Running the Royal Parks Half Marathon
Last Sunday I ran the Royal Parks Half Marathon.
Blogs
2010
Getting the date from the ISO week number in Perl
·2 mins
The code below allows you to get the date at the start of the week given the ISO Week Number and optionally the year (defaulting to this year), and requires the DateTime module.
Carmelite Church and the Chapel of Bones, Faro, Portugal
I recently visited the Carmelite Church (Igreja do Carmo) in Faro whilst on holiday in the Algarve.
jQuery Placeholder Plugin Released
·1 min
The jQuery Placeholder Plugin provides support for the placeholder HTML5 attribute in browsers that do not support it.
When do you expect the UK tax payer to be repaid by Northern Rock, RBS and Lloyds?
This question was put to Chris Skinner on BBC News earlier.
2009
Using a Quarter Interval with the Simile Timeline
·1 min
The Simile Timeline allows you to make beautiful, interactive timelines for web pages using only JavaScript.
Google Chrome is Coming of Age on Linux
Its taken a while, but the Linux version of Google’s Chrome is really starting to catch up with its Windows counterpart, both in terms of features and stability.
Google to Teach Users About Web Browsers
·1 min
Google have launched a website in an effort to teach users about their web browser.
Kino Search Add-On Released for Foswiki
·1 min
After a lot of work I have finally released the new Kino Search extensions for Foswiki.
Improving the Web Index in Foswiki using the Filter Plugin
·1 min
In a standard Foswiki setup there is a topic in every web called WebTopicList, which is linked to from the side bar as Index.