Simon Cox
Simon Cox
Simon Cox
Hello – this is my personal website. I bring you a smattering of articles to read, images to soak in while you wander about the web and a few thoughts to ponder on while you drink your tea in the short articles section.
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Elaborate head wear and an aquatic animal with a periodical and a timepiece thrown in for good measure - whatever will they think of next on this media management course? Tonight Peter Block set us a task to make a game using a hat, a...
Microsoft have announced that they will no longer develop new versions of their web browser Internet Explorer, for the Apple Mac. In some respects this is a pity as IE is a good browser on the Mac platform - however Apples own Safari...
Roger Woodward takes an early bath but is he just being thrown to the lions? The front page of the Croydon Advertiser carried a fascinating story on Friday. "Head of parking goes as council slashes charges". My immediate thought was...
Local headlines sometimes just unintentionally make you laugh! Naturally I feel sorry for the ferret in the story. Spotted on the Croydon Advertiser web site: ic Croydon - Yobs set ferret alight
I had a very bizarre trip into work today. I got a seat on the train and the heating was off (and the lady next to me was slim so I had plenty of room on the seat). Nobody walked in front/across me (so I didn't have to interrupt my...
Radiohead TV has gone live at last with what may prove to be a very interesting web experiment. ! Radiohead TV has gone live at last with what may prove to be a very interesting web experiment. I liked the test card with the real cheesey...
Just upgraded the content management system to Movable Type 2.64. This entry is more of a check to ensure all is ok than a real blog entry. :)
The last couple of weeks have been almost enjoyable on the trains. I have been able to step onto the train and get a seat with my next door neighbour Griff and there has not been anyone standing in the carriage. The tube has been...
It is not often that I get very excited about a piece of software but this week I unearthed an amazing bit of code - Text Pipe Web solved a huge problem for me and saved me hours of work. For the past few months I have been working on a...
I have installed a new water feature in the garden at the back in the raised bed. Paula and I visited the Ideal Home Exhibition in March where they had several fantastic stainless steel water features outside the show houses. On enquiry...
Fed up with Google? No? I know it is very good but have you noticed that the results have become more and more commercial over the past few years? Grub.org was launched earlier this year and it is a network based distributive search...
Planted these allium christophii last year as bulbs and just look at 'em now! Lots of other bulbs on their way too - irises, acidantheras, arum and oriental lilies and brodiaea- but the madonna lilies don't look at all happy - hoping...
Paula and I attended my gran's funeral yesterday. A sombre affair but a good turn out and some hearty singing followed by some hearty reminiscing and drinking back at Barnfield. Dad even let me have some of his very special malt whisky....
I have been a big fan of Radiohead for years, just thought I would mention, and they have just set up a new mini site RADIOHEAD.tv which should be interesting when it launches.
Well I hit the Internet Cafe on 5th Ave today as I was getting digital withdrawal. Last night we all went to a very nice little Italian restaurant in Greenwich Village. Didn't go on to a jazz club as expected, as we were very tired. We...