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Comment on Royal Mail – Good riddance by Beverley Hall

Beverley Hall — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:31:35 +0000

Hi Tom,

I completely agree with you. But don’t just stop with the postal workers, I am fed up with hearing from all whinging public sector workers complaining that their pay increases are not enough. Personally, as a self employed person, if times are tough I have to draw my belt in. I don’t get help from government handouts and I certainly don’t get a little letter telling how much my pay increment will be this year. When times get tough I have to, at best, leave my prices the same and front the increases in tax, fuel bills etc out of my earnings.

I think the time has come for a Thatcherite approach on the public sector. If you don’t like the conditions find another job, there are thousands of others who would be glad of it.

Phew, rant over … Bev

Comment on Voluntary project launched by Andy

Andy — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:59:45 +0000

Well done tom, I know it hasn’t always been easy but the end result does look pretty cool and is something to be proud of. You better teach me some silverstripe before you leave – something else for the handover list!

Comment on Voluntary project launched by Lyle

Lyle — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:02:25 +0000

Spotted it – in the boots?

It’s a nice-looking site, good going to the both of you.

Comment on 5 reasons why Bing won’t win the Search Wars by Helen

Helen — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:24:24 +0000

Did you hear that google are also planning to bring out a phone to rival the iPhone? http://www.android.com

Comment on Using Cufon with BBC’s Glow JS library by Tweets that mention Using Cufon with BBC’s Glow JS library « Tom Haczewski | Norwich Web Developer | Online portfolio and CV -- Topsy.com

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:36:15 +0000

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Comment on Using Cufon with BBC’s Glow JS library by Andy

Andy — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:11:29 +0000

I guess the Glow library isn’t well enough established yet, which is why Cufon isn’t able to detect it. Good work with the fix, you should tell the BBC guys too.

Comment on Is code validation really that important? by Tom Haczewski

Tom Haczewski — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:46:28 +0000

You’re right – Google doesn’t validate, and they bytes they save are crucially important. On average, Google handles 91 million searches per day, and for their infrastructure to cope (and as mentioned on my next post, be as fast as possible to beat competition) they have to conserve as much as possible.

The difference is that Google have done this on purpose – they haven’t slacked off or forgotten to validate, it’s a calculated move which has a real impact on their service.

So you’re definitely right that it doesn’t validate – but it’s for a good reason. Plus, Google pretty much rule the internets, and I’m not going to argue with them!

Comment on Is code validation really that important? by Worz

Worz — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:32:51 +0000

An example of a website not validating their code is probably the best known…google.

They say the bytes that are saved by not closing certain tags on their pages is important. I’ll leave you to make up you mind on that one.