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» Break Your Own Promises
01/07/09 07:06 from Miles' Blog
A few weeks ago–September 5 to be exact–I ordered myself a shiny new car. The experience went along these lines. First, I did lots of research and decided on my ideal vehicle make and model. Then, I went to the only dealership ..
» My return to Tablet PC happy land
28/06/09 09:34 from kay lives here
A bit of background: I’m a big fan of the Tablet PC. I had a beautiful Acer C110 machine way that I got back in about 2003 which I used for a very long time. I loved that little thing – it’s still mostly working although the screen isn’t p..
» Was it Good for You Too Honey - UX Getting it Wrong
27/06/09 07:35 from Man with no blog
This is the presentation given on Wednesday 24th June 2009 to the Perth Branch of the Silverlight Developer and Designer Network. The slidedeck isn't going to make much sense without the transcript below. Just be aware of that if you are ..
» Upgraded to Wordpress 2.8
26/06/09 02:50 from Velvet Unravelled
I've upgraded to Wordpress 2.8 (from 2.5). I promise never to be so lazy again. Please let me know if you experience any problems with the site. Thank you. I promise, there are real posts coming soon.
» Nine Ways to Have a Better Lunchbreak
23/06/09 10:00 from Miles' Blog
Do you stay seated at your desk for just about every lunchbreak? Is the line between work time and break time increasingly blurred? We're all guilty of doing that from time to time. It's a nasty habit though, and not good for you or your p..
» The Best Business Insurance
18/06/09 10:51 from Miles' Blog
It's no coincidence that many of the popular goals on 43 things are related to health and fitness. Stereotypical as it may seem, office-bound workers are normally not as physically active as those in other occupations, and probably not the..
» The first SchwaCMS goes live!
17/06/09 06:10 from Bloggy Hell
After the last announcement of MadPilot’s new CMS , I'm proud to follow it up with the announcement of the first site to use Schwa as it's backend: Greenvale Mining NL . Greenvale was designed by the ever-so-talented Adrianne from bi..
» 10 Rules for Small Business and Social Networks
16/06/09 00:30 from Man with no blog
Does small business really need online social media. Is it really going to provide those instant benefits that the media and some experts are raving about. Online Social networkers (or media) is now all the rave. It's the new kid on th..
» Are you ready to Bar Camp?
15/06/09 08:47 from Miles' Blog
Yes, it's back on again! After the success of previous BarCampPerth events, in 2007 and 2008 , BarCampPerth3 will be held on July 18, 2009 at eCentral TAFE. If you've read my last post, Why you should attend two conferences a year , you'll..
» For the Love of Type
13/06/09 13:57 from Man with no blog
Sometimes you come across something that you just have to share. The other day I got the chance to go back in time. Back in the past, to feel and to see something of raw beauty that I personally have not experienced before. Im talking ..
» Why You Should Attend Two Conferences a Year
11/06/09 23:26 from Miles' Blog
So why attend a conference? Let's start with education. You'll learn more from attending one conference than all the books and blog posts you can read in one month. This may sound like a tall order, but seriously, if you are actively liste..
» Australian Web Awards now open!
10/06/09 06:14 from Miles' Blog
It's out of the bag; the Australian Web Awards are now open for entries, and have now been announced to the world. What started as a humble black tie cocktail event in Perth four years ago has grown from 2005 to be a large glitzy event in ..
» Learn to Say Sorry
04/06/09 10:27 from Miles' Blog
Earlier this year, I organized a loan for my new house with my usual bank. All went well, they approved it quickly and before long, I had removalists at my door. Then the trouble began … payments not deducted, double payments deducte..
» Book Review: Online Marketing Inside Out
02/06/09 12:18 from Miles' Blog
The great thing about writing your own book, is when it comes to reading other books, you have a new found appreciation to what effort has gone in to create what you're holding. There's certainly some effort put in on SitePoint's latest ti..
» Dear clients…
27/05/09 08:02 from Bloggy Hell
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» Introducing meftos.com
25/05/09 16:35 from Bloggy Hell
I've been pretty busy lately, and haven't had anytime for some good old fashioned hacking. I've also been copping some flack for letting my ruby-fu lapse (it seems a lot can happen in three months. Actually a lot happens in three minutes),..
» Crumpler Yee Ross Review
20/05/09 12:30 from Nick Cowie
I have been using an inexpensive no name backpack to carry the necessary baggage (work clothes but not shoes, cycling clothes for trip home, tools and spare tube) for the ride to work for the last couple of years, and it has done the job. ..
» Taking Port80 on the Road
19/05/09 14:16 from Man with no blog
You know when you go to a networking event that is low key with no pressure, just friendly welcoming people that are just their to get to know you - networking that is a casual social affair. No clique snobby groups. The kind of event w..
» Crumpler Part and Parcel Courier Bag review
10/05/09 15:15 from Nick Cowie
This is my infamous bag that has been reported to the local Crumpler store on more than one occasion, because I had the audacity to stencil my blog URL on it, to clearly identify as mine. Three years ago, I bought a Crumpler bag on the rec..
» When it’s not Freelancing
10/05/09 08:42 from Man with no blog
Freelancing can be really interesting, you get to often do different types of work that can vary widely, from very hands on mundane tasks, to consulting, research and report writing, and everything in between. Sometimes you can even get ..
» Reasons for a Private Twitter Stream
04/05/09 14:32 from Man with no blog
People have often asked me why is your twitter stream is set to private. Why don't you just open it up to the rest of the world like everyone else does. Don't you get this social networking thing. Why are you just trying to keep things..
» Port80 May 2009 Roadtrip
04/05/09 01:33 from Miles' Blog
It's true that I'm passionate about Port80 events; I've seen so many great things come out of Port80 Perth, I really want to see them established in other Australian capital cities. Well, the Australian Web Industry Association are hitting..
» Freelancers Coffee
03/05/09 06:55 from Man with no blog
Now Perth can be busy place, with lots of professional networking events every month, seems that there are even more now with this financial hiccup, as people scramble for those networking contacts. Funny thing is that most of the new ones..
» Wanna go to WebDU for nix?
28/04/09 14:04 from kay lives here
Geoff and the Daemon team have a couple of economy-stimulating initiatives that might be of interest to anyone who would like to come to the WebDU geek rock concert conference next month. From today’s email: Whether it be economic or pande..
» It has been awfully quiet round here
27/04/09 05:22 from Nick Cowie
It has been three months since my last post, and while I have not posted here or at my other blog , I have not abandoned either site. As I have only worked 50 of the last 100 days, this blog should be full of interesting posts on CSS and o..
» Product Review: Sumo Lounge
17/04/09 00:15 from Miles' Blog
The original bean bag was created in Italy, back in 1968. An icon throughout the 1970's, the bean bag is back, and even more comfortable with the arrival of successful bean bag brand, Sumo Lounge , into the Australian market. I got my hand..
» RORO Perth - Sinatra presentation
16/04/09 10:00 from Matt Didcoe
Here's my Sinatra presentation from tonight's Ruby on Rails Oceania (Perth) meetup Sinatra View more presentations from Matt Didcoe .
» Who are we … I am not a Developer
12/04/09 11:30 from Man with no blog
The other day I went to get my business cards reprinted, you know it's a thing you do from time to time, and with that process you naturally review the information on them. Now I have two sets of business cards. One set I hand out to the ..
» Get an Idea(s) about Accessibility
09/04/09 14:54 from kay lives here
AWIA has run a number of “Ideas” seminars in Perth over the past few years – well, four others to be exact. Each time we’ve brought speakers from interstate and overseas to share their wisdom on various topics deserving of some deep thinki..
» Ideas 5: The accessibilty edition
08/04/09 15:41 from Bloggy Hell
The Australian Web Industry Association , together with Web Industry Professionals Association , present Ideas 5. This year's Ideas is is focussing on Understanding WCAG 2.0 & Preparing Websites with Improved Accessibility. If you are a we..
» cf.Objective(ANZ) wants to hear from you…
08/04/09 01:23 from kay lives here
The call for speakers is now on - and the cf.Objective(ANZ) team want to hear not only from potential speakers, but from everyone who is thinking of attending - what (or who) would you like to see? What topics are you interested in? Email ..
» A Review - Sexy Web Design
07/04/09 02:30 from Man with no blog
Rating: 4 If you have read as many web design books as I have you find that they fall into basically two categories: The ones in which the author waxes on about how wonderful they are at design, show off page after page of their own portfo..
» Ideas5 - Time to Learn About Accessibility
06/04/09 00:30 from Man with no blog
The Australian Web Industry Association is doing it again. Putting on one of those must go to educational web events. This one goes under the moniker of Ideas 5 . They are having an evening of discussions with leading Australian accessib..
» My .vimrc
31/03/09 14:07 from node.mu
I've had a few requests for my Vim settings recently. I might as well share it in a blog post. So here's my .vimrc .
» SchwaCMS goes live
27/03/09 03:58 from Bloggy Hell
For the past couple of months, I've been locked in my room, hacking away at a (probably not-so) top secret project - which I have just pulled the big switch on. So ladies and gentleman, let me introduce you to ?CMS . It's a hosted CMS prod..
» Why is the iPhone a big deal?
25/03/09 14:04 from node.mu
I know this. Put an iPhone into my hands, and I want to build software for it. There is just something about this device that compels me. I want to write something for it, even if I end up being the only user of my creation. I never have t..
» Ada Lovelace Day: My Local Heroines
24/03/09 23:37 from kay lives here
So the day has finally come for my Ada Lovelace Day post , and although I’ve been thinking about who I will write about for over a month now, I’m still no closer to making a decision. So, I decided to stop fighting it and write about all o..
» Topre Realforce 86U
24/03/09 12:42 from node.mu
I've had the Topre Realforce 86U tenkeyless (no numeric keypad) board for several months now. It is my all time favorite when it comes to keyboards. It's got a superlative key feel and a fantastic build quality. Plus it comes with a red es..
» New Vim colour scheme - vylight
21/03/09 09:49 from node.mu
I have recently started playing with Objective-C and Cocoa. One of the first things that I did was to tell Xcode to use MacVim as my default code editor. In the past, I have mostly been using Vim colour schemes with dark backgrounds. Howev..
» Using SSH to run remote commands using PHP. A cheat guide.
08/03/09 12:22 from Bloggy Hell
I'm working on a soon-to-be-released project that needed to run commands on a Linux server. Whilst it would be possible to use something like the exec command to run it, this would mean that the user that Apache was running as would have t..
» Building SoundFolder
06/02/09 09:12 from Matt Didcoe
Its no secret that I've been working on an awesome new web start-up called SoundFolder . Grant Bissett , the brain child and owner of SoundFolder has setup an Enki install where we're going to blog about the business of setting up a start-..
» Debugging JavaScript in Internet Explorer
02/02/09 23:48 from Bloggy Hell
As anyone who has ever received the dreaded Object doesn't support this property or method error in IE can attest, debugging using everyone favourite browser is a right, royal pain in the heiny. Using Firebug in Firefox really has spoilt u..
» MythTV + XBMC = HOT SAUCE
01/02/09 11:23 from Bloggy Hell
In December, I blogged about my new Atom-based MythTV setup . Whilst is was OK, I've since bought a Jetway J9F2 coupled with a Core2 T5500 (1.6Ghz) CPU. Let me state this now: it is the best MiniITX based media centre setup there is. It ha..
» Triple J Hottest 100 - 2008
26/01/09 09:14 from Matt Didcoe
Firstly, Happy Australia Day Today Triple J played the hottest 100 tracks from 2008 as voted by the listeners. The top 5 in the hottest 100 were: 1 - Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire 2 - MGMT - Electric Feel 3 - Kings of Leon - Use Somebody 4 -..
» Drop caps, first-letter and Firefox
19/01/09 12:57 from Nick Cowie
I have been experimenting with the :first-letter pseudo-element to try and write up a tutorial on using first-letter, adjacent selectors and @font-face to produce drop caps and I have run into a problem in the form of Firefox. Because you ..
» I am not the only one playing with CSS3
13/01/09 12:01 from Nick Cowie
Andy Clarke got me interested in what you could do with CSS3 with Five CSS design browser differences I can live with over at For A Beautiful Web blog . I realised what I was missing and start looking at what CSS3 properties that could be ..
» Browsers I rather not support
11/01/09 03:54 from Nick Cowie
There has been a little bit of noise about the blogsphere recently about wanting to drop browser support for a certain browser this year. So here are the browsers I would like to stop supporting, why and why I will continue to support them..
» Cambria and Chrome
10/01/09 12:48 from Nick Cowie
After reading Eight Definitive Font Stacks over a SitePoint, I decided to have a look at the differences between the font choices, particularly the use of the Vista fonts (Cambria, Constantia, Calibri, Corbel, Segoe UI and Consolas) so I f..
» The State of the Web survey
08/01/09 14:04 from Nick Cowie
aka thoughts on what everybody else is doing I have just finished reading The State of the Web survey results . I was surprised by the results of the survey of current web practices, I always considered myself an early adopter of design an..
» !important keyword and IE
06/01/09 08:52 from Nick Cowie
Yeah in a comment to my recent @font-face post suggested that you should place the conditional comments last because how IE6 does not handle the !important keyword correctly. I will stick with my original decision of placing conditional co..
