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2001: 17th-23rd April 2001 | 24th April—1st May 2001 | 26th May—June 2001 | June—July 2001 | July—22nd July 2001 | 23rd July—August 2001 | 26th August—September 2001
March 2010
- Royal Mail Big Month Of Music · 11th March 2010
May 2009
- Photoshop Elements 7 Window Oddities · 21st May 2009
January 2009
- Flat File Database Demo 4 · 16th January 2009
Now with added search function!
December 2008
- Mac Tips · 19th December 2008
November 2008
- Abbreviations Demo 2 · 13th November 2008
- Vertical Text Engine · 12th November 2008
June 2008
- A New Layout! · 10th June 2008
March 2008
- Leopard Forms Issues · 18th March 2008
November 2007
- Netscape 9 · 30th November 2007
June 2007
- Apple Safari 3 Beta Problems On Windows · 12th June 2007
February 2007
- A Fragile Beauty Called Glass · 13th February 2007
Because sometimes Flickr thumbnails can look as gorgeous as this.
January 2007
- Always Specify A Background Colour · 11th January 2007
Avoid a mix of unwanted colours on your page.
November 2006
- Editable Photoshop Sharpening · 4th November 2006
How to sharpen images in an editable way without using the Unsharp Mask.
October 2006
- Roadsweeper · 9th October 2006
- Installing IE7 Final · 20th October 2006
Problems I found.
September 2006
- I Quote · 13th September 2006
Here are some quotes I've come across which I would like to share.
August 2006
- Addicted To Flickr · 17th August 2006
- IE7: Old Bugs For New · 30th August 2006
Some good features but flawed rendering.
July 2006
- Type Books · 15th July 2006
I recently rediscovered two books of type I had created in the mid-80s. - An Interview With Molly E. Holzschlag · 23rd July 2006
Chris Hester interviews Molly E. Holzschlag. - The Endless Routine Of Work · 29th July 2006
A diatribe against the fixed hours of work in today's society.
June 2006
- And So It Begins · 13th June 2006
Welcome to my new-look site! - Writing Is The Greatest Job · 15th June 2006
The perceived pros and cons of a writer's life. - Ten Common CSS Mistakes · 19th June 2006
Avoid these in your stylesheets. - Keep British Design Alive Survey · 26th June 2006
Help shape the future of British design.
May 2006
- 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?
April 2006
- Random Demo No.2 · 4th April 2006
Creating a story using random words. - Random Demo No.3 · 5th April 2006
Tells you the answer to that burning question you may have. - Rainville · 7th April 2006
A poem I wrote about rain. - First Impressions Of IE7 · 11th April 2006
IE7 Beta 2 fails to impress due to numerous problems. - Hester Street · 26th April 2006
Photo of a street sign on Hester Street.
March 2006
- Automatic Image Resizing Demo · 5 March 2006
- Random Demo No.1 · 31st March 2006
A layout that uses random background colours.
February 2006
- Tooltips Not Accessible In Firefox · 9th February 2006
- Multicolumn Layouts · 15th February 2006
Firefox wasn't the first browser to implement multicolumns - by a good few years! - Ideas Books Preview · 17th February 2006
Sample photographs of my ideas books. - Flat File Database Demo 3 · 20th February 2006
How to show a specific line from a database. - 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!
January 2006
- The Video Genius Of Chris Cunningham And Jonathan Glazer · 26th January 2006
- Divs Gap Demo · 31st January 2006
November 2005
- JavaScript Form Submit Test · 28th November 2005
October 2005
- Expecting · 3rd October 2005
Two photographs of budding flowers on a house plant. - CSS Gradients Demo 3 · 13th October 2005
- CSS House 2 · 20th October 2005
- The Future Of Bookmarks · 24th October 2005
- Introducing JACOB · 25th October 2005
- Cross-Browser Text Glow Demo · 27th October 2005
September 2005
- CSS Gradients Demo · 5th September 2005
- Stupid Message Of The Day · 12th September 2005
- HMV Digital Not Accessible · 12th September 2005
- Genius · 30th September 2005
August 2005
- Web Standards Is A Journey Not A Destination · 2nd August 2005
- XML Browser Differences · 13th August 2005
- InDesign Rocks · 16th August 2005
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". - Examining XSLT · 19th July 2005
- Examining XSLT 2 · 22nd July 2005
- HTML To Excel The Easy Way · 27th July 2005
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. - WIRED Book Review Reveals Telling Prediction · 19th June 2005
- Horizontal List Demo 2 · 22nd June 2005
Style a list to appear stretched full-width horizontally.
April 2005
- Less Is More · 1st April 2005
It's time to say goodbye.
March 2005
- Dangerous Drivers · 2nd March 2005
Some of the types of idiot drivers I have observed recently. - Tommy Vance Dies · 6th March 2005
Another great British DJ dies. - Loyd Grossman Accessibility Problems · 13th March 2005
Problems with the accessibility of Loyd Grossman's recipe site. - Image Programs Shootout Part 2 · 14th March 2005
Part 2: Paint Shop Pro 7 and 9. - Thunderbird 1.0 Review · 21st March 2005
- Paint Shop Pro Art · 22nd March 2005
- Keyboard Demo · 25th March 2005
My attempt to improve on a demo of a keyboard made with CSS. - Quote Of The Day · 28th March 2005
From the novel The Shadow Of The Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón.
February 2005
- Difficult Photo · 8th February 2005
An open plea to help improve a photo of mine. - Magic 8-Ball · 14th February 2005
Virtual answers to some of life's questions revealed.
January 2005
- Living In The Twenty-First Century · 8th January 2005
- House Of Flying Daggers · 15th January 2005
My opinion on this acclaimed Chinese film - Album Of The Year 2004 · 17th January 2005
- Image Programs Shootout Part 1 · 19th January 2005
Part 1: Photoshop Elements 1 Versus 3. - Alternative Abbreviations Demo · 24th January 2005
A way to show the full text of abbreviations when hovering over the text. - Searching For Chris Hester · 24th January 2005
I discover many people with the same name as me, but wildly different locations and professions!
December 2004
- Flat File Database Demo 2 · 1st December 2004
How to create sortable table columns using a flat file database and PHP. - XHTML Or HTML? · 10th December 2004
- Acronyms And Abbreviations · 12th December 2004
When to use<acronym>and<abbr>in writing HTML. - Shorter Web Addresses With Variables · 15th December 2004
How to use variables in web addresses in a much shorter way. - British Weather · 27th December 2004
A 10-day forecast for Bradford doesn't look too sunny...
November 2004
- Photoshop Elements Vs Paint Shop Pro · 10th November 2004
Which program proved best when working with an extremely wide image? - Half-Life 2 · 21st November 2004
So they've finally released this PC game - here's my opinion. - Half-Life 2 Faults · 27th November 2004
A list of faults I've noticed so far in the game. - Half-Life 2 Tips · 27th November 2004
A list of tips I've found useful when playing the game.
October 2004
- 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. - Autoquotes Demo · 9th October 2004
Double-click on a sentence to paste it into a comments form directly. - TextPad Blues · 9th October 2004
TextPad appeared great until I saw the ancient HTML tags support... - Flat File Database Demo · 12th October 2004
How to read from a flat file database using PHP. - Horizontal List Demo · 20th October 2004
Style a list to appear horizontally with a hover colour on each list item. - Sir John Peel Dies · 28th October 2004
A sad day for music.
September 2004
- Gordon Bennett · 1st September 2004
A satirical take on the cover of the Half-Life 2 PC game. - The September Project Day 1 · 1st September 2004
The first 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 8 · 8th September 2004
The eighth in an attempt to show a different photograph for each day in September. - Ginger Looking Cake · 17th September 2004
I decided to publish the recipe for the latest cake I made today, now I've finetuned it. - Goldie Lookin Chain - Greatest Hits · 19th September 2004
Welsh hip-hop grabs the first Album Of The Month award. - Google Browser · 21st September 2004
Evidence is mounting that Google are allegedly working on a Google Browser...
August 2004
- Filler · 16th August 2004
Notepad2, Harry Potter 6 and IE7. - IE Objectifier · 20th August 2004
Make IE work with the<object>tag instead of<img>.
July 2004
- WordPad Tips · 1st July 2004
Working with data from Access and how to see multiple list styles. - Opera Sticky Notes · 15th July 2004
A way to add sticky notes to certain websites using JavaScript inside CSS. - A Question Of HTML Part 3 - Definitions · 22nd July 2004
How to use definition tags in the correct way? - IE Can Zoom Pages Like Opera · 25th July 2004
A bit of CSS enables text and graphics to be enlarged, including pixel fonts!
June 2004
- Windows XP Tips · 10th June 2004
A list of various tips I've come up with. One adds 'sticky' notes to the desktop. - Status Report 4: Recent Entries · 16th June 2004
Announcing a recent entries list and why this heralds many future improvements. - This Wonderful Life · 17th June 2004
A stunning animation short created entirely on a PC! - Sick Of IE6 · 22nd June 2004
Why IE6 is driving me mad when trying to get simple code to work. - Windows XP Tips 2 · 23rd June 2004
Taskbar and toolbar tips covering XP, Windows Explorer and IE6.
May 2004
- London Atom Bomb Advert · 1st May 2004
- Mass Destruction · 3rd May 2004
- Stopping Bots Via CSS · 5th May 2004
- CSS Pencils 2.2 Released · 7th May 2004
- CSS Font · 8th May 2004
- Blinking Links · 11th May 2004
- Mac And PC Testing Sites · 11th May 2004
- How To Set Up A New Version Of Opera 7 · 13th May 2004
- Ginger Cake 2 · 17th May 2004
- Comments Extras · 18th May 2004
Announcing a recent comments list and an RSS feed to track new comments. - Not On The Label · 20th May 2004
Felicity Lawrence's book that exposes international crimes behind mass food production. - The Weather In May · 22nd May 2004
Hailstones and freezing weather is becoming the norm for May in the UK. - Old Man · 22nd May 2004
What I saw an old man doing in a shop in town recently. - Five New Links · 22nd May 2004
A collection of recent finds worth seeing. - What's Sup Doc? · 24th May 2004
An attempt to improve the<sup>tag using CSS. - Gallery Of Computation · 26th May 2004
A magnificent site of Flash art created using mathematics.
April 2004
- Firefox Renamed Again · 1st April 2004
- A New Design · 6th April 2004
- A New Logo · 8th April 2004
- BBC Browser Support Lacking · 8th April 2004
- Delete Tag Browser Differences · 8th April 2004
- Google Operating System · 10th April 2004
- Status Report: CSS Demos · 23rd April 2004
- Status Report 2: CSS2 Test Results · 27th April 2004
- Status Report 3: Permalinks · 28th April 2004
- Does Anyone Really Care About Graphics? · 29th April 2004
March 2004
- Photogallery Russkoye Polye · 1st March 2004
- Yin Yu Tang · 2nd March 2004
- Words Of Wisdom 1 · 18th March 2004
- A Proposal To Keep Sites Better Updated · 18th March 2004
- Literary Moose Interview · 20th March 2004
February 2004
- A Question Of HTML Part 1 - De-emphasis · 5th February 2004
- A Question Of HTML Part 2 - Split Lists · 5th February 2004
- Second Variety · 8th February 2004
- Firefox Let Loose · 9th February 2004
- Text You Can't Enlarge · 11th February 2004
- Poor Spelling · 11th February 2004
- Outrage Of The Day · 14th February 2004
- Comedy From Amazon · 20th February 2004
- Crazy Validator Bugs · 26th February 2004
January 2004
- CSS Pencils · 5th January 2004
- CSS Frames · 7th January 2004
- Cutting Edge CSS · 8th January 2004
- CSS Pencils Updates · 10th January 2004
- Media Queries · 13th January 2004
- Highlighting Text · 21st January 2004
- Opera Converts Pages For Medium-Sized Screens · 22nd January 2004
- Digital Impermanence · 30th January 2004
December 2003
- Styling Forms · 2nd December 2003
- Bad Design In Programs 2 · 5th December 2003
- Bad Design In Programs 3 · 5th December 2003
- Minimum Design · 14th December 2003
- Shine On You Crazy Moose · 15th December 2003
- CSS Tests Updated · 16th December 2003
- Pop-Over Adverts · 16th December 2003
- London Cycling Campaign · 18th December 2003
November 2003
- Another Reason To Love Mozilla · 5th November 2003
- Run Multiple Versions Of IE At Once · 10th November 2003
- RSS Feed Introduced · 12th November 2003
- Generated Content Article · 15th November 2003
- CSS Vault · 17th November 2003
- Let It Be Like It Was Before · 20th November 2003
- Bad Design In Programs · 25th November 2003
October 2003
- 3D Border Demo · 3rd October 2003
- Opera Tests Updated · 14th October 2003
- Mozilla Tests Updated · 16th October 2003
- Web Design Practices · 16th October 2003
- 3D Border Demo 2 · 16th October 2003
- Shadow Demo · 17th October 2003
- Design Meme · 17th October 2003
- CSS Border Design Challenge · 18th October 2003
- Comments On 3D Border Demo 2 · 19th October 2003
- Interview · 28th October 2003
- QuirksMode · 30th October 2003
- Another Weird Bug In IE6 · 30th October 2003
September 2003
- Pink Steel · 2nd September 2003
- Browser Reference Chart · 4th September 2003
- CSS Articles · 4th September 2003
- Sizer · 14th September 2003
- 3 Columns From 1 · 15th September 2003
- Listamatic · 16th September 2003
- Styleboost · 16th September 2003
- Opera Release New Browser · 25th September 2003
- Fresh Layout For New Design Portal · 26th September 2003
August 2003
- Modulo 26 · 4th August 2003
- Recent CSS Finds · 13th August 2003
- Fixed Positioning For IE On Windows · 13th August 2003
- Web Design Postcards · 13th August 2003
- Internet Explorer 6 CSS Bugs · 13th August 2003
- JPEG 2000 · 13th August 2003
- Mozilla Table Clicks · 13th August 2003
- Announcement · 13th August 2003
- Containing Floats · 28th August 2003
- A New Look · 28th August 2003
- Hivelogic · 30th August 2003
July 2003
- Hydro74 · 2nd July 2003
- Illustrator World · 2nd July 2003
- The DOM Inspector · 4th July 2003
- Netscape 2 Announced! · 5th July 2003
- CSS2 Test Suite Failures · 11th July 2003
- Out Of The Lens 2 · 13th July 2003
June 2003
- Setting Fonts In IE6 · 24th June 2003
- Argus Center · 24th June 2003
- Design Matters · 24th June 2003
- Making A List Into A Table · 24th June 2003
- The Future Of Web Design · 26th June 2003
- Leaking Styles · 27th June 2003
- Leaking Styles Part 2 · 28th June 2003
- Pixelsurgeon · 28th June 2003
May 2003
- Stepping Backwards · 2nd May 2003
- Death Of A Meta Tag · 3rd May 2003
- Custom Tags Trick · 10th May 2003
- CSS Demos And Bugs · 10th May 2003
- CSS Greatness · 14th May 2003
- Smart Illustrations · 14th May 2003
- Helpful Site · 14th May 2003
- Centricle · 17th May 2003
- Strange Banana · 29th May 2003
April 2003
- Outstanding · 1st April 2003
- Using XML For The First Time · 15th April 2003
- The Grid · 20th April 2003
- Reinventing Hypertext Links · 25th April 2003
- Photography · 29th April 2003
March 2003
- Forum Relaunch · 5th March 2003
- Anti-War Demo · 22nd March 2003
- Hilarious · 29th March 2003
February 2003
- News · 18th February 2003
- Hmmmm · 18th February 2003
- Taming Opera's Fullscreen Mode · 18th February 2003
- Another Redesign? · 18th February 2003
- Bad Browsers! · 18th February 2003
- Out Of The Lens · 18th February 2003
- Ginger Cake · 22nd February 2003
- Mark Pilgrim Battles The Web Robots · 26th February 2003
December 2002
- Mozilla 1.2; XFML · 5th December 2002
November 2002
- Wired News Images · 1st November 2002
- Larger Style · 2nd November 2002
- Various News 2 · 6th November 2002
- Juniatwork · 8th November 2002
- Various News 3 · 15th November 2002
- A Comment From Jeffrey Zeldman · 26th November 2002
- Mozilla Navigation Links · 28th November 2002
October 2002
- PHP Dates; Mr Wiggles · 4th October 2002
- PHP Included Files Date Tip · 9th October 2002
- Photoshop Tips Restyled · 30th October 2002
September 2002
- China Blocks Google · 2nd September 2002
- User Styles Added · 9th September 2002
- Trying To Stranglehold The Internet · 21st September 2002
- Peter Gabriel Interview; Google News · 23rd September 2002
August 2002
- Glish Redesigned · 4th August 2002
- XHTML 2 · 6th August 2002
- New Look; Shocking News · 20th August 2002
- Pound Signs Problem · 21st August 2002
- Pound Signs Problem Solved · 22nd August 2002
- Revamped Forum; Mozilla Is Not Netscape · 25th August 2002
- Mozilla 1.1 · 27th August 2002
- Netscape 7; The Need For Standards · 28th August 2002
June 2002
- Mozilla 1.0 · 14th June 2002
- More Photography · 23rd June 2002
- More Links · 24th June 2002
- Dive Into Accessibility · 25th June 2002
May 2002
- Listed On Google · 12th May 2002
- Links Improved · 13th May 2002
- Number 1; Links Code · 16th May 2002
April 2002
- Kimberly Schamber · 5th April 2002
- Inkworm Interview · 18th April 2002
- Fresh Styles For Web Designers · 28th April 2002
March 2002
- Flash MX · 6th March 2002
- Funkworks Issue 3 · 9th March 2002
- Toshiba LCD Screen · 10th March 2002
- Great Art Links · 22nd March 2002
February 2002
- Competition 2 Result · 2nd February 2002
- Various News · 11th February 2002
- Stereotypography · 24th February 2002
- Photoshop 7 · 25th February 2002
- New Link Sections · 28th February 2002
January 2002
- New Logo · 6th January 2002
- New Competition; Netscape 6 Bug · 9th January 2002
- Halfproject; P1X · 10th January 2002
- Arpanet · 18th January 2002
- Forum Launched · 28th January 2002
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