http://the-hug.org/paul/wibblings.html The Wibblings of "Tall" Paul Oldham en Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:30:35 +0000 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:30:35 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Opus Release 2.29 paul@the-hug.org (Paul Oldham) paul@the-hug.org (Paul Oldham) Copyright 2010 Paul Oldham http://the-hug.org/php/web/rsslogo.jpg 88 76 http://the-hug.org/paul/ http://the-hug.org/opus1311.html http://the-hug.org/opus1311.html <p>Having finished listening to <a href="http://librivox.org/jane-eyre-version-3-by-charlotte-bronte/"><i>Jane Eyre</i></a><sup class="opus_user_footnotes"><a href="#fn_1">1</a></sup> I realised that I'd got nowhere with Stephen Baxter's <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0575084820?ie=UTF8&tag=thehug-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0575084820"><i>Flood</i></a> which was my "currently reading" fiction book. It's hard to say why but it didn't really grab me. ... &nbsp;<a href="http://the-hug.org/opus1311.html">read&nbsp;more&nbsp;...</a><ol class="opus_user_footnotes"> <li><a name="fn_1"></a>A book I confess I have rather mixed feelings about, but that's something for another day.</li> </ol> Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:20:05 +0000 http://the-hug.org/opus1309.html http://the-hug.org/opus1309.html <p>After my last posting about <a href="http://the-hug.org/opus1305.html" target="_top">fun with JavaScript</a> here's a snippet to amuse you about HTML forms. If you've ever coded a very basic form like a search box with one text input field you'll know that you don't need a submit button... &nbsp;<a href="http://the-hug.org/opus1309.html">read&nbsp;more&nbsp;...</a> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:13:10 +0000 http://the-hug.org/opus1305.html http://the-hug.org/opus1305.html <p>I've spent some time today struggling to get some JavaScript code working across multiple browsers. When it comes to JavaScript I really am a hacker in the old sense of the word: self taught and knowing <u>just</u> enough to get by. &nbsp;<a href="http://the-hug.org/opus1305.html">read&nbsp;more&nbsp;...</a> Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:33:33 +0000 http://the-hug.org/opus1292.html http://the-hug.org/opus1292.html <p>Sarah just re-tweeted this rather excellent story in <i><a href="http://onion.com/axvW0F">The Onion</a></i> about Google which I think deserves wider circulation. And while I'm at it here's two other items courtesy of Kirk. &nbsp;<a href="http://the-hug.org/opus1292.html">read&nbsp;more&nbsp;...</a> Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:41:34 +0000 http://the-hug.org/opus1291.html http://the-hug.org/opus1291.html <p>I'm a long time subscriber to <i>Private Eye</i> and there's a much longer tradition of them including material, especially cartoons, which offends readers enough that they write in and (traditionally) cancel their subscription, although these days the latter is largely done satirically. &nbsp;<a href="http://the-hug.org/opus1291.html">read&nbsp;more&nbsp;...</a> Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:07:50 +0000