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Darren Jamieson, aka MrDaz, is the Technical Director and co-founder of Engage Web and has been working online in a career spanning two decades. His first website was built in 1998 and is still live today.
General

Top Gear Race to Germany

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In July I’m going out to Germany to see Catherine, and help her come back – as being a woman she’s gathered more stuff than she went out with and can’t bring it back on the plane on her own.

So what better way to do it than by car? Oh yes. I’m going to drive to Germany in a flat out stretch, and inject a little excitment into the proceedings by having my own Top Gear race.

Sadly I don’t have Hammond on a train to race against, so I’m going to be racing the post. I’m going to post a letter on the Thursday, give it 48 hours head start, and beat it there.

I will be filming the race and will edit a little peice together and upload it to YouTube. Wish me luck.

Cardiff Devils

Cardiff Devils Devils Playoffs

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Just a quick note to say good luck to the Devils in the playoffs this weekend as they take on the Blaze in the semi finals on Saturday.

They’ve had a turbulant season playing without a home rink for the first few months, losing their manager and now changing ownership for next season as well. Already British Knockout Cup winners a playoff victory would make this difficult time one of their most successful to boot.

Let’s go Devils, let’s go!

Internet

W3C Sites

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For many web designer and developers out there the thought of validating a website to W3C standards is a scary, pointless pain the ass.

To others, like me, it’s kinda important. On this note I’ve found a great web directory that only lists Valid HTML websites, and you can see my profile here: http://www.w3csites.com/profile.asp?u=JakeCop.

I would add MrDaz.com, but the sodding YouTube embeded code invalidates the markup. Foiled by Google, those very people who prize valid markup so highly. The irony eh?

Rants

Stupid Police

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Righto people, I’ve been away a bit as I’ve been working up North and haven’t had Internet access for a while.

Well, I’m back and have some rants to catch up on. First off happened last Sunday. On my way to see the Devils play in Cardiff I was cut up by a BMW 3 series driven by some guy older than death himself.

He was so blind, I swear he didn’t even see me.

Well, naturally I tailgaited the twat all along the docks road and sped past him on the duel carraigeway, only to see a copper behind me.

Bollocks.

I slowed to something resembling the speed limit (didn’t want to look whipped) and turned off. The sod followed me then turned his lights on.

Double bollocks.

I pulled over thinking he must have seen me tailgating and speeding.

He came up to car as I lowered the window, and the tosser said.

“I could be wrong, but I thought I saw with a phone to your left ear as you went round the roundabout”

What a knob. No, I said. I didn’t. He couldn’t have ‘thought’ he saw me do that as I drive with my hand fixed to the gear stick, it’s the way I drive.

What a tosser, he obviously had nothing better to do.