Author: Rick Hurst

Dec 23, 2003

// Personal

do you want chips with that?

will pervasive computing become too pervasive?
Nov 24, 2003

// CSS

absolute and relative positioning explained

Stopdesign | Making the Absolute, Relative
Aug 4, 2003

// CSS

visited links

once upon a time someone early on in the development of the web came up with the idea of making hyperlinks within a web page appear…
Jul 29, 2003

// Personal

first desktop app taking shape

I’ve been doing quite a bit of Delphi recently, and needed a little project to get my teeth into so have been building a little windows…
Jul 16, 2003

// Personal

scorchio!

english grass shouldn’t look this colour:-
Jul 7, 2003

// Personal

watching fireworks
Jun 19, 2003

// Personal

I have the knowledge

I found it in an orange book with some kind of pixellated smurf on the cover. I feel like the blanks have been filled in now,…
Jun 13, 2003

// Personal

lunch in the park
May 6, 2003

// Personal

spam is 25 years old

interesting article on the BBC site about spam, which is apparently 25 years old this weekend (spam, not the article).
Apr 30, 2003

// Personal

storms over bristol

It’s been one of those bright! gloomy! bright! days. The view from the office window changes everytime you look up.
Apr 22, 2003

// Personal

mobile internet use outgrowing PC internet in Japan

When WAP fell flat on its face in the UK, the idea of using a mobile phone for email and internet access being more popular than…
Apr 15, 2003

// Personal

a cat surely?

The “Oldest religious icon in America” is clearly a picture of a cat.