Archive for the “Web” category

Google Chart API: Generate Images of Charts

0Rob Lewis6th Dec 2007Tools, Web, Web Development

Google has a new tool (at least I haven’t come across it before) which allows you to generate PNG images of charts simply More »

Letter To YouTube

0Rob Lewis16th Apr 2007Web

Dear YouTube,
This is just a quick letter to say that I am finally starting to “get” what you’re all about.
It’s taken me a More »

Error Messages With Personality

1Rob Lewis4th Nov 2006Web

Domain name registrar 123-Reg has a fairly unique set of error messages which show an unusual amount of personality. Amongst the errors I More »

The Beat Featured In .net Magazine

0Rob Lewis3rd Aug 2006Portfolio, Web

Well, featured might be a little bit of a strong term to use, but I was very pleased to find out that The More »

What’s On Your Dashboard?

1Rob Lewis10th Jul 2006WV4, Web

Every day, the first thing I do when firing up the internet is load up what I like to call my “web dashboard”. More »

Friendly Database Errors In Wordpress

3Rob Lewis6th Feb 2006Web

I’ve just been thinking about the error reporting in Wordpress, prompted by flicking through 37signal’s Defensive Design For the Web.
Although Wordpress comes with More »

Forging Bank Notes In Photoshop

3Rob Lewis1st Feb 2006Miscellany, Web

If you’ve ever tried to open a scanned image of a bank note in Photoshop, then you too may have noticed the warning More »

My Firefox Extensions

2Rob Lewis18th Jan 2006Web Development, Browsers, Firefox, Web

Myself and little cuz Joe have recently started work on a new site for him (replacing the often neglected Homiesheaven), and along the More »

Online Creative Week

2Rob Lewis12th Jan 2006Web

According to MSN, 23-27 January is Online Creative Week, which according to the official site, “is the definitive industry exhibition of 2006 celebrating More »

More Cursor Choices

3Rob Lewis4th Dec 2005Web

The old debate as to whether web designers should be able to force links to open in new windows was raised in a More »

Google Analytics One Day On

1Rob Lewis17th Nov 2005Web

For what it’s worth, I’m going to add my 2 pence to the debate surrounding Google Analytics, the website stats package formerly known More »

Google Analytics

1Rob Lewis14th Nov 2005Web

The website stats package that used to be Urchin, and is now Google Analytics, is now available for free. Yes, gratis.
The package More »

Tabs For Recent Content

5Rob Lewis11th Nov 2005Web

I really struggled with a title for this, but here’s a nice little feature that I’ve come across whilst researching some more web More »

Newsvine

0Rob Lewis9th Nov 2005Web

I’ve just read about Newsvine over at Mike Davidson’s site, MikeIndustries. I’ve got to say, what a bloody neat idea.
I’ve got a lot More »

Watch Out For Internet Listing Service “Scam”

2Rob Lewis8th Nov 2005Web

I’m not really sure whether I should call this a scam, but I thought I’d bring peoples attention to a mailing that seems More »

What The Flock?

0Rob Lewis21st Oct 2005Web

Firstly, sorry for the dodgy title, but with a name like that then it’s open to abuse.
The blogging world seems to be More »

Design Inspiration Reference

0Rob Lewis13th Oct 2005Web

Garrett at YourTotalSite.com posted up a useful tip about capturing design inspiration – rather than bookmarking pages or screen-grabbing the whole page, the More »

Get The Details Right From Day One

1Rob Lewis7th Sep 2005Web

Threadwatch noticed an article on The Register regarding accessibility problems on the F.E.M.A. website.
Now, as The Register rightly points out, this is a More »

Synchronizing Feeds: FeedDemon + Newsgator

0Rob Lewis2nd Sep 2005Blog, Web

As RSS feeds have become more and more a part of my online life (more so now than e-mails, probably), I’ve needed to More »

New Books on CSS

0Rob Lewis1st Sep 2005Web

I’ve just taken delivery of 2 new books on CSS from Amazon, Dan Cederholm’s Bulletproof Web Design, and Wrox’s Professional CSS by Orchard, More »