I've just spotted a few new links into this site, and (as always) I followed them back... to here. Warren Mayocchi's blog looks like its been around for a while, but the author's just on a new journey to solve the Agile DB release problem. He's definitely thinking along some very sound lines and I for one am very interested to find out where the journey takes him.
Good luck fellow pilgrim!
PS. Honestly, he's not getting a plug JUST because he linked to me ;-)
PSS. I like the 100 word fiction. Warren, just us some more!
Friday, April 14, 2006
Pretty Print
In my current pilgrimage towards blog template beauty, I've now added CSS to format the page nicely for printing. Try the print preview and you'll see what I mean.
It turns out it's nice and easy... just add a media="screen" to your on screen CSS definition and add a media="print" to your paper one. Et Viola!
As with the javascript additions, all the formatting and suchlike that I've added has been added inline. That way you guys can take a gander if you want.
At some point soon the whole template is going to get a refactor to simplify it, maybe make it a bit more readable... just hang on in there for now!
Oh, and if anyone has any good idea for tracking sites, I'm getting a bit sick of going to three different places for my full set of tracking needs!
Brief question: When will Blogger.com's dictionary include the word blog?
It's a rhetorical question, AND I DEMAND AN ANSWER!
It turns out it's nice and easy... just add a media="screen" to your on screen CSS definition and add a media="print" to your paper one. Et Viola!
As with the javascript additions, all the formatting and suchlike that I've added has been added inline. That way you guys can take a gander if you want.
At some point soon the whole template is going to get a refactor to simplify it, maybe make it a bit more readable... just hang on in there for now!
Oh, and if anyone has any good idea for tracking sites, I'm getting a bit sick of going to three different places for my full set of tracking needs!
Brief question: When will Blogger.com's dictionary include the word blog?
It's a rhetorical question, AND I DEMAND AN ANSWER!
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Attack of the Javascript
Recently I've been wondering just what kind of lightweight javascript stuff can be added to the blog in order to make it "look kinda cool".
I think I've decided to do it because we spend all day here building systems that users actually want rather than just following our own flights of fancy and doing what we think might be cool.
Anyway, from now on you're likely to see little new additions to the site that I like. Let me know if you like it, or don't like it, or don't care.
I'll try to make sure things fail gracefully when they do... but I'm almost certainly going to mess up someone's web experience. If I do, then let me know and I'll fix it. It's the only way I'll learn, and the only way it'll get fixed.
Anyway, for now... have folding sidebar panels.
Woooohoooo
I think I've decided to do it because we spend all day here building systems that users actually want rather than just following our own flights of fancy and doing what we think might be cool.
Anyway, from now on you're likely to see little new additions to the site that I like. Let me know if you like it, or don't like it, or don't care.
I'll try to make sure things fail gracefully when they do... but I'm almost certainly going to mess up someone's web experience. If I do, then let me know and I'll fix it. It's the only way I'll learn, and the only way it'll get fixed.
Anyway, for now... have folding sidebar panels.
Woooohoooo
Thursday, April 06, 2006
On Cloud Nine...
I'm a Boro fan, I don't know how many times I've been asked what it is about football that gets me and so many people excited.
If you'd have been a Boro fan watching the Boro v Basel match tonight you'd completely understand why.
Every now and again you get to watch YOUR team play like they're playing for their lives. The whole of their existence being entirely for that one night. When they're playing like nothing will ever matter as much as this does in this moment. Every single one of them is on the same wavelength as every other player and they're plaing as if though they're a single being.
And you know that they're doing it all just for you.
Absolutely phenominal
If you'd have been a Boro fan watching the Boro v Basel match tonight you'd completely understand why.
Every now and again you get to watch YOUR team play like they're playing for their lives. The whole of their existence being entirely for that one night. When they're playing like nothing will ever matter as much as this does in this moment. Every single one of them is on the same wavelength as every other player and they're plaing as if though they're a single being.
And you know that they're doing it all just for you.
Absolutely phenominal
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Dixons in "good service" shocker
I hate Dixons.
Every time I go in there I have to wait an absolute age for anyone to help me. They have the same staffing level problems that Debenhams and Maplins suffer from. They simply don't have any people on the shop floor.
However, when I went snowboarding last month I decided that I wanted to take a cheap video camera with me, one that I wouldn't mind breaking. And Dixons had exactly what I was looking for, an end of line Sony Handycam for 200 quid. Nice one.
As it was end of line I decided to haggle and managed to get 3 years of their Mastercare thrown into the deal. It covers accidental damage.
When we were out boarding I managed to stack it big time and break the flip out screen on the camera. Really annoying, because as soon as you flip out the screen the viewfinder switches off, and the menu buttons are under the screen. AAAaaargh.
Anyway, we soldiered on through the holiday with the broken camera (still recorded fine) and when we got back I phoned up their Mastercare phone line expecting a nice big argument about whether or not it's covered.
They just asked what the problem was, not once did they ask how it happened. They sent out a courier bag that I got about 2 days later. I put the camera in and called DHL to pick it up; they came the next day. That was Thursday. On Monday this week I got a DHL package back; I assumed that they'd messed up and just sent my camera to me instead of Mastercare. It WAS the camera, but it was fixed!
I couldn't believe it. I reckon it must have taken no more than a week from start to finish to get the camera fixed, the best bit being the TWO WORKING DAYS it took for them to get delivery of the camera, fix it and send it back.
Quite simply... WOW!
At 65 quid, the Mastercare service is a bit pricy, no matter how good it is... but it's well worth trying to get it thrown in for free!
Every time I go in there I have to wait an absolute age for anyone to help me. They have the same staffing level problems that Debenhams and Maplins suffer from. They simply don't have any people on the shop floor.
However, when I went snowboarding last month I decided that I wanted to take a cheap video camera with me, one that I wouldn't mind breaking. And Dixons had exactly what I was looking for, an end of line Sony Handycam for 200 quid. Nice one.
As it was end of line I decided to haggle and managed to get 3 years of their Mastercare thrown into the deal. It covers accidental damage.
When we were out boarding I managed to stack it big time and break the flip out screen on the camera. Really annoying, because as soon as you flip out the screen the viewfinder switches off, and the menu buttons are under the screen. AAAaaargh.
Anyway, we soldiered on through the holiday with the broken camera (still recorded fine) and when we got back I phoned up their Mastercare phone line expecting a nice big argument about whether or not it's covered.
They just asked what the problem was, not once did they ask how it happened. They sent out a courier bag that I got about 2 days later. I put the camera in and called DHL to pick it up; they came the next day. That was Thursday. On Monday this week I got a DHL package back; I assumed that they'd messed up and just sent my camera to me instead of Mastercare. It WAS the camera, but it was fixed!
I couldn't believe it. I reckon it must have taken no more than a week from start to finish to get the camera fixed, the best bit being the TWO WORKING DAYS it took for them to get delivery of the camera, fix it and send it back.
Quite simply... WOW!
At 65 quid, the Mastercare service is a bit pricy, no matter how good it is... but it's well worth trying to get it thrown in for free!
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