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In January 2008 I released for public downloading the first version of my Ajax Availability Calendar. Over the first few months I continually developed it, fixing bugs and taking into account the suggestions and requests made by the many people who...

A short while ago I wrote a elasticMultipleSelect class that allowed you to set a fixed width on a multiple select list via css to maintain the general design of the page and then, when the select list receives the focus, it expands out horizontally to...

EDITED: [2009-11-12] Well, I have taken the plunge.... I have finally my first mootools class :) Despite all the tutorials claiming that it is easy, I must admit to have found it rather complicated.  I am the first to admit that I have problems with...

New demo for dynamic form fields

September 18, 2009 | In: General

A few days ago I wrote a post to demonstrate how I was adding form fields dynamically with the use of AJAX and Mootools. I have now created a new demo that further demonstrates the flexibility of this system. See demo This demo includes a...

edit once tweeted

August 20, 2009 | In: General

I tried to tweet this but... the Twitter server was down (again). Not even a a whale this time to look at :( All I wanted to say was, wouldn't it be nice to be able to edit a tweet once it has been tweeted!

My old multifunction printer died on me a couple of weeks back so it was time to get a new one. This time round I wanted to add a fax to my "want" list so I went for the HP Officejet J4850. This is probably the smallest of the multifunctions available...

[caption id="attachment_15" align="alignright" width="140" caption="Phantomgorilla.com BBC radio widget"][/caption] Since getting my mac, I am loving itunes. I know that it was available for windows, but was always quite happy with windows player so...

Finally made the jump to Wordpress Version 2.8. Now to find or make a decent template :)

Well, maybe not so long ago and well, to be honest not really that far way, but, back in the UK when I started at Cumbria College of Art and Design (now part of the University of Cumbria) in 1989 my first dabblings with computers was with a...

Time to blog…

July 1, 2009 | In: Code, General

In recent months time has been short due to demanding projects, so blogging has been the last thing on my mind.  I have also discovered twitter so that has been the focus of my quick comments (when I feel that I have had anything to say) Quite a few...

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in short...

  • 1 more day until I am officially take a weeks holiday. Off to Ronda @VallecilloRonda with my family and my parents who are over from the UK. 1 week ago
  • Having some fun with the Google maps api v3 - it has been a while since I did any mapping :) 1 week ago
  • Just finished my evening run and got a surprise message from Lance Armstrong on my iPod congratulating me on completing my longest run :) 2 weeks ago
  • Another client has just offered me a retainer... a couple more of these and I'll be sorted ;) 3 weeks ago
  • It is a public holiday in Spain today. No work will be being done by me (well, OK, maybe just a little bit). 3 weeks ago
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