Daily post On this day in history: 3rd December Quote of the day : If you are going to walk on thin ice, you might as well dance. ~ Attributed to an Inuit proverb. Whether the Eskimos would actually say that, I don’t know. Chosen pic of the day : Continuing for the moment with […]
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David Gemmel’s Morningstar David Gemmel, Morningstar, Published by Arrows Books Ltd (ISBN 0-09-922891-2) I have yet to read a book by David Gemmel that I didn’t enjoy, but this particular novel is passing brilliant. As well as being thought-provoking, it gives a book a realistic view. The heroes saving the nation aren’t shining Paladins
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Daily post On this day in history: 2nd December Quote of the day : Miracles start to happen when you give as much energy to your dreams as you do to your fears ~ Unknown Chosen pic of the day : Thought I’d dig up a winter-themed picture, so here’s a blackbird, resting atop a
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Brian Lumsey’s e-Branch series Brian Lumley’s E-Branch Series Published by Hodder & Stoughton Necroscope: Invaders E-Branch volume 1 (ISBN 0-340-73376-4) Necroscope: Defilers E-Branch volume 2 (ISBN 0-340-79245-0) Necroscope: Avengers E-Branch volume 3 (ISBN 0-340-79247-7) The stories revolved around the idea of wormholes and vampires. These are books 11-13 in
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A glimpse back in time, on the Internet A look web sites from their earliest days Prelude. Back in December 2013, I was sat here grumbling as my Internet speed dropped below 4Mb/s… – then I started to remember how it was with only 512kb/s a decade or so earlier. – or further back to
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Daily post On this day in history: 1st December Quote of the day : If you can correct your mind, the rest of your life will fall into place. ~ Lao Tzu Chosen pic of the day : The picture below made me smile. (It’s a pin from Yvette Cormack in Pinterest) { Slow down!
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Sites dedicated to HTML character codes HTML character code links of interest Addenda, 2021: Seems dated, now, but I originally wrote this section about twenty years ago – before Google, before sites like w3Schools. The standards list is : Unicode.org charts If you like fonts and languages, you HAVE to see the next place! Besides
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HTML Character codes for common symbols HTML Character Symbols Covers: [ Playing cards ] [ Arrows ]* [ Latin-1 ] [ Special punctuation ] [ Letter-like characters]* [ Technical ]* *(Note that most of these are unsupported in the earlier version of Microsoft Explorer, such as 6 and 7). HTML codes for playing card symbols
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