2008-11-05UTC07:27:44A new dawn, a new hope, a new America, etcA shift away from Conservatism, it's Obama what won it. The number of seats makes it look like a proper drubbing, Barack Obama winning two for each one that John McCain did, and it wasn't close like George W Bush's controversial win, but it looked li... 2008-10-31UTC10:46:05RE: Linksys WVC54G wireless camera, btinternet SMTP and gmailI have a similar problem and I got tired of fighting with it. Most of these cameras also will send a screen shot to an ftp server so I wrote a vbscript that polls the server and then sends an email using my workplace smtp server. Obviously, you need ... 2008-09-23UTC07:03:15Folkestone Literary Festival lineup out at lastFolkestone Literary Festival 2008 official site has the lineup at last, in a hard to digest pdf format, get it here. All the show times, runners, riders, etc, though I wish they'd put out a text version a bit quicker instead of waiting for that to co... 2008-08-15UTC12:10:55The Death of TwitterLast Bus Home has the details. I hope it's true, I'm glad, can't be doing with it at all myself. I think I said before, it seems to me like someone thought blogging was a bit of a hassle, having to think of something to say and then saying it, if onl... 2008-08-01UTC08:35:51Just too late for the weekly mailout (again) Folkestone FringeFrom Folkestone Fringe:at georges house gallery:the king and I, private view friday1st august, 7pm30 years after his death, elvis presley still has a firm hold on the collective imagination and this still continues to grow as younger people discover ... 2008-07-04UTC08:11:31New Cross Murder Map!Just in case you're wondering how close the double murder and firebombing was from my old flat (even though I left there years ago), I just knocked this up for Mum and Dad, to give them a bit of a point of reference.View Larger MapIsn't google maps j... 2008-06-13UTC08:20:05Textarea line numbers (using javascript?)Someone must have done this? I want to add line numbers to my input box, so as to make the inline editor I'm using at work a bit more like a real editor... any ideas?UPDATE: codepress looks quite good, doesn't work exactly with the jtageditor I'm alr... 2008-05-06UTC06:13:51there are loads of sites where you can make your own t-shirtupload an image, or probably even better just put the text in and choose the font. I see them advertised on www.popbitch.com/board.html for some reason, but if you search for t-shirt I bet you'll find loads.... 2008-04-26UTC06:07:28RE: Pirate museum[u]They went at 11am on Thursday. Last text said they were in a pup in Atlanta with a three hour wait for the next flight!<br />Bazzer2008-04-20UTC06:30:34Naked artNaked Art Studio are still selling their original art from the good town of Folkestone... check them out.I create very affordable, modern & abstract works of original art and paint using a rich blend of colours, textures and metallics (hand-mixed bec... 2008-04-17UTC11:47:03RE: Good to knowHa! That's a a lot of Robbie Williams! Textbooks are always growing as a segment, so that's something to look at. We're featuring Wind in the Willows right now, so that can mean some big ticket items where people are looking for firsts. As the Olympi... 2008-03-05UTC09:14:20Ever feel lacking in skills?I do, all my skills are in software, if the power went off tomorrow I'd be SUNK! I wish I had more hardware skills, not just computer hardware, but general mechanics and making and fixing things. Here's an interesting article along those lines from w... 2008-02-28UTC11:08:39Mothers day update from The George in RyeMothers Day is nearly here. If you haven't sorted anything out yet, fear not: we're hosting a Mothering Sunday Lunch at The George in Rye.Your mum will feel like royalty and you can all enjoy a lovely menu from our head chef Rod, full of the promises... 2008-01-28UTC09:12:28Flickr interactive adventure gameI haven't made one, but I was just attaching some notes to this picture (think you have to be logged into Flickr to see them, and using the notes to contextually link to other pictures, and it made me think, couldn't someone write some kind of advent... 2008-01-23UTC02:39:53RE: the text entry box is just something I was trying out at workNo-one reads the blog in situ any more, do they? It's all RSS and things isn't it? Actually that would mean that the maps and things don't even work, and AFAIK you do have to come here to post a message, so ignore me.Ten years, that's a long time, th... 2008-01-23UTC01:00:31RE: the text entry box is just something I was trying out at workI've been in Ed for 10 years now, I doubt I'll move anytime soon.You can't keep adding features without a redesign, that's just crazy talk ;) A few news buttons, maybe a CSS overhaul, a cheeky bit of layout and BAM, you've got a fresh new look. You k... 2008-01-21UTC06:47:53the text entry box is just something I was trying out at workand I thought "I'll have a bit of that"... We've lived here for about three years, but owned this flat for nearly four. We don't need anywhere bigger, thanks cheeky, but we do want a house and a new town, we're set on Canterbury.Redesign schmedesign.... 2008-01-21UTC03:23:09RE: Who says the housing market is dead?Are you moving again? It seems like only yesterday that you left your deborturous London ways behind you and headed to leafy Folkstone. Are you looking to get a bigger pad to accommodate little Paulies?Like the new text entry box, very cool indeed. A... 2007-10-24UTC06:48:42When I see the word "lemon"I read "lesbian", it's a niche variety of dyslexia I think. "Librarian" is the same.<br /><br />The context should give me a clue though, no-one's likely to be throwing lesbians at you at cashpoints I suppose.2007-10-09UTC01:46:58RE: Fullsome weekenderJust a thought, so bare with me on this one.Reading your most recent post, I got to thinking about comments. Now someone may have already done this, but I got to thinking about the process of having to go to a comments page to make a tiny comment. Th... 2007-09-29UTC06:32:58Frank Skinner last nightQuite a good gig last night, Frank was funny and rude, and likeable because of his self depracating ways. He did two sets, with an interval, and then came back to do a little song on his banjo too. He's on tour for another two months, so see him if y... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10535/Frank+Skinner+last+night"><img alt="Frank Skinner last night" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1392/638384072_55e1c71c64.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10535/Frank+Skinner+last+night">Rated 4.73/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-08-31UTC06:22:19xml namespaces in jqueryHow do I access xml tags in other namespaces using jquery? If I have some xml like: hey yeah woo I can easily get any of the elements with something like $('thing')but how do I get them if the elements are namespaced, like hey yea... 2007-07-16UTC04:20:22The wedding (being the first part of my two week holiday write up)We started our little trip with a wedding, the least possible wedding that was still attached to home by land that I have ever been to. This was somewhere one side of the Scottish border, and the reception was just the other side, which was quite a n... 2007-06-15UTC12:20:59Old Bailey OnlineA useful genealogical resource, if you think your ancestors might have been up in front of the Old Bailey! The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, London 1674 to 1834A fully searchable online edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of... 2007-05-12UTC09:19:03Wagamama todayGoing to spend a fairly lazy day around the pubs of Canterbury, starting with a lunch at Wagamama, and HEY, we got a voucher: That's from this feature that a friend alerted us to, we'd be going there today anyway though, nice.Had a good week, felt bu... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10212/Wagamama+today">Rated 7.77/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-05-01UTC01:28:28Clarkes of New YorkNo connection as far as I can see, but I'm republishing this mail that I keep getting sent here, in case it's of any interest to anyone. Looks like some automated text from some family tree software to me.My name is James A. Clarke. I am a fourth gen... 2007-04-04UTC09:04:21Don't be planting ideas like that!It's not just average plod, I'm not sure how anyone would be able to look at my IPOD and be able to tell which tracks I'd ripped myself and which ones I'd downloaded (except for the ones that say "rIpP3d 3y sUp3rh4x0r" in the ID3 comment tag).I'm not... 2007-01-24UTC11:42:22No snow hereHad a few pictures emailed and texted in from friends and family about the place of their snowy gardens and the like. Just very cold here, and mostly clear, though I can see some low lying cloud or heavy fog up on the hills.On the top of both fog and... 2007-01-21UTC11:49:06Harry Clarke colour platesNot heard of this book before:HARRY CLARKE"Queens"Text by J M Synge. 8vo Mountrath: The Dolmen Press 1986FIRST EDITION. 9 colour plates & 1 text photo. Plain blue cloth with gilt lettering.15ppColour reproductions of 9 stained glass panels completed... 2006-11-07UTC11:47:08RE: Train times did not work out well at allI like Drupal too - it 'kinda 'just works'. Probably lots of code to write if you want to funk it up a bit though. You can try out a demo of it here at the marvellous 'Open Source CMS' site.Also like TextPattern, as you know, though the developers se...