http://www.alanhart.co.uk web design... and other stuff Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:25:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Want to add smilies to your Facebook chat conversations? Here are the obvious (and maybe less obvious) smilies / emoticons / emotes that you can send to your friends in Facebook chat! Simply type what’s next to the smiley and it’ll show up when u send it to your friends in Facebook ... http://www.alanhart.co.uk/archives/2008/07/25/facebook-chat-emoticons-emotes-and-smilies/ Just noticed that google have chaged their favicon (the little icon that shows in the title/tab bar in Web browsers) I'm not sure i like it, looks a bit boring and makes it harder for me to spot among all my open tabs, also looks naff both on a white and ... http://www.alanhart.co.uk/archives/2008/05/30/google-favicon-updated/ Newly added to the Gambling Addict Gear range on Streetwise Gear UK... Poker Hands Chart on a mug! Ideal for beginners. Not sure how good your hand is? Take a sip of your drink and sneak a look at the poker hand chart. New Gambling Addict Badges probably the BEST POKER PLAYER at ... http://www.alanhart.co.uk/archives/2008/05/27/new-gambling-addict-gear-on-streetwise-gear-uk/ Holy Crap! Only in America! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7416120.stm at least they require a background check i suppose, but still... http://www.alanhart.co.uk/archives/2008/05/23/buy-a-car-get-a-free-gun/ Ok so i read this article about the Xbox Live user whose gamertag was barred because it violated XBL policies (you can't have a sexual term in your name, regardless of sexual orientation). The incriminating gamertag was "RichardGaywood". I can't help but think that Microsoft's policy is a little ... http://www.alanhart.co.uk/archives/2008/05/22/microsoft-banning-xbox-live-gay-gamertags/ Got an HD Ready TV? Want to play Blu-Ray Discs? Buy a PlayStation3 It plays blu rays and PS3 games as well as allowing you to surf the internet on your TV and more!. Plus it's cheaper than many of the "blu-ray only" players currently on the market. being a ... http://www.alanhart.co.uk/archives/2008/05/07/want-a-blu-ray-player/ i was just woken up by a loud boom, sounded a bit like thunder. my dogs went nuts outside so i know it wasn't a dream or a figment of my imagination. I also heard what i believe to be the same loud rumble a few days ago, cant ... http://www.alanhart.co.uk/archives/2008/03/18/loud-boom-heard-in-swindon/ I've been playing poker online for a while now and the best one (for me anyway) is PKR. I have made a nice bit of money from it, not a ton of cash but a tidy sum. PKR is easy to play and get to grips with even if you've never ... http://www.alanhart.co.uk/archives/2008/02/20/easy-to-play-poker-and-make-money/ I use Europe DNS for pretty much all my domain name registration needs, the prices are good and they give you full control over your domains. They don't just do european domains, they have every kind of domain available in one place including: .com, .net, .org, .info, .biz (worldwide domains) and ... http://www.alanhart.co.uk/archives/2008/02/05/europe-dns-european-uk-domain-registration/ Stumbled across this today. This guy is a genius. Might be hard to understand what he's talking about at first but listen to everything and wait for the demonstration. http://www.alanhart.co.uk/archives/2008/01/24/wii-virtual-reality-head-tracking/