August 2004
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punctuations great*
Prompted by this article in the New Yorker (which I’ve just happened across), I’ve been giving some thought to my use of grammar and punctuation on this here site. (side note: I still jar when describing this site as a “blog”, odd that) Comma usage, ellipsis (ellipsi?), italics, bold, capitals, the odd semi-colon, and the…
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Motivation
Is it the weather? The clammy, muggy closeness pulling sweat from my skin, draining what little energy I seem to have left? Is it the daily grind? Do I need a holiday, a break, get AWAY from everything? Is it all in my head? Probably. Not that that is a good thing. Anyhoo, motivation or…
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Testing, testing
Right guys and gals, I need your help. I’ve (finally) pulled together a Content First Layout and would appreciate your feedback. The alignment of the columns is still to be sorted, but I want to check that you are all seeing three columns, from left to right:1. Left – Site Navigation2. Middle – Miniblog3. Right…
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Web as platform
Just a short post to remind myself to expand on my thoughts as prompted by Jason Kottke: Web as platform. Except I’m not going to as I spent about an hour last night, writing, deleting, writing, deleting, writing, deleting and I’m still not sure WHERE I think this is headed. Suffice to say that I…
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Explaining
Note: I drafted this yesterday before Richard Madeley’s “dyke” comment was aired and, as usual, the BBC News website has an interesting article about the whole wording issue. “[The words are]… liable to change their connotations and meanings depending on who is saying them, to whom, in what circumstances, sometimes even depending on their tone…
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Bookwise
So, what are you currently reading? Me? I’m reading trash. Well not trash, as in old Cornflake boxes, but trash as in easy to read, easily “put-down-able” and “pick-up-able” type novels. Think Jeffery Deaver, James Patterson, Nick Hornby, Iain Banks and the like. Sometimes I hear a little chuckle, a mocking laugh echoing around the…