I was emailed a proposal yesterday, whereby I would be given some unique content which contained a link to the company in question. Here is their message: Hi I`m Brenda Pomaro from flowersguide.co.uk. We offer one of the largest selections ... (more)
Things I want to resolve in my own family history: Martha (White) Stout My great great grandmother Martha (White) Stout died sometime between 1880 and 1884 (when her husband George Washington Stout remarried). When and how did Martha ... (more)
I was fortunate enough to attend the PHP UK Conference 2012, on Friday 24 February. The theme of the conference was about how well PHP scales; watch the two keynote speeches by Rasmus Lerdorf (PHP founder) and Hugh Williams (eBay's Engineering ... (more)
The vast majority of UK residents connect to the Internet using ADSL broadband, a reasonably robust technology that piggy-backs on the landline (a wired phone line) for the house. That's all well and good, but the proliferation of mobile ... (more)
Getting away from the request-response configuration, by allowing the server to talk asynchronously with the client. http://eandt.theiet.org/news/2013/oct/kaazing-dual-duplex.cfm Full-duplex communication to enable a ‘living web’ (more)
Our trampoline safety pads (which cover the springs) are badly degraded, so we've looked around for alternatives. Here are our findings: supertrampdirect.co.uk Heavy duty 30mm thick country green deluxe 12ft diameter circular frame pads ... (more)
It is quite straightforward to repair a PVC pond liner, so before you decide to rip everything out and start again, read on! The first thing to do is isolate the hole (or holes). The hole will typically be a centimetre or two below the waterline ... (more)
Here we learn how to create a text shadow affect, using only a bit of CSS. The Glowing Headline! Here is the code to create this effect: Each of the groups of parameters for the text-shadow property are: x-offset; y ... (more)
The fantastic people at Facebook certainly know how to progress, improve and revolutionise. They sometimes take flak for a new feature, especially if it goes against how people currently use this massive social platform. In the case of Timeline ... (more)
Share Your Seeds The BBC's Gardeners Question Time raised a dual issue common to virtually all small-scale gardeners: how to economise on seed-buying, and what to do with your leftover seeds. Some gardening websites feature 'seed swap ... (more)