Freelancers Forum Messages on Monday February 7th 2005
RE: FN-FORUM: Quiet jan/feb?
date posted 7th February 2005 23:38
I think I prefer the robot hoover rather than "Medibot" ;o)
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Re: FN-FORUM: Quiet jan/feb?
date posted 7th February 2005 23:00
> On 7 Feb 2005, at 12:00, Caz Thomson wrote:
>> The day they invent a cleaning robot
Talking of robots and a Quiet jan/feb, possibly your are thinking "What
will music sound like in the Year 2000?"...
FN-FORUM: .NETc# account information
date posted 7th February 2005 22:27
Hello Damon,
Not sure if you have any idea how to do this?
I need to retrieve the logon account information that a user has inputted
when they have logged into a machine on the network - only the lo...
FN-FORUM: .NET Account Information
date posted 7th February 2005 22:24
I need to retrieve the logon account information that a user has inputted
when they have logged into a machine on the network - only the logon name
(need this to do AD searches). How do I do this .NET...
Re: FN-FORUM: Exchange rate source?
date posted 7th February 2005 22:18
Dom Latter wrote:
> On Monday 07 Feb 2005 4:03 pm, Charles Nullens wrote:
>
>>www.xe.com is a good one.
>
>
> Thanks, but I'm looking for something that doesn't cost $540 per annum.
> And please, e...
Re: FN-FORUM: Exchange rate source?
date posted 7th February 2005 22:03
On Monday 07 Feb 2005 4:03 pm, Charles Nullens wrote:
> www.xe.com is a good one.
Thanks, but I'm looking for something that doesn't cost $540 per annum.
And please, everybody, don't suggest that we...
RE: FN-FORUM: Exchange rate source?
date posted 7th February 2005 21:02
www.xe.com is a good one.
hth
Charles...
FN-FORUM: Exchange rate source?
date posted 7th February 2005 20:57
Anybody got a good (free) source of US dollar and Euro=20
exchange rates, that can be piped into an online shop?...
Re: FN-FORUM: Quiet jan/feb?
date posted 7th February 2005 20:14
In freelance.forum, Debi Sykes [EMAIL REMOVED] (Debi Sykes)
wrote in [EMAIL REMOVED]
>oooh good glad I am not the only one who doesn't tidy up as much I
>should, was just looking around at the mess...
Re: FN-FORUM: Notebook graphics card
date posted 7th February 2005 20:10
In freelance.forum, Niels Reynolds [EMAIL REMOVED] (Niels
Reynolds) wrote in [EMAIL REMOVED]
>
>I'd like to upgrade the graphics card on my Sharp notebook to 64mb 1024x678.
>
>Sharp no longer sell o...
RE: FN-FORUM: Quiet jan/feb?
date posted 7th February 2005 19:51
>http://shop.robo-store.de/
They must clean better than a Dyson ;)
Damon...
Re: FN-FORUM: Vector UK map - with postcode borders.
date posted 7th February 2005 19:49
On 7 Feb 2005, at 10:23, Gareth Griffiths wrote:
> Does anyone know where I can find a vector map of the UK, but with
> postcode
> borders marked out? I know there are ones with the counties marked...
Re: FN-FORUM: Quiet jan/feb?
date posted 7th February 2005 19:39
On 7 Feb 2005, at 12:00, Caz Thomson wrote:
> The day they invent a cleaning robot I can control while being chained
> to my desk, will be a good day :)
http://shop.robo-store.de/
*lol*
L.
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Re: FN-FORUM: Notebook graphics card
date posted 7th February 2005 19:35
On Monday 07 Feb 2005 2:22 pm, Niels Reynolds wrote:
> ...reasonably proficient, so long as the card swap is otherwise
> straightforward, ie, will be recognised by hardware and Windows...??
Sorry Ni...
Re: FN-FORUM: Printing a Catalogue
date posted 7th February 2005 19:27
>
> Which version of PHP?
PHP 4.3.4
>
> 'bout to do something similar and will have the same problem viz page
> breaks - I'm intending to create the pdfs with Java and (at the
> moment) XSL-FO.
Th...
Re: FN-FORUM: Printing a Catalogue
date posted 7th February 2005 19:27
> You could try http://www.fpdf.org/, which claims it is a free (even for
> commercial) pdf library, unlike pdflib.com.
Aha! Excellent, have downloaded and will take a look, thanks
>
> If you didn...
Re: FN-FORUM: Notebook graphics card
date posted 7th February 2005 19:21
On Monday 07 Feb 2005 12:52 pm, Niels Reynolds wrote:
>> >> I'd like to upgrade the graphics card on my Sharp notebook to 64mb
>> >> 1024x678.
>> >
>> >Which model is it?
>>
>> It's a Sharp PC-AR10....
FN-FORUM: SAM
date posted 7th February 2005 19:19
Has anyone tried out the SkyPE Answer Phone?
http://www.freewebs.com/skypeansweringmachine/index.htm
Damon...
Re: FN-FORUM: Quiet jan/feb?
date posted 7th February 2005 18:49
Holy crap! that's the worst start of the year I've come across so far!
D Thomas
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Re: FN-FORUM: Notebook graphics card
date posted 7th February 2005 18:30
On Monday 07 Feb 2005 12:52 pm, Niels Reynolds wrote:
> >> I'd like to upgrade the graphics card on my Sharp notebook to 64mb
> >> 1024x678.
> >
> >Which model is it?
>
> It's a Sharp PC-AR10. System...
FN-FORUM: graphic designer in brighton / sussex area wanted
date posted 7th February 2005 18:27
hi ya freelancers.
full time magazine designer using quark, photoshop & illustrator on a
mac in the brighton / sussex area needed.
CV's Please!
ta
Alex
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Business Director
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Re: FN-FORUM: I've had it with Splashhost
date posted 7th February 2005 18:26
On Monday 07 Feb 2005 12:22 pm, Matthew Russell wrote:
> We don't make claims like that, we claim to achieve excellent uptime th=
en
> publish monthly figures to back it up.
That's the sort of compan...
Re: FN-FORUM: Quiet jan/feb?
date posted 7th February 2005 17:57
oooh good glad I am not the only one who doesn't tidy up as much I
should, was just looking around at the mess I call my flat- trying to
block the mess out while I work- I hate working with mess aro...
RE: FN-FORUM: Quiet jan/feb?
date posted 7th February 2005 17:52
I have to say, although 2005 started appallingly, i'm actually busier now than i
ever was at this period before.
Bad Year
-Moved to new studio, get wrong office, removals have lost my computer
- Firs...
Re: FN-FORUM: Notebook graphics card
date posted 7th February 2005 17:50
>> I'd like to upgrade the graphics card on my Sharp notebook to 64mb
>> 1024x678.
>Which model is it?
It's a Sharp PC-AR10. System info gives the graphics system as being Rage
Mobility-M AGP x2,...
RE: FN-FORUM: I've had it with Splashhost
date posted 7th February 2005 17:33
I guess it's a bit of a tongue twister; we wrote it to imply the listed
figure is lower then the actual figure... But you have highlighted it is
easy to interpret this as not being the case.
We're re...
Re: FN-FORUM: I've had it with Splashhost
date posted 7th February 2005 17:26
At 12:22 on Monday, 07 Feb 2005, Matthew Russell wrote:
>
>> No, I am making a general comment about companies that
>> claim 100% versus those that deliver 99.7% (or whatever).
>
>> Which are you?
>...
RE: FN-FORUM: I've had it with Splashhost
date posted 7th February 2005 17:21
>No, I am making a general comment about companies that
>claim 100% versus those that deliver 99.7% (or whatever).
>Which are you?
We don't make claims like that, we claim to achieve excellent uptim...
Re: FN-FORUM: Quiet jan/feb?
date posted 7th February 2005 17:17
Caz Thomson wrote:
> The day they invent a cleaning robot I can control while being chained
> to my desk, will be a good
>
>day :)
>
>
I think it would eat things it shouldn't and choke on the thi...
Re: FN-FORUM: Notebook graphics card
date posted 7th February 2005 17:16
On Monday 07 Feb 2005 11:50 am, Niels Reynolds wrote:
> I'd like to upgrade the graphics card on my Sharp notebook to 64mb
> 1024x678.
Which model is it?...
Re: FN-FORUM: I've had it with Splashhost
date posted 7th February 2005 17:10
On Monday 07 Feb 2005 10:02 am, Matthew Russell wrote:
> Are you referring to Voxtreme's published uptime figures?
No, I am making a general comment about companies that
claim 100% versus those that...
RE: FN-FORUM: Quiet jan/feb?
date posted 7th February 2005 16:59
>Plus I have a backlog of paperwork, my own stuff, and haven't cleaned
>for a week :-)
My filing trays are now piled up with stuff from October - I'm going to have
to spend at least a weekend to fil...
RE: FN-FORUM: Notebook graphics card
date posted 7th February 2005 16:52
Not all notebooks allow you to upgrade graphics cards because its on the
main board. Not sure about sharp ones though....
Re: FN-FORUM: Quiet jan/feb?
date posted 7th February 2005 16:51
One project stalled waiting for a meeting, one stalled waiting for
details, some bits to update and change, some completely unrelated
work which is good because I get cash immediately and bad be...
FN-FORUM: Notebook graphics card
date posted 7th February 2005 16:49
I'd like to upgrade the graphics card on my Sharp notebook to 64mb 1024x678.
Sharp no longer sell or support notebooks and support is now via Dixons
(****!!!) Looking in a number of online stores, i...
Re: FN-FORUM: Quiet jan/feb?
date posted 7th February 2005 16:39
I have had an increased amount of projects which I have thought I have
had leads for, only for me to have to ring the potential clients up
more than once, for people to then say "oh we will get back...
Re: FN-FORUM: Printing a Catalogue
date posted 7th February 2005 16:34
You could try http://www.fpdf.org/, which claims it is a free (even for
commercial) pdf library, unlike pdflib.com.
If you didn't already know, you could also use a print css file for
formatting pa...
Re: FN-FORUM: Printing a Catalogue
date posted 7th February 2005 16:19
On Mon, 7 Feb 2005, hugh wrote:
> I've got an online php/mysql database system (800-1600 items in 10 categories)
> which I need to output to a printable catalog when requested.
Which version of PHP...
Re: FN-FORUM: Quiet jan/feb?
date posted 7th February 2005 15:53
Sleep is good :-)
this weeks all booked up, and hopefully I have a three month project
that'll need doing in two :P
though when that meeting is going to take place for final go ahead is
as yet unkno...
Re: FN-FORUM: I've had it with Splashhost
date posted 7th February 2005 15:47
JBR wrote:
> When comparing prices like that, keep in mind that you
> can buy bandwidth (i.e. without a server, without
> services, etc) for about 100 quid a month for 1Mb/s.
> Might not be directly...
FN-FORUM: Printing a Catalogue
date posted 7th February 2005 15:46
Gd'Arvo
Looking for some programming feedback please.
I've got an online php/mysql database system (800-1600 items in 10 categories)
which I need to output to a printable catalog when requested.
I...
FN-FORUM: Vector UK map - with postcode borders.
date posted 7th February 2005 15:22
Hi all,
Does anyone know where I can find a vector map of the UK, but with =
postcode
borders marked out? I know there are ones with the counties marked out, =
but
I need one with postcode areas :(...
Re: FN-FORUM: New starter!
date posted 7th February 2005 15:18
On Monday 07 Feb 2005 5:29 am, Claire Lynch wrote:
> Can anyone help?
Have a good long read of this:
http://wiki.workalone.co.uk/
particularly the "Getting Started As A Freelancer" and
"RulesForPosti...
Re: FN-FORUM: Archiving data on CD, Indexing those CD's
date posted 7th February 2005 15:16
Hutch,
Brilliant, exactly what I was looking for and more. It indexes them,
allowes comments, categories and locations (so I know where I put
them). Very good recommendation, I owe you a pint!
Peter...
RE: FN-FORUM: SMS gateway
date posted 7th February 2005 15:05
We use www.clickatell.com for various notification services. They are good,
no qualms in recommending them.
Matt
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Re: FN-FORUM: SMS gateway
date posted 7th February 2005 15:05
Paul J White wrote:
>
> Does anyone here supply this functionality? Or if you use it to send SMS
> from a webpage, could you get me offlist with a few details of supplier,
> cost and reliability, p...
RE: FN-FORUM: I've had it with Splashhost
date posted 7th February 2005 15:01
Are you referring to Voxtreme's published uptime figures?
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FN-FORUM: SMS gateway
date posted 7th February 2005 14:54
Does anyone here supply this functionality? Or if you use it to send
SMS from a webpage, could you get me offlist with a few details of
supplier, cost and reliability, please.
TIA, Paul....
Re: FN-FORUM: I've had it with Splashhost
date posted 7th February 2005 14:43
On Saturday 05 Feb 2005 7:06 am, Matthew Russell wrote:
> Unlimited diskspace and bandwidth is purely marketing spin.
As is "100%" anything. Particularly uptime. Go with a company that=20
publishes...
RE: FN-FORUM: Hourly Rates...
date posted 7th February 2005 13:28
LOL aint that always the way!! :)
Thanks for your help though Tony.
> whoops...
>
> I broke it last night when I upgraded my copy of Wordpress.
>
>...
FN-FORUM: Small Graphics Project
date posted 7th February 2005 12:54
Hi,
We are currently performing a minor overhaul of our Voxtreme.co.uk (work in
progress site = http://www.voxtreme.co.uk/2/index2.htm ) website (changes
will also be Americanized and ported over to...
RE: FN-FORUM: .NET XmlWriter
date posted 7th February 2005 12:27
>Next time tell the flash guy to use...
>my_xml.ignoreWhite = true;
>... after creating the xml object.
Ahhhh. Thanks Paul, I shall let him know :)
Caz
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Re: FN-FORUM: Hourly Rates...
date posted 7th February 2005 12:09
At 06:42 on Monday, 07 Feb 2005, Steph O'Brien wrote:
>
> Hi There
>
> you know the poll we all filled in some time back now on hourly rates...
>
> Anyone got a link to it still? Or can you remember...
FN-FORUM: Hourly Rates...
date posted 7th February 2005 11:41
Hi There
you know the poll we all filled in some time back now on hourly rates...
Anyone got a link to it still? Or can you remember the outcome?
Can never find these useful bits of info again when...
Re: FN-FORUM: Archiving data on CD, Indexing those CD's
date posted 7th February 2005 10:55
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Getting to the point, where I have far to many CD's and don't know
> exactly what is on which. Does anyone have a prog or solution
> (freeware if poss) that ca...
Re: FN-FORUM: Quiet jan/feb?
date posted 7th February 2005 10:52
Just as we're speaking about being quiet I've just an e-commerce job come in
to start sometime next week, oh well, just ponder doing bits n peices for
this week now :C)
D Thomas
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RE: FN-FORUM: Quiet jan/feb?
date posted 7th February 2005 10:50
Sleep.
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Dave Boulden, Director. DA Media Limited
web: http://www.da-media.co.uk/
Tel: 01795 559456 Fax: 07092 011488
Darren Seamark said:
>
> What...
Re: FN-FORUM: .NET XmlWriter
date posted 7th February 2005 10:47
Next time tell the flash guy to use...
my_xml.ignoreWhite = true;
... after creating the xml object.
Paul...
Re: FN-FORUM: Quiet jan/feb?
date posted 7th February 2005 10:45
Hey,
Yeah, not a great time in the year for most companies.
Stick in there, we're trying.
Things are starting to look up.
if you are overloaded with projects.. mabye we can help you out.
Check out...
Re: FN-FORUM: New starter!
date posted 7th February 2005 10:41
On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 02:31:01 -0800 (PST), Claire Lynch
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> I started freelancing last week and just joined the Freelance.net website on
> Saturday. I provide a copywriting, ma...
RE: FN-FORUM: Quiet jan/feb?
date posted 7th February 2005 10:40
I was very quiet the first two weeks of January, thought I'd start working
on my website again lol. But then some more work has rolled in and I'm
booked till April. What was really strange is getting...
RE: FN-FORUM: Quiet jan/feb?
date posted 7th February 2005 10:38
>Finding it a bit quiet at the moment down here, anyone else feeling the
>pinch after xmas or is it only me having a quiet period?
Busy like a bee. Three projects on the go and another two coming up...
FN-FORUM: New starter!
date posted 7th February 2005 10:27
I started freelancing last week and just joined the Freelance.net website on
Saturday. I provide a copywriting, marketing and PR service, I have one
client at the moment but it doesn't make me full...
RE: FN-FORUM: Quiet jan/feb?
date posted 7th February 2005 10:26
I'm always busy with websites these days. I only work 5 hours per day
though due to physical limitations. I've started going for a walk midway
through the day for an hour regardless of how much wor...
RE: FN-FORUM: Quiet jan/feb?
date posted 7th February 2005 10:24
On 7 Feb 2005 05:15:36 -0000, "Darren Seamark" said:
> What do you guys do when it goes quiet?
Check my long-running clients are all OK.
Do more on-line promotion.
Do more off-line promotion (i.e...
Re: FN-FORUM: Quiet jan/feb?
date posted 7th February 2005 10:19
Darren Seamark wrote:
> What do you guys do when it goes quiet?
I work on silly things:
www.monsterland.co.uk
www.doodleshirts.com
and other silly things - some pre-birth, some long dead :)
Th...
FN-FORUM: Archiving data on CD, Indexing those CD's
date posted 7th February 2005 10:17
Hello all,
Getting to the point, where I have far to many CD's and don't know
exactly what is on which. Does anyone have a prog or solution
(freeware if poss) that can help me with this by indexing a...
RE: FN-FORUM: Quiet jan/feb?
date posted 7th February 2005 10:14
What do you guys do when it goes quiet?...
RE: FN-FORUM: Quiet jan/feb?
date posted 7th February 2005 10:03
well this is my first quiet spell for over a year - so I'm not too fussed -
a few things on the horizon - so I'm sure it will all pick up again soon.
Andrew
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Re: FN-FORUM: Quiet jan/feb?
date posted 7th February 2005 10:03
I've submitted a few quotes, one of which is a biggie but at the moment,
last week was quiet anyway, no real phonecalls or emails for at least a week
now, balls.
D Thomas
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Re: FN-FORUM: Quiet jan/feb?
date posted 7th February 2005 09:54
also very busy, spent most of November and December writing quotes and now
they are all coming in. I find that Christmas is often my busiest period as
everyone's trying to spend their budget before...
RE: FN-FORUM: Quiet jan/feb?
date posted 7th February 2005 09:53
No
6 projects on the go, and I real must finish my own site this year, sometime
Damon...
RE: FN-FORUM: Quiet jan/feb?
date posted 7th February 2005 09:44
Up to my eyeballs here, currently got 5 projects on the go and another 2-3
lined up.... My customers (newspaper & magazine industry) always seem to
wait for the new year to start spending money, late...
RE: FN-FORUM: Quiet jan/feb?
date posted 7th February 2005 09:42
F**k no, far too busy !=20
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Subject: RE:...
FN-FORUM: Fonts: Ruach and Smudger
date posted 7th February 2005 09:33
Hi - can anyone help with a loan of these two Letraset fonts - Ruach and
Smudger - please?
Thanks!
Lindsay...
RE: FN-FORUM: How to legitimately mass Email?
date posted 7th February 2005 09:30
>>>They have been nightmare to deal with - too many idiots who cannot get
their heads around the big picture and would rather fuss over minor
irrelevant issues...
RE: FN-FORUM: Quiet jan/feb?
date posted 7th February 2005 09:26
it's quiet up here too - a few things to do but it's all the farty things
you can't be bothered doing :((!
Andrew
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Web Design & Hosting
Print Design...
FN-FORUM: Quiet jan/feb?
date posted 7th February 2005 09:22
Finding it a bit quiet at the moment down here, anyone else feeling the
pinch after xmas or is it only me having a quiet period?
D Thomas...
RE: FN-FORUM: Wired Magazine Article (OT)
date posted 7th February 2005 08:30
I know this thread has gone way off its original track, to IMHO a far more
important one (consumption of alcohol), temporally bringing it back to the
original (bad English, still hungover, in-laws vis...
Re: FN-FORUM: Move Documents and Settings folder on XP
date posted 7th February 2005 07:15
Yes, just change its properties - right-click (or use a GPO if you are on an
AD domain). If it's XP it'll ask you whether to move existing files.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++...
RE: FN-FORUM: Move Documents and Settings folder on XP
date posted 7th February 2005 07:14
Thanks guys for the advice.
Now moved clients My Documents to D: drive so next time he downloads some
dodgy screen saver and completely screw up his machine I can just format c:
without worrying abou...
Re: FN-FORUM: .NET XmlWriter
date posted 7th February 2005 03:52
Sounds like flash is horribly broken wrt xml, eww
On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 16:49:47 -0800 (PST), Caz Thomson
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> >I have this piece of XML that is written out by the xmlwriter in...
Re: FN-FORUM: Excel and CSV files
date posted 7th February 2005 01:55
In freelance.forum, Lists [EMAIL REMOVED] (Lists) wrote in
[EMAIL REMOVED]
>
>I suppose you could append a ' to the problem fields when outputting the
>CSV.
Problem with that is that it leaves them...
RE: FN-FORUM: .NET XmlWriter
date posted 7th February 2005 00:47
>I have this piece of XML that is written out by the xmlwriter in .Net. The
>XML is read in by a flash application and the flash guy needs a tag to be
in
>the format :
Don't worry folks. Found the an...
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