Monthly Archives: February 2009

Fun with barcodes.

Posted on February 17, 2009 by dale

This started after a twitter discussion with a friend about how to find the country/region for products if you only have a stock code, description and the EAN barcode of the items. This got me thinking, what exactly is in … Continue reading →

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She said “YES”!!!!

Posted on February 16, 2009 by dale

I don’t often mention my girlfriend, its more out of respect to her and her privacy but today I’m making an exception. On Valentines day I asked the love of my life, Claire to marry me. For some it was … Continue reading →

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Zimbabwe and Friday the 13th

Posted on February 6, 2009 by dale

We had a good laugh about this one in the office. Zimbabwe’s parliament passed a constitutional bill today to allow a coalition government of President Robert Mugabe and opposition rivals, being set up under a deal to end political and … Continue reading →

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Sprite Optimization

Posted on February 6, 2009 by dale

To the web developers out there… I was reading this article about Sprite Optimization which is basically about creating a big image with all the graphical bits of your interface on it and then using css to clip and display … Continue reading →

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Apple’s ad for the Red Ipod

Posted on February 6, 2009 by dale

I’m not sure if you got an email too from Apple about the Red iPod and how its the perfect gift for Valentines day, I’ve included the letter that they sent with the add in this post below. (If I’m … Continue reading →

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