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PNGs have wrong colour in MSIE? 22 Feb 2013 | 03:28 pm
Just been building a site with some PNG furniture images which looked wrong in IE. The PNGs were rendering in a subtly different colour to the CSS backgrounds they were meant to match. Turns out the ...
Hacking the Wunderslider NGG Plugin 4 Dec 2012 | 06:53 pm
Well this morning was an unexpected pleasure. I recommend that if you find hacking minified .js files pleasurable, you listen to some nice Tchaikovsky or something. But anyway - we needed to show desc...
Google strips majority of search keywords 6 Sep 2012 | 09:15 pm
A while back Google said they were stripping search queries from referer data to protect their user’s anonymity when they’re logged in. Unless you happened to be using Adwords, in which case it was mo...
Cubecart hack: display total price for product options 6 Sep 2012 | 08:53 pm
Spent a few hours hacking CubeCart this morning, which was fun. Or at least more fun than removing your eyeballs with a rusty spoon. Just. This is a hack to add option value to item price before sendi...
Our Wedding Band for Cambridge 22 May 2012 | 11:51 pm
I’ve never really written about music stuff here before, but I do have a lot of fun playing keyboards in a few different bands. I used to play in a Blues / Funk band years ago (before I could drive, ...
Multiple tabs on startup in Chrome 18 Apr 2012 | 03:08 am
This saves a few moments every time you fire up a browser. ..but I’m not sure if it’ll get annoying yet..
Simon Wilcox - Trumpet 15 Dec 2011 | 02:19 am
This is a personal message to Simon Wilcox, who plays the trumpet. I have no way I know of contacting you any other way Simon, so I figure sooner or later you’ll either Google yourself, or someone els...
Ely Dog Walking 1 Nov 2011 | 04:54 am
If you’re looking for someone to walk your dog(s) in or around Ely, click on over to Ely Dog Walking. Karen has started to offer this service, and knowing what a fuss she makes of Cocoa, your dog will...
Don’t trust the Google Keyword Tool for low-volume long-tail 12 Oct 2011 | 12:07 am
I’ve suspected this for a while but I got around to proving it just now. I downloaded the 100 most popular terms for a site of ours. Its a geo-optimised site, so receives traffic for “blue widgets che...
Quick moan 29 Sep 2011 | 01:35 am
<rant>This is my blog so I’m allowed the odd moan. I just wanted to say to whomever ran a key down the side of my van on Saturday night in Wilburton, that you’re a nasty little coward. I doubt I’ll ev...
