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Oooh Shiny

By NL on 07/05/2007. 0 Comments

How did I spend the bank holiday?

A new wordpress theme (self-modified K2), new layout and some very shiny additional toys.

Try, for instance, the search box at the top right. Oh yes – direct page update ajaxy goodness.

Likewise try the archive page (via the top menu), then try selecting date (and sub date) or categories (and sub category. Again instant update fabulousness thanks to ajax. [Having the archives effects turned on broke the permanent link structure. Sorry to anyone affected. Links to posts here should work again now. 9/5/07]

It has taken a day and a bit of fiddling to get it all to work, and it does … Read the full post

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It speaks…

By NL on 28/04/2007. 0 Comments

I have just had the great pleasure of doing a podcast with Charon QC, talking about mature entry to the law, the LPC and recruitment, and legal aid. I also made a faltering attempt to explain the tolerated tresspasser issue. The podcast is now up on his blog.

I enjoyed myself thoroughly. Your mileage may vary (although Charon is superb as ever).… Read the full post

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Please, No. It's just wrong.

By NL on 25/04/2007. 0 Comments

My jaw dropped at this post from Lo-fi librarian. You must see the post for lo-fi’s screenshots. Also in the Times Online.

Field Fisher Waterhouse have opened an office in Second Life.

This is just wrong in so many ways.

The media hype about ‘real world’ businesses and politicians setting up in Second Life has faded after the first rush about 6 months ago, so the publicity value is low – I didn’t see mention of it before yesterday in the mainstream media and that a minor one – so it becomes a classic too-late jump on the bandwagon by a law firm.

And then, in a virtual … Read the full post

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A useful thing

By NL on 15/04/2007. 0 Comments

Entirely thanks to Enquiring Minds, I have found Feedity, which will turn a web page into a RSS feed where it lacks one. Given the lack of RSS feeds for all kinds of legal and government sites, this is a very useful thing if it works as advertised.

I have added a trial (sorry) feed for Court of Appeal civil judgments to the right.  But I can see all kinds of possibilities.… Read the full post

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Not just me then

By NL on 15/02/2007. 0 Comments

Binary Law doesn’t like the Times Online redesign. Good. I loathe it. From intrusive, slow, floating ads (even in Firefox), to an utterly overloaded ad-and-submenu-and-splashspot-laden page, it is dreadful.

Mies in MiesIt makes the Grauniad look like something set out by a Web 2.0 Mies Van Der Rohe, and that is difficult, G*d knows.

Parts of the Times design are just messy – misaligned grids, iffy colour schemes and so forth. Other problems include wanting to look actually like a newspaper. [Edit. And I've just realised, it partly uses something close to my colour scheme - obviously ressentiment kicked in on my part.]

But then worse, comments are invited on news stories … Read the full post

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Law Search beta available for use.

By NL on 20/01/2007. 0 Comments

I’ve put a link for the code for the custom search engine on the Law Search page. Anyone is free to add the search box to their own pages, and the graphic if they want. The only conditions are that you do not claim authorship or ownership, and you do not charge for its use in any way.

An email to say where it is being used would be nice, as would an attribution and link.… Read the full post

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Blawgs, hurgh, what are they good for?

By NL on 10/01/2007. 0 Comments

Navel gazing (or meta blogging) on the future of the law blog seems to be the flavour of the moment in the USA, and on this side of the pond, human law and binary law have weighed in with some thoughtful views on the future of law blogs. With this in mind, together with geeklawyer’s forthcoming carnival of the blawgers, I thought I’d have a muse too. Unfortunately, the musing could only be jotted down in 35 minute sessions on the train, pecking away at a PDA, so any fractured or episodic quality is entirely realistic.

Firstly, it seems to be clear that a critical mass has yet to be … Read the full post

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