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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Make skype calls from your nokia mobile
Yesterday I discovered “Fring“. It’s an application that you install on your symbian powered mobile phone that allows you to make Skypeand Google talk calls over the GPRS, 3G & (if your… Read note →
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Good golly miss Molly!
Molly E. Holzschlag knows her stuff; She’s been working in the webstandards arena since before there was even an arena to work in! I’ve seen her speak a couple of times, first… Read note →
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That was painless!
I just update this site to WordPress 2.1 (Ella). The entire process took under ten minutes and so far, eveything seems to be working as it should! This is the first WP… Read note →
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Creating your own wordpress theme
It was never my intention to use an existing wordpress theme for this blog. My original plan was to build a theme myself, however a combination of time pressure & a creative… Read note →
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Announcing markford.me.uk
My blog posts are like buses, you get none for ages then three come along at once. I’ve just launched a new website all about me: markford.me.uk The new site will not… Read note →
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Web Accessability Petition
It’s not like me to post anything political, but I’ll make an exception for this. In the UK the Disability Discrimination Act (1995) covers access to services for disabled people; the part… Read note →
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@media 2007 registration is open!
I just got this email from those lovely folks at vivabit: The @media 2007 web site has just been launched, and you can now register to attend: http://www.vivabit.com/atmedia2007/europe/ Taking place on June… Read note →
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Family update
Time has just flown by over the past few weeks; Erin is now over a month old and is doing really well. Generally she is only up for one feed during the… Read note →
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Adobe launch CSS Advisor Beta
Adobe have launched a new community website with the aim of: Finding solutions to CSS and browser compatibility issues Sharing solutions and workarounds you’ve discovered with the community Allowing the community to… Read note →
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I’m a beta male!
I’ve been accepted as a beta tester for a new version of a programme I use everyday (very exciting ;¬) ). I can’t tell you which product it is because I’m sworn… Read note →