When Five Simple Steps approached me to write a pocket guide for their new series of short, digital format only books, I thought it a great chance to cover the cutting edge of CSS layout. I wanted to cover those new proposals in CSS3 that have the potential to radically change how we layout web … New book: CSS3 Layout Modules
One week ago I was getting ready to head down to the running club for my Sunday long run. I didn’t get home again until Friday lunchtime. The last couple of days in hospital were fairly uneventful. I had some issues with my hand swelling, resulting in the cast being replaced and me having to … One week
There is going to be a change of pace on this site – and in my life – for a while. Last Sunday, setting off from the running club I slipped on ice and broke, in dramatic fashion, my right elbow. As soon as I landed on my hand I knew my arm was broken, … Broken.
I have never run while wearing earphones. I don’t like the experience of wearing anything in my ears at the best of times and wear over the ear headphones at my desk. I’m also concerned about being unable to hear traffic, cyclists coming up behind on shared tracks, or being unaware of someone following a … AfterShokz headphones review
I’ve been a runner for about 4 years now. I was never sporty at school. I did participate in the horror they called “cross country” a couple of times. This was an activity where one ran around with a stitch in the cold wondering why that other kid didn’t look like they were about to … Starting to run
When I was 16 my dance physio told me that on no account was I to cycle. It would make my damaged knee worse. I heeded that advice and assumed that I wasn’t able to ride a bike. About three years ago, after chatting to a sports physiotherapist, it turned out that I probably shouldn’t … Falling off my road bike
I’ve been wanting to set this up for a while. The professional side of my life is well documented over at rachelandrew.co.uk however I’ve had an itch to start writing about running and fitness for some time. As 2013 will be the year I run my first marathon it seemed a good time to start. … A new blog
I told this story at the Insites Xmas Special earlier this month and have been meaning to write it all up. It’s the story of how I stopped being afraid of airplanes. In the hope that something in this is of use to anyone else who is scared of something and wants to deal with … On Fear and deciding not to be afraid
December is a month of looking back and looking forward and 2012 has been an exciting and very different year for me. I finally laid to rest the fear of flying that had kept me off airplanes for 18 years. In 2012 I took 14 flights to 7 different countries – just to make sure … A year of talking to people
When I first started writing this blog, the software was a custom Classic ASP solution that I put together running off an Access database. I believe the next incarnation of the site was running on Movable Type, and at some point I imported it all into WordPress. On WordPress it has remained until last week … Moving from WordPress to Perch