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Posts from October 2003

Driven dotty by Internet Explorer

Another hack for IE that tries to make up for it's poor handling of 1-pixel dotted borders.

The Sony DSC-T1

Sony announce the launch of the world's smallest 5-megapixel camera.

Glorious Technicolor

iStockPhoto now allow you to browse photos by color scheme.

ESTB SIS Broadcast Schedule

A link to the European Space Agency's EGNOS timetable.

Me and Greavsie

Meeting Jimmy Greaves at a book signing.

Fixing Postfix in Panther

The joys of using Postfix to e-mail on the road, and the fun of trying to fix it when you move to Panther.

They want their Backstreet back

Backstreet Boys fans are campaigning to get their old backstreetboys.com site reinstated. Don't blame them really.

Panting over Panther

A couple of links to new articles raving about OS X 10.3 Panther.

Peek-a-boo

Details on the IE6 'Peek-A-Boo' bug, how it happens, and how to cure it.

44 minutes and 39 seconds into the second half

Proper bo. MC Harvey joins AFC Wimbledon.

A List Apart issue 160

A List Apart returns with new features and new looks.

Satellites on, satellites off

The issue with using EGNOS satellites with the GPS V appears not be so much with Garmin's firmware, but the European Space Agency.

The mid pass filter for Internet Explorer

Examining Tantek's latest addition to the web developers' CSS toolbox - the "mid pass filter".

Murder on Zidane's floor

Sophie Ellis Bextor has been found dead in a French international footballer's hotel room... Police are treating it as "murder on Zidane's floor".

The upgrade that needs to downgrade

Despite Garmin claiming that version 2.50 of their firmware is all good and that EGNOS are to blame, a downgrade to 2.40 of the GPS V firmware appears to fix everything.

Who needs downloadable video?

NEC launch a mobile handset with an analogue terrestrial TV tuner built in. Does this mean that paid-for downloadable video is less of a viable option than before?

Half the price and I'm there

A brief look at Wallflower Systems Wi-Fi enabled digital picture frame.

Garmin GPS V 2.50 Woes

Upgrading to v2.50 of the GPS V firmware seems to disable support for EGNOS satelilites in the UK.

Mozilla product launches

Mozilla.org gets busy with releases of Mozilla 1.5 and Firebird 0.7, not to mention a sneak preview of their new standards-compliant website.

Regular Expression library

A useful library of ready-to-go Regular Expressions is now available.

Javascript reserved words in Internet Explorer

Accommodating for the differences in Internet Explorer's JavaScript engine in relation to reserved words, specifically "undefined".

Examining the Role of De Facto Standards on the Web

Link to a Boxes & Arrows essay detailing ‘de facto’ practices in use on popular e-commerce sites.