rossedwards.net » web http://www.rossedwards.net providing useless information since 1999 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:31:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Oh yes… http://www.rossedwards.net/2008/05/93/ http://www.rossedwards.net/2008/05/93/#comments Fri, 09 May 2008 13:45:39 +0000 Ross http://www.rossedwards.net/?p=93 BBC headline writers in soft pr0n shocker!

BBC News screengrab

]]> http://www.rossedwards.net/2008/05/93/feed/ 0 May 1st re-boot http://www.rossedwards.net/2008/04/87/ http://www.rossedwards.net/2008/04/87/#comments Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:59:40 +0000 Ross http://www.rossedwards.net/?p=87 Ok, so it’s not quite May 1st yet but hey – I’m early for a change.

Thanks to Nick for the heads-up on the great Subtle theme. I’m still trying to work out how to embed my flickr badge in the sidebar but none of the widgets seem to work for me at the moment…

…if anyone spots one that might, please let me know!

]]> http://www.rossedwards.net/2008/04/87/feed/ 0 Worst domain names… ever! http://www.rossedwards.net/2007/02/45/ http://www.rossedwards.net/2007/02/45/#comments Tue, 06 Feb 2007 16:44:16 +0000 Ross http://www.rossedwards.net/2007/02/45/ OK, so I read something in the paper about these a few days ago but didn’t give them any more thought. Pretty much everyone else seems to have posted them, so I might as well jump on the bandwagon…

Ladies and Gentlemen! I present, for your delectation and delight, much merriment and mirth:

  1. Are you a celebrity? Need an agent? Try “Who Represents?”! Their domain name…
    www.whorepresents.com
  2. “Experts Exchange”, for all your programming advice and views:
    www.expertsexchange.com
  3. Need a pen? Why not try Pen Island at
    www.penisland.net
  4. Are you in need of therapy? Try Therapist Finder at
    www.therapistfinder.com
  5. The (now) classic Italian Power Generator company:
    www.powergenitalia.com
  6. From New South Wales in Oz-land, the Mole Station Native Nursery:
    www.molestationnursery.com
  7. For the IT geeks amongst us, there’s always:
    www.ipanywhere.com
  8. Welcome to the First Cumming Methodist Church . Their website:
    www.cummingfirst.com (ok, own up – who said “Oh God!” at that point?)
  9. New-media art designers? Check. Domain name that provides a disturbing mental image? Check:
    www.speedofart.com
  10. Ever been to Lake Tahoe ? Try their on-line brochure at
    www.gotahoe.com

It’s amazing how people let these things slip through the net…

]]> http://www.rossedwards.net/2007/02/45/feed/ 0 IE’s (lack of) PNG support http://www.rossedwards.net/2006/11/40/ http://www.rossedwards.net/2006/11/40/#comments Tue, 21 Nov 2006 17:54:28 +0000 Ross http://www.rossedwards.net/2006/11/40/ Grrr… Sometimes, I really hate Internet Explorer.

All I want to do is use a .png image as the background to a link, then change it on hover. I’ve searched high and low for a fix but nothing seems to cater for background images delivered by CSS.

I’ve been reduced to delivering GIFs to IE, which don’t look nearly as nice.

Any ideas?

]]> http://www.rossedwards.net/2006/11/40/feed/ 0 Messing about with Flickr and the GIMP http://www.rossedwards.net/2006/11/37/ http://www.rossedwards.net/2006/11/37/#comments Wed, 08 Nov 2006 17:58:33 +0000 Ross http://www.rossedwards.net/2006/11/37/ No, it’s not some tacky “Pulp Fiction” rip-off, just an open-source Ph*t*sh*p close equivalent.

I’ve been toying with Flickr badges for a short while and was convinced I could make them look better…

Here’s my first attempt – what d’you think?

]]> http://www.rossedwards.net/2006/11/37/feed/ 0 Take that, Ross Edwards! http://www.rossedwards.net/2006/11/31/ http://www.rossedwards.net/2006/11/31/#comments Wed, 01 Nov 2006 16:03:06 +0000 Ross http://www.rossedwards.net/2006/11/31/ Dot com, that is…

I’ve finally managed to get on Google‘s first page of results! Not only that, but I’m at number two in the list!!

I’d be even more impressed if I had something interesting to talk about :-)

]]> http://www.rossedwards.net/2006/11/31/feed/ 0 Nice… http://www.rossedwards.net/2005/10/10/ http://www.rossedwards.net/2005/10/10/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2005 12:28:43 +0000 Ross http://www.rossedwards.net/2005/10/10/ I’ve been playing with Dreamweaver for a while now but don’t really make use of the “design” view (hey – get me; Mr. Coder-man!). That said, I only really use DW as a full-featured text editor-cum-FTP-client.

So I got thinking. I should give Design view a go. Rather than addle my brain any further I though I’d draw some inspiration from some exisiting template and came across gordonmac.com.

Apparently, this guy is a hobbyist designer. I say he should be professional. A real eye for design. Mr MacKay, I salute you!

]]> http://www.rossedwards.net/2005/10/10/feed/ 0 Ch-ch-ch-changes… http://www.rossedwards.net/2005/09/2/ http://www.rossedwards.net/2005/09/2/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2005 19:13:19 +0000 Ross http://www.rossedwards.net/2005/09/2/ Well, it’s here at last. I’ve finally pulled my finger out and organised some PHP/MySQL hosting (thanks dataflame) and have got the new blog up and running.

Bear with me while I get things added – just amuse yourselves for the time being.

Oh, and sorry about making you register/login to post comments but it’s the best way to stop those filthy spamming bastards clogging up my database :-)

Cheers for now,

Ross.

]]> http://www.rossedwards.net/2005/09/2/feed/ 2