Meet Rob Crowther

Rob Crowther is a London, UK based Blogger, Web Developer, Web Designer and System Administrator - read my Curriculum Vitae

This site was originally set up when I was thinking about doing some web development contracting. I never really got into that and, for now, I've given up pretending.

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Hello! HTML5 and CSS3 available now

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Updates

Blog

Tech for Good Meetup - September 2013 (Fri Sep 13 02:30:00 2013)
Upgrading a Geeksphone Keon to Firefox OS 1.1 (Sun Aug 11 00:55:00 2013)
Update: Features for Font Fanatics (Wed Jun 12 00:16:00 2013)
OpenTech 2013 (Thu May 23 02:09:00 2013)
HTML5 in Action is the Manning Deal of the Day! (Tue Apr 9 14:05:00 2013)
Links for June 2011 (Mon Jun 27 03:16:00 2011)

Stack Overflow

html5 form checkValidity() method not found (Mon Sep 12 11:08:26 2011)
Can I define a linear gradient in SVG with a normal/bell-shaped blend? (Wed Aug 11 23:13:59 2010)
Drawing rotated text on a HTML5 canvas (Fri Jul 02 18:11:07 2010)
How do you check if a HTML5 audio element is loaded? (Wed Nov 09 1:49:20 2011)
Which HTML5 tag should I use to mark up an author?s name? (Sat Sep 03 1:13:43 2011)
What does idl attribute mean in the WHATWG html5 standard document? (Mon Sep 10 15:52:20 2012)
What is the type of "ref" in javascript (Fri Dec 15 18:21:34 2017)

Twitter

[robertc] I just backed Lord Winklebottom Investigates - Murder! Mystery! Giraffes! on @Kickstarter https://t.co/pXTolhc9VQ (Thu Apr 18 10:31:15 2019)
[JimSterling] You know what, I tried to attach a gag to this but you just can't match the comedy of the statement itself. https://t.co/ghRihwasJI (Tue Apr 16 15:52:56 2019)
[textfiles] So, Infocom source code is now uploaded to Github. Most people don't speak or want to speak the language it's writt? https://t.co/3VoV8Qf8MF (Tue Apr 16 11:02:10 2019)
[robertc] Hi @VirginTrains How can I turn off 'service emails'? I do not need to be receiving emails from you just because I? https://t.co/fX9kLHRKdh (Mon Apr 15 18:00:27 2019)
[robertc] I just backed A Tale Told By an Idiot - Finishing Funds on @Kickstarter https://t.co/0985XtNwtE (Fri Apr 12 15:26:40 2019)
[robertc] I just backed Let's Play Volume 1 on @Kickstarter https://t.co/v161CKEh92 (Fri Apr 12 15:21:35 2019)
[robertc] I just backed Tsukuyumi: Full Moon Down on @Kickstarter https://t.co/Xy9jXOWjES (Fri Apr 12 11:02:49 2019)
[robertc] I just backed Prince of Cats: a Shakespearean fairy tale visual novel on @Kickstarter https://t.co/THg1rPOLtZ (Wed Apr 10 11:18:07 2019)
[robertc] I just backed LADY REDBEARD THE FINAL 24 HOURS! THANK YOU, BACKERS! on @Kickstarter https://t.co/LuhimcTRm3 (Wed Apr 10 11:16:23 2019)

Pinboard.in

Rant - Procedural Text Generation for .NET/Mono (Thu Jul 02 10:42:50 2015)
Rooms and Mazes: A Procedural Dungeon Generator ? journal.stuffwithstuff.com (Mon Dec 22 17:30:40 2014)
Pure CSS parallax scrolling websites | Keith Clark (Fri Aug 08 12:21:22 2014)
Procedural Content Generation in Games | A textbook and an overview of current research (Wed Jul 09 11:59:33 2014)
kapowaz: Cargo Cult CSS (Tue May 13 17:39:20 2014)
Game Programming Patterns (Wed Apr 23 10:09:35 2014)
Game Mechanic Explorer (Tue Apr 22 16:43:14 2014)
Get Comic Neue (Mon Apr 07 16:23:53 2014)
CanJS (Fri Feb 28 12:45:06 2014)