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2009

Photoshop Elements 7 Window Oddities · 21st May 2009
Flat File Database Demo 4 · 16th January 2009
Now with added search function!

2008

Mac Tips · 19th December 2008
Abbreviations Demo 2 · 13th November 2008
Vertical Text Engine · 12th November 2008
A New Layout! · 10th June 2008
Leopard Forms Issues · 18th March 2008

2007

Netscape 9 · 30th November 2007
Apple Safari 3 Beta Problems On Windows · 12th June 2007
A Fragile Beauty Called Glass · 13th February 2007
Because sometimes Flickr thumbnails can look as gorgeous as this.
Always Specify A Background Colour · 11th January 2007
Avoid a mix of unwanted colours on your page.

2006

Editable Photoshop Sharpening · 4th November 2006
How to sharpen images in an editable way without using the Unsharp Mask.
Installing IE7 Final · 20th October 2006
Problems I found.
Roadsweeper · 9th October 2006
I Quote · 13th September 2006
Here are some quotes I've come across which I would like to share.
IE7: Old Bugs For New · 30th August 2006
Some good features but flawed rendering.
Addicted To Flickr · 17th August 2006
The Endless Routine Of Work · 29th July 2006
A diatribe against the fixed hours of work in today's society.
An Interview With Molly E. Holzschlag · 23rd July 2006
Chris Hester interviews Molly E. Holzschlag.
Type Books · 15th July 2006
I recently rediscovered two books of type I had created in the mid-80s.
Keep British Design Alive Survey · 26th June 2006
Help shape the future of British design.
Ten Common CSS Mistakes · 19th June 2006
Avoid these in your stylesheets.
Writing Is The Greatest Job · 15th June 2006
The perceived pros and cons of a writer's life.
And So It Begins · 13th June 2006
Welcome to my new-look site!
Defining Sexy · 10th May 2006
Extracts from comments relating to an external post about beauty and how sexy is defined.
Lite-On LVW-5025GHC+ DVD Recorder Review · 10th May 2006
A DVD Recorder with an 80Gb hard drive for less than £200?
Hester Street · 26th April 2006
Photo of a street sign on Hester Street.
First Impressions Of IE7 · 11th April 2006
IE7 Beta 2 fails to impress due to numerous problems.
Rainville · 7th April 2006
A poem I wrote about rain.
Random Demo No.3 · 5th April 2006
Tells you the answer to that burning question you may have.
Random Demo No.2 · 4th April 2006
Creating a story using random words.
Random Demo No.1 · 31st March 2006
Automatic Image Resizing Demo · 5 March 2006
A layout that uses random background colours.
IE Hover Crash Demo · 28th February 2006
Crash IE real bad just by hovering over a link.
CSS Frames Demo 2 · 28th February 2006
Similar to before, only now without JavaScript!
Flat File Database Demo 3 · 20th February 2006
How to show a specific line from a database.
Ideas Books Preview · 17th February 2006
Sample photographs of my ideas books.
Multicolumn Layouts · 15th February 2006
Firefox wasn't the first browser to implement multicolumns - by a good few years!
Tooltips Not Accessible In Firefox · 9th February 2006
Divs Gap Demo · 31st January 2006
The Video Genius Of Chris Cunningham And Jonathan Glazer · 26th January 2006

2005

JavaScript Form Submit Test · 28th November 2005
Cross-Browser Text Glow Demo · 27th October 2005
Introducing JACOB · 25th October 2005
(JavaScript Cross-browser Organiser for Bookmarks)
The Future Of Bookmarks · 24th October 2005
CSS House 2 · 20th October 2005
CSS Gradients Demo 3 · 13th October 2005
Expecting · 3rd October 2005
Two photographs of budding flowers on a house plant.
Genius · 30th September 2005
HMV Digital Not Accessible · 12th September 2005
Stupid Message Of The Day · 12th September 2005
CSS Gradients Demo · 5th September 2005
InDesign Rocks · 16th August 2005
XML Browser Differences · 13th August 2005
Web Standards Is A Journey Not A Destination · 2nd August 2005
HTML To Excel The Easy Way · 27th July 2005
Examining XSLT 2 · 22nd July 2005
Examining XSLT · 19th July 2005
Go-1-Better Error Gifts · 11th July 2005
How not to make an error page, by offering a list of missing "error gifts".
Horizontal List Demo 2 · 22nd June 2005
Style a list to appear stretched full-width horizontally.
WIRED Book Review Reveals Telling Prediction · 19th June 2005
CNET Media Gallery Error · 18th June 2005
CNET's standard Page Not Found doesn't fit the small square used for the Media Gallery, leading to cut-off text where the user cannot scroll to see more.
Less Is More · 1st April 2005
It's time to say goodbye.
Quote Of The Day · 28th March 2005
From the novel The Shadow Of The Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón.
Keyboard Demo · 25th March 2005
My attempt to improve on a demo of a keyboard made with CSS.
Paint Shop Pro Art · 22nd March 2005
Thunderbird 1.0 Review · 21st March 2005
Image Programs Shootout Part 2 · 14th March 2005
Part 2: Paint Shop Pro 7 and 9.
Loyd Grossman Accessibility Problems · 13th March 2005
Problems with the accessibility of Loyd Grossman's recipe site.
Tommy Vance Dies · 6th March 2005
Another great British DJ dies.
Dangerous Drivers · 2nd March 2005
Some of the types of idiot drivers I have observed recently.
Magic 8-Ball · 14th February 2005
Virtual answers to some of life's questions revealed.
Difficult Photo · 8th February 2005
An open plea to help improve a photo of mine.
Alternative Abbreviations Demo · 24th January 2005
A way to show the full text of abbreviations when hovering over the text.
Image Programs Shootout Part 1 · 19th January 2005
Part 1: Photoshop Elements 1 Versus 3.
Searching For Chris Hester · 19th January 2005
I discover many people with the same name as me, but wildly different locations and professions!
Album Of The Year 2004 · 17th January 2005
House Of Flying Daggers · 15th January 2005
My opinion on this acclaimed Chinese film
Living In The Twenty-First Century · 8th January 2005

2004

British Weather · 27th December 2004
A 10-day forecast for Bradford doesn't look too sunny...
Shodown Loves Chris Hester · 23rd December 2004
Shorter Web Addresses With Variables · 15th December 2004
How to use variables in web addresses in a much shorter way.
Acronyms And Abbreviations · 12th December 2004
When to use <acronym> and <abbr> in writing HTML.
XHTML Or HTML? · 10th December 2004
Flat File Database Demo 2 · 1st December 2004
How to create sortable table columns using a flat file database and PHP.
Half-Life 2 Tips · 27th November 2004
A list of tips I've found useful when playing the game.
Half-Life 2 Faults · 27th November 2004
A list of faults I've noticed so far in the game.
Half-Life 2 · 21st November 2004
So they've finally released this PC game - here's my opinion.
Photoshop Elements Vs Paint Shop Pro · 10th November 2004
Which program proved best when working with an extremely wide image?
Sir John Peel Dies · 28th October 2004
A sad day for music.
Horizontal List Demo · 20th October 2004
Style a list to appear horizontally with a hover colour on each list item.
Flat File Database Demo · 12th October 2004
How to read from a flat file database using PHP.
TextPad Blues · 9th October 2004
TextPad appeared great until I saw the ancient HTML tags support...
Autoquotes Demo · 9th October 2004
Double-click on a sentence to paste it into a comments form directly.
The September Project Completed · 4th October 2004
Links to the photographs taken in my attempt to show a different one for each day in September.
Google Browser · 21st September 2004
Evidence is mounting that Google are allegedly working on a Google Browser...
Goldie Lookin Chain - Greatest Hits · 19th September 2004
Welsh hip-hop grabs the first Album Of The Month award.
Ginger Looking Cake · 17th September 2004
I decided to publish the recipe for the latest cake I made today, now I've finetuned it.
The September Project Day 8 · 8th September 2004
The eighth in an attempt to show a different photograph for each day in September.
Anchors Demo · 6th September 2004
Now you can click on part of a page and see a link to return there.
The September Project Day 1 · 1st September 2004
The first in an attempt to show a different photograph for each day in September.
Gordon Bennett · 1st September 2004
A satirical take on the cover of the Half-Life 2 PC game.
IE Objectifier · 20th August 2004
Make IE work with the <object> tag instead of <img>.
Filler · 16th August 2004
Notepad2, Harry Potter 6 and IE7.
IE Can Zoom Pages Like Opera · 25th July 2004
A bit of CSS enables text and graphics to be enlarged, including pixel fonts!
A Question Of HTML Part 3 - Definitions · 22nd July 2004
How to use definition tags in the correct way?
Opera Sticky Notes · 15th July 2004
A way to add sticky notes to certain websites using JavaScript inside CSS.
WordPad Tips · 1st July 2004
Working with data from Access and how to see multiple list styles.
Windows XP Tips 2 · 23rd June 2004
Taskbar and toolbar tips covering XP, Windows Explorer and IE6.
Sick Of IE6 · 22nd June 2004
Why IE6 is driving me mad when trying to get simple code to work.
This Wonderful Life · 17th June 2004
A stunning animation short created entirely on a PC!
Status Report 4: Recent Entries · 16th June 2004
Announcing a recent entries list and why this heralds many future improvements.
Windows XP Tips · 10th June 2004
A list of various tips I've come up with. One adds 'sticky' notes to the desktop.
Gallery Of Computation · 26th May 2004
A magnificent site of Flash art created using mathematics.
What's Sup Doc? · 24th May 2004
An attempt to improve the <sup> tag using CSS.
Five New Links · 22nd May 2004
A collection of recent finds worth seeing.
Old Man · 22nd May 2004
What I saw an old man doing in a shop in town recently.
The Weather In May · 22nd May 2004
Hailstones and freezing weather is becoming the norm for May in the UK.
Not On The Label · 20th May 2004
Felicity Lawrence's book that exposes international crimes behind mass food production.
Comments Extras · 18th May 2004
Announcing a recent comments list and an RSS feed to track new comments.
Ginger Cake 2 · 17th May 2004
How To Set Up A New Version Of Opera 7 · 13th May 2004
Mac And PC Testing Sites · 11th May 2004
Blinking Links · 11th May 2004
CSS Font · 8th May 2004
CSS Pencils 2.2 Released · 7th May 2004
Stopping Bots Via CSS · 5th May 2004
Mass Destruction · 3rd May 2004
London Atom Bomb Advert · 1st May 2004
Does Anyone Really Care About Graphics? · 29th April 2004
Status Report 3: Permalinks · 28th April 2004
Status Report 2: CSS2 Test Results · 27th April 2004
Status Report: CSS Demos · 23rd April 2004
Google Operating System · 10th April 2004
BBC Browser Support Lacking · 8th April 2004
Delete Tag Browser Differences · 8th April 2004
A New Logo · 8th April 2004
A New Design · 6th April 2004
Firefox Renamed Again · 1st April 2004
Literary Moose Interview · 20th March 2004
Words Of Wisdom 1 · 18th March 2004
A Proposal To Keep Sites Better Updated · 18th March 2004
Yin Yu Tang · 2nd March 2004
Photogallery Russkoye Polye · 1st March 2004
Crazy Validator Bugs · 26th February 2004
Comedy From Amazon · 20th February 2004
Outrage Of The Day · 14th February 2004
Poor Spelling · 11th February 2004
Text You Can't Enlarge · 11th February 2004
Firefox Let Loose · 9th February 2004
Second Variety · 8th February 2004
A Question Of HTML Part 2 - Split Lists · 5th February 2004
A Question Of HTML Part 1 - De-emphasis · 5th February 2004
Digital Impermanence · 30th January 2004
Opera Converts Pages For Medium-Sized Screens · 22nd January 2004
Highlighting Text · 21st January 2004
Media Queries · 13th January 2004
CSS Pencils Updates · 10th January 2004
Cutting Edge CSS · 8th January 2004
CSS Frames · 7th January 2004
CSS Pencils · 5th January 2004

2003

London Cycling Campaign · 18th December 2003
Pop-Over Adverts · 16th December 2003
CSS Tests Updated · 16th December 2003
Shine On You Crazy Moose · 15th December 2003
Minimum Design · 14th December 2003
Bad Design In Programs 3 · 5th December 2003
Bad Design In Programs 2 · 5th December 2003
Styling Forms · 2nd December 2003
Bad Design In Programs · 25th November 2003
Let It Be Like It Was Before · 20th November 2003
CSS Vault · 17th November 2003
Generated Content Article · 15th November 2003
RSS Feed Introduced · 12th November 2003
Run Multiple Versions Of IE At Once · 10th November 2003
Another Reason To Love Mozilla · 5th November 2003
Another Weird Bug In IE6 · 30th October 2003
QuirksMode · 30th October 2003
Interview · 28th October 2003
Comments On 3D Border Demo 2 · 19th October 2003
CSS Border Design Challenge · 18th October 2003
Design Meme · 17th October 2003
Shadow Demo · 17th October 2003
3D Border Demo 2 · 16th October 2003
Web Design Practices · 16th October 2003
Mozilla Tests Updated · 16th October 2003
Opera Tests Updated · 14th October 2003
3D Border Demo · 3rd October 2003
Fresh Layout For New Design Portal · 26th September 2003
Opera Release New Browser · 25th September 2003
Styleboost · 16th September 2003
Listamatic · 16th September 2003
3 Columns From 1 · 15th September 2003
Sizer · 14th September 2003
CSS Articles · 4th September 2003
Browser Reference Chart · 4th September 2003
Pink Steel · 2nd September 2003
Hivelogic · 30th August 2003
A New Look · 28th August 2003
Containing Floats · 28th August 2003
Announcement · 13th August 2003
Mozilla Table Clicks · 13th August 2003
JPEG 2000 · 13th August 2003
Internet Explorer 6 CSS Bugs · 13th August 2003
Web Design Postcards · 13th August 2003
Fixed Positioning For IE On Windows · 13th August 2003
Recent CSS Finds · 13th August 2003
Modulo 26 · 4th August 2003
Out Of The Lens 2 · 13th July 2003
CSS2 Test Suite Failures · 11th July 2003
Netscape 2 Announced! · 5th July 2003
The DOM Inspector · 4th July 2003
Illustrator World · 2nd July 2003
Hydro74 · 2nd July 2003
Pixelsurgeon · 28th June 2003
Leaking Styles Part 2 · 28th June 2003
Leaking Styles · 27th June 2003
The Future Of Web Design · 26th June 2003
Making A List Into A Table · 24th June 2003
Design Matters · 24th June 2003
Argus Center · 24th June 2003
Setting Fonts In IE6 · 24th June 2003
Strange Banana · 29th May 2003
Centricle · 17th May 2003
Helpful Site · 14th May 2003
Smart Illustrations · 14th May 2003
CSS Greatness · 14th May 2003
CSS Demos And Bugs · 10th May 2003
Custom Tags Trick · 10th May 2003
Death Of A Meta Tag · 3rd May 2003
Stepping Backwards · 2nd May 2003
Photography · 29th April 2003
Reinventing Hypertext Links · 25th April 2003
The Grid · 20th April 2003
Using XML For The First Time · 15th April 2003
Outstanding · 1st April 2003
Hilarious · 29th March 2003
Anti-War Demo · 22nd March 2003
Forum Relaunch · 5th March 2003
Mark Pilgrim Battles The Web Robots · 26th February 2003
Ginger Cake · 22nd February 2003
Out Of The Lens · 18th February 2003
Bad Browsers! · 18th February 2003
Another Redesign? · 18th February 2003
Taming Opera's Fullscreen Mode · 18th February 2003
Hmmmm · 18th February 2003
News · 18th February 2003

2002

Mozilla 1.2; XFML · 5th December 2002
Mozilla Navigation Links · 28th November 2002
A Comment From Jeffrey Zeldman · 26th November 2002
Various News 3 · 15th November 2002
Juniatwork · 8th November 2002
Various News 2 · 6th November 2002
Larger Style · 2nd November 2002
Wired News Images · 1st November 2002
Photoshop Tips Restyled · 30th October 2002
PHP Included Files Date Tip · 9th October 2002
PHP Dates; Mr Wiggles · 4th October 2002
Peter Gabriel Interview; Google News · 23rd September 2002
Trying To Stranglehold The Internet · 21st September 2002
User Styles Added · 9th September 2002
China Blocks Google · 2nd September 2002
Netscape 7; The Need For Standards · 28th August 2002
Mozilla 1.1 · 27th August 2002
Revamped Forum; Mozilla Is Not Netscape · 25th August 2002
Pound Signs Problem Solved · 22nd August 2002
Pound Signs Problem · 21st August 2002
New Look; Shocking News · 20th August 2002
XHTML 2 · 6th August 2002
Glish Redesigned · 4th August 2002
Dive Into Accessibility · 25th June 2002
More Links · 24th June 2002
More Photography · 23rd June 2002
Mozilla 1.0 · 14th June 2002
Number 1; Links Code · 16th May 2002
Links Improved · 13th May 2002
Listed On Google · 12th May 2002
Fresh Styles For Web Designers · 28th April 2002
Inkworm Interview · 18th April 2002
Kimberly Schamber · 5th April 2002
Great Art Links · 22nd March 2002
Toshiba LCD Screen · 10th March 2002
Funkworks Issue 3 · 9th March 2002
Flash MX · 6th March 2002
New Link Sections · 28th February 2002
Photoshop 7 · 25th February 2002
Stereotypography · 24th February 2002
Various News · 11th February 2002
Competition 2 Result · 2nd February 2002
Forum Launched · 28th January 2002
Arpanet · 18th January 2002
Halfproject; P1X · 10th January 2002
New Competition; Netscape 6 Bug · 9th January 2002
New Logo · 6th January 2002

2001

These are from an earlier website I had when I started making posts about things that interested me at the time. I think the content is worth preserving, so take a look:

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