@glitchkitty I find that if you add it in and refresh in FF, it shows in the code, but only a hard refresh actually causes it to render
@glitchkitty selected=”selected” works for select boxes. checked=”checked” works for radio buttons and checkboxes
@glitchkitty where are you trying to use that?
Is anyone aware of any academic papers that look at benefits of agile development over waterfall model?
RT charlie_elise The ring arrived! :-D http://twitpic.com/8ojix [now need to start planning the engagement party!]
Watching the lions match - he is very very lucky he only got a yellow for that.
@seymansey any chance you could scan & send that letter to me? I’m doing some work on product recalls. :-)
@Thiefree or a tweep or tweeter
@Illarane They are much further ahead than us (by several thousand documents).
@Illarane They show you a page and ask you for what type of content is on there and to transcribe the text. http://bit.ly/BGWRH
RT @Bash: Swansea academic refuses to fly to Washington to discuss carbon emissions. Good on him! RT @gimboland: http://is.gd/1elb4
@pezholio not bad! I was trying to do one a week, but completely failed :-( maybe I can rescue it for the second half of the year.
Had a good time at Trydan, even though it was much quieter than last month. Tidying up bits and pieces this afternoon
@KobB I wondered what was going on there! important lesson there - tweets are not always private! ;-)
@KobB thanks, I’ll watch it as soon as I can.
@KobB could you send me the link to that video? I’ll watch it when I’ve got some spare time. :-)
Who’s clever idea was it to walk to trydan in the rain? Oh, wait, crap.
RT @grahamallcott: Sadly this is how dead celebrities are reported: http://bit.ly/cUbNR (Via @claudineb @Farimah @anniemole @shanerichmond)
Reminder to anyone who has forgotten (like me) - Trydan Cardiff is today - 11-2pm http://bit.ly/Q564r (thanks @KobB for the reminder)
@KobB I forgot about Trydan - I’ll see if I can pop along shortly!
BBC News Channel now quoting TMZ, LA Times and AP - their on screen headline “Michael Jackson Dies” - pretty much confirmed now
BBC just interrupted #bbcqt to report that there are reports Michael Jackson is dead - almost certain now.
I do sometimes wonder how things get done in big organisations. when making a policy change, it is usually a good idea to tell people!!
@charlie_elise fantastic :-) nice to see the usual tricks worked
@charlie_elise have you tried turning it off and on again?
Oops, somehow I managed to chop a word out of that RT. Oh well, it was supposed to be “immortality for the winner”
RT @mysociety: Can you design a better logo for the new TheyWorkForYou? http://bit.ly/RPN59 mySociety hoodies for the best 3 for the winner
BREAKING: BBC to publish executive expenses - The BBC is to publish the salaries and expenses of its top 100 executives http://bit.ly/12qq2N
@cardiffblogger I’ve just walked from Capital Tower (by hahas) to Central station via St Mary’s street. A haze of smoke all the way.
Anyone know why Cardiff smells like it’s on fire? Streets very smokey :-/
@glitchkitty Just the usual issues :-) nothing major - having just talked to some people who use crystal reports I think you win!
@glitchkitty sounds hell - almost as fun as dealing with internal politics :-(
RT @sp0t0n: if your planning on leaving Wales this avo,DONT! HUGE queues on the other side of the bridge - stay here
RT @digitalbritain: New blog post: Commentable Digital Britain report now live! http://bit.ly/nI0bg
Spending the morning reviewing some feedback and suggestions for the Recalls project and tidying up project 1.
RT @tom_watson: Tabling questions to ministers requesting they publish data sets. Can anyone help with the format I need to specify?
@tom_watson XML please :-)
RT @lesteph: Uncool. @msofficeus is using Word to render emails in Outlook, killing standards support. See http://fixoutlook.org
RT @timmillwood @MacFormat This UK plug concept is intriguing, but would it be durable? http://tr.im/psxL (via @pc_pro)
@bethanjenkins I’ve quite enjoyed seeing what has been talked about at FMQs. Doesn’t get as much coverage as PMQs, so very useful! #senedd
Not quite sure @plymouthcc get the point of Twitter - all communication seems to be one sided and a regurgitation of their news & jobs sites
RT @tweetminster: More on Plymouth City Council Twitter ban: http://bit.ly/Ot7L7 [awful web 1.0 decision from Plymouth City Council]
RT @Illarane: I never thought I’d be cheering the Telegraph, but they’re publishing the uncensored claims! http://is.gd/1a36s #mpexpenses
@Illarane I just noticed that as well! very impressed #mpexpenses
RT @frosty: A totally awesome story of a geek tracking down his stolen iPhone: http://bit.ly/17i74J [via daringfireball.net]
RT @bisgovuk: RT @cflabs We’re making product recall notices easy to find - http://bit.ly/BVwFC
@tim We’ve just launched our Product Recalls notification website - http://recalls.consumerf…
@GazOakley Thanks :-) we hope so too! Feel free to spread the URL around if you don’t mind - any publicity we can get will be great!
RT @cflabs: Pleased to launch our first project - UK & European product recalls by email and RSS: http://recalls.consumerf…
YAY. @CFLabs has launched its first project - http://recalls.consumerf… - UK & European product recalls by email and RSS
@jon_bedford looking good :-) #newJustGiving
RT @jon_bedford: Can haz new website plz? http://www.justgiving.com. kthxbye #newJustGiving
@GazOakley glad he got in touch - he’ll sort something out with you.
@GazOakley apologies - things have been a bit hectic recently. Someone should be in contact shortly!
@GazOakley yes it is :-)
Really productive week. WhatTheyClaimed.com launched, @CFLabs expenses site nearly ready and first project launching on Monday :-D
@philippalatimer thats what their website says - a 68 page supplement
New blog post: WhatTheyClaimed.com - a lesson in crowdsourcing http://bit.ly/18Fddm
@jamescousins LOL! I’m just missing out on the 3G, MMS and stuff like that. Poor old original iPhone!
@jamescousins I’m going to wait till i’m out of contract to upgrade
@jamescousins urgh, people are actually queueing up for the iRipOff?
@tim thanks for the mention!
RT @tim: ‘Amateurs race professionals to uncover great truths from little details’ - FT on crowdsourcing MPs’ expenses: http://bit.ly/OSsAq
Had to abandon the computer after I left the office - eyes too tired to look at code anymore. Will pick things up again tomorrow.
RT @lesteph: Leaving aside the ££, http://nds.coi.gov.uk is a big #fail. Something so simple, with so much potential, done so badly.
@tim i’ve only gone through one quarter so far, but 3 bills, £40, £35 and £35. so not that much in reality.
@tim there seem to be alot of claims for Grass Cutting from Gordon Brown!
Interesting site from the guardian: http://mps-expenses.guar…
@Illarane i’m working on making it easier to add things in :-) i’ll try and add a page when this is done.
WhatTheyClaimed.com - i’ve had to put a cache on the homepage to reduce the server load slightly. cache will clear every 5 minutes.
@aimaz ah yeah, i see now - thanks. give me 5 minutes and it’ll be sorted!
RT @mysociety: Help Crowdsource MPs expenses into this new (non-mySoc) site from @dafyddbach and @memespring - http://whattheyclaimed.c…
@aimaz I noticed that when I brought the names in earlier - one should be angela-smith-basildon and one just angela-smith for now
@blaine I’ll look at getting some better instructions shortly
Thanks everyone - the site was put together really quickly - we’re live-editing it to get it working better
Just what I need today. Bloody fire drill.
New blog post: Digital Britain: The Future of UK Broadband, or is it?! http://daibach.co.uk/wp/… …
Spent today working on some CFLabs stuff and working my way through the full #digitalbritain report. thoughts in a blog soon (hopefully)
@tobint thanks - thats what I was trying to do.. codeigniter needed a.com/b/c to be rewritten as a.com/index.php/b/c - but IIS don’t like it
@ruskin147 our VOIP phones do the same - internal calls are lightning fast, external calls take forever to connect
Anyone know how to get IIS to accept slash arguments? i.e. index.php/someargument/another ?
@DirDigEng suggestion from a friend: Shared public displays, uploading and downloading photos, twitters, etc. to/from public displays
@gavD_UK i’ve had a symbian smartphone, windows mobile phone and now an iPhone. I’ll never go back.
RT @DirDigEng: How we can make the best use of new media and innovative technology in London 2012 Olympics? Ideas and suggestions please?
Yay, the internet at work isn’t functioning - its taken out remote access & owa. good data centre redundancy obviously!
#digitalbritain fail. Power cut in Govilon, estimated fix time: 11pm. Western Power Distribution is utter crap. #fail
Cup of tea - check, chocolate - check, tweetdeck - check, 240 page #digitalbritain report - check. I have a fun evening planned!
Dashed out of teleconference, grabbed my stuff and ran to the train. Consumer Focus’s response to #digitalbritain due shortly.
RT @ruskin147: the levy on each landline will be £6 - to help fund fibre. Trying to find out what that adds up to..#digitalbritain
About to head into a video conference to discuss #digitalbritain
Can someone do the math - tax on all fixed lines to raise £150m per year - how much is that “small levy”?? #digitalbritain
tempted to go analogue and print out all 275 pages of the #digitalbritain report to read
Jeremy Hunt (Con): #digitalbritain is a disappointment
RT @pezholio: RT @digitalbritain: New blog post: Final report published! http://bit.ly/ijKSt
@glitchkitty Ofcom is to be given powers to reveal the identities of illegal downloaders #digitalbritain
Obligitory release of identity for illegal peer to peer users #digitalbritain
RT @bryanglick: martha lane fox confirmed as digital inclusion champion #digitalbritain
small levy on all fixed lines to pay for Next Gen Broadband #digitalbritain
RT @ruskin147: i’m told there is a broadband rabbit in the #digitalbritain hat. we should know in five minutes.
watching the #digitalbritain statement on the BBC News Channel - http://bit.ly/1acLO
Oooo, somehow I missed the launch of the ASUS eee T1 Tablet here in the UK. I want one! http://bit.ly/ErWtT
@seymansey ok - maybe a bit of an exaggeration, but still pretty bad
@seymansey that is probably one of the worst examples of reporting i’ve ever seen. :-/ very poor from the #bbc
RT @bbctech: The High Court refuses to preserve the secret identity of an anonymous policeman blogger who has .. http://tinyurl.com/l5z2u6
the strange email problem seems to be solved. I reported problem to IT who said it wasn’t their issue, then my inbox filled up. coincidence?
Fantastic! - there is food left over from the roundtable - free lunch for me! :-P
RT @ruskin147: Gordon Brown says Britain will “lead the world” in broadband technology after #digitalbritain. [um, how exactly?!]
@glitchkitty oops, hate it when that happens - always remember the good stuff when its too late. what was this for?
Hmm, fire engines are still here, and firemen now standing at various points around the building. what is going on?!
Should I be concerned at the large number of Fire Engines and firemen outside our building putting on breathing equipment?!
email problem solution - automated emails to office hours!
RT @Bash: RT @shanerichmond: National Rail Enquiries investigated for competition breaches re My Rail Lite iPhone app http://bit.ly/IgpoH
Dealing with a mysterious email problem - our automated test emails arrive during office hours, but not overnight
Deadling with a mysterious email problem - our automated test emails arrive during office hours, but not overnight
RT @frosty: Sainsburys are rolling out ‘Kinetic Road Plates’, getting enough power from cars to power checkouts: http://is.gd/13gPw
Not sure whether to look forward to the Digital Britain report or not. Could be a disaster. #digitalbritain
In the middle of a huge thunderstorm, in abergavenny. hail, lightning. Road flooded. OMG.
of course, now i’ve said that it won’t happen at all. i need to remember to not make hopeful statements like that!
really pleased. both Project 1 and Project A have gone to staging today. with any luck, one will be live by the end of the week :-D
@charlie_elise mine is doing the same… I just need to get this bit of code done… grr!
RT @ruskin147 Virgin Media and Universal unveil all you can eat music service-Virgin promises to suspend accounts of persistent file-sharers
@DirDigEng do you have a list of the sites that will be audited & the sites earmarked for closure?
RT @DirDigEng: COI to publish comprehensive figures on the cost, quality, and use of government websites http://bit.ly/UzTeg @coigovuk
@digigov do you have a list of the sites that will fall under the audit?
@tom_watson I agree with @glynmoody - we need a presumption of openness and proper justification for keeping any data locked away
RT @tom_watson: Writing an article on reforming parliament using digital tools. Scrutiny, transparency, accountability. All ideas welcome.
Picked up some work on Project 1 again today. Nearly ready to push it live (only a few weeks late!). Project A almost ready for staging.
RT @digitalbritain: New blog post: Digital Britain final report to be published http://bit.ly/WqjdI
I hate regular expressions - can’t get my head around them properly :-(
@doktorb yeah - my argument against it is the costs involved. how many buildings need new names, printed letter heads, websites etc.
Jobless Welsh workers face being penalised for joining training scheme - http://bit.ly/3SvXu (via @Dragonwheels) - WAG gives, DWP takes away
@Dragonwheels looks like a perfect example of the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing!
Another Gov website merger begins - berr.gov.uk and duis.gov.uk have begun to be merged into http://www.bis.gov.uk. Glad its not my job!
Finally finished reading the Power of Information Taskforce report - it probably should be required reading for Gov senior managers #poit
Finally at home - seems something somewhere was blocked and flooded the track. Sat outside Carleon for about 45 minutes :(
Stuck on a train between Newport and Cwmbran. The line is apparently flooded, so we’re sitting here till something gets done about it.
Long day today. made quite a bit of progress, but took a further step back this afternoon :-(
Drowning in a sea of post-it notes while planning our next project. http://yfrog.com/5c3nbj (via @cflabs)
Heading home - quite pleased with progress on project B. hopefully will launch end of this week or early next week.
@glitchkitty of course there is, but today, a portion of the web has chosen O2 as its target
Petition: O2 to offer reasonable iPhone 3GS upgrade and tethering #o2fail http://twitition.com/owz… @patrickaltoft
@idesignstudios I once considered getting some presentation folders, but I tend to do alot of stuff electronically now.
@timmillwood I asked o2 this and they assured me that I did. So we get screwed for not upgrading last year!
@O2 what if you are still on the original iphone and didn’t upgrade last year?
Just talked to o2 about iphone 3GS (and having not taken last year’s 3G upgrade) it looks like i’m going to be doubly penalised :-( #02fail
@gimboland TFL strike will start at 7pm tonight until Friday morning (not Thursday).
@gimboland TFL strike will start at 7pm tonight until Friday morning (not Thursday).
RT @Bash RT @shanerichmond: Blogpost: iPhone customers angry with O2 over iPhone 3GS upgrade cost http://bit.ly/5zTDq #o2fail #fail
@gavD_UK at least its only a technical and not a political hurdle - i’ve had enough of those in the last month to last me a lifetime!
@Ollysuckling not yet as far as I know. Still going on.
40 minutes of my life i’m never going to get back. FFS Apple, get to the good stuff. #wwdc09
Oh come on Apple - enough with the software, I want to know about the hardware! #wwdc09
Going to try and keep track of #wwdc09, but since I’m on a train, it might be a lost hope
@Directgov are you intending to make the data available through an API?
RT @Directgov: Directgov’s Blue Badge map http://bit.ly/Blue_Badge…
RT @jemimakiss: RT @bengoldacre “BNP polled lower % than the Swedish Pirate Party.”
@ruskin147 do you think there might be some kind of new hardware being announced today?! ;-)
New blog post: Oh dear Britain, what have we done? http://bit.ly/1222yK
RT @jemimakiss: BNP: Not in my name - http://action.hopenothat…
BREAKING: Jane Kennedy, Environment Minister is leaving the Government #reshuffle
#eu09 Scotland Seats: SNP 2, LAB 2, CON 1, LD 1
#eu09 Scotland results now being announced
@lesteph I imagine friday was a pretty tough day! I’m still amazed that DIUS has been merged with BERR. Didn’t see that coming at all!
New blog post: Oh dear Britain, what have we done? http://bit.ly/1222yK
RT @PaulLomax anti BNP protest TODAY Manc Piccadilly Gardens 17:30 UNITE AGAINST FASCISM (re BNP being voted in) pls RT (via @grahamallcott
Morning to everyone waking up to a darker time here in Britain. Yes its true, we have unfortunately elected a bunch of racists. #eu09 #bnp
#eu09 on that horrible horrible point, i’m going to bed.
#eu09 BNP have gotten to their second EU seat
#eu09 NW Seats: CON 3, LAB 2, UKIP 1, LD 1, BNP 1
#eu09 NW Result: BNP 132,094, CON 423,174, GRN 127,133, LAB 336,831, UKIP 261,740
#eu09 North West announcement beginning
#eu09 West Mids: CON 2, UKIP 2, LAB 1, LD 1
@davidottewell whats the hold up?
RT @davidottewell: Last min checking of figs but we all know what is coming (NW) #eu09
@oxfordgirl yes he is!
One more result then I can call it a night… will BNP get a seat in the NW? twitter suggests they will :-( . #eu09
#eu09 SE Seats: CON 4, UKIP 2, LD 2, GRN 1, LAB 1 (NO CHANGE)
#eu09 SE results: BNP 101,769, CON 812,288, LD 330,340, GRN 271,506, LAB 192,592, UKIP 440,002
#eu09 SW seats: CON 3, UKIP 2, LD 1
#eu09 SW results: BNP 60,889, Con 468,742, LD 266,253, GRN 144,179, LAB 118,716, UKIP 341,845
#eu09 SW: leave the thanks till later, we want figures!!!
Looks like we’ve got 3 results due in within minutes, SW, SE and NW #eu09
RT @davidottewell: Result in moments. This is going to be ugly
#eu09 SE results expected, SW results expected, NW results expected
RT @doktorb: Reports from Manchester count - NW result imminent - BNP 1, UKIP 1, LD 1, Con 3, Lab 2 most likely #eu09
#eu09 East Mids: UKIP lost a seat to the Lib Dems. Not bad
#eu09 East Mids: % Share: CON +4, LAB -4, UKIP -10, LIB +1, GRN +1
#eu09 East Mids: change UKIP -1, LIB DEM +1 , CON/LAB no change
#eu09 East Mids seats: CON 2, LAB 1, UKIP 1, LD1
#eu09 East Mids: BNP 106,319, LD 151,428, GRN 83,939, LAB 206,945, UKIP 201,984 (somehow i missed Cons, sorry!)
@jamescousins Nice to see London has more sense than some unnamed parts of the UK #eu09
#eu09 No change in seats for London. Not too bad a result for Labour
#eu09 London seats: CON 3, LAB 2, LD 1, GRN 1, UKIP 1
#eu09 London result in order: Con, Lab, Lib, Green, UKIP, BNP
#eu09 London result: BNP 86,420, CON 479,037, LD 240,156, GRN: 190,589, LAB 372,590, UKIP 188,440
#eu09 London result: 86,420
#eu09 BBC Seats Prediction: CON 25, UKIP 13, LAB 13, LD 11, GRN 2, BNP 2, SNP 2, PC 1
#eu09 BBC Seats Prediction: CON 25, UKUP 13, LAB 13, LD 11, GRN 2, BNP 2, SNP 2, PC 1