Archive for May, 2006

More Foolish Wordplay

Wednesday, May 31, 2006 0:35 4 Comments

Here are things that have been amusing me. If you can think of any that are suitable for adding to my lists, please use the comments section to do so. Basically, I’d like to introduce to to two rather unusual types of saying. Firstly, there’s the seemingly similar but actually disparate entities which are contrasted [...]

This was posted under category: Memes, Technology

Where the hell have you been?

Wednesday, May 31, 2006 0:06 30 Comments

I’ve not really been anywhere to be honest. I’ve been doing, well, real world stuff, like going to the pub, and looking after the kids, and watching telly, and going to work, and going to sleep, and you know, when it really boils down to it, not wittering on endlessly in my blog. I’ve obviously [...]

This was posted under category: Life, The Pickards

IP Addresses and User Agent Strings

Tuesday, May 30, 2006 9:50 6 Comments

What's a User Agent String and why should I care about it? A user agent string is the string that is presented to the server by your browser when you request a web resource. Different user agent strings can therefore be used to identify whether you are using Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, and also [...]

This was posted under category: Technology

Inside the mind of an Accessites grader

Monday, May 15, 2006 17:21 1 Comment

As some of you may know, I’m one of the members of Accessites. I finally contributed an article to the site, describing what I look for when I’m grading a site. You’re very welcome to place any comments on the article here.

This was posted under category: Blogging, Technology