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You haven't seen me, right?!

2011-10-23T15:20:00.001+01:00

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Steamed Vietnamese Style Chicken...

2011-10-22T16:17:00.001+01:00

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Home made food porn! Mmmmmm.....

2011-10-22T12:54:00.001+01:00

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Mmmm. A healthy, spicy Asian Salad. Top Saturday lunch!

2011-10-22T12:50:00.001+01:00

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DJ Fresh - Gold Dust OFFICIAL VIDEO (Out NOW)

2010-09-17T13:09:00.001+01:00

My collegue Anamur sent me this. Check out this video on YouTube: Posted via email from Mark Kennard's Posterous

Lost Generation

2010-08-16T13:33:00.001+01:00

A friend emailed this to me. Not sure if the generation in question will indeed make a difference, but it's clever and thought provoking. Posted via email from Mark Kennard's Posterous

Alien Invasion

2010-08-14T16:09:00.001+01:00

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Quick Tip – Optimizing DOM Traversal » Learning jQuery - Tips, Techniques, Tutorials

2010-07-20T18:57:00.001+01:00

The topic of optimization has come up a number of times in the jQuery mailing list. jQuery’s DOM traversal is powerful and easy, but it can sometimes be slow as well. As with any JavaScript library or framework, the helper methods will be slower than the plain old JavaScript (p.o.j) methods. Nevertheless, if we keep in mind the jQuery’s speed hierarchy, the speed difference between jQuery

An open letter to Harvester Restaurants

2010-07-20T18:00:00.001+01:00

To Whom It May Concern.I visited your Harvester in Fareham last night as a family gathering to celebrate my girlfriend's birthday, and frankly, it was probably the worst meal of my life, after a catalogue of issues from the moment we arrived. I shall list each point for you so you can see just how badly your Fareham branch is run.1) When we arrived, we were greeted by a barman who was surly at

A Geeky Guitarist Post...

2010-06-06T17:31:00.001+01:00

Well, I've just had a week off work, the majority of which was spent sat in the sunshine playing my guitar - A refreshing change from sitting in front of my laptop for hours on end! Anyway, since picking my guitar back up a couple of months ago, I've discovered some web sites and iPhone apps that are really useful to all guitarists, of any skill level, and I thought I'd take time out to share

I have a new guitar. A Washburn Festival EA20. Nice!

2010-05-15T19:41:00.001+01:00

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Nathan doing his thang...

2010-04-30T00:12:00.001+01:00

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Its All Their Fault. Politics for the Facebook Generation

2010-04-29T15:27:00.001+01:00

Watch the video, then visit the site. Idealist? Probably, but maybe this is the first general election in the UK where there is a real desire for change, and a means to influence it. The internet gives us all a voice and a way to educate ourselves about the issues, and to make informed decisions. Check it out. Posted via web from Mark Kennard's Posterous

An interesting DOCTYPE and JavaScript fix.

2010-04-29T10:29:00.001+01:00

I've been working on a new project at work this week and found this interesting little bug. My JavaScript worked perfectly in a static page on my local server, but when it was moved into a dynamic template driven page, it failed, with a cryptic message in Firebug.. syntax error <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> Not much use for

Why Some Men Have Dogs And Not Wives

2010-04-26T17:08:00.001+01:00

The lovely Jo sent me this, made me chuckle.... 1. The later you are, the more excited your dogs are to see you. 2. Dogs don't notice if you call them by another dog's name. 3. Dogs like it if you leave a lot of things on the floor. 4. A dog's parents never visit. 5. Dogs agree that you have to raise your voice to get your point across. 6. You never have to wait for a dog; they're ready to go 24

Another bit of Dan Bull genius

2010-04-26T11:22:00.001+01:00

This is very good, an open letter to Lily Allen Nice one! Posted via web from Mark Kennard's Posterous

Posterous. First Impressions

2010-04-26T10:56:00.002+01:00

I've noticed quite a few people using Posterous of late, so I thought I'd see what the buzz was about.It's a very cool idea. Post something once, by email, SMS or web, and publish to your Posterous homepage, Twitter feed, Flickr stream, Facebook profile etc. So, here goes. My first posterous post. Overall, I'm impressed. Lot's of really nicely done interface design, with a bit of Prototype

So, you need a typeface?

2010-04-26T10:42:00.001+01:00

My collegue Sarah just sent this to me, very cool, so I'm sharing.... Posted via email from Mark Kennard's Posterous

Site of the Moment, - Carsonified

2010-03-28T18:52:00.003+01:00

Carsonified have a genuinely eycatching new site. I found this by accident a couple of days ago, and it really made me smile. Colourful, playful, and really confident design, really well thought out, from the guys behind the Future of Web Design and the Future of Web App events.I really like the way each page is a different colour, with white text and illustrations. Funky indeed.Well worth having

A fresh new look from the Blogger Template Designer

2010-03-28T16:26:00.004+01:00

Well, those of you who have been here before will probably notice new fresh new look., which is the result of me spending an hour or so experimenting with the new Blogger Template Designer, which I found over at Blogger in Draft. It’s a very nice web application, and it’s a huge improvement on the current template tools available on Blogger, and has some very cool touches, such as theme

First Impressions of the Dell Studio 1558 Laptop

2010-03-17T20:23:00.001Z

Well, after being a loyal Toshiba user for the last 7 years, I was tempted into buying a Dell when upgrade time came around this again. Despite appalling post-order/pre-delivery customer service, having my order cancelled, then replaced, and waiting 7 weeks instead of the original 2 weeks promised by Dell when I ordered, my patience paid off today when my new Studio 1558 arrived! My job demands

jQuery has taken over my life!

2009-12-13T21:48:00.005Z

Firstly, an apology. This is my first post since June. Since then, I've been working pretty much non-stop, and as a result, I've not had much time to post. I intend to post more often, but I keep finding myself "on a mission" with some work related code. Call me a geek - I love my job!Anyway, onto my post...I love the web. I love seeing what can be done, and if I don't know how to do something,

Words of Advice For Young People.....

2009-06-15T19:43:00.002+01:00

Real World Advice for Fledgling Web DevelopersBaz Luhrmann's Sunscreen is one of my favourite tracks of all time, not for the music, but for it's message. I'd recommend everyone to take the time out and listen to it at least once, and to try to take a bit of it's advice onboard.In a similar vein, I found this article today, and after reading it a couple of times, smiling to myself, I read a few

Ubuntu Update

2009-06-03T13:14:00.005+01:00

Its been a while since my last post, been very busy at work, not to mention the fact I have become addicted to Fallout 3, but in the interests of trying to keep to my intention of regularly blogging, I thought I'd write a quick post about my experience with leaving "the evil empire" and becoming a 100% Linux user.So far, I have to say, it's been almost totally painless. I have managed to find

Getting into Ubuntu..

2009-04-30T21:34:00.004+01:00

I've tried various Linux flavours over the years, but always got to the point of screaming frustration, and then swiftly giving up, but then recently, I tried Ubuntu. I'm pleased to report, that it almost lives up to it's hype. Personally, I think it still has some way to go before it becomes a viable alternative to Windows or Mac OS, but it's getting pretty close.I've seen a couple of articles