Freelancers Forum Messages on Tuesday March 21st 2006
RE: FN-FORUM: Qualifications (Age)
date posted 21st March 2006 23:50
33. I started out programming a 48k Spectrum when I was 12. It's a passion
that seems to have followed me though the years & I now have a nice
collection of around 5000 tapes. I also have a seeming...
RE: FN-FORUM: Qualifications
date posted 21st March 2006 23:45
Yeah I did the all nighters when I decided to learn PHP. I have a knack =
of
being able to pick up languages pretty easily. It took me 2 weeks to =
learn
PHP. Although I'm still learning :) funnily...
Re: FN-FORUM: Qualifications (Age)
date posted 21st March 2006 23:41
51 not that I feel it and I think there are some people older than that
unless they have now left the Forum - Pam...
Re: FN-FORUM: Qualifications (Age)
date posted 21st March 2006 23:38
You should all feel very chuffed that you're cheering up my evening - I
thought I was getting on a bit...27!
On 22/3/06 12:19 am, "Darren Foster" [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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>> OK I'll confess to 50....
Re: FN-FORUM: Qualifications (Age)
date posted 21st March 2006 23:38
Darren Foster wrote:
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>>through carry. Now I feel old..... Ken
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>>
>
>Giggles.......
>
>And here I am being scared s***less about turning 30 in a month or so...
>
>Darren
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>ww...
RE: FN-FORUM: Qualifications (Age)
date posted 21st March 2006 23:33
>OK I'll confess to 50. The first machines I programmed were PDP8, KDF9
>and IBM360. Assembler, Basic and Watfor a dielect of Fortran. I recall
>the bug in an instruction in the 8008 where the carry...
Re: FN-FORUM: Qualifications (Age)
date posted 21st March 2006 23:28
Guy Weatherburn wrote:
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> If we are doing a poll again then howzabout 47
>
> Guy
>
> Paul Cooper wrote:
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>> On 21 Mar 2006 20:05:49 -0000, Mike A [EMAIL REMOVED]
>> wrote:
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>>> Laddie, ther...
RE: FN-FORUM: Qualifications
date posted 21st March 2006 23:24
Lee,
Fear is halfway there - it means you're realistic and not egotistical, the
fear is good - you will need it.
Now jump!! Say you can do it, front it out and put the bid in. When you get
the gig...
Re: FN-FORUM: Qualifications (Age)
date posted 21st March 2006 23:17
If we are doing a poll again then howzabout 47
Guy
Paul Cooper wrote:
>On 21 Mar 2006 20:05:49 -0000, Mike A [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
>>Laddie, there are some wizened ancient sages here too {sigh!...
RE: FN-FORUM: Qualifications
date posted 21st March 2006 22:55
That's why this industry is way beyond saturation point, too many wannabe
weekend web dev's imo :/
That also sounds bitter? I hope it wasn't aimed at me?
Stephen.
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RE: FN-FORUM: Qualifications
date posted 21st March 2006 22:45
I couldn't do that. I have a mental block that stops me from committing to
anything I'm not 100% certain I can do. It took me a long time to convince
myself I am good enough to be doing what I do....
Re: FN-FORUM: Qualifications
date posted 21st March 2006 22:36
On 21 Mar 2006 22:50:25 -0000, Lorna McArdle - Spinette Designs
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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> I always thought Freelancers where the top of their profession they got p=
aid
> what they did because they a...
Re: FN-FORUM: regions by country
date posted 21st March 2006 22:12
Wikipedia is always good for this kind of stuff.
Have a look at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:ISO_3166
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1
This might require more munging than you were...
Re: FN-FORUM: Qualifications
date posted 21st March 2006 22:04
That's exactly like me - except didn't join the army.
I always thought Freelancers where the top of their profession they got paid
what they did because they actually know more than the people in th...
Re: FN-FORUM: Qualifications (Age)
date posted 21st March 2006 21:46
On 21 Mar 2006 22:14:06 -0000, Paul Cooper [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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> On 21 Mar 2006 20:05:49 -0000, Mike A [EMAIL REMOVED] wro=
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> > Laddie, there are some wizened ancient sages here too {sigh! no...
Re: FN-FORUM: Qualifications (Age)
date posted 21st March 2006 21:28
On 21 Mar 2006 20:05:49 -0000, Mike A [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote=
:
> Laddie, there are some wizened ancient sages here too {sigh! now where di=
d I
> put the zimmer this time...}.
>
> Mike A.
>
We did a p...
RE: FN-FORUM: Qualifications
date posted 21st March 2006 21:27
Ken you are so right. I'm have to say when I was out of work recently I
ended up actually telling some agency staff off for refusing to put my CV
forward for certain jobs.
I feel so strongly about th...
Re: FN-FORUM: "simple" css question.
date posted 21st March 2006 21:15
> Any gurus out there with suggestions for a good way I can have my image
> positioning cake and eat it?
Someone found that adding "overflow: auto" added to the containing div
works as you want i...
RE: FN-FORUM: Qualifications
date posted 21st March 2006 20:54
Too right - I have used Tam (from the list) for work and I mention him in my
portfolio and on my links page. Stick to what you're good at I was always
told and make partners with others that at good a...
RE: FN-FORUM: Qualifications
date posted 21st March 2006 20:51
I called myself Principle Development Metallurgist when I worked for =
Johnson Matthey because I could get my own business cards printed and I =
was the only development metallurgist in the organisati...
Re: FN-FORUM: Qualifications
date posted 21st March 2006 20:45
John 'Max' Maxwell wrote:
>Very astute sir yes, always have done. Not something I need to worry about
>anymore as I am now my own boss.
>
>But in Telecoms and IT you will often find that Job apps are...
Re: FN-FORUM: "simple" css question.
date posted 21st March 2006 20:42
On 21 Mar 2006 21:01:55 -0000, Ben Moxon [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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> A fairly basic CSS thing- I know what I want but I don't know how to
> achieve it.
>
> Basically I would like to have some pictures...
FN-FORUM: "simple" css question.
date posted 21st March 2006 20:16
A fairly basic CSS thing- I know what I want but I don't know how to
achieve it.
Basically I would like to have some pictures in my main text, that can
either be aligned to the right or the left wi...
RE: FN-FORUM: Qualifications
date posted 21st March 2006 20:15
I started out that way, but I don't want to be tied to one designer. The
main reason being that if they go bust or we part ways for any reason, I am
back where I started.
I do regular work for a cou...
Re: FN-FORUM: Qualifications
date posted 21st March 2006 19:47
Not being a designer, I find it more difficult to showcase my work as no-one
ever sees the code behind the site.
Can you not team up with a designer in a similar position and work together to creat...
RE: FN-FORUM: Qualifications
date posted 21st March 2006 19:36
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RE: FN-FORUM: Qualifications
date posted 21st March 2006 19:32
Well I wouldn't put a degree in Chemistry on there - cos I haven't got a
clue about it.
But a 1 year old CCNA or MCSE etc is nothing - just a bit of padding - if
they ask me about data engineering, I...
Re: FN-FORUM: Qualifications (Age)
date posted 21st March 2006 19:20
John 'Max' Maxwell wrote:
> BTW - I get the feeling I am a lot older than most here (36) - is that
> right??
Laddie, there are some wizened ancient sages here too {sigh! now where did I
put the zimm...
RE: FN-FORUM: Qualifications
date posted 21st March 2006 19:17
Hi Catherine,
That's exactly what I mean - that was the feeling I was getting too. Whereas
- we all know - Freelancing is what you earn when you've worked enough years
to realise you can never be hap...
Re: FN-FORUM: Qualifications
date posted 21st March 2006 19:10
On Tuesday 21 Mar 2006 6:43 pm, John 'Max' Maxwell wrote:
> Very astute sir yes, always have done. Not something I need to worry ab=
out
> anymore as I am now my own boss.
>
> But in Telecoms and IT y...
RE: FN-FORUM: An idea using Wordpress
date posted 21st March 2006 19:07
Hi!
Just had a look at the link and here is what I'd change:
1) It might be only my impression but the top banner look a bit too
cluttered and distracts. Some of the text could be light gray instead...
Re: FN-FORUM: Qualifications
date posted 21st March 2006 19:02
BTW - I get the feeling I am a lot older than most here (36) - is that
right??
Don't think so. I am 34 and I know there are a few who have been here a while who are a similar age if not older than I...
RE: FN-FORUM: Qualifications
date posted 21st March 2006 17:56
Very astute sir yes, always have done. Not something I need to worry about
anymore as I am now my own boss.
But in Telecoms and IT you will often find that Job apps are first dealt
with HR or worse,...
Re: FN-FORUM: Qualifications
date posted 21st March 2006 17:37
You can pass MCP without reading a book as long as you *really* know your
stuff and have read the reskit etc (which you would have done in order to
really know your stuff). I have done this several ti...
Re: FN-FORUM: Qualifications
date posted 21st March 2006 17:24
On Tuesday 21 Mar 2006 5:40 pm, John 'Max' Maxwell wrote:
> Anyway - before I get attacked - some of the guys in this thread are
> looking for jobs, so you may need qualifications, as I said before I...
Re: FN-FORUM: Qualifications
date posted 21st March 2006 17:03
John 'Max' Maxwell wrote:
>Oh - and I was talking about CCNA etc earlier not web development courses.
>If you can learn something Lorna and do it at reasonable cost then go for it
>- that is not wha...
RE: FN-FORUM: Qualifications
date posted 21st March 2006 16:54
Throw as many spanners as you like Lorna - and I have another!!
I left school without even bothering with half of my O levels, I then joined
the Army at 19 and was a detachment commander in Iraq for...
Re: FN-FORUM: Qualifications
date posted 21st March 2006 16:18
You can get lucky- at the company I used to work for we did very well by
hiring bright graduates who were able to get up to speed fairly rapidly
on web programming with the right support and mentori...
Re: FN-FORUM: css question
date posted 21st March 2006 16:12
I have solved my CSS by the way. Changing the Doctype from Strict to loose
did it - Pam...
RE: FN-FORUM: Qualifications
date posted 21st March 2006 16:01
I don't have any qualifications in IT at all; I originally did a degree in
Genetics which had bugger all to do with IT apart from typing up assignments
and browsing the internet. I do have to say I do...
Re: FN-FORUM: Qualifications
date posted 21st March 2006 15:48
I have read all your replies on this subject and I'm intreged.
Maybe I'm going down the wrong road, but not sure I am.
I have just started skills training course, not because I want a CIW, but
beli...
FN-FORUM: Charity web sites - donation tracking
date posted 21st March 2006 15:43
Is anyone involved in a charity web site looking for new fund raising
channels?
Basically the idea is that I generate donors, and the charity site =
processes
the payments and tracks the total amount...
FN-FORUM: WTD: PHP Wizard/Questionaire script recommendations
date posted 21st March 2006 15:28
Can any of the phpers recommend a wizard/questionaire script for handling
multi-page forms?
One that supports next/back page functionality?
TIA.
--
Graeme -
Top posting.
What's the most annoying...
Re: FN-FORUM: Qualifications
date posted 21st March 2006 15:24
After a more years than I care to say my view on qualifications is;
1. Get a degree - most important. Most times it doesn't matter. People are
much ,ore interested in what I have to say, and provide...
Re: FN-FORUM: Qualifications
date posted 21st March 2006 15:07
> That's what I've been getting. I'd like a full time job and do a bit of
> freelancing on the side. But when looking for jobs, they all want
> qualifications. Seeing as my degree is in Computer Scien...
RE: FN-FORUM: Qualifications
date posted 21st March 2006 14:47
That's what I've been getting. I'd like a full time job and do a bit of
freelancing on the side. But when looking for jobs, they all want
qualifications. Seeing as my degree is in Computer Science, it...
Re: FN-FORUM: regions by country
date posted 21st March 2006 14:39
On 21 Mar 2006 13:21:16 -0000, derek almond [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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> I'm looking for a detailed list of "regions" by country, preferably sql
> format , but csv / xml is also fine as defined below,...
Re: FN-FORUM: Qualifications
date posted 21st March 2006 14:29
A good point raised there by Terry. A good degree from a recognised
University is always a good indication of your ability to apply
yourself to your work.
So make sure you get one ;)...
Re: FN-FORUM: Qualifications
date posted 21st March 2006 14:11
Personally, i think most qualifications are a waste of time. I've got
nothing but crap standard grades and have learnt everything i know
from experience. Its about what you've done in the past, not wh...
Re: FN-FORUM: Qualifications
date posted 21st March 2006 14:05
Have a look at the Open University's courses, here:
http://www3.open.ac.uk/courses/bin/p12.dll?Q01F05_8_0
they're hard, but have the great merit of filling in the kinds of "big
picture" things that...
RE: FN-FORUM: Qualifications
date posted 21st March 2006 14:03
Qualifications are what set us all apart, and point an employer in the
direction of a candiditate. Experience is extremely important if your 30+ in
years, then employers don't want someone who has bee...
Re: FN-FORUM: Qualifications
date posted 21st March 2006 13:48
Don't worry so much about the certifications - the important thing (and
you'll find this in most job ads) is experience. Anyone can spent three
grand on a certification course and learn to answer mu...
Re: FN-FORUM: Qualifications
date posted 21st March 2006 13:43
> I want to gain some more IT qualifications, whilst I finish my degree.
> Something like a Microsoft Certified something or other, or Cisco, etc.
> I'm aiming to go into web development and have some...
Re: FN-FORUM: Qualifications
date posted 21st March 2006 13:37
On Tuesday 21 Mar 2006 2:04 pm, Ian Copeland wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to gain some more IT qualifications, whilst I finish my degree.
> Something like a Microsoft Certified something or other, or Cisco...
Re: FN-FORUM: Qualifications
date posted 21st March 2006 13:36
On 21 Mar 2006 14:03:39 -0000, Ian Copeland [EMAIL REMOVED] wrot=
e:
>
> Hi,
>
> I want to gain some more IT qualifications, whilst I finish my degree.
> Something like a Microsoft Certified something...
RE: FN-FORUM: Qualifications
date posted 21st March 2006 13:27
Microsoft Certified and the Cisco stuff are a complete waste of time. You
should only do them if you are aiming to do a job that 100% specifically
requires them. They are both multi choice questions t...
FN-FORUM: Qualifications
date posted 21st March 2006 13:18
Hi,
I want to gain some more IT qualifications, whilst I finish my degree.
Something like a Microsoft Certified something or other, or Cisco, etc.
I'm aiming to go into web development and have some...
FN-FORUM: An idea using Wordpress
date posted 21st March 2006 13:14
Hi All,
I've been watching the posts to this group since I can remember but
never really participated, until now. Myself and a few others were
talking in the pub basically about why Kate Moss wasn't...
RE: FN-FORUM: Photoshop help
date posted 21st March 2006 12:58
Gr8, thanks everyone. Adam's method worked a treat -
http://m4rk.biz/arts/small_ac2.jpg
'Baghdad Brown' they call it :)
Mark
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RE: FN-FORUM: Windoze .dat file
date posted 21st March 2006 12:45
I believe it's Outlook Express that has a nasty habit of renaming the file
extension of attached files to .dat. Ask the sender what format it is and
rename the extension accordingly.
HTH
Dave.
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Re: FN-FORUM: Photoshop help
date posted 21st March 2006 12:41
Quickest way, select chosen shade of brown and make this your
foreground colour then:
EDIT > FILL > FOREGROUND COLOUR > MODE: LIGHTEN
HTH,
Paul
> I need to change the colour of this logo - http://...
Re: FN-FORUM: Photoshop help
date posted 21st March 2006 12:39
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KSBhbmQgdGhlbgp0cnkgdGhlc2Ugc2V0dGluZ3MgaW4gaW1hZ2UvYWRqdXN0bWVudHMvIGh1ZS9z
YXR1cmF0aW9uIG9wdGlvbjoKCk1ha2Ugc3VyZSBjb2xvcm...
FN-FORUM: regions by country
date posted 21st March 2006 12:36
I'm looking for a detailed list of "regions" by country, preferably sql
format , but csv / xml is also fine as defined below, if I can get the
raw data, I'll happily munge it.
the final data I nee...
Re: FN-FORUM: Photoshop help
date posted 21st March 2006 12:31
Adjustments > Hue/Saturation > check Colorize, increase lightness,
then the hue slider will change the color.
Nige...
Re: FN-FORUM: Photoshop help
date posted 21st March 2006 12:26
>
> Afternoon all,
>
> I need to change the colour of this logo -
> http://m4rk.biz/arts/small_ac.jpg
>
Select -> Colour Range
Select the black
then fill with colour of choice, you may need to pla...
Re: FN-FORUM: Photoshop help
date posted 21st March 2006 12:26
>
> Afternoon all,
>
> I need to change the colour of this logo -
> http://m4rk.biz/arts/small_ac.jpg
>
Select -> Colour Range
Select the black
then fill with colour of choice, you may need to pla...
Re: FN-FORUM: Photoshop help
date posted 21st March 2006 12:25
>
> Afternoon all,
>
> I need to change the colour of this logo -
> http://m4rk.biz/arts/small_ac.jpg
>
Select -> Colour Range
Select the black
then fill with colour of choice, you may need to pla...
Re: FN-FORUM: Windoze .dat file
date posted 21st March 2006 12:23
Good solutions from others, but as you didn't know the file to begin with you
might find this resource useful Guy:
http://www.filext.com/
steve
>
> Hi all,
> A client has e-mailed me a load of ar...
FN-FORUM: Photoshop help
date posted 21st March 2006 12:21
Afternoon all,
I need to change the colour of this logo - http://m4rk.biz/arts/small_ac.jpg
Simply, just need to swap the black for brown
I've tried HUE's and all sorts, just can't get it to look...
RE: FN-FORUM: Windoze .dat file
date posted 21st March 2006 12:14
On some occasions you can open the files if you know what program created
them, e.g. if it were a Quark file goto Open in Quark and selected All
files from the file type drop down box, then select th...
FN-FORUM: Stylish Style Sheets
date posted 21st March 2006 11:54
Hi All,
I recently redid my (small) site, so I just thought I'd take this
opportunity to reintroduce myself and cheekily offer my services!
I do CSS thingamajigs.
Best wishes,
James - http://www....
RE: FN-FORUM: Japanese encoding/charsets in RTF files
date posted 21st March 2006 11:24
Thanks Graeme
I will give the below a try, the HTML is already being sent to the client as
UTF-8 but it seems to get lost in translation as the RTF is generated, its
already crossed my mind to use P...
Re: FN-FORUM: Windoze .dat file
date posted 21st March 2006 10:59
Matt Mitchell wrote:
> On Tuesday 21 March 2006 11:18, Guy Hannaford wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> A client has e-mailed me a load of artwork and the attachment has arrived
>> as a .dat file. Does anyone...
RE: FN-FORUM: Japanese encoding/charsets in RTF files
date posted 21st March 2006 10:47
On Mon, 20 Mar 2006, ashley etchell wrote:
> Is there a way to pass the RTF doc through something else once its created
> to convert the text into UTF-8?
Don't know.
According to the 1.6 spec
http...
Re: FN-FORUM: Windoze .dat file
date posted 21st March 2006 10:44
On Tuesday 21 March 2006 11:18, Guy Hannaford wrote:
> Hi all,
> A client has e-mailed me a load of artwork and the attachment has arrived
> as a .dat file. Does anyone know how to open one of these?...
RE: FN-FORUM: Windoze .dat file
date posted 21st March 2006 10:40
Im assuming the .dat files are actually winmail.dat =20
If that=92s the case have a read of this.
http://www.more-solutions.co.uk/support/email-attach.html=20
Hope it helps.
Regards,
Darren
www.d...
RE: FN-FORUM: Windoze .dat file
date posted 21st March 2006 10:40
Guy,
Try sniffing around on google for TNEF encoding issues, I'm not sure if you
can reverse the problem as a recipient, but that's almost certainly what it
is.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.a...
RE: FN-FORUM: Windoze .dat file
date posted 21st March 2006 10:38
Sounds like antivirus software changed it to a .dat file. I have seen this
happen with some virus software tools, why ask them to put it on an FTP site
somewhere, or zip it.
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FN-FORUM: Windoze .dat file
date posted 21st March 2006 10:33
Hi all,
A client has e-mailed me a load of artwork and the attachment has arrived as
a .dat file. Does anyone know how to open one of these? I've been googling
for an answer but nothing I've found w...
Re: FN-FORUM: css question
date posted 21st March 2006 10:30
Not come across it before - I will find it now - Thanks - Pam
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Re: FN-FORUM: css question
date posted 21st March 2006 10:24
> Not that I know of. I have set all the paddings and margins that I can
> think of to 0.
Have you tried the DOM Inspector plugin? It allows you to see where each
page item is and allows you to e...
Re: FN-FORUM: css question
date posted 21st March 2006 09:21
Not that I know of. I have set all the paddings and margins that I can think
of to 0.
Pam
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FN-FORUM: =?utf-8?Q?Re:_RE:_FN=2DFORUM:_css_question?=
date posted 21st March 2006 06:06
I am away from the office from 20th -27th March. If your enquiry is urgent please contact Kate Sandall on 01628 411282.
Kind regards,
Russell Sutton
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RE: FN-FORUM: css question
date posted 21st March 2006 06:04
Have they inherited padding or margins from anywhere ? I've had problems
with tags having them before taking ages to find as I don't
normally consider a tag to be part of the layout (at least it
nev...
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