sanchothefat.com

This is the personal website of Robert O'Rourke, a web developer and designer living and working in Burnley.

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    My blog where I write about the web and other subjects that matter to me.

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  • Thursday July 2nd
  • Just discovered another super awesomeness about working from home. ICE CREAM VAN

    @4:12pm

  • Scratch that, it's a mythology thing, duh

    @4:01pm

  • Am I the only one who thinks that the men are from mars women are from venus thing is the wrong way around?

    @4:01pm

  • being invaded by kittehs. They seem to understand the words 'bugger off' though

    @3:21pm

  • @boagworld wasn't @chrisdavidmills working on a curriculum? Could take that along for any of them who want to learn more.

    @2:29pm

  • @johnorourke you're wearing shorts??????? glad I'm working from home!

    @12:49pm

  • dConstruct ticket bought and guest house booked. Woop woop!

    @4:25pm

  • My implementation of Ji Lee's Nine Circles Numbers in Processing http://www.sanchothefat.com/dev/canvas/ncn.html #canvas #html5

    @2:26pm

  • If you have Firefox 3.5 try out @F1LT3R's audio player, you just a #canvas element and an ordered list http://hyper-metrix.com/misc/jai/

    @9:39am

  • programmed me some mini moocard backgrounds http://www.hascanvas.com/XS%20Grid

    @10:01pm

  • @MatttLloyd @brendandawes check out http://www.hascanvas.com - you can layer canvas and HTML elements really easily

    @4:29pm

  • @MatttLloyd A combination? Flash backdrop with simple HTML+CSS over the top works quite nicely

    @4:05pm

  • @jake74 haha! Twargument started.

    @3:58pm

  • @jake74 meh, that's purely to get people testing with it. <audio> element is now available :) Anyway Opera's aimed at power users so ner

    @3:42pm

  • RT @mozhacks: Firefox 3.5 is out! Help spread the word to developers - http://bit.ly/35isout

    @3:31pm

  • Anyone who follows me going to #geekup Liverpool tonight?

    @3:02pm

  • @F1LT3R sounds like you're having a fun day! Need a second pair of eyes on it?

    @2:00pm

  • Happy happy! I can add a button to this http://tinyurl.com/mpduvl so it can be saved as an image using this http://tinyurl.com/rdpdqs

    @1:40pm

  • @philsherry I think Royston Vasey was modeled on them

    @1:17pm

  • @erinryan I managed to never go to Darwen... Padiham is pretty much just a main road. Is Darwen just a corner shop?

    @1:08pm

  • I'd like to see a http://billietweets.com for the scatman

    @1:03pm

  • do the BartMan

    @11:40am

  • @mr_flibble08 get you! what is it? Malmaison was about that much and very chuffing nice

    @11:37am

  • @FullCreamMilk IE Tester only seems to work on XP and Vista, are you on windows7 too?

    @9:06am

  • I wish CSS text direction worked how I want it to... damn w3c specs.

    @3:53pm

  • Today I'll be mostly needing these http://bit.ly/ON8VZ

    @3:14pm

  • My bro has to wear a white cotton glove when he plays at gigs (allergic to the bass strings). Everyone was convinced it was a tribute to MJ.

    @2:28pm

  • @mr_flibble08 hey dude! Not today it isn't. I want a nap.

    @1:55pm

  • I feel a bit like I'm about to pass out. Air con might aswell not exist.

    @1:20pm

  • @Teifion I taught myself from www.w3schools.com and the css-discuss mailing list

    @12:23pm

  • .@Meekychuppet My mate chris was trying to draw this http://www.chalkman.com/members/symbol.htm from memory and ended with... that thing.

    @11:35am

  • I want a big ass canvas of a fire to go in the front room of my new place, any reccommends on where to get one? Pref in Liverpool

    @11:23am

  • I'm slightly embarassed about this but it makes me laugh. Alcohol + plus internet... http://tinyurl.com/ksn5nj

    @9:35am

  • @mheap A model should only provide shortcuts to database transactions, the controller brings it all in together.

    @4:03pm

  • @mheap taking liberties with the meanings of M, V and C? :P

    @3:35pm

  • Sad, funny and interesting - public art in Kyrgyzstan http://bit.ly/bDdFO

    @4:34pm

  • .@mosso found bugs and security holes today, not too impressed :(

    @4:27pm

  • @kezdawg I'll second that. I thought it was fucking awesome. The dude with 'Dong' in his name was my favourite.

    @12:54pm

  • Ben should neck some Haribo+vodka. Creative steroids. #TC_inprogress

    @12:36pm

  • @andypearson is it Cher?

    @12:08pm

  • RT: @samuelcotterall: Microsoft should put their resources behind awesome stuff, rather than stupid shit http://fixoutlook.org

    @9:25am

  • @AuntieSueOR it was just the south bound M66, I saw the queue going on all the way back up to the roundabout with the tescos. M60 was bad

    @9:14am

  • Had a long time to wonder what flavour traffic jam is this morning.

    @9:04am

  • @mattbrunton I like that the BNP site has an error at the bottom, only reason I knew it was wordpress!

    @1:41pm

  • @mattbrunton both use wordpress by the looks of it, maybe they both started from the same template

    @1:29pm

  • @imgiseverything apparently some screen readers think a <span> is always around a single word and so they pause in between. But that's it

    @1:22pm

  • @jonnyhaynes Alright, I just left you a comment but I done a retarded and forgot to escape a bit of HTML. Could you sort it out for me?

    @12:11pm

  • @hereinthehive Rolando is a good game, iXpenseit is really good for having your budget to hand, and Tweetie of course

    @11:41am

  • @mollydotcom that could explain why my girlfriend thinks she needs to lose weight

    @11:38am

  • More awesome amazon reviews http://tinyurl.com/9pjtlh

    @11:26am

  • Considering a career change to be a 'Web Entemologist'

    @9:54am

  • @treecarving Nice one on getting 3rd place Si, that red kite is awesome

    @9:32am

  • RT: @treecarving: http://twitpic.com/86dgk - Carving of red kite from woodfest 09

    @9:31am

  • @4585 swim it Jim, don't tell me that water doesn't look inviting!

    @8:38am

  • Awesome new painting by my mate Chris http://bit.ly/L5jb1

    @7:53pm

  • This guy looks really chuffin scary http://www.jwmi.com/

    @4:28pm

  • color: transparent is useful for background image replacement stuff but it's still not a fallback unless the text somehow gets selected #css

    @12:17pm

  • Is there really meant to be such a thing as 'color: transparent;' in modern browsers. I think it's a bit spooky #css

    @12:12pm

  • Considering getting an IV so I can get a mixture of lucozade and coffee directly into my bloodstream without taste buds getting inthe way

    @10:19am

  • We live in a techy bubble - here's the real world http://bit.ly/11Co9l

    @1:12pm

  • Making DAVE screens

    @11:28am

  • The World Beard and Moustache Championships 2009 in Anchorage, Alaska http://tinyurl.com/mk7ufc

    @11:04am

  • @stanton How can they publish something so full of shit? It reads like propaganda

    @10:34am

  • @stanton pretty much everyone atm but it'll work for him coz his followers are mostly techies, plus a hosting solution may be on the cards

    @2:13pm

  • @erinryan not really. Just go with what feels right, like if your sofa was upside down facing the wall that's probly wrong

    @2:08pm

  • @stanton I wouldn't have thought so. Not unless it's something specifically for techies who happen to have a website to put it on... #Fever

    @2:00pm

  • RT: @F1LT3R: HTML5 Javascript Audio Player hit Mozilla Hacks - http://bit.ly/19QKac - nice one Al. It is a very cool bit of code

    @1:40pm

  • @Teifion it's a faff isn't it and not at all clear. At least the OS itself is actually half decent

    @1:13pm

  • If IE8 is a tabbed browser why does it default to opening new links in another chuffing window. Smart defaults really make a big difference.

    @11:52am

  • RT: @tubingen: updated his flat rubik's cube for rotation of adjacent face when moving an external crown : http://tinyurl.com/ng2vq8

    @10:59am

  • @brucel A rapid-fire summary of what can be used right now could be a good place to start eg. #canvas and local storage

    @10:21am

  • @JofArnold It's the best primer I've seen. This is a good one for more typography stuff http://tinyurl.com/c3cduz

    @4:04pm

  • @JofArnold try reading through all of @markboulton's 5 simple steps series on his blog. http://tinyurl.com/9l4w6

    @3:39pm

  • @jake74 nothing that's still cool is obsolete. Vinyl is awesome and so is my NES

    @12:47pm

  • Street Fister #gameporn

    @4:00pm

  • Prince of Pleasure #gameporn

    @3:44pm

  • Yarrrr! Me Tim Biskup Book arrived with a little cutlass letter opener for some reason. Awesome though. Yarrrr! http://tinyurl.com/lfs4ht

    @3:34pm

  • @stanton I like the redesign of home of muppets, very clean

    @3:22pm

  • TwitterFox is starting to creep over more of my screen. Good update though. So far....

    @3:01pm

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