Reliably displaying favicons in HTML (and a little javascript) is really easy! Most websites simply store the their icon at the root of the website. So for example http://www.bbc.co.uk/favicon.ico looks like this "". However for IPlayer the BBC store the favicon in the page directory. So that's http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/favicon.ico and looks like this "".

So for sites like IPlayer we need to fall-back to the site root icon but only after trying the page directory first. Unfortunately the HTML <img> tag doesn't have any way of doing this without a little help from javascript. Here's how..


Easy, right?!

Ever wanted to give an inspiring talk that gets your point across without boring your audience to death? This 5 part series breaks down the key aspects of speaking like TED talker into easy bite-size peices. More videos after the break..

Have you ever tried to achieve coloured output in cmd.exe on a modern windows OS? I recently tried to do this on Windows 7 and found it extremely difficult to achieve from a scripting environment. So, I decided to create a solution

I've been a big fan of Devon Sproule ever since seeing her on Jools Holland back in 2007. Her latest album "I Love You, Go Easy" is the perfect continuation.