what with going away on holiday next week and being generally skint, I’ve decided I can live with the broken DVD drive in the powerbook for the moment.
I’ll get it fixed after I get back, at which point I’ll also have been paid.
Category: IT
I guess you could say I’m a nerd.
adding :first-child to entries
In the never-ending effort to streamline the production of the site (or just to amuse myself), I’ve added a :first-child pseudo-class to the CSS.
This means that the first <p> in every entry is automatically given a bold style. The code is:
.entry>p:first-child {
font-weight: bold;
}
The text for each post is contained within a <div> with a class of ‘entry’ and is made up of a series of <p>s (plus some <div>s at the end which we can ignore in this case). Previously I’ve been adding <strong> tags to the first <p> as a general stylistic thing. :first-child allows me to not have to add these tags and will style the entry appropriately when it hits the site.
Pros: less code. Cons: no preview until it’s live (fix: create a new stylesheet for ecto).
Part of the CCS2 spec, doesn’t work in IE
Powerbook repair – pt 3
What a beautiful, sunny day! Nice and cool in the flat, though. You kind of lose touch with the weather in here.
Just returned from the DIY store, where I went in search of the Torx T8 screwdriver bits. Unfortunately there were none available – all the sets of bits only went down to T10, which I already have. So, I think I’ll have to take the powerbook into the local Apple repair shop and potentially lose it for a week or so. Not sure I can survive.
powerbook repair – pt 2
This site has instructions for replacing the optical drive on the powerbook. I’m thinking I’ll go out and buy a Torx T8 head for my screwdriver (it only came with a T15 and a T10 – I think there was a more expensive version of the screwdriver with the T8 supplied, but I went for the cheap version – ah hindsight!) and get the drive out and see if that gives me a better view inside.
It’ll also give me many opportunities to bust the powerbook.
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