Monthly Archives: March 2004

Granny with Jos

Posted on March 10, 2004 by nickromney

Also taken on 31 January. My Grandmother with her great-grandson Jos.

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Nick with Joslin

Posted on March 10, 2004 by nickromney

Taken Saturday 31 January (Jos was born on 27th).

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Accessible UK rail information

Posted on March 10, 2004 by nickromney

Matthew Somerville has delivered a great service to the rail-using population of the UK: An accessible re-write of the train information, which doesn’t require JavaScript all over the place, it doesn’t use cookies, it doesn’t have an iframe for latest … Continue reading →

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Review of “Cross of Iron”

Posted on March 10, 2004 by nickromney

Am not quite sure how I could have not even heard of Sam Peckinpah’s Cross of Iron, but I watched it recently, and it’s a very powerful film indeed. Set in 1943, in the face of huge Russian opposition, the … Continue reading →

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Review of “Pirates of the Caribbean”

Posted on March 10, 2004 by nickromney

I get to the cinema less often these days (mainly due to working nights), but my good friends John and Laurie seem determined to let me borrow a large proportion of their DVD library. This week, I’ve watched “Pirates of … Continue reading →

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Phrase Finder

Posted on March 9, 2004 by nickromney

From “Daisy Roots” to “Vorsprung durch Technik”, a very useful site reminiscent of Brewer’s Phrase and Fable: Meanings and Origins of Phrases, sayings, cliches and quotes I discovered this whilst browsing Roger Johansson’s site – 456 Berea Street

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Bloggar posting tool

Posted on March 6, 2004 by nickromney

Am just now testing out all the other features of blogging through WordPress and am trialling w.bloggar, which seems to work quite nicely for offline content generation, although doesn’t auto-generate the “Post Slug” for WordPress’s Permalinks, so I won’t be … Continue reading →

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Joslin with my Dad

Posted on March 6, 2004 by nickromney

Joslin (nephew) – with my Dad. Just in the middle of a yawn.

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Chamber drink

Posted on March 5, 2004 by nickromney

Met up tonight with some friends from Junior Chamber. Back row (left to right): John P, Simon F, Nick M, Nick R (me). Front row (left to right): Steve S, Steve D

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Colour-blindness and the web designer

Posted on March 5, 2004 by nickromney

As I’ve been looking up more and more on accessibility (section 508 guidelines etc.) for some site redesigns, I’ve become increasingly aware of some of the other issues around it, and finally read up on some dedicated sites about the … Continue reading →

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