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Browser Compatibility – Pseudo Elements

(This is an article for HTML/CSS newcomers.) When building Egytpological we took the decision that: we wouldn’t support IE6, and would support IE7 and IE8 for functional essentials (while pushing the design further in better browsers) The attached table gives some clues as to why this is necessary.  It shows browser compatibility for pseudo elements.  […] [more…]

Scenes from an Italian Restaurant – Billy Joel

There is some great material on YouTube and I’m delighted they have come to an agreement with some major artists to feature their material. The trouble is, one is never sure which artists’ work has been approved and which haven’t so videos might disappear or embedding might be disabled. It’s a shame because it can […] [more…]

Cheiro – Palm Reader

A short post about the clairvoyant astrologer and chieromancer Count Louis Hamon aka “Chiero”. [more…]

Bruce Lee

My visit to Hong Kong was overcast at the best: wet much the time.    I was staying in the Shangri La hotel in Kowloon, near the Tsim Tsa station.  I’d caught the ferry back over the harbour and by the time I reached Kowloon the weather was finally starting to clear.   I walked past […] [more…]