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Website/Blog/Life – The updates
Nasty little bugger I have managed, after much fighting and arguing, invited the flu in for a visit – as per usual the chap is going to stick around for a week (or two), then leave without so much as leaving a thank you note. I do not normally get sick – I may get…
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The difficulties of writing
The difficulty of blog writing Maintaining a blog does not usually come easy, most of us in the blog space need to work really hard to maintain our blogs outside of our regular work, and with the need for regular and interesting content updates, the odd blog/website design change, replying to comments, and managing your…
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50 Things – A meme
Compliments of Heidi I have been tagged (for the first time mind you) to fill in this 50 question internet meme. So without further ado:8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? 1. Do you like Blue Cheese?I dislike the smell enough to have never tried blue cheese. Will let you know when…
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Not New Year Resolutions
As the first month of 2009 draws to an end, the dust on most of the New Year resolutions is settling, I start to re-look at all the goal lists I have made in the past, review what I have completed, and add the items I want to do going forward. I don’t call these…
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Three Level XML to Javascript Drop Down List
Following a post on an Internet forum, here is a small expansion on my Country / State dropdown selection script to enable a third level drop down. This additional level would allow for a country / state / city drop down selection on an XML file as apposed to just a country / state drop…
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New Designs all around
The regular visitors to my website would have noticed the new website structure and design that I finally got together; to say that I am proud of my work would be understating the huge pride I have in my website. Humbleness aside, I have not been the only website to recently update it’s design: TheOpenSurgery…
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JavaScript / XML based Country, State Selection Script
[UPDATE] The download is no longer supported or updated and has been removed UPDATE 26 January 2009: Fixed the XML file load Bug that was affecting Chrome and Safari Making use of my XML based Country and State/Province file I have put together a small script to populate two drop down lists with the complete…
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Country Selection list with State and Province selections
[UPDATE] Comments are closed on this topic – The download is no longer supported or updated and has been removed I have been looking all over the Internet for an AJAX or similar dynamic drop down tool for Country and Province/State selection (You select a country from a drop down list and the country/state drop…
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Inspiration
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?Actually, who are you not to be?You are a child of God.Your playing small does not serve…
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The small car crash I had
For those of you that either view my Flickr page you would have already seen the state of my poor car. For those of you that haven’t here are the details of the incident (as requested by friends), as well as a link to the images. (Incidentally – the car is now fixed) Four week-ends…
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The quest for the perfect….
I was thinking of making the title of this post “The quest for the perfect burger” just because I know the quest for the perfect burger is easier than the near on impossible quest for the perfect piece of code; but burgers (as tasty as they are) just don’t fit with this post. In my…
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Overzealous checks
I recently downloaded a copy of Microsoft Office 2007 Professional. During the download, Microsoft emailed the trial licence key to my Hotmail email account. Turns out Microsoft’s Hotmail service does not like its Try Microsoft Office service. (Attachments, pictures, and links in this message have been blocked for your safety: This message may be dangerous)…
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New home – Work in Progress – Vol 2
I am now officially a painter, plumber, electrician, tiler (or whatever you call the person that installs ceramic tiles) and a cabinet maker. So far these two weeks I have painted all the walls in my new place, painted the ceiling, re-tiled the shower floor, installed a new kitchen sink and counter top, fixed various…
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New home – Work in Progress – Vol 1
Got the keys to my new home on Monday night and went to take a look (first time to view the place for me – I trusted my Fianceés judgement) – And I am very very happy with the place. With a new coat of paint, general cleaning, new carpets, a couple of new fittings…
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Morning Wake-up
New office policy – Breakfast and lunch will be served daily. Nice 🙂
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“Hey you! Stop that!”
Would this work here, in a busy SA street? The UK is adding loud speakers to its public camera system to allow the watching controllers to tell people to stop misbehaving. I think the first few times would scare the person into stopping, but what if they don’t understand English? Or what if the person…
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EMI Removes DRM
If this story had been released yesterday I would have thought it was an April Fools joke. Today, Apple and EMI announced higher quality, DRM FREE music available for download from iTunes. (DRM music will still be available from EMI, but only in lower quality formats) This has got to be the biggest step towards…
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