Freelancers Forum Messages on Saturday April 2nd 2005
Re: FN-FORUM: Wassup with Gmail?
date posted 2nd April 2005 23:57
At 23:50 on Saturday, 02 Apr 2005, Paul Silver wrote:
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> So, anyone know what the heck is happening with GMail? They had an April
> Fool joke running about infinite storage, but they're showing '205...
FN-FORUM: Wassup with Gmail?
date posted 2nd April 2005 23:46
So, anyone know what the heck is happening with GMail? They had an April
Fool joke running about infinite storage, but they're showing '2051Mb'
as my account limit at the moment (getting back above Fa...
Re: FN-FORUM: Where are you all?
date posted 2nd April 2005 21:20
I'm just browsing round. I don't really freelance as a full time job to
be honest, just as a side thing. I have a lot of spare time and thought
I'd put my hobby to use. Yes, burning-bright.net is my...
Re: FN-FORUM: Where are you all?
date posted 2nd April 2005 21:15
At 20:31 on Saturday, 02 Apr 2005, sylvia wrote:
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> Aaron Brailsford wrote:
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>> Dave Edwards wrote:
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>>> http://tinyurl.com/jt6h
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>> Continuing a theme: http://snipurl.com/dsnv
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> The t...
RE: FN-FORUM: Where are you all?
date posted 2nd April 2005 21:09
Are you working on a Saturday night or just browsing round? :)
What sort of web development are you doing?
Is burning-bright.net your home page?
Sorry if I am being nosey - just like to know!!
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RE: FN-FORUM: Where are you all?
date posted 2nd April 2005 20:58
Sylvia wrote:
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> Aaron Brailsford wrote:
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> > Dave Edwards wrote:
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> >> http://tinyurl.com/jt6h
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> > Continuing a theme: http://snipurl.com/dsnv
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> The theme here? ..... three...
Re: FN-FORUM: Where are you all?
date posted 2nd April 2005 20:55
Im from Bath.
Kelvin
Vinsoft Microsystems
On 31 Mar 2005 19:41:35 -0000, Jonathan Patchett [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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> I posted this earlier but didn't arrive, hmm.
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> I only recently joined this...
Re: FN-FORUM: Where are you all?
date posted 2nd April 2005 20:55
Yeah, I'm a web developer.
Anthony Rome wrote:
>Hi Jon - its good to hear some local people are on here. Im 5 minutes away
>from the Telford centre. Are you a web developer, designer?
>
>-----Origin...
RE: FN-FORUM: Where are you all?
date posted 2nd April 2005 20:36
Hi Jon - its good to hear some local people are on here. Im 5 minutes away
from the Telford centre. Are you a web developer, designer?
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Re: FN-FORUM: Where are you all?
date posted 2nd April 2005 20:27
Aaron Brailsford wrote:
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> Dave Edwards wrote:
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>> http://tinyurl.com/jt6h
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> Continuing a theme: http://snipurl.com/dsnv
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The theme here? ..... three of us, at least, like cul de sacs near ope...
Re: FN-FORUM: Where are you all?
date posted 2nd April 2005 20:11
Dave Edwards wrote:
> http://tinyurl.com/jt6h
Continuing a theme: http://snipurl.com/dsnv...
Re: FN-FORUM: Where are you all?
date posted 2nd April 2005 19:54
On 2 Apr 2005 17:53:27 -0000, sylvia [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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http://tinyurl.com/jt6h
We played this game a couple of years ago and I did what I just did.
The result was I got offlist mail abo...
Re: FN-FORUM: font management
date posted 2nd April 2005 19:05
Im not arguing with that - just pointing out that Flash is scaleable. Gotta
love vectors..
>> Flash scales though, unlike HTML, so if you design for a small screen, it
>> will look fine on a big scr...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT: Contracts of Employment?
date posted 2nd April 2005 19:05
In freelance.forum, Paul Lee [EMAIL REMOVED] (Paul Lee) wrote in
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>Hi
>Anyone know if this is legal?
My partner works as a Personnel consultant, though not specifically in
company...
FN-FORUM: Friend of mine looking for a [web] company logo designed
date posted 2nd April 2005 19:02
Evening all (OK, it's afternoon right now I suppose, but I'm shattered
so it feels like evening - that's my own fault for staying up till 2am I
suppose!)
Anyhow - a friend of mine is after a compan...
Re: FN-FORUM: Where are you all?
date posted 2nd April 2005 18:49
>>As for sweating.. you should have seen me trying to push-start my car
>>yesterday -
>>
I was sitting inside the car earlier in the week as the boys pushed,
X's girlfriend kept driving but the w...
Re: FN-FORUM: Transparent (OT)
date posted 2nd April 2005 18:48
On 2 Apr 2005, at 18:23, Dave Edwards wrote:
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> Apple's new product line?
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> Whatever will they think of next ...
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> http://www.flickr.com/photos/w00kie/sets/180637
cool! now why didn't i ever...
FN-FORUM: Transparent (OT)
date posted 2nd April 2005 18:19
Apple's new product line?
Whatever will they think of next ...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/w00kie/sets/180637
;-)
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Help, Troubleshooting, Coaching for Mac Users
07958 7...
Re: FN-FORUM: Where are you all?
date posted 2nd April 2005 18:08
I am! Only about twenty minutes away from the centre of Telford!
Anthony Rome wrote:
>Im from Telford, Shropshire :) Anyone else from the Shropshire area here?
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>...
Re: FN-FORUM: downloading files
date posted 2nd April 2005 17:57
In freelance.forum, Andy Stafford [EMAIL REMOVED] (Andy
Stafford) wrote in [EMAIL REMOVED]
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>Graeme J Sweeney wrote:
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>> wget --wait=1 --mirror --accept="pdf" ?
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>'wget' is not recognized as an...
Re: FN-FORUM: Xp, Spyware and no browsing....
date posted 2nd April 2005 17:52
In freelance.forum, Joe Freeman [EMAIL REMOVED] (Joe Freeman) wrote in
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>(Ooh, just noticed the 'Rich formatting' option in Gmail!)
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Don't do it! Email is a *text* medium.
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Re: FN-FORUM: Where are you all?
date posted 2nd April 2005 17:51
In freelance.forum, Aaron Brailsford [EMAIL REMOVED] (Aaron
Brailsford) wrote in [EMAIL REMOVED]
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>As for sweating.. you should have seen me trying to push-start my car
>yesterday - I thought I wa...
Re: FN-FORUM: Where are you all?
date posted 2nd April 2005 17:48
In freelance.forum, Anthony Rome [EMAIL REMOVED] (Anthony
Rome) wrote in [EMAIL REMOVED]
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>Im from Telford, Shropshire :) Anyone else from the Shropshire area here?
>
>Jonathan - I think your .nopr...
Re: FN-FORUM: Where are you all?
date posted 2nd April 2005 17:46
In freelance.forum, Jonathan Patchett [EMAIL REMOVED] (Jonathan
Patchett) wrote in [EMAIL REMOVED]
>I only recently joined this group, very useful so far. It seems most of you
>are in London.
Wilts...
Re: FN-FORUM: Jamie Oliver - Skool Dinners (OT)
date posted 2nd April 2005 17:40
In freelance.forum, Dan Norcott [EMAIL REMOVED] (Dan Norcott) wrote
in [EMAIL REMOVED]
>new clutch :468 (subaru legacy + needed it urgently - best price I could
>get :( )
That's not bad- I've been...
Re: FN-FORUM: terrible friday funny [OT]
date posted 2nd April 2005 17:38
In freelance.forum, chris greenway [EMAIL REMOVED] (chris greenway)
wrote in [EMAIL REMOVED]
>hope i havent posted this before ;-)
>
I dunno if it was you, but someone has.
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Marc Wilson
Cleopat...
Re: FN-FORUM: font management
date posted 2nd April 2005 17:22
> Flash scales though, unlike HTML, so if you design for a small screen, it
> will look fine on a big screen (although bitmaps look shite when you
> scale them)
I'd be very surprised if a flash sit...
Re: FN-FORUM: font management
date posted 2nd April 2005 17:19
> Flash scales though, unlike HTML, so if you design for a small screen, it
> will look fine on a big screen (although bitmaps look shite when you
> scale them)
Hmmm... HTML scales just as well as...
Re: FN-FORUM: Domain name convention
date posted 2nd April 2005 17:15
From my experience of search engines, using the hyphen can be good,
though if the words can at all be seen as spammy or braggy, i.e.
(cheap-, discount-, budget-, best- etc), then some engines seem...
RE: FN-FORUM: G4 problems - was Site check..
date posted 2nd April 2005 16:33
Dave wrote:
> Disk Warrior?
>
> Got delayed in going out by unscheduled door knock and found
> a friend looking for a cuppa tea and ciggie. So off out and
> will respond more later.
>
The Mac is B...
FN-FORUM: Mac related (OT)
date posted 2nd April 2005 13:46
From the MacUK list ;-)
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/icopulate.shtml>
http://playlistmag.com/reviews/2005/04/podshave/index.php
http://www.equinux.com/us/news/detail.html?id=169
http://www.mo...
Re: FN-FORUM: font management
date posted 2nd April 2005 13:30
Flash scales though, unlike HTML, so if you design for a small screen, it
will look fine on a big screen (although bitmaps look shite when you scale
them)
J
> Hmmm... to use Flash you have to have a...
Re: FN-FORUM: Where are you all?
date posted 2nd April 2005 13:20
Andy Bloice wrote:
> dogdog/Dyson/springbok/hound/fourlegs/Hades/GetOutFromUnderMyFeckingFeet/InYourBed
That's a hell of a name ;)
> Netto's mate - 'bout a month ago they were doing those standalone...
Re: FN-FORUM: Job
date posted 2nd April 2005 13:02
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> :D
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> well a few of us will be in De Hems from 6.30 onwards..............
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> L.
Sorry I had a dinner date to attend.
R...
Re: FN-FORUM: Where are you all?
date posted 2nd April 2005 12:40
On 2 Apr 2005 11:15:42 -0000, Aaron Brailsford [EMAIL REMOVED] wr=
ote:
>=20
> Andy Bloice wrote:
> > Post, concrete, shovel, sand, ballast, dog and plenty of water - I'm
> > sweating now just typing...
Re: FN-FORUM: Domain name convention
date posted 2nd April 2005 12:22
Thanks everyone. Just need to find an unused name for the series now
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> Concatenated and spelled:
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> www.MartinKellie.com
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> gets my vote....
Re: FN-FORUM: Where are you all?
date posted 2nd April 2005 12:11
Andy Bloice wrote:
> Post, concrete, shovel, sand, ballast, dog and plenty of water - I'm
> sweating now just typing it all!!!
I hope the dog is just for company? ;)
As for sweating.. you should hav...
Re: FN-FORUM: font management
date posted 2nd April 2005 11:58
> Seems to me that opinion on the forum is firmly in favour of positioning
> by CSS, rather than with tables (Dreamweaver allows you to do both).
CSS is more "semantically" correct, and is more eas...
Re: FN-FORUM: Email problems to US
date posted 2nd April 2005 11:48
> Does anyone know of a tool which can trace an email's progress sort of
> like a SMTP traceroute?
You could look at the headers of an e-mail that got through to see which
machines it has been thro...
Re: FN-FORUM: Domain name convention
date posted 2nd April 2005 11:40
> FWIW, email addresses (the bit before the @) are case insensitive too
> AFAIK (unless anyone can point me out a mailserver that doesn't work
> that way).
Sendmail (under Linux) actually convert...
RE: FN-FORUM: Domain name convention
date posted 2nd April 2005 11:30
>>>sure thing. i guess what i was getting at is "don't confuse the client
any further"... it really bugs me when people ask if it's all
lowercase or not! so find it's best to just stick with so...
Re: FN-FORUM: cordless phones
date posted 2nd April 2005 11:09
Panasonic like Marc's.
Excellent range and cheap as chips, paid less than 20 squid - no
answerfone though, using an old box for that.
For truly cheap calls you need to look at www.call18866.co.uk and...
Re: FN-FORUM: Email problems to US
date posted 2nd April 2005 11:09
On 2 Apr 2005 09:39:19 -0000, rich [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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> Has anyone else had this problem? It's driving me mad and the thought of
> having to use hotmail to email my US clients fills me with d...
Re: FN-FORUM: Where are you all?
date posted 2nd April 2005 11:03
In sunny Northants, eastish and about to fix the fence that's been
held up by a piece of string for over a year!!!
Post, concrete, shovel, sand, ballast, dog and plenty of water - I'm
sweating now ju...
Re: FN-FORUM: Email problems to US
date posted 2nd April 2005 10:59
--- rich [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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> Does anyone know of a tool which can trace an
> email's progress sort of
> like a SMTP traceroute?
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> To explain I have several clients based in the US
> and th...
Re: FN-FORUM: Email problems to US
date posted 2nd April 2005 10:58
You don't use nay words in your email that are rude in America (or sign off
as Dick) do you? Tattoo might be considered a "spam" word.
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Re: FN-FORUM: Email problems to US
date posted 2nd April 2005 10:56
You can try sending me something, my mail server is in the US. You often
won't get a bounce message if it is just a wrong mailbox name (the idea
being that so many wrong addresses are sent by spammers...
FN-FORUM: Shopping directory project
date posted 2nd April 2005 10:50
Hello
I'm looking for a freelancer to work on a shopping directory web site that
will advertise .
Basic brief includes:
Searchable on affiliates info and categories, content management system,
mult...
Re: FN-FORUM: Domain name convention
date posted 2nd April 2005 10:44
On 2 Apr 2005, at 09:09, Aaron Brailsford wrote:
> I heard about that ;) Sounds like I missed a good night (again)
ah - but there is always the next time ;-)
L.
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FN-FORUM: Email problems to US
date posted 2nd April 2005 10:35
Does anyone know of a tool which can trace an email's progress sort of
like a SMTP traceroute?=20
To explain I have several clients based in the US and they complain
constantly that my emails do not...
Re: FN-FORUM: Domain name convention
date posted 2nd April 2005 09:05
Luke Perman wrote:
> any further"... it really bugs me when people ask if it's all
> lowercase or not! so find it's best to just stick with something
Me too ;) But I'm just like that.. Had a fe...
Re: FN-FORUM: font management
date posted 2nd April 2005 09:00
Niels Reynolds wrote:
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>Really liked your large paintings too - as a matter of interest, what kind
>of price do you sell them for?
>
>Niels
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>----
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>POWDERMILL STUDIO
>Design for business
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>web:...
FN-FORUM: Flash Embed Object
date posted 2nd April 2005 08:28
An updated way to embed a flash object (most standards friendly):
http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/03/31/proper-flash-embedding-flashobject-best-practices/
;o)...
FN-FORUM: OT: Health & Fitness - the Facts
date posted 2nd April 2005 06:46
Not sure where this came from...seems true! ;-)
Q: I've heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life. Is this true?
A: Your heart is only good for so many beats, and that's it...don't
waste...
RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] 15" Powerbook for sale!
date posted 2nd April 2005 06:21
Just swap your relatives for Luke's :-)
In article [EMAIL REMOVED]
[EMAIL REMOVED] (Karl Bunyan) wrote:
> Luke Perman wrote:
> > This is simply an unwanted gift as I already own a similar model.
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: Last Night (OT) was Domain name convention
date posted 2nd April 2005 04:13
On 2 Apr 2005, at 03:28, Dave Edwards wrote:
> Oh dear, oh dear ... how much damage did the black cab cause in the
> end? I would have really hated night bus to High Barnet ... trip to
> Crystal Palac...
Re: FN-FORUM: Last Night (OT) was Domain name convention
date posted 2nd April 2005 03:25
On 2 Apr 2005 02:18:33 -0000, Luke Perman [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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> yea... it is getting late! i've had a day in bed thanks to my
> excessive alcohol consumption last night ;-)
>
Oh dear, oh de...
Re: FN-FORUM: Domain name convention
date posted 2nd April 2005 03:14
On 2 Apr 2005, at 02:17, Aaron Brailsford wrote:
> The domain name resolution system is case insensitive, so SeeITA.com
> is the same as seeita.com and MartinKellie.com is the same as
> martinkellie...
Re: FN-FORUM: Domain name convention
date posted 2nd April 2005 02:14
Luke Perman wrote:
> evoke-media.com - is so that search engines pick up the URL as separate
> words, therefore becoming two of your sites keywords.
Do they? That's interesting - I had thought about...
Re: FN-FORUM: Domain name convention
date posted 2nd April 2005 01:21
On 1 Apr 2005, at 23:26, Andy Henderson wrote:
>> as in www.martinkellie.com? Ideas?
>
> Concatenated and spelled:
>
> www.MartinKellie.com
>
> gets my vote.
though - the reasoning behind using a...
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