Offline Editors and Bloated Code

I did an experiment today comparing a couple of offline editors, specifically for whether they introduced additional code into the posts. I wrote it up here with examples of the code. What I don't know is how much additional load the extra code introduces. Is it small compared to other things that add to the overhead of a site? How would one go about testing it?

'Mia' cards: Looking for information

These cards were printed in the 1940s in England.

Anyone know anything about the company?

Princess for a day

According to a YouGov poll, 11% of British women would like to experience the Duchess of Cambridge's life for a day.

Which means that 89% would not like the opportunity to experience something extraordinary.

That's strange.

How many people over 100 are there in Britain

There are 14,000 people over one hundred years of age in Britain today, according to an article in The Week.

I have found the week to be a reliable source of news and well worth the cover price. Actually, it's my wife who finds it worth the cover price because she is the one who gets the print issue on subscription.

The Week

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As well as discovering all of the main stories, key opinions and comment, you will also get a flavour of the week’s cultural highlights, including the hottest art exhibitions, books, theatre, films, sport, people, properties, travel and recipes – and much, much more.

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Reminders

From Conversion Scientist

What is your landing page selling?
You can answer this question in one of three ways:
It’s selling what I promised in an ad or email
It’s selling my company and its services
All of the above
The right answer is number one.
Number two is an About Us page. Number three is a typical home page.
If this was a poll, we’d see heavy voting for two and three. Why the disconnect?

From Out of The Blue in Leith

From its inception Out of the Blue’s mission has been to provide opportunities for artists and other people who face barriers to creativity, to meet, work, participate, enjoy themselves, learn and develop skills and knowledge. Out of the Blue has established a reputation as an independent, dynamic and innovative cultural social enterprise. Out of the Blue is one of Scotland’s leading community, cultural and arts development organisations working in partnership to provide economic, cultural, social and educational opportunities, to a significant number of people to make a real difference to their lives. 

From Guerrilla Mail

Guerrilla Mail
Useful to avoid spam - disposable email address. 

Dashboard On OSX won't open? This may be why.

A couple of times over the past year or so, the dashboard wouldn't open when I clicked on it.

I don't recall how it corrected itself last time it happened, but this time I decided to look up the problem. I found this on the Apple Support pages:

To open Dashboard:
From a trackpad, swipe right with three or four fingers. To close Dashboard, swipe left.
From your keyboard, press the Dashboard key, or press F12 (Fn-F12 on portable keyboards). To close Dashboard, press the key again.

I didn't know I had a dashboard key but now that I knew, I clicked it and the dashboard opened.

OK, that's interesting.

Then I noticed the Fn-F12 and suddenly it all became clear. I pressed Fn-F12 and then clicked the dashboard icon and it worked.

So when had I clicked Fn-F12? It's the keyboard function to open Firebug in Firefox.

Da da...

Poems to order

Cross-posted from More Flying Twigs

The Necessity Of Greeting Cards
My love, do you see the ocean
between us? The Atlantic
has bloated there like no-man’s-land.
Every word I speak is devoured
by winds on the high seas.

My love, I bought one hundred
pairs of wings, last night
in one hundred paper envelopes.
They carry with them all the words
I cannot say.

My love, I stayed up until morning
to place a kiss within each message.
I wore red lipstick, and by dawn
I had kissed you one hundred times.

I want to tell you every story.
I want te give you all the words
ever uttered, but I am mute.
So take these offerings:

Thank you.
I’m sorry.
Get well soon.
I love you.
I wish you the best.
I wish you the best…

The cards are signed.
The envelopes stamped.
Now they fly.

- by GennaRose Nethercott