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Fruits of my labour by Ian Lloyd

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As copied from this post on Accessify:

Ever the apologist, here I am again justifying lack of activity on this site (and some others) over the last year or two (the list of other time-suckers can be found here). What's the justification this time? Well, it's a good one.

While travelling around the globe a couple of years ago, I started doing some technical editing for Sitepoint. It was a great way to earn a bit of money to pay my way while not getting in the way of moving from place to place - no bar work or fruit-picking for me! Much of this editing work was carried out in the back of my van in the late hours while my wife-to-be snoozed. When I returned to UK after travelling, I was approached about some more potential writing work. Despite the fact that I knew I had an extremely busy year ahead of me, somehow I felt brave enough to take it on. Over seven months, while dealing with two house sales, buying a new house and making tentative wedding plans, I spent many evenings working on this project. Today, for the first time, I saw the evidence that it was finally coming to fruition - Sitepoint have added the book to their 'coming soon' section.

So, what's the book about?

At this point, it might be worth re-reading this post about the poor state of many beginner web design books on the market. The reason for my trip to the book shops was to really get a feel for what's out there and to make sure that I was on track with what I was writing. I couldn't have been happier at how bad it was - it made me realise that what I had started writing for Sitepoint was much needed and much overdue.

Who is this book aimed at?

Well, chances are it's not aimed at you. As much as I'd like to say it's a cutting edge book about CSS tricks that you and I love to peruse, or an accessibility book with a slightly different angle than those currently out there, it's neither. This is what it is:

It's a book that you can give to your web newbie mother/sister/auntie

It doesn't presume any foreknowledge of HTML or ownership of any expensive/fancy web authoring software (nor does it suggest going out and buying any)

While it's for beginners, it's not going to call anyone a dummy ;-)

It's a web design book that refuses to teach bad, outdated practices as a way of getting eye-catching results more quickly than the 'proper' method. For example, the first time you will see page layout covered is with CSS in chapter 4. Tables are covered - but in a chapter about managing data in tables, just where they should be .

In short, it's a book that aims to teach complete beginners how to build web sites that conform to web standards such that they won't need to unlearn bad practices at a later date, or even know that those bad practices exist.

Well, I've talked it up so much, about time I provided a link:

Publication date is March/April (I believe the latter ismore likely). If you think you know someone that this could be of benefit to, please do add your name to the notification list (by joining the Sitepoint Book Buyers' Club). I am looking forward to seeing the finished result ... and I really do wonder what bizarre and completely off-topic picture this book will have on the cover!

view from the Phantom Manor terras by Hilde Heyvaert

Phantom Manor

Frontierland = Halloweenland

October 10 & 11 2007

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Lilly's Boutique by Hilde Heyvaert

Disneyland Paris Halloween trip with Sam, Lien and Pieter

Tuesday, October 4 and Wednesday, October 5 2011

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Cinderella fountain by Hilde Heyvaert

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Cinderella fountain

Thunder Mesa Riverboat Landing

October 30 - November 1 2008

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dinosaur skeleton by Hilde Heyvaert

Frontierland

October 30 - November 1 2008

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IMG_7705 by Ian Hunter

March 14, 2015

St. Patrick's Day Run for CHEO,

Ottawa, Canada

Here come the first two 5k finishers.

In green:

2015….Bruno Lafontaine….Ottawa....M30-39….18:15

2014….Bruno Lafontaine ….Ottawa….M30-39….18:21

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Sportstats Race Results (use bib # for a search):

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10k race - green bibs

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10k race - www.sportstats.ca/display-results.xhtml?raceid=24128

Sidewinder showing Wikipedia by Mark Birbeck

The Wikipedia homepage doesn't claim to be XHTML, so it's not really invalid. But we're using it here to show the validity check.

DSC_4056 by barraivancomcincoas

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Hotel New York by Hilde Heyvaert

Hotel New York.

October 10 & 11 2007

Adventureland by Hilde Heyvaert

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Adventureland

June 4 & 5 2008

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La Confiserie des Trois Fées by Hilde Heyvaert

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October 10 & 11 2007

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Orbitron in the morning mist by Hilde Heyvaert

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Orbitron

Discoveryland

October 10 & 11 2007

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Academia LMB - lmbacademia.com by josuemisael

Rediseño Web - *Puro Boceto

CMS

Portal

PHP

Diseño Web en Monterrey | Sitios Web Autoadministrables graficomex@gmail.com

flame dancer by Hilde Heyvaert

Villains float

Once upon a Dream Parade

Main Street U.S.A.

Alice's Curious Labyrinth

October 10 & 11 2007

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King of Hearts on the castle by Hilde Heyvaert

Disneyland Paris day trip with my friends Anke and Rik.

Thursday, June 18 2009

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Nautilus by Hilde Heyvaert

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Les Mystères du Nautilus

June 4 & 5 2008

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Sam with Duffy & Mickey by Hilde Heyvaert

Disneyland Paris Christmas season day trip with Bert and Sam

Friday, November 11 2011

Town Square

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Phantom Manor from accross the water by Hilde Heyvaert

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Tuesday, October 2 2012: Disneyland Paris Halloween day trip with Bert.

Phantom Manor

Frontierland

Hakuna Matata by Hilde Heyvaert

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Disneyland Paris Halloween trip with Sam, Lien and Pieter

Tuesday, October 4 and Wednesday, October 5 2011

Restaurant Hakuna Matata

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Hotel Sequoia Lodge by Hilde Heyvaert

Hotel Sequoia Lodge seen from Lake Disney at Disney Village.

October 10 & 11 2007

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Drizella by Hilde Heyvaert

Disneyland Paris trip with Bert, Dan and Jon :)

Thursday, February 19 2009

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return ticket by Hilde Heyvaert

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Disneyland Paris Christmas season day trip with Bert and Sam

Friday, November 11 2011

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Trick or Treat in the Street by Hilde Heyvaert

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Tuesday, October 2 2012: Disneyland Paris Halloween day trip with Bert.

Trick or Treat in the Street

Sleeping Beauty Castle

chandelier by Hilde Heyvaert

Disneyland Paris Halloween trip with Sam, Lien and Pieter

Tuesday, October 4 and Wednesday, October 5 2011

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May 27 2012, ORW marathon, 40 by Ian Hunter

May, 27, 2012, 12:16 p.m.

Ottawa Race Weekend

Cheese !

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Vidblog - Media blog by Lostkore

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Old design, thinking of making it a bit longer & brighter, and start coding afterwards.

We'll see!

little mermaid float by Hilde Heyvaert

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Fantillusion

Main Street U.S.A.

Wednesday, November 11 2009

Disneyland Paris Christmas season daytrip with Niels and Sam

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Jack Sparrow sign by Hilde Heyvaert

Disneyland Paris Christmas season day trip with Bert and Sam

Friday, November 11 2011

Adventureland

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Halloween at the Emporium by Hilde Heyvaert

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Tuesday, October 2 2012: Disneyland Paris Halloween day trip with Bert.

The Emporium