Freelancers Forum Messages on Wednesday January 11th 2006
Re: FN-FORUM: Site Check!
date posted 11th January 2006 23:59
I'd say honest... ;-)
Oh. spotted a spelling: Contact page: If your specifically should be you'=
re
Martin
On 11 Jan 2006 21:39:02 -0000, Tam Denholm [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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> Cheers guys.
>
> W...
Re: FN-FORUM: Advice for bulk emailing
date posted 11th January 2006 22:44
> I then grouped these into several groups - however the format of many
> emails
> was incorrect - so the message could not be sent until they had all been
> actioned
Send the e-mail to yourself an...
FW: FN-FORUM: Site Check!
date posted 11th January 2006 22:24
-----Original Message-----
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Denholm
Sent: 11 January 2006 19:01
To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
Subject: FN-FORUM: Site Check!
Opinions so...
Re: FN-FORUM: Site Check!
date posted 11th January 2006 21:08
Cheers guys.
Will look into the rollover tomorrow.
Glad people are liking it, usually this list is quite brutal.
Tam
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www.dreadlabs.com...
RE: FN-FORUM: Advertising Bastards
date posted 11th January 2006 21:04
Except it doesn't prevent you from working for them, just doing so
without giving the agency more fees!
In article [EMAIL REMOVED]
[EMAIL REMOVED] (Ben Butterfield) wrote:
> AM-J>It's quite common...
RE: FN-FORUM: Advice for bulk emailing
date posted 11th January 2006 20:32
< Considering this is something done every three or four months it needs to
be correct - If anyone can suggest an alternative for a fee I will forward
it on to her>
I've had good reports about Group...
FN-FORUM: Advice for bulk emailing
date posted 11th January 2006 20:27
Hello all
I work for a photographer who periodically wants to seng html mail or just
emails with attachments to send to contacts and previous clients
She has a filemaker pro database (on mac) with...
Re: FN-FORUM: Windows Media Server
date posted 11th January 2006 19:43
If it's for embedding within a web page, you might want to look at
http://www.macromedia.com/software/flashmediaserver/
It can do that sort of thing, albeit not cheaply.
On 11 Jan 2006 14:43:28 -0000...
Re: FN-FORUM: Site Check!
date posted 11th January 2006 19:26
> Your contact page is really cool. I like the dropdown effect. Enquiry is
> spelt enquiry, not enquirey. I love your writing style. It's very
> personable. I don't even know you, but I like you alrea...
RE: FN-FORUM: Site Check!
date posted 11th January 2006 19:16
I've not read the whole site, but so far:
Your contact page is really cool. I like the dropdown effect. Enquiry is
spelt enquiry, not enquirey. I love your writing style. It's very
personable. I do...
Re: FN-FORUM: Site Check!
date posted 11th January 2006 19:02
Look very nice, clean and crispy. Love the Dreadlabs name ;-) I'll
say the as Pete though - the rollover on Portfolio.
Cheers,
Martin...
Re: FN-FORUM: Site Check!
date posted 11th January 2006 18:44
Hi,
Like it. Very crisp. I was hunting for problems and only came across one
thing that annoyed me. Your main left menu (e.g. Clients in Port-folio)
could do with a small adjustment to the CSS. Roll...
Re: FN-FORUM: Site Check!
date posted 11th January 2006 18:37
Goodlooking site
On 11 Jan 2006, at 19:00, Tam Denholm wrote:
Hey everyone, just uploaded my shiney new site and i'd like peoples
opinions on it here.
Opinions so far have been things like; too ma...
FN-FORUM: Site Check!
date posted 11th January 2006 18:29
Hey everyone, just uploaded my shiney new site and i'd like peoples
opinions on it here.
Opinions so far have been things like; too many different fonts and
the menu doesnt suit the design, but gener...
RE: FN-FORUM: MySQL and Coldfusion
date posted 11th January 2006 17:24
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006, Graham Stark wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Is this running under a web server like Tomcat? If so, try copying the
> log4j jar file into one of Tomcat's own shared directories
> ($TOMCAT/com...
RE: FN-FORUM: MySQL and Coldfusion
date posted 11th January 2006 16:56
Hi,
Is this running under a web server like Tomcat? If so, try copying the
log4j jar file into one of Tomcat's own shared directories
($TOMCAT/common/lib, usually). I've seen weird classloading probl...
FN-FORUM: Coffee Caferteria - enough of the advertising
date posted 11th January 2006 15:47
Has anyone seen anywhere white porcelain cafeteria's I have searched high
and low for one but can't find any
enough of this advertising thread we all know advertisers need to be shot.
Bill Hicks had...
RE: FN-FORUM: Advertising Bastards
date posted 11th January 2006 15:08
Graeme J Sweeney wrote:
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> On a similar note, a friend was working as an office junior
> via one of
> these secretarial agencies. The company decided they'ld take her on
> permananent so agreed t...
Re: FN-FORUM: Advertising Bastards
date posted 11th January 2006 15:02
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006, Alain Williams wrote:
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> On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 03:02:25PM -0000, Andy Macnaughton-Jones wrote:
>>
>> Is that not what the Bosman ruling from a few years back to resolve ?
>> B...
RE: FN-FORUM: Advertising Bastards
date posted 11th January 2006 14:52
AM-J>It's quite common in the IT conractor market (Ben ?) to have a clause
AM-J>limiting you from working for the *SAME* end-company for a period of 12
AM-J>months so that you don't switch agents or g...
Re: FN-FORUM: Advertising Bastards
date posted 11th January 2006 14:39
At 3:03 pm +0000 11/1/06, [EMAIL REMOVED] Paul wrote:
>Haven't you heard? The employee's are expected to bear the financial
>risk of the organisation rather than the poorly rewarded
>shareholders/dir...
Re: FN-FORUM: Advertising Bastards
date posted 11th January 2006 14:37
On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 03:02:25PM -0000, Andy Macnaughton-Jones wrote:
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> Is that not what the Bosman ruling from a few years back to resolve ?
> Basically restraint of trade ?
>
> It's quite comm...
Re: FN-FORUM: Advertising Bastards
date posted 11th January 2006 14:32
Colin Rainsforth wrote:
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> Hi Laura,
>
> Sorry to hear you're employed by idiots...
>
> At 10:01 pm +0000 10/1/06, Laura Stadler wrote:
>
>> I was pulled into the boardroom the other day and tol...
RE: FN-FORUM: Advertising Bastards
date posted 11th January 2006 14:31
Is that not what the Bosman ruling from a few years back to resolve ?
Basically restraint of trade ?
It's quite common in the IT conractor market (Ben ?) to have a clause
limiting you from working fo...
RE: FN-FORUM: Advertising Bastards
date posted 11th January 2006 14:26
Just as an aside and the interest of Laura's well being - have we considered
the idea that they (Laura's bosses/clients) may well be reading this info
either directly as forum members - or indirectly...
FN-FORUM: Windows Media Server
date posted 11th January 2006 14:12
I would like to use windows media server to stream tunes to users; but is it
possible to create playlists for individual users so there can be one set of
songs in a stream but each user can only acc...
RE: FN-FORUM: Advertising Bastards
date posted 11th January 2006 14:00
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006, Ben Butterfield wrote:
> The only time
> that companies do try to go for it, is when the ACTUAL financial damage to
> the company is more than the legal fees involved.
Any cheap...
RE: FN-FORUM: Advertising Bastards
date posted 11th January 2006 14:00
Be very nice to make 210k, let alone profit!!
Hi Laura,
Sorry to hear you're employed by idiots...
At 10:01 pm +0000 10/1/06, Laura Stadler wrote:
>I was pulled into the boardroom the other day...
Re: FN-FORUM: Advertising Bastards
date posted 11th January 2006 13:51
Hi Laura,
Sorry to hear you're employed by idiots...
At 10:01 pm +0000 10/1/06, Laura Stadler wrote:
>I was pulled into the boardroom the other day and told that profit ratio of
>the creative earnin...
Re: FN-FORUM: Advertising Bastards
date posted 11th January 2006 13:50
Thanks Ben for putting it so nicely,
Lorna
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RE: FN-FORUM: Advertising Bastards
date posted 11th January 2006 13:38
Ok. As a recruitment consultant, I come up against these clauses all the
time.........
The short answer is that it is enforceable but is very very very very very
very very (get the picture?) difficul...
Re: FN-FORUM: Advertising Bastards
date posted 11th January 2006 13:34
>>>This is a clause from a proposed contract of employment from an internet
>>>company. I turned this down.
>>>
>>>"you agree you will not work or consult for a direct competitor during
>>>the term...
Re: FN-FORUM: Advertising Bastards
date posted 11th January 2006 13:24
On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 01:46:20PM -0000, [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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> Colin Rainsforth wrote:
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> >That clause has got to be b*llshit.
> >
> >The only way I can see this applying is if you were wo...
Re: FN-FORUM: Advertising Bastards
date posted 11th January 2006 13:15
Colin Rainsforth wrote:
> That clause has got to be b*llshit.
>
> The only way I can see this applying is if you were working on projects
> which required you to maintain secrets, such as new prod...
Re: FN-FORUM: Advertising Bastards
date posted 11th January 2006 13:10
At 11:59 am +0000 11/1/06, Richard Quick wrote:
>After I'd been working for one of my previous employers for 6 months
>they asked me to sign a contract which prevented me from carrying
>out my own...
FN-FORUM: Ippimail Forum spammers
date posted 11th January 2006 13:07
Hi,
Ippimail.com is having trouble with spammers abusing our forums. We
are allowing 'guest' postings for the moment.
Is there any effective way of dealing with this issue?
Can we report them anyw...
Re: FN-FORUM: Advertising Bastards
date posted 11th January 2006 13:02
On Wednesday 11 Jan 2006 10:43 am, CreativeNRG.co.uk wrote:
> Read your contract and see where you stand with regards to the customer=
s
> you have been working with and local competition as one of m...
Re: FN-FORUM: Advertising Bastards
date posted 11th January 2006 12:59
At 10:43 am +0000 11/1/06, CreativeNRG.co.uk wrote:
>Read your contract and see where you stand with regards to the customers
>you have been working with and local competition as one of my previous
>c...
RE: FN-FORUM: Suggestions for any project management software
date posted 11th January 2006 12:53
thanks Tony, I'll look it up
Stacey...
Re: FN-FORUM: Suggestions for any project management software
date posted 11th January 2006 12:51
On 11 Jan 2006 12:49:52 -0000, Stacey @ CompleteCreative
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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> Hi there
>
> I am project managing several web developments, and I need to run this on
> both a PC (XP Pro) and a Ma...
RE: FN-FORUM: Suggestions for any project management software
date posted 11th January 2006 12:39
A really good w=based project management tool is www.copperproject.com
It's a collaborative tool for you and your clients....
Task, approvals, calender, budgeting, asset management, gnatt charts
etc.....
FN-FORUM: Suggestions for any project management software
date posted 11th January 2006 12:19
Hi there
I am project managing several web developments, and I need to run this on
both a PC (XP Pro) and a Mac (G5). Could anyone suggest software that can
run on both please
Regards, Stacey
compl...
RE: FN-FORUM: MySQL and Coldfusion
date posted 11th January 2006 11:55
I've tried installing the log4j but get the same error messages.
Someone. Help!
>
> In addition, you might just have an old version of log4j and mysql is
> looking for a constructor supported in a...
Re: FN-FORUM: Advertising Bastards
date posted 11th January 2006 11:29
After I'd been working for one of my previous employers for 6 months
they asked me to sign a contract which prevented me from carrying
out my own business or working for any other company that c...
Re: FN-FORUM: SQL Server Performance Problem
date posted 11th January 2006 11:27
Andy Macnaughton-Jones wrote:
>I'll have to split the timing down to fine out if it's the selecting,
>updating or inserting. But I wonder if it's the fact it has an index
>that's causing the insertin...
Re: FN-FORUM: Advertising Bastards
date posted 11th January 2006 11:18
> I have been made redundant 3 times in 2 years and the last time was 1
> day before my wedding after which I was going on an expensive 3 week
> self-drive honeymoon across New Zealand - as you can...
Re: FN-FORUM: MySQL and Coldfusion
date posted 11th January 2006 11:16
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006, Graeme J Sweeney wrote:
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> On Wed, 11 Jan 2006, [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
>> Connection verification failed for data source: MySQL_test
>> []java.sql.SQLException: Unable to inst...
RE: FN-FORUM: SQL Server Performance Problem
date posted 11th January 2006 11:15
I'll have to split the timing down to fine out if it's the selecting,
updating or inserting. But I wonder if it's the fact it has an index
that's causing the inserting / updating to slow down.
Cheers...
Re: FN-FORUM: Advertising Bastards
date posted 11th January 2006 11:11
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006, Mike A wrote:
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> Yes they are! Especially if accompanied by a separate restrictive covenant
> agreement. However, they must be reasonable. Reasonable, in this context, is
> gene...
Re: FN-FORUM: SQL Server Performance Problem
date posted 11th January 2006 11:08
>Suggestions on a post card !
>
>I can't really be going live with a system that takes about 8.5 hours to
>import the data.
>
>Cheers
>Andy
>
>
First up, querying a clustered index will always be a...
Re: FN-FORUM: MySQL and Coldfusion
date posted 11th January 2006 11:04
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006, [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Connection verification failed for data source: MySQL_test
> []java.sql.SQLException: Unable to instantiate logger class
> 'com.mysql.jdbc.log.Log4JLogge...
Re: FN-FORUM: Advertising Bastards
date posted 11th January 2006 11:00
On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 11:18:11AM -0000, Graeme J Sweeney wrote:
>
> On Wed, 11 Jan 2006, CreativeNRG.co.uk wrote:
>
> >Read your contract and see where you stand with regards to the customers
> >y...
Re: FN-FORUM: Advertising Bastards
date posted 11th January 2006 10:57
Yes they are! Especially if accompanied by a separate restrictive covenant
agreement. However, they must be reasonable. Reasonable, in this context, is
generally regarded as within the locality (usual...
RE: FN-FORUM: Advertising Bastards
date posted 11th January 2006 10:55
A year ago I left a perfectly good job in Leeds to return home to Devon =
and
start a 'dream job' designing and installing home automation and home
cinemas - =A338k PA - lovely. Turned down the compan...
FN-FORUM: MySQL and Coldfusion
date posted 11th January 2006 10:50
Hi,
I have a MySQL/ColdFusion problem. I hope someone can help.
I've been trying to setup a datasource within ColdFusion MX administrator,
on my local machine, for a MySQL database. I've installed M...
Re: FN-FORUM: Advertising Bastards
date posted 11th January 2006 10:47
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006, CreativeNRG.co.uk wrote:
> Read your contract and see where you stand with regards to the customers
> you have been working with and local competition as one of my previous
> con...
Re: FN-FORUM: Advertising Bastards
date posted 11th January 2006 10:24
Yep I know.
Everything you put in your last email, happened to me other getting married
tho.
Lorna
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To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent:...
Re: FN-FORUM: Advertising Bastards
date posted 11th January 2006 10:16
Lorna McArdle - Spinette Designs wrote:
> I know how you feel - I think I've been made redundant 5 times in the trade
> over 20 years. I would like to add that they all But 1 made reducencies just...
Re: FN-FORUM: Advertising Bastards
date posted 11th January 2006 10:12
Laura Stadler wrote:
> I'm just bloody angry. After doing research on constructive dismissal etc.
> they are 'technically' giving me a dismissal - - I've never been
> dismissed/fired/made redundant i...
Re: FN-FORUM: On Demand Streaming and music downloading
date posted 11th January 2006 10:10
Hi,
I think i may have an answer here! If your not totally dependant on
Windows, u could set up a machine running Gentoo linux (
http://www.gentoo.org ).
Theres a wiki page for gentoo ( www.gentoo-w...
Re: FN-FORUM: Advertising Bastards
date posted 11th January 2006 09:51
If you didn't write your resignation letter with immediate effect right
there in front of them you'll get what they want to give you!
>
> I was pulled into the boardroom the other day and told th...
FN-FORUM: SQL Server Performance Problem
date posted 11th January 2006 09:39
Hi,
Got a SQL problem - a performance problem to be exact;
This is the Stored Procedure;
CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.System_Importer_UpsertRecordProperty
@regid int, @userid int, @key varchar(250), @u...
Re: FN-FORUM: On Demand Streaming and music downloading
date posted 11th January 2006 08:39
John Kyle wrote:
> I have just been looking at using windows media encoder and windows media
> server to stream live broadcasts etc and I would just like to say:
>
> What a piece of piss it has been...
Re: FN-FORUM: Advertising Bastards
date posted 11th January 2006 00:46
Laura, a few comments as you're in the Scottish jurisdiction.
First, as you've only been there 9 months you have no claim before a
tribunal. Second, given that the claims are from a single source you...
Re: FN-FORUM: php & soap
date posted 11th January 2006 00:30
Alain
>Anyone done any SOAP in php that would not mind bunging me a script so that I can see
>how to put it together ?
>
>
yup, done this stuff and professionally as well.
use nusoap. read the wd...
Re: FN-FORUM: Advertising Bastards
date posted 11th January 2006 00:25
On Wednesday 11 Jan 2006 12:04 am, Laura Stadler wrote:
> The creative director and his sycophant
How did I guess?
I reckon you should write an email - or better yet, a real paper letter-=20
to th...
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