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  1. About 40... That's counting the disposable addies BT allows me to have, though. They all arrive in the inbox for my personal account and most are automatically added to the correct folder (BT, British Gas, Amazon, twitter, Spurs, etc), so I rarely have to use the search function. Then I have 3 addresses on a domain I have for an online gaming group I run (1 for admin stuff from the host, 1 to give out to members and such and 1 test addy) and another one on a different domain that I use to try out coding stuffs.
  2. In my quest to find information on a possible holiday destination, I came across www.bestofsicily.com. My first thought was: "Ugh... Headache... Close tab...", but I decided to have a quick look at the code first to learn how not to build a website. And then I saw this: <meta name="author" content="If you're reading this, you're probably thinking about copying or imitating us. Or just getting better search engine placement. Good luck. This site is successful because it contains good CONTENT, and no nonsense. That's what readers really want. It's the only way to be successful on the web or anyplace else. Think about it. Who buys a travel guide book, or any book dealing with anything other than art or photography, just for the pretty pictures? Animation and blogs are fine, but what people want most is INFORMATION. That's what we publish on this site."> Umm... no.
  3. There's a lot of misinformation out there about ACTA. The negotiations were secret for a long time, which didn't help the public's understanding of the issue (and even caused its legitimacy to be questioned). I still don't understand everything in it, thanks to the flowery language used. ACTA doesn't seem like a "worse version of SOPA". It did at first, but the worst parts were removed from the agreement due to public pressure. That doesn't mean it's all peachy now, though. EDRi (European Digital Rights) has summarised its objections on its website. I could try to summarise this summary even further, but I'm not a great writer (and I'm also in a lazy mood ), so here are some quotes from the EDRi documents: ^^^ The Getty images thread comes to mind, here. ACTA: - places the interests of rights-holders ahead of free speech, privacy and other fundamental rights, - breaches EU law, - violates the European Convention on Human Rights and the EU charter of Fundamental Rights. In the US, Senate ratification was skipped by calling ACTA an agreement rather than a treaty. I don't know the particulars, but I've been told it's similar to this. As to the "people with vested interests": that's everyone on the internet. I'm all for an anti-piracy agreement, but not if that agreement infringes on civil rights. It's much more complicated than just enforcing copyright and tackling counterfeited goods. I urge you to read the EDRi's summary on the subject; it's only 5 one-page pdf files (on their site I linked at the top).
  4. No, it hasn't arrived yet. I ordered it last Wednesday (chose First Class delivery) and usually Amazon ships the following day, but when I checked, I saw they'd only sent it today. :-/ Maybe Monday then...
  5. I've been using html-5-tutorial.com and quite liked it, though the site's not yet finished. I'm also waiting for HTML & CSS (published Nov 2011) to be delivered (hopefully later today), I'll post back here when I've tried a few chapters.
  6. I like it. It looks very friendly and easy to use. Only thing I'd change is the time input. Either have a dropdown menu so it's clear a 24-hour format is used, or set the max to 12 and add an AM/PM choice.
  7. I found a reference to Netrenderer a while back, but haven't used it yet. So no idea if it works as well as they say, but it may be of use to you.
  8. Small world, indeed! I've lived here for 3 years now and I'm quite enjoying it, though I do miss Sarf London... Was afraid the OU stuff isn't all that... The few I was interested in, aren't on the list for next year, so that left me thinking there's something wrong with them. This one looks interesting, but whether I'll do it, totally depends on the cost. And I've had trouble finding a starting point for HTML as well. I've been hopping from tutorial to tutorial, but there's usually some knowledge required that I just don't have. Especially HTML5 courses look only at the differences from previous versions. : / Think I'll start Codecademy on the side and see how that goes.
  9. Adding everyone... Mine's @SummerSky78 Not very active yet, but then... I only have one follower and that's an auto-tweeting band, so yeah...
  10. Hiya I'm 33, living in Medway, Kent and interested in web design. So far I've only done a small wordpress site for an online gaming group, using a template generator. I had lots of fun with it though, and I decided to find out more about actual coding. I know some HTML basics and am currently doing a course on CSS fundamentals via lynda.com. I'm also looking into OU courses, so any tips on those are much appreciated!
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