing your printer on your home network
There are a number of approaches you can take to sharing your printer. You could physically plug it in to the USB port on your PC or laptop when you want to… Read note →
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Adobe “Fully Loaded” Tour
I’m sitting in the Brighton Odeon Cinema in the “Fully Web” Session of “Fully Loaded” Tour it’s being presented by Steve B(something). It’s basically Adobe trying to sell their suite of web… Read note →
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Life is about to get a lot more complicated
Or easier, I’m not sure which! IE7 is due to be released this month. Initially it’ll be available via optional download from the MS website but they are going to push it… Read note →
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A whole batch of good new stuff – Part 1: Browsers
I spend an awful lot of time on line so I’m always keen to find ways to make it a more productive and enjoyable time. In the past few weeks and days… Read note →
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A change of theme
I decided it was time for a change of theme. I know I’ve only had the blog going for a couple of months, but I’ve not been entirely happy with the look… Read note →
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Sam is off for a walk…
A good friend of mine Sam is off to walk the great wall of china in a couple of days. As well as getting some much needed excersize he’ll be raising a… Read note →
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@media 2007 announced!
Having thoroughly enjoyed @media 2006 a couple of months back, I was excited to receive an email today announcing @media 2007! And this time there are three conferences to choose from: San… Read note →
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Another free sub
Get your free copy of computing here. Combined with a free copy of computer weekly this could give you two new dilbert cartoons a week! Result. Read note →
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Fancy calling a car dealership “Mark”
Following on from a thread on the sitepoint forums I decided to see if “myName.com” was available. It turns out it isn’t. MarkFord.com is registered to a Ford dealer in the US… Read note →