Published on 1 April 2010 in Planet Bods, Web Development, internet, Planet Bods, web development
Outragous I know, but the BBC recently sent me on a training course. No idea why - someone muttered something about "investing in staff" and then ran away. It was a training course in Flash, something the team is increasingly going to be using as it starts appearing in set top boxes and TVs.
Published on 11 March 2010 in Daily Links, BBC, BBC Radio, BBC Radio 6music, Harry Hill, internet, ITV, ITV1, radio, web development
Harry Hill signs two-year deal with ITV – guardian.co.uk Phew! Breaking News: Some Bullshit Happening Somewhere – The Onion They've done it again. You say tom-AY-to, I say tom-AH-to, Jupitus says #tomsontoast – Phill and Phil’s Musings on The Perfect Ten Phil Jupitus on why tomatoes on toast matters! Bulletproof Mobile Device Detection and Style Sheets without User Agent Detection or Server-Side Scripting – Bushido Designs Web Development Blog I was randomly wondering whether to do a "narrow screen/mobile" version of Planet Bods. I don't bother with mobile internet myself, however I thought it would be an interesting thing to play with. This interesting code gives a relatively simple way to provide a mobile/handheld stylesheet without using any JavaScript. ADAM BUXTON’S BIG MIX TAPE – Adam and Joe’s 6music blog Adam and Joe are (alas) on sabbatical from 6music, however news comes of an interesting sounding pilot Adam's recording. Adam Buxton's Big Mix Tape is "is supposed to be kind of like a compilation tape that I've made for the listeners with a different theme or mood each week.The pilot Mix Tape is called Øddens and features some of my favourite weird but accessible music by both well known and... View Article
Published on 9 February 2009 in Web Development, internet, Planet Bods, web development, web standards
One of the legacies of a long lasting site is that you end up moving things around a bit. There are common themes why this can happen - and that means there are sometimes ways to avoid potential problems
Published on 23 April 2008 in BBC, Internet, BBC, bbc.co.uk, Doctor Who, web development, XML feeds
As I mentioned recently, the BBC's Doctor Who website recently redesigned and moved their XML feed, without putting a redirect or message in the old feed to point people to the new one.
Published on 7 April 2008 in BBC, Internet, BBC, bbc.co.uk, Doctor Who, web development, XML feeds
One of the wonders of having XML feeds is that you can keep up to date with what's going on quite nicely from one place instead of having to go through hundreds of different bookmarks, remembering what you've seen and what you've not. And it's something more and more sites are now realising that they should provide, and which will bring them traffic.
Published on 21 March 2008 in BBC, BBC, bbc.co.uk, web development
Recently finding the BBC mailing list subscription page I coded in 2001, reminded me of another blog post I've been meaning to write. Some time ago, I telneted in to one of the internal web servers at work where I had my own webspace years ago and which I occasionally still use for various bits and pieces. A lot of my old code is still there, mostly templates for long defunct CGI scripts. However one particular page caught my eye.
Published on 18 March 2008 in BBC, BBC, bbc.co.uk, web development
It's coming up for five years since I coded my last web page for the BBC, and very little of my work remains. This is probably a good thing given the code isn't exactly what people these days would be impressed by.
Published on 7 March 2008 in Web Development, BBC, bbc.co.uk, internet, web development
Now I must say I do like the visual look and feel of the new BBC homepage, but it gives me yet again, another infuriating problem. It's the browser window size. I just don't want my browser window set that wide.
Published on 19 December 2007 in BBC, Internet, bbc.co.uk, web development, work
Anyone reading the BBC Internet Blog will have noticed a flurry of posts celebrating the 10th aniversary of bbc.co.uk. All the reminiscing has, to be honest, got me reminising about my old memories of working on the BBC website
Published on 9 November 2007 in Web Development, Movable Type, Planet Bods, web development
Two versions of this post. I'll start with the executive summary. If you've moved to Movable Type 4 and find that when you get to edit an entry, the body and Extended fields are all greyed out, then I might have a cure for you!