festivals
I don’t know if I’ll get to any this year… but all the memories of past festivals come flooding back with a little help from SeeThru
rachelandrew
Monday Monday
The ‘where to put all the pooters’ problem was solved by a trip to Ikea and the purchase of another desk. My bedroom now looks like mission control but at least I have reclaimed my dining room table for eating! My new pooter is really nice, and fast. I’m awaiting the delivery of a new … Monday Monday
mothers
Meg’s mother and mine must have been twins seperated at birth… this is not the first time that one of Meg’s stories about her family has rung several bells here. My mother is a dreadful hoader, even a move to the USA ten years ago and the ordeal of having to sort out all her … mothers
a toad
This morning, walking along to the Small Person’s nursery I saw a bouncing stone. On closer inspection, the bouncing stone turned out to be a rather large toad. The Small Person was, of course, thrilled and the toad bounced around and did toad-like things. After a few minutes we left the toad to get on … a toad
in the news…
“Dolls cry out against teen mums” – I’ve seen details of this scheme before and it seemed a bit odd then… Babies cry every few hours for feeding for only a few months at most, my daughter slept for 7 hours a night from 3 months, after the first few months the actual ‘childcare’ becomes … in the news…
More pooters … must have more!
The pooter count increases. Drew’s new ickle imac “for testing.. no, its NOT a toy” has taken up residence on my dining table, my new machine is still awaiting its memory before it can be put together… and there is an Amstrad on its way (I found one on eBay – yay!) I have no … More pooters … must have more!
Smart tags be gone!
Drew has built a neat little Dreamweaver extension which inserts the necessary code to prevent Smart Tags being displayed in your pages. Microsoft have had a bit of a turnaround on this ‘feature’ but I doubt we have heard the last of it…. Smart Tags Fever!
An Interview with Dori Smith
Excellent interview with Dori Smith, a steering committee member of The Webstandards Project.
July
This year is flying by… Drew would put it down to a sign of my advancing years, I prefer to think its a sign of being way too busy. I am eagerly awaiting the delivery of my new computer, or rather the components that will be my new computer. The Small Person is also eagerly … July
Warning labels
Stupid warning labels from actual products. My favourite has to be “Warning! This is not underwear! Do not attempt to put in pants.” — On the packaging for a wristwatch