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bookmark_borderWhat am I?

Traffic

  • 32.3 million page views per day
  • 5.5 million unique users per day
  • 120 million unique users a month

Content

  • 102 GB of content
  • 3.2 million files total
  • 1.4 million HTML, ASP, and ASPX files
  • 1.2 million GIF or JPG image files
  • Approximately 300 GB of files available for download
  • Content created around the clock. Approximately 4 GB of new and updated content published daily.

I am the Microsoft website. More information at Microsoft.com Backstage.

bookmark_borderSlashdot shocker

I’ve not actually checked to see if my site is currently compliant with any XHTML or CSS standard, I would imagine if they are not it is redundant ‘covering’ code anyway… that aside I do try and keep up with the goings-on in the CSS design ‘area’, and A List Apart is a great place to start.

It was with some intrigue that I spotted the article “Retooling Slashdot with Web Standards”, which includes the line “underneath the hood you will find an old jalopy” (OK, deliberately taken out of context). What follows is an interesting look at converting a site to CSS based design AND achieving compliance. Interesting stuff.

bookmark_borderWish me luck

Xmas shopping at lunchtime, one item only (my method was the same last year and seemed to work quite well). Ohh and I’ll pop into Virgin and get a photo of a book for Caroline.

Off to sharpen my elbows.

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bookmark_borderStereophonics: SECC

I was decidely ‘not bothered’ about this gig, boy was I wrong.

Much heavier than I thought they’d be, the ‘phonics’ were slick, together and loud. Ripping into a three song opening they paced the entire gig well, save the slightly too long “I Miss You Now” as the second last song of the encore, and were on stage for about 2 hours, and it’s only really when you hear their ‘best of’ tracks that you realise how many you know, and how consistent they are..

Stand out tracks, the singalong of “Traffic”, the plodding, thumping beat of Mr.Writer, the building, soaring Jealousy (WAV file), and the song that in Kelly’s own words “Kinda took us by surprise” “Handbags and Gladrags”. Accomplished stuff and only real flaw was the lack of crowd interaction, other than a few song intros, and letting the crowd sing the opening to the second verse of “Traffic”.

Main impression was of a small man with a simply phenomenal voice, there sure ain’t no studio tinkering going on when they record their albums as he is note perfect live, and able to improvise with it too. All in all, a much better night than I had anticipated! Go the ‘phonics’!