Tag: web
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Leading By Example
After getting thoroughly confused by the new European Union directives on the use of cookies, which come into force later this month, Dan goes to the Information Commissioner's website to look for some guidance... only to discover that they don't meet the new requirements, either.
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Deliciously Silly Password Restrictions
After being reminded that social bookmarking service del.icio.us exists, Dan logs in and gives it a go. His first experience with its new version... isn't terribly promising.
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Disapora Invites
Dan has spare invitations to the alpha test version of Diaspora, a new distributed social networking service platform. Want one?
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Passwords - The Least You Should Do
If you're reading this, there is at least a 95% chance that your passwords aren't good enough. You should fix them. Today.
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IE6 Countdown
Microsoft have finally started telling people NOT to use Internet Explorer 6, an awful outdated browser that's holding the web back. If you're one of the minority that are still using it, then please stop. Please.
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A New Way to Be Creepy on Facebook
Breakup Notifier is a useful - no, wait, that other thing: creepy - new service that lets you know when the relationship status of somebody you have a crush on changes, maximising your chance to exploit the window of opportunity in their romantic availability. Feel dirty yet? Wait until you read Dan's suggestions to improve the tool's profitability.
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Free Deed Poll Generator
Generate yourself a legally-valid UK deed poll to change your name... completely free! A new, open-source project by Dan makes and a web site that anybody can use makes it easy to change your legal name.
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New Look, New Protocols
This website's been updated with a shiny new theme and an exciting (well, if you're a geek) new IPv6 address. Read more about the changes here and let Dan know what you think by leaving a comment.
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Favourite Firefox Four Feature FAIL!
I've been playing about with the beta of Firefox 4 for a little while now, and I wanted to tell you about a feature that I thought was absolutely amazing, until it turned out that it was a bug and they "fixed" it. This feature is made possible by a handful of other new tools …
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Roman Typesetters
When ancient Roman typesetters or web designers were showcasing a design, and didn't want the content of the (dummy) text on their mock-ups to distract the client... what did they use for their lorem ipsum text?
These are the kinds of things that bother me most when I'm doing typographic layout. That, and Internet Explorer's consistently … -
On This Day In 2006
Looking Back
On this day in 2006 I'd just come to the end of a long weekend of coding and socialising. The code project was, of course, Three Rings, and Bryn and Gareth were helping out with the big push to make the initial release Three Rings 2 a success.
Three Rings is, of course, a project … -
Updating WHOIS Records With Easily
I've recently undergone an ordeal with Easily, with whom a number of my domain names are registered, that involved a process so painful and convoluted that I couldn't help but share it with you. All I wanted to do was to change the WHOIS data on some of my domains, because they were horribly out …
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SuperGenPass In MicroB On The Nokia N900/Maemo
In the unlikely event that I'm not the only person who uses SuperGenPass to manage my passwords and MicroB on Maemo on my Nokia N900, here's a few tips that I thought I'd share (they're also valid on the N800 and N810 and "hacker edition" N770s, too, I expect):
You don't have a Bookmarks … -
Internet Explorer 8 More Popular Than 6
Today is a good day for the web. Internet Explorer 8, which actually has reasonably good standards support, is now more widely-used than Internet Explorer 6, which is horrific to code for (Internet Explorer 7 isn't much better).
It's always been hard to write good quality web sites that work in Internet Explorer 7 and below: … -
The Latest Stupidity From The Internet Explorer Team
Have you seen the latest stupidity that the Windows Internet Explorer team have come up with? Ten Grand Is Buried Here.
The idea is that they encourage you to give up whatever browser you're using (assuming it's not Internet Explorer 8), calling it names (like "old Firefox" if you're using Firefox, "boring Safari" if you're using …