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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Erin update; two weeks old
Erin seems to be doing really well; when she was weighed last Tuesday she was 8lb 9.5oz so she’d put on 8.5oz in just over a week. The health visitor has been… Read note →
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Testing IE6 & IE7 on the same machine
Since the arrival of IE7 there have been a number of workarounds developed to enable designers & developers to test their site in IE6 & IE7 on the same machine. However, none… Read note →
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Erin’s first full day
We took Erin back to hospital Today so that that the paediatrician could give her the once over and make sure that the faint heart murmur that they heard yesterday was nothing… Read note →
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Back home
Well we made it home. At about half three this afternoon the latest addition to the family arrived in the house. Laura & Erin Very nearly had to stay an extra night… Read note →
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She’s Arrived!
After a long hard slog Erin Mae Ford finally put in an appearance at 02.22 today. Weighing 8lb 1. I meant to post lots of pictures, but I’ve bought the wrong lead… Read note →
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Recover lost FTP passwords from dreamweaver
I was looking the stats for this site earlier and saw that someone had come here having searched for “dreamweaver 8 ftp password registry”. I can’t be certain, but I suspect who… Read note →
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Booked in…
So, this morning was Laura’s 41 week check with the midwife. She’s now booked in to be induced on Monday. We’re still hoping baby will make an appearance before then. Read note →
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Transcending CSS
I have been waiting for this book to come out for months. Transcending CSS: The Fine Art of Web Design by Andy Clarke could be the book of the year for web… Read note →
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Baby Update – 40 weeks 1 day.
Just back from the midwife’s, everything continues to be fine. So it’s just a waiting game still. Laura’s cooked Chilli for dinner, I think the plan is to have a curry Tommorow… Read note →
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Anyone got recommendations for blog stats packages?
At the moment I’m using google analytics, which is frankly overkill; plus it doesn’t tell me things like how many comments I’ve had in a given period. I’m also trying performancing.com’s metrics… Read note →