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[zeitghost]

Hi Zeity

+1 for the 3G modem, or setting up a suitably-disguised proxy, or some such

It would be an unwise assumption that I knew how to do any of that...

[NickFitz]

Maybe I should finally agree to help her out with her web site.

She's been hinting for a while that she could do with a hand getting it redesigned. I'm no designer (but no more is she) but I could get it all sorted out so she's not stuck maintaining it with MS FrontPage

Dunno if it would be practical to build a full-blown CMS for it... but I got a free full version of MS Expression Web when I went to a conference at MS Reading last year (about £260 retail) so she could have that. I could get the site all sorted out in nice HTML 4.01 with CSS so she can reskin it as she wishes... all usable and accessible, with a sound information architecture.

Then a bit of progressive enhancement with some nifty JS and Ajax, to make user interaction a bit smoother in places.

Then get Molly Holzschlag to check it out... she's lost a couple of cats to feline CRF and knows the site. Getting the site approved by somebody who provides advice to Microsoft on what the web's all about might impress her.

And of course, I can stick it all on my CV as a pro bono project

Right - card, token gift, £260-worth-of-software and a new web site it is

[zeitghost]

I am now a "Super poster"

Again...

NickFitz

got
2000
SuperPoster
(Again...)

!!!

Merely for completeness or something

[voodooflux]

It would be an unwise assumption that I knew how to do any of that...

The 3G modem is a top idea - I find mine invaluable. And it's totally plug and play.

[NickFitz]

It would be an unwise assumption that I knew how to do any of that...

The 3G modem is a top idea - I find mine invaluable. And it's totally plug and play.

Unfortunately, this might involve Zeity migrating from Windows 98 to XP... at least at work

[zeitghost]

Evening denizens

It's a very pleasant evening out there - sunny but not unpleasantly warm. There's a few clouds wandering about, but they seem to be intended for decorative effect, rather than for raining on stuff

Evening folks

Glad that gym session is over, that's the hardest 400 calories I've burned off in a while

[zeitghost]

It's my sister's 50th birthday bash this weekend.

I haven't got the faintest idea what to get as a present

I got mine a big card with a big badge saying "I am 50".

She was ever so pleased.

[voodooflux]

Unfortunately, this might involve Zeity migrating from Windows 98 to XP... at least at work

Hmmmm, the minimum system requirements for the "Three" modems do seem to be Windows 2000.

[zeitghost]

But thankfully I'm not

As the aviators say, any landing you walk away from is a success... any psu test you don't get smoke & sparks out of is a success.

[NickFitz]

NickFitz

got
2000
SuperPoster
(Again...)

!!!

Merely for completeness or something

Most kind