Freelancers Forum Messages on Tuesday March 1st 2005
RE: FN-FORUM: short moan
date posted 1st March 2005 23:43
> Football should be banned.
In your opinion.......
Re: FN-FORUM: short moan
date posted 1st March 2005 23:38
definitely write to your local MP. Football should be banned.
On 1 Mar 2005 18:17:38 -0000, sylvia [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> What the hell happened tonight? Bloody football on 2. What is that a...
RE: FN-FORUM: Sounds.. I mean animation!
date posted 1st March 2005 23:22
>what sort of animation?
Like a short movie.. no idea what you mean by 'sort' trying to think ..
perhaps like manga?!?!?! Does that help any?
Deborah...
Re: FN-FORUM: short moan
date posted 1st March 2005 23:11
What the hell happened tonight? Bloody football on 2. What is that about?
What the hell happened to Gatwick? Flight is not listed ... how can you
meet them .. ****!#
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Sylvia...
Re: FN-FORUM: Sounds.. I mean animation!
date posted 1st March 2005 23:04
very vague? what sort of animation?
10 min is actually quite long. - (25 x 60) x10 = 15,000 frames
Nigel
On 1 Mar 2005, at 18:02, Deborah Causton wrote:
>
>
> Has anybody got an idea how much a 1...
RE: FN-FORUM: Sounds.. I mean animation!
date posted 1st March 2005 22:56
Has anybody got an idea how much a 10 mins max', animated movie would
cost approx.
Rough guess'timates?
Cheers
Deborah...
RE: FN-FORUM: Sounds
date posted 1st March 2005 22:22
Has anybody got an idea how much a 10 mins max', animated movie would
cost approx.
Rough guess'timates?
Cheers
Deborah...
RE: FN-FORUM: Business Directory - Best Way to Publicise
date posted 1st March 2005 22:17
>You will be amazed how sceptical people are with this I have had
>www.businessa2z.co.uk running for 2.5 years and there is no response. I
even setup a >cold call with free listing and people still r...
Re: FN-FORUM: Sounds
date posted 1st March 2005 22:08
I used to do the sound fx and bits of music for our game demos. It usually
involved ambiences and various folley effects. If theres time I may be able
to put something together for you or send you so...
RE: FN-FORUM: ftp app
date posted 1st March 2005 22:06
FTP Commander is Shareware and only $30 to buy the full nice little app and
v.easy to use.
Regards,
John
www.keltecdesign.co.uk
Fresh Creative Solutions
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Re: FN-FORUM: PDF into Indesign
date posted 1st March 2005 21:59
On 1 Mar 2005, at 13:45, Niels Reynolds wrote:
>> sorry, you guys completely misunderstand what i wanted to do.
>
> er, you mean you completely failed to *explain* what you wanted to do.
> Cheeky bug...
Re: FN-FORUM: Photoshop experts
date posted 1st March 2005 19:49
Tony Crockford wrote:
> I'm not expert with PS, so maybe there's a tweak I was
> missing... (or maybe later iterations are better - i'm still on
> PS5.5!) I think the secret is not to accept the...
Re: FN-FORUM: Photoshop experts
date posted 1st March 2005 19:40
At 14:14 on Tuesday, 01 Mar 2005, Paul J White wrote:
> Once, when this came up in the past, I tested all these, and got the
> best quality/filesize ratio from PS, but maybe you do have to be
> s...
Re: FN-FORUM: Site Review + Question
date posted 1st March 2005 19:10
I'm nowhere near the competence of others on the forum (read as all of
the above plus most others!!!!) but is there a reason why the artisan
lx pop-out pink thingy goes to edge of the box, but the oth...
Re: FN-FORUM: Photoshop experts
date posted 1st March 2005 19:08
Tony Crockford wrote:
>
> At 07:05 on Tuesday, 01 Mar 2005, Warwick Sculpher wrote:
>>
>> This bloody Photoshop is driving me mad! I want a JPEG of about 50kb,
> Fireworks makes great web images a...
Re: FN-FORUM: PDF into Indesign
date posted 1st March 2005 19:01
Luke Perman wrote:
> there isn't a direct import from illustrator to indesign either - except
> by dragging between windows - but you lose text edibility, oops
>
Here's one for those suffering te...
Re: FN-FORUM: PDF into Indesign
date posted 1st March 2005 18:40
> sorry, you guys completely misunderstand what i wanted to do.
er, you mean you completely failed to *explain* what you wanted to do.
Cheeky bugger!!
LOL
Niels...
Re: FN-FORUM: ftp app
date posted 1st March 2005 18:33
On 1 Mar 2005 13:32:28 -0000, sylvia [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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> Tony Crockford wrote:
>
> > http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/
> >
> Always behaves alright for me
>
> --
Or there is always the free...
Re: FN-FORUM: ftp app
date posted 1st March 2005 18:26
Tony Crockford wrote:
> http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/
>
Always behaves alright for me
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Sylvia...
Re: FN-FORUM: Business Directory - Best Way to Publicise
date posted 1st March 2005 18:21
Chris - you might try getting the local chamber of commerce or town council
interested. There may be funding for such a project - even if it only
generates trade between local businesses. Would get yo...
Re: FN-FORUM: ftp app
date posted 1st March 2005 18:18
At 13:13 on Tuesday, 01 Mar 2005, Nigel Rogers wrote:
>
> any recommendations for ftp app on pc, are there free ones any more?
http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/
is open source.
I use FTP Voyager (...
Re: FN-FORUM: Photoshop experts
date posted 1st March 2005 18:15
i dont know whether anyone else has mentioned this but if you save a
preview with the image - it adds to the file size - use fireworks as
Tony mentioned - this compacts the jpeg to the desired amoun...
FN-FORUM: SGI kit for sale
date posted 1st March 2005 18:14
Evening all,=20
I have been approached by one of my customers who works for an
automotive engineering company. They have just done a tech refresh and
now have some kit available which they would pref...
Re: FN-FORUM: PDF into Indesign
date posted 1st March 2005 18:13
dare I say does freehand do it?
As only illustrator edits eps and pdf in native format. And doesn't
support multiple pages.
Ever felt in the control of marketeers?
Nigel...
FN-FORUM: ftp app
date posted 1st March 2005 18:07
any recommendations for ftp app on pc, are there free ones any more?
from a mac user which is why it's a stupid question.
Nigel...
Re: FN-FORUM: PDF into Indesign
date posted 1st March 2005 17:45
sorry, you guys completely misunderstand what i wanted to do.
i want to open a PDF in Indesign and be able to edit it, not simply
place it into the document (which is incredibly easy to do, and woul...
Re: FN-FORUM: Business Directory - Best Way to Publicise
date posted 1st March 2005 17:32
sylvia wrote:
> [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
>> I have had www.businessa2z.co.uk running for 2.5 years and there is
>> no response.
>
> Interesting, Lincolnshire does not have a city called Lincoln any...
RE: FN-FORUM: Business Directory - Best Way to Publicise
date posted 1st March 2005 17:30
> Not sure whether I'm expecting such a site to fly or die but for the cost
of a domain it's worth a shot.
Damb right. Hope it works out....
Re: FN-FORUM: Business Directory - Best Way to Publicise
date posted 1st March 2005 17:22
Darren,
The reason I started this directory, is for 2 reasons.
My current accountant is now getting well expensive, so I am in the
process of moving to a new one.
My new accountant, was reccomende...
FN-FORUM: freenumbers.biz
date posted 1st March 2005 17:21
Does anyone know what the story is with freenumbers.biz I received an
email asking for 50 quid from Windsor Telecom saying they had taken over
and the cost was for admin.
It all sounds very dubious,...
Re: FN-FORUM: Business Directory - Best Way to Publicise
date posted 1st March 2005 17:16
that is the first time I have laughed out loud all day and now I remember
why I used to work from home getting nothing done other than 'contribute'
to sensible and intelligent exchanges of whit
Looks...
RE: FN-FORUM: Business Directory - Best Way to Publicise
date posted 1st March 2005 17:12
I think you have h9it the nail on the head the market is over saturated
and dominated by the bigger players. I contacted all chambers of commerce
and asked them tyo provide their members with accres...
Re: FN-FORUM: Michael Jackson
date posted 1st March 2005 17:12
Dave Edwards wrote:
>
>the Evening Standard
>
The what ??
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Sylvia...
Re: FN-FORUM: Business Directory - Best Way to Publicise
date posted 1st March 2005 17:07
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>You will be amazed how sceptical people are with this I have had
>www.businessa2z.co.uk running for 2.5 years and there is no response. I
>even setup a cold call with free li...
Re: FN-FORUM: Michael Jackson
date posted 1st March 2005 17:07
On 1 Mar 2005 10:50:12 -0000, Jamie Wilson [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> Sherry L Boettger wrote:
>
> >I noticed the adverts for this a few days ago.
> >I've purposely kept the tv off today because I a...
RE: FN-FORUM: Business Directory - Best Way to Publicise
date posted 1st March 2005 17:00
Isnt it becoming a bit over-saturated with these business listing websites?
There's loads of them now and if people want a plumber or builder they
either know someone or look in the yellow pages. So...
Re: FN-FORUM: Business Directory - Best Way to Publicise
date posted 1st March 2005 16:53
You will be amazed how sceptical people are with this I have had
www.businessa2z.co.uk running for 2.5 years and there is no response. I
even setup a cold call with free listing and people still refu...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hit counters
date posted 1st March 2005 16:42
Niels,
I use Statcounter.com on all my sites.
It provides full stats and is free as long as the number of site hits
per day is below 8,000. The only thing to consider is when u get the
code for th...
Re: FN-FORUM: anyone from Berkshire
date posted 1st March 2005 16:39
Elizabeth Varley wrote:
> It's actually Australian slang and is a compliment (same as 'spunk',
> though that also has the other meaning too).
>
> Or at least it was in my youth - perhaps I'm showing...
FN-FORUM: Webhost4Life
date posted 1st March 2005 16:39
Quite some time ago someone recommended Webhost4Life to me. I'm
getting some hosting with them this afternoon and wanted to include
your referrer ID but can't remember who you are. Don't know if you g...
FN-FORUM: Webhost4Life
date posted 1st March 2005 16:37
Quite some time ago someone recommended Webhost4Life to me. I'm
getting some hosting with them this afternoon and wanted to include
your referrer ID but can't remember who you are. Don't know if you g...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hit counters
date posted 1st March 2005 16:36
Niels Reynolds wrote:
>I'm doing a freebie
>
>idiot-proof
>
>
www.statcounter.com
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Sylvia...
Re: FN-FORUM: anyone from Berkshire
date posted 1st March 2005 16:35
On 28 Feb 2005 10:56:42 -0000, Catherine Hutchinson
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> spunkrats??
>
> That's a new one on me ;-)
It's actually Australian slang and is a compliment (same as 'spunk',
thoug...
FN-FORUM: Hit counters
date posted 1st March 2005 16:26
I'm doing a freebie for a charitable appeal (domain problems posting
yesterday) and they would like a hit counter to count visits to the home
page, but not be viewable by site visitors.
Any thoughts...
Re: FN-FORUM: Michael Jackson
date posted 1st March 2005 15:44
Sherry L Boettger wrote:
>I noticed the adverts for this a few days ago.
>I've purposely kept the tv off today because I am so not interested.
>
Loads and loads of stuff on this case at:
http://...
Re: FN-FORUM: anyone from Berkshire
date posted 1st March 2005 15:34
Just stick an ordinary Marlboro in the hole of a polo...
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Kathy
http://www.vendetta.co.uk
+44(0)7005 982 261
DNRC Minister...
RE: FN-FORUM: Michael Jackson
date posted 1st March 2005 15:28
I noticed the adverts for this a few days ago.
I've purposely kept the tv off today because I am so not interested.
Sherry
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Re: FN-FORUM: Michael Jackson
date posted 1st March 2005 15:20
Damon wrote:
>I can not believe it
>
>I have just switched on the telly for a break over lunch and Sky is showing
>a blow by blow reconstruction on the MJ trial
>
>
Blow by blow? You'd think they'd...
Re: FN-FORUM: just before i continue work with this site ...
date posted 1st March 2005 15:07
On Tuesday 01 March 2005 09:24, Alex Beston wrote:
> =A0http://benzographology.co.uk/sitelaunch/index.html
>
> please let me know what you guys think before I finish off the site.
Good, except for th...
Re: FN-FORUM: ASP.NET https question
date posted 1st March 2005 15:06
In freelance.forum, Andy Macnaughton-Jones [EMAIL REMOVED] (Andy
Macnaughton-Jones) wrote in [EMAIL REMOVED]
>Action="payment.aspx" Method="POST"
>
>Is that going to submit it via HTTPS or via HTTP...
Re: FN-FORUM: Business Directory - Best Way to Publicise
date posted 1st March 2005 15:03
In freelance.forum, Chris Green [EMAIL REMOVED]
(Chris Green) wrote in [EMAIL REMOVED]
>I have thought about emailing local businesses, but would this be
>considered spam (even though it's offering...
Re: FN-FORUM: Automatic Synchronising of folders between office and web server
date posted 1st March 2005 15:01
In freelance.forum, Julian Voelcker [EMAIL REMOVED] (Julian Voelcker) wrote
in [EMAIL REMOVED]
>
>I need to find a utility to automatically delete some files on a
>webserver and then upload replace...
Re: FN-FORUM: .org and e-commerce - bad mix?
date posted 1st March 2005 14:58
In freelance.forum, Matt Platts [EMAIL REMOVED] (Matt Platts)
wrote in [EMAIL REMOVED]
>Just wondering what the legal position is on this. ie - if a charity buys
>the co.uk and a company therefore...
Re: FN-FORUM: just before i continue work with this site ...
date posted 1st March 2005 14:56
> please let me know what you guys think before I finish off the site.
On first sight ?
Grandad's pyjamas. Sort of 'elderly'
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Sylvia...
Re: FN-FORUM: Photoshop experts
date posted 1st March 2005 14:56
OK, thanks for all the advice people - I have used a combination of what
most of you have advised and the file size is better (it was mainly the
image size that was the problem - looked much smaller...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] How to break it to a company that you're going to leave...
date posted 1st March 2005 14:52
> So did you tell them today? How did it go?
I didn't tell them yesterday cos I had a stinking migraine all day, so
I just worked and barely spoke.
My boss isn't in today.
*sigh*
I told one of my col...
Re: FN-FORUM: anyone from Berkshire
date posted 1st March 2005 14:50
> Sorry, the reason I ask is I wondered if anyone was interested in the
> Berkshire/London area in some cheap cigarettes... I travel to Madrid twic=
e a
> week on a contract at the moment and I do not...
Re: FN-FORUM: Photoshop experts
date posted 1st March 2005 14:45
Opps. I'm trying too hard to be a smart Alec.
Well it does depend and a lot of elements how much image information,
range of colours and required size. Depending on your required quality
you could...
Re: FN-FORUM: just before i continue work with this site ...
date posted 1st March 2005 14:41
Alex Beston wrote:
>
> http://benzographology.co.uk/sitelaunch/index.html
>
> please let me know what you guys think before I finish off the site.
>
> Theres probably enough there to get the gist of...
Re: FN-FORUM: Photoshop experts
date posted 1st March 2005 14:32
At 07:05 on Tuesday, 01 Mar 2005, Warwick Sculpher wrote:
>
> This bloody Photoshop is driving me mad! I want a JPEG of about 50kb,
> but if
> I go Save As - JPEG and select the lowest quality the...
Re: FN-FORUM: Photoshop experts
date posted 1st March 2005 14:20
Derek wrote:
>
> Hi Warwick,
>
> Ah, this old problem. If you want to make small graphics for the web or
> screen use, you should use the 'Save for Web...' command instead of the
> 'Save as' comma...
RE: FN-FORUM: just before i continue work with this site ...
date posted 1st March 2005 14:14
On a couple of pages the menu spills over onto two lines... IE 6 XP SP2.
Paul
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Re: FN-FORUM: Photoshop experts
date posted 1st March 2005 14:11
Hi Warwick,
Ah, this old problem. If you want to make small graphics for the web or
screen use, you should use the 'Save for Web...' command instead of the
'Save as' command. This will give you mor...
Re: FN-FORUM: Photoshop experts
date posted 1st March 2005 13:52
On 1 Mar 2005 07:05:13 -0000, Warwick Sculpher [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> This bloody Photoshop is driving me mad! I want a JPEG of about 50kb, but if
> I go Save As - JPEG and select the lowest qual...
Re: FN-FORUM: Photoshop experts
date posted 1st March 2005 13:48
Sounds like your original is too large.
1) Adjust image size to the correct pixel dimensions you need for your final
JPG (presumably for web use?).
2) Save as another file name, at no less than 10 q...
FN-FORUM: Michael Jackson
date posted 1st March 2005 13:43
I can not believe it
I have just switched on the telly for a break over lunch and Sky is showing
a blow by blow reconstruction on the MJ trial
I guess work sounds like a better option
Damon...
Re: FN-FORUM: Photoshop experts
date posted 1st March 2005 13:39
Hi Warwick,
At 7:03 am +0000 1/3/05, Warwick Sculpher wrote:
>This bloody Photoshop is driving me mad! I want a JPEG of about 50kb, but if
>I go Save As - JPEG and select the lowest quality the files...
Re: FN-FORUM: PDF into Indesign [ot]
date posted 1st March 2005 13:23
Derek wrote:
> As my ol' Gran said there are many ways to skin a cat.
>
Next ..... interesting and bizarre sayings thread coming up soon .... ??
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FN-FORUM: just before i continue work with this site ...
date posted 1st March 2005 13:18
http://benzographology.co.uk/sitelaunch/index.html
please let me know what you guys think before I finish off the site.
Theres probably enough there to get the gist of what it will look like
with...
Re: FN-FORUM: Stevenage [OT]
date posted 1st March 2005 13:05
Norman Beresford [EMAIL REMOVED] writes
>
>Hi all
>
>Bit of a strange one this. Got to go to Harwood Park Crematorium this
>afternoon (funeral of a friend's mother) and I was wondering if anyone
>kne...
Re: FN-FORUM: London Beer Night - Debi's birthday [OT]
date posted 1st March 2005 13:04
On 28 Feb 2005 19:05:16 -0000, Dave Edwards [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> A reminder about Beer Night this coming Thursday evening.
>
> The time: 6:30 pm onwards
> The Place: The Nell Gwynne, 2 Bull In...
Re: FN-FORUM: Site Review + Question
date posted 1st March 2005 12:59
>Just started the initial design of at site:
>http://www.daitc.com/clients/mer001/elonex/
>Couple of issues - First off different screens are giving completely
>different colours, due to the very dar...
Re: FN-FORUM: Page and Iframe test please
date posted 1st March 2005 12:13
Leon
Thank you very much for the pointers and script. First time I have needed
to determine the height of the IFrame so I also used some code from the net,
but if this works for you I will definit...
Re: FN-FORUM: Site Review + Question
date posted 1st March 2005 12:00
Aaron Brailsford wrote:
> I like it - though IMHO, you need to knock the brightness of the
> unhovered front menu items up a notch - on my Video7even TFT it's fairly
> easy to read, but on the two...
Re: FN-FORUM: Photoshop experts
date posted 1st March 2005 11:57
This bloody Photoshop is driving me mad! I want a JPEG of about 50kb, but if
I go Save As - JPEG and select the lowest quality the filesize is still
huge. Then if I go Save for Web, it says the file...
Re: FN-FORUM: PDF into Indesign
date posted 1st March 2005 11:07
Hi,
If you just want to import a PDF into your document go to the 'Place'
command ctrl d (PC) or command d (Mac) and place in your page(s) as you
would a graphic. On the import dialogue box turn on...
Re: FN-FORUM: PDF into Indesign
date posted 1st March 2005 11:01
Not too familiar with InDesign as yet, but in Quark a PDF is treated as an
image and can be imported in exactly the same way. Save out the particular
page in the PDF as a single page file and you're a...
RE: FN-FORUM: PDF into Indesign
date posted 1st March 2005 10:51
Hi Luke,
Further to last post - check Show Import Options and you can select the
pages to import.
Theresa
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Sent...
RE: FN-FORUM: PDF into Indesign
date posted 1st March 2005 10:44
Hi Luke,
I just tried, Place and selected a pdf file, and it put in the first page!
Not sure if you have a multiple page pdf file as this was - but it only
placed the first page.
hth
Theresa
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Re: FN-FORUM: Site Review + Question
date posted 1st March 2005 10:41
Paul Summers wrote:
> conjunction with different contract and brightness settings - In general
> how does it look?
I like it - though IMHO, you need to knock the brightness of the
unhovered front me...
RE: FN-FORUM: Site Review + Question
date posted 1st March 2005 10:39
Hi Tony
Thanks - I missed the obvious as usual!
Paul=20
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To: Paul Summers
Subje...
Re: FN-FORUM: Site Review + Question
date posted 1st March 2005 10:20
Paul Summers wrote:
>In general how does it look?
>
>
Quite pretty :-)
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Sylvia...
FN-FORUM: Stevenage [OT]
date posted 1st March 2005 10:10
Hi all
Bit of a strange one this. Got to go to Harwood Park Crematorium this
afternoon (funeral of a friend's mother) and I was wondering if anyone
knew the area and could recommend the best way of...
Re: FN-FORUM: Site Review + Question
date posted 1st March 2005 09:59
At 04:31 on Tuesday, 01 Mar 2005, Paul Summers wrote:
> Secondly, see the 5 colour bar across the top... In IE it has maybe a
> 10px space above it - It's not supposed to and Fire Fox doesn't show
>...
RE: FN-FORUM: Page and Iframe test please
date posted 1st March 2005 09:58
Hi,
I'm using IE6 on a PC and when I click one of the links the page starts to
load in the iframe, and once it has fully loaded it produces the following
javscript error:
Line: 9
Char: 1
Error: Unsp...
FN-FORUM: PDF into Indesign
date posted 1st March 2005 09:56
'sup lancers...
has anyone ever tried to import a PDF document into Indesign? know how
it's done??
i've tried searching for a plug-in on Adobe's site to no avail :-(
i would have thought this wou...
RE: FN-FORUM: Site Review + Question
date posted 1st March 2005 09:55
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Summers [EMAIL REMOVED]
>
> Hi All
>
> Just started the initial design of at site:
> http://www.daitc.com/clients/mer001/elonex/
>
> Couple of issues
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: Site Review + Question
date posted 1st March 2005 09:54
At 04:31 on Tuesday, 01 Mar 2005, Paul Summers wrote:
>
> Hi All
>
> Just started the initial design of at site:
> http://www.daitc.com/clients/mer001/elonex/
>
> Couple of issues - First off differe...
Re: FN-FORUM: London Beer Night - Debi's birthday [OT]
date posted 1st March 2005 09:52
On 28 Feb 2005, at 19:04, Dave Edwards wrote:
> The time: 6:30 pm onwards
> The Place: The Nell Gwynne, 2 Bull Inn Court, London, WC2R 0NP
> near Covent Garden
marvooluss
L.
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FN-FORUM: Site Review + Question
date posted 1st March 2005 09:25
Hi All
Just started the initial design of at site:
http://www.daitc.com/clients/mer001/elonex/
Couple of issues - First off different screens are giving completely
different colours, due to the very...
Re: FN-FORUM: Sounds
date posted 1st March 2005 08:32
Deborah Causton wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Looking for a collection of eerie sounds to be part of an installation
> at the art museum here. It's an 'Art Echo' thing and I'm needing good
> quality sounds and...
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