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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This year…
I don’t tend to make New Year’s resolutions, I guess it’s because generally I’m happy with the status quo. That said, last year I promised myself that I would be happier and… Read note →
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A better way to update your facebook status from Twitter
I just noticed that Facebook have stopped pre pending their statuses with “is:” which, in my opinion is a good thing. Unfortunately they haven’t stopped pre pending “is twittering: ” to updates… Read note →
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How to create a sticky footer in ASP.net pages
When we were developing the Tesco Property Market website there was a requirement to be position the footer either at the bottom of the browser window or at the end of the… Read note →
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Quick tip for using XHTML Strict with ASP.net
One thing that has always infuriated me with .net is it’s insistence on adding an invalid name attribute to the asp.net form*. About a month ago I found a nice easy cure… Read note →
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Update your Facebook status from Twitter
I reluctantly caved in and joined Facebook a few weeks back. At the time I really couldn’t see the point, after all – I have my blog and twitter for talking at… Read note →
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dconstruct 07
I thought I’d write a bit about dconstruct before it became too distant a memory. The conference was really enjoyable and I came away with quite a lot of ideas buzzing about… Read note →
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slight site re-jig
Yesterday I finally got round to making a start on re jigging the site. Over the course of the coming days (and knowing how these things tend to go probably months) you… Read note →
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living with the Vodafone v1605
In a recent post I talked about how I got my hands on a Vodafone V1605 for free; having had the phone for a month now I thought it made sense to… Read note →
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It’s live! now I can talk about it
Back in February I changed jobs; at the time I couldn’t say much about the new job because the project I’ve been working on was being kept secret for commercial reasons. Now… Read note →
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Using lists as an alternative to image maps
eyes ears mouth oh my! Some time ago I got asked how to produce an “accessible alternative to an image map“. As long as Image Maps are implemented correctly there’s no reason… Read note →