September 2008
65 posts
New Blog
I have a new blog www.sydlawrence.me and I am no longer using this as a blog. Please visit my current one.
Thank you!!
Syd
settling down for an afternoon of scrapheap challenge in the background while I do some work
Just completed star wars force unleashed for iPhone. Thoroughly recommend. Intuitive controls.
On my way to London to go to namco station. Bring on the arcade machines!
best tweet i have seen in a long time @GordonBrown “George Bush smells of tacos”
I have been blogging: Another ‘brick’ in the wall http://www.sydlawrence.me/?p=24
My view on the ‘iBrick’. I reckon it will either be a Mac Mini / Apple TV rebrand / merger, or a small portable cheap MacBook (UMPC)
OMG just spent half an hour writing a new blog post, clicked to view the HTML and then it all vanished. Can’t be bothered to write it again!
right time for a fun day of xslt, what a delight!
just had the worst ever game of halo. Giving up, time for Greek chicken with olives and feta a la Sophie
finally set up a proper blog, no longer tumblr www.sydlawrence.me
how beer works, brilliant http://tinyurl.com/59peyo
Geeky chat with @tico24 in the pub. Geek meets are well underestimated
I’m at Winchester, Hampshire (Winchester, Winchester, GB) - http://bkite.com/01Fcv
Off to meet @tico24 for a pint and to discuss all things freelance
right, off to a meeting to discuss seo, fun fun fun
Is it wrong that I am tempted to watch Jeremy Kyle?
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Why do people still think quantity is better than quality?
had a good lunch “meeting” with @isitaboat chatting about all things web
trying out freshbooks http://www.freshbooks.com after a recommendation from @isitaboat
Back from car show room. Gf has a shiny new(ish) vw polo
finally managed to get ies4osx to work, now i can get rid of my win box
giving flock a go. About time!
anyone know an ie workaround for jquery load() to load html with js ???
i swear ie is only here to make my life a misery
question… What is your online payment gateway of choice?
Back from wandering the streets of winchester having meetings with design agencies
Now it seems that her whole male family are called Syd, this day just doesnt get any better. How do I tell her to leave me alone!!??
Gonna spend the morning at the bridge patisserie, Winchester, with my laptop if anyone fancies it
thought coming to the patissrie would be quiet and peaceful, didnt expect old old lady trying to make friends with me! ARGH
One piece of advice… Get star was : force unleashed for iPhone. ‘mazing
that was & amp; -> &
right next q, anyone know the easiest way to get google maps like scrolling on any image using jquery?
Easiest way to convert “&” to “&” in php? str_replace doesnt want to work??
just had an amazing roast lunch courtesy of the gf
daisy CMS is s@!t
off to 2nd client meeting in 2 days, woop woop
looks like i might have to leave a whole day for js debugging goddamn
best way to debug js with ie? anyone? developer toolbar doesnt want to show the error
finally 403 resolved, reasonably quick response from provider
in a coffee house meeting a client, this is what freelancing is all about
random 403 error dampening the start to my freelance career
anyone having problems with itunes 8?
5 hours and counting
enjoying my last day being a PAYE employee
Anyone need a freelance web developer based in Winchester, Hampshire, UK ? xhtml, css, javascript, ajax, php, mysql, (basic) actionscript
Just told my boss the situation, tomorrow we will discuss the ins and outs, wednesday I will no longer be working here on a full time basis
Today is the day I quit my job. Freelancing ftw. Wish me luck
Sat having a beer with Daniel burka from digg. ‘mazing!!!