tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30547292012-02-16T06:46:55.583ZIf I change the name of my blog again, I'll eat my hat...Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.comBlogger1291100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-82768856061270256992011-09-20T11:49:00.001+01:002011-09-20T11:49:07.840+01:00

I have the following items of RISC OS software and books to sell or give away: Software Computer Concepts Artworks (the whole box, manuals, all the discs, a rusty dongle, and upgrade discs, up to the final version published by Computer Concepts - v1.15?) Computer Concepts Impression Publisher (the whole box, manuals, DTP book, all the discs, another rusty dongle and upgrade discs, up to

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-86860016297775735702011-08-16T09:54:00.013+01:002011-09-20T11:47:10.001+01:00

BBC Micro, TV and Cumana Floppy Disc Drive Combo - sold! BBC Micro Model B (32K, with Watford Electronics Sideways RAM, power supply replaced early 2011) Ferguson TX 14" colour TV (aerial broken, front door broken, but otherwise great for the Beeb) Cumana 5 1/4" floppy disc drive Various BBC games tapes and educational software (listed below). 36 Challenging Games for the BBC Micro Building

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-14286925526042079812008-07-08T01:02:00.000+01:002008-07-08T01:12:54.287+01:00

One of my more recent projects has finally come to fruition - a touchscreen kiosk for Ballantines Whisky. This kiosk features a webcam for users to take their picture, then incorporate onto a postcard design, for printing out, via the kiosk printer.Work began late last year, and after jumping through many hoops and wiring (both metaphorically and physically) many disparate elements together, the

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-33282608976623862302008-04-24T23:50:00.000+01:002008-04-24T23:53:39.923+01:00

I've often considered whether to get into Ruby On Rails. Back in December, it reached version 2. I had a dabble with it over a year ago, and found it to be quite amazing. However, I lost enthusiasm for it, when I learned that my employer's hosting provider had no plans to support it.Are there any good hosting providers out there for RoR?

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-31817098393087815302008-04-15T15:34:00.000+01:002008-04-15T15:43:56.139+01:00

Wow, I haven't touched my blog in centuries. But what changes Blogger has done in my absence. A lot of the niggles I had concerns about have been addressed, especially how the archive is displayed down the right hand side.So much has happened since last year. I am now a proud father - my son was born in May 2007, he's a little smiler! I'll put some pictures up at some point. You'll get to see

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1168438375322653212007-01-10T14:10:00.000Z2007-01-10T14:12:55.513Z

Belated Happy New Year to you. I had a great Christmas, taking a much needed break from computing, and doing usual festive stuff, like shopping, lazing, a bit more shopping, and copious amounts of eating! Hope you had a good holiday as well.I've upgraded my digital camera, found a good deal in Tesco, a Hewlett Packard camera and printer, I'm well impressed by the quality of both photos and

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1159963077568311912006-10-04T12:49:00.000+01:002006-10-04T12:57:57.680+01:00

In the past month or so, some minor developments relating to my RISC OS and Beeb stuff.I've revised Cavern Duel so that it runs properly on Virtual RiscPC. Version 1.23 can be downloaded from my site.As for Androidz and Headcase Hotel, I've had interest from Dave Edwards of Acorn Electron World on these two. Can't say anything more than that, but watch this space. For retrogamers, his site is

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1156495366867423772006-08-25T09:39:00.000+01:002006-08-25T09:43:04.346+01:00

I finally managed to extract the files mentioned in my previous post, and Headcase Hotel is now available to play at last. Check out the page, and download the zipped SSD image into your favourite BBC emulator. Enjoy :-)

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1155659718116951202006-08-15T17:18:00.000+01:002006-08-15T17:35:18.573+01:00

I have been a closet fan of RISC-OS for many years now. Cut a long story short for those of you unfamiliar with it: ROM based operating system, originally designed by Acorn Computers for the Archimedes range of computers in 1989, and still in development to this day, despite the demise of Acorn in 1999, by a group of enthusiastic companies mostly based in the UK.I had been an Acorn user since

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1155658666744492552006-08-15T17:17:00.000+01:002006-08-15T17:18:03.970+01:00

Over the past few weeks, I've been hard at work, and some of the fruits of my labour are on my site, namely my first work in Flash.Some simple rolling animations for a housing development in London, called Chiswick Park. I haven't seen it on-site, but I gather that these animations play in their snazzy elevators to occupants, promoting events which take place throughout the year.I have to admit,

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1152811150624900172006-07-13T18:18:00.000+01:002006-07-13T18:19:10.763+01:00

I've created a Google sitemap, to improve rankings. DMXzone have a nifty tool for Dreamweaver to allow you to create it automatically.

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1152810937011268542006-07-13T18:13:00.000+01:002006-07-13T18:15:48.660+01:00

I've converted some video footage to FLV, and have spent a while trying to get it working on all browsers. I may just use Dreamweaver's standard Flash player instead, it appears to sort out all the ActiveX troubles on Internet Explorer on the PC.I've also discovered the Mac version of Internet Explorer. That will be an interesting problem.I've still got handheld and printer friendly CSS to deal

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1152638058858396682006-07-11T18:09:00.000+01:002006-07-11T18:14:19.366+01:00

I finally took the plunge and upgraded my webspace account. I'll be able to add more bells and whistles to it now, as well as get rid of the annoying banners which had been lingering around the past few years.I've become a big fan of the Georgia font, due to recent work I've been up to, so it's now used throughout the site. It looks jolly nice. Arial is kind of plain now, I doubt I'll be using it

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1147643854357025182006-05-14T22:54:00.000+01:002006-05-17T12:29:51.576+01:00

I've given my blog a fresh new coat of paint... well, one of Blogger's own supplied templates. This helps to keep my personal comments seperate from the rest of my site.I've finally secured work, for a firm based in Godalming, Surrey. This involves a bit of a commute from home, but it will do for now. I'm authoring CD-ROMs and websites, and so far, is a far cry from my former work.I have to say

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1142542874657333672006-03-16T21:01:00.000Z2006-03-16T21:01:14.716Z

I've taken down my site at www.sscott.info, after it went missing for over a day or so without explanation. I don't think I'll be renewing my services with the company concerned - better to pay more for reliability, especially when you're job hunting.I've been spending the past few months doing the following: visiting quarantine (less than 3 months to go), going up to the North West of England

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1136840372350302542006-01-09T20:46:00.000Z2006-01-09T20:59:32.366Z

Happy New Year to you all. I'm now back in the UK, and have been for over a month now. Had a great Christmas, catching up with relatives, getting in touch with friends, and jobhunting. Nothing sorted as yet, probably because my website is a bit... well... lacking. In everything. A lot of vacancies ask for a list of URLs, and samples of previous work. This is something a little difficult to do

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1133153696532184052005-11-28T04:54:00.000Z2006-01-09T21:00:55.436Z

Today is the last blog entry from Malaysia. I'm now surrounded by boxes and in the next few days, we'll be moving out, and shoving everything into a lorry. This time next week, we'll be on the plane back to Blighty. The sites are gonna degrade over the next month or so, as I'll be away from the internet. If you need to mail me, you can do so, but I wont be able to reply immediately. Apologies in

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1129856550058994752005-10-21T02:02:00.000+01:002005-10-21T02:04:13.146+01:00

Wow, sorry for the delay in posting. Quite a lot has happened the past few weeks, and I couldnt tell what it was. Well, now I can. We are returning to the UK. I've left eCosway now, Wednesday was my last day of work. I'm sorry to have left good colleagues behind, but it was the best decision I have made. After 2 years or more, and a short trip to the UK, I realised I was knocking myself out

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1126001879335886392005-09-06T11:17:00.000+01:002005-09-06T11:21:46.113+01:00

Today, I had to perform a minor modification to a page on one of my worksites. It was a simple mistake, an English page was pointing to a Chinese language video, rather than the English.However, it brought me back to the time some months ago, when I was converting not one, but many MPEG movies to Flash Streaming Video format. The whole process of getting the movie, converting it, creating the

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1125895523818009762005-09-05T05:45:00.000+01:002005-09-06T11:30:17.056+01:00

Now I can use Word to make blogger.com postings. This post was done using it. Glad to see that my office installation of Word works properly with it.I think now that my personal website has settled down nicely. The only major downtime for which I had to make workarounds was DirectNIC’s hosting of one of my work sites. Hurricane Katrina brought New Orleans practically underwater, taking down some

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1124883548301231672005-08-24T12:32:00.000+01:002005-08-24T12:39:08.306+01:00

I finally managed to finish FTPing the new design to sassquad.com, due to persistent connectivity problems here. Not been a good week for internet generally, with apparent downtime on TMNet's international gateway (one mention of a landslide in Hong Kong or something). Things appear to be okay now.This problem may have also stopped me from being able to access www.bbc.co.uk. All this week, I've

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1124102557464950282005-08-15T11:40:00.000+01:002005-08-15T11:42:37.470+01:00

By last Friday evening, the haze began clearing from KL, apparently due to a change in wind direction. However, those KL-ites who travelled north to escape the haze, found that the haze also travelled with them!There's a little smog as I speak, but nothing like last week. However, the burning season in Sumatra will last until October, so it may happen again.

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1123772295334760082005-08-11T15:52:00.000+01:002005-08-11T15:58:15.336+01:00

BBC World have been showing Kuala Lumpur with the nasty haze. Easily the worst seen since 1997/98 (I wasn't here when that happened, but I couldn't believe the stories even then), so to carry on with life here without seeing blue sky, or anything for that matter, casts a very depressing shadow over everything.As I write, Kuala Selangor and Port Klang have been declared as emergency areas, with

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1123746349835264502005-08-11T08:44:00.000+01:002005-08-11T15:51:50.446+01:00

The site is back online now.I have also been working on some of the formatting of the blog. I haven't figured everything out yet, so there could be some broken links in places.

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1123584689323526032005-08-09T11:43:00.000+01:002005-08-09T11:51:29.326+01:00

It's been a miserable couple of weeks; my hosting provider's hard disc decided to fail, and it's basically stayed that way for weeks now. So, I've migrated my blog to blogspot.com now. I reckon it's going to stay that way forever, unless all the servers of the world decide to conspire in unison against my mortal self!Things are still a mess at the moment, I'm halfway through updating sassquad.com

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1122459151761961112005-07-27T10:46:00.000+01:002005-07-27T11:12:31.766+01:00

One of my worksites has been relaunched today, done with CSS. Feel free to take a look and see if you can spot any holes or rendering errors. I'm sure there will be a few that slipped by.

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1121685812673408712005-07-18T12:23:00.000+01:002005-07-18T12:23:34.363+01:00

I managed to fix the sitemap CSS now. MSIE was having problems with my cascade, so I made another wrapper to go around my unordered list, which seems to have done the trick. Had a look at the CSS Zen Garden for inspiration. I think some of the links in the blog aren't working properly. Probably me getting things mixed up in the templates, which I'll take a look at later.

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1121136717640104682005-07-12T03:51:00.000+01:002005-07-12T03:51:57.700+01:00

DHTML Lemmings is a browser based version of the classic puzzle game by DMA Design/Psygnosis. I used to play this for hours on the Acorn RISC OS platform (it was ported to many many platforms during the early 90s) and it was incredibly frustrating yet delightful at the same time. You'll need a strong browser and a fast machine to play this version. A superb demonstration of what can be done in

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1121079896796583642005-07-11T12:04:00.000+01:002005-07-11T12:04:58.083+01:00

My site is boring isn't it? Having done the obvious cosmetics, content is thin on the ground, and more worryingly, dated. Too much resting on very old laurels. I'll seriously have to dig out my more recent work, which actually doesn't amount to much, if only because my work is limited to only a handful of sites. I made another book purchase, The Zen of CSS Design which examines some of the best

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1120788097520432322005-07-08T03:01:00.000+01:002005-07-08T03:01:37.576+01:00

Flickr: The 7/7 Community (formerly London Bomb Blasts) Pool is a photo collection concerning the London bomb blasts on the morning of Thursday 7 July. I'm still concerned about friends that may have been working in London. I hope you are all well.

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1120536263257351362005-07-05T05:01:00.000+01:002005-07-05T05:08:09.506+01:00

I've recently finished updating the Blogger, Atomz.com and error page templates to reflect the new CSS changes. Code is much reduced as a result, so it's easier for me to edit in future.I've uncovered more HTML which needs cleaning up in order to achieve compatibility with the XHTML standard. This, and a whole lot more cleanup work is still in order.

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1120472420185671982005-07-04T11:20:00.000+01:002005-07-04T11:20:20.190+01:00

I spent some time today trying to figure out how Kaosweaver's Expert Breadcrumbs extension worked. Finally figured it out now, so I've uploaded some amendments. Still a lot to do though.

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1120452920325387532005-07-04T05:55:00.000+01:002005-07-04T05:55:20.363+01:00

TV Cream's latest email bulletin alerted me to this: the entire content of the 1986 Domesday Book has been placed online. Wonderful - I checked the info on my hometown of Egham and Englefield Green, and to read about life 20 years ago, reminds me of how much some things have changed, but others have remained the same. Under the Egham listing, I found some text entitled 'Fashion in 1985'.

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1120212910959089192005-07-01T11:15:00.000+01:002005-07-01T11:15:11.010+01:00

I'm presently uploading an early alpha of the website. The most immediate difference is that I've got rid of the Javascript rollovers, and replaced it with CSS text rollovers. Much more low-maintenance. Now the sidebar consists of only two graphics, the background and the logo. This has the bonus of making pages much neater in HTML, about 3-5k is lost in the process on each page, which is a big

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1120042419207531412005-06-29T11:53:00.000+01:002005-06-29T11:53:39.253+01:00

Last night, we returned to the cinema to finish what we had started the night before, only this time it happened to be the same night as the Malaysian VIP premiere of War of the Worlds. My guess is that it would be most unwise for the same thing to happen again! The H2G2 movie was an absolute blast. I can't wait for the DVD release!

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1119953902283630262005-06-28T11:18:00.000+01:002005-06-28T11:18:22.283+01:00

Wow, I've been looking for a site that just dished the goods - gallery of fine sites which employ the latest technology, plus a single page of links to great resources for the newbie, such as myself. Now I've found it - CSS Import™ | The no frills inspirational site. Just marvellous.

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1119953509354415852005-06-28T11:11:00.000+01:002005-06-28T11:11:49.433+01:00

You may remember my earlier pledge to get my site upgraded to XHTML and CSS? Well, I'm making great progress. The site won't appear much different to how it is now, it's in the code where the changes are apparent. What I'm going to do, is rather than polish the design and then release, I'm instead going to release it as I go along, so you (and I) can see how the site develops as I uncover more

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1119934749862429882005-06-28T05:59:00.000+01:002005-06-28T05:59:09.906+01:00

Sunday night, we got to see Mr and Mrs Smith, which we found a whole lot more enjoyable than Batman Begins. Two very different movies however, this one was very light and silly. Pitt and Jolie really do work well onscreen. Yesterday evening, we tried to see Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy [UK site], which has finally arrived in Malaysia (US and UK release date was late April). We saw the first

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1119327097738102392005-06-21T05:11:00.000+01:002005-06-21T05:11:37.743+01:00

The routing problems that were preventing site access from within TM Net appear to be resolved now. Apparently, access was sorted from last Saturday, according to my site provider. If anybody has problems however, please contact me.

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1119325854981759992005-06-21T04:50:00.000+01:002005-06-21T04:50:55.013+01:00

Yes, we managed to get into the cinema to see Batman Begins, and I thought it was great. My wife thought the first half was boring, but got interesting once the 'Batmobile' came onto the scene. Our friend was expecting something like the previous Batman movies, and was therefore disappointed. I couldn't even watch the last two editions, they looked terrible, so I guess my taste is completely off

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1119000717571233842005-06-17T10:31:00.000+01:002005-06-17T10:31:57.606+01:00

Just a quickie - going thru my last minutes at work, if all goes well, me, the loved one and some friends are off to see Batman Begins tonight. If it works out, it's a minor miracle, so few cinemas here, so many people, so the odds are always stacked against you for a few weeks. Whats annoying is that usually after a few weeks, the cinemas have shoved the film to a smaller screen. If reviews are

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1118814597346572682005-06-15T06:44:00.000+01:002005-06-15T06:49:57.346+01:00

I'm having to use a different proxy server to see the site. Having done this, I've already been at work bug baiting, as a result of the changeover. More baiting still to come.Dunno why, but I feel great that Michael Jackson was found not guilty on all the charges. This point forth however, will be the most challenging period of his life.

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1118226738549875512005-06-08T11:27:00.001+01:002005-06-08T11:32:18.556+01:00

I've decided to start adding some of the invaluable web design books I've been buying in the past two years. I consider these books excellent materials, alongside the many, many online resources which have popped up over the years. I invite you all to try out this piece of software, called Stylemaster, it's a CSS utility, very easy to use. Makes a mockery of any of the CSS stuff in Dreamweaver.

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1118226430110223712005-06-08T11:27:00.000+01:002005-06-08T11:27:10.136+01:00

The Half-Life 2 Gallery is now ready. There's about 20 or more shots in there. I have made more, but I still want to finish the game on Hard setting first before I put them up.

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1118132754491186992005-06-07T09:25:00.000+01:002005-06-07T10:49:05.716+01:00

No, this is not why my site has languished for so long!Okay, maybe just a little!My brother got this for me back in late January, when I went back for the family holiday. Until that point, I had been replaying the demo of Valve's 6 years in the making sequel. The demo was a masterstroke, it really convinced me that I should have my own pristine copy of the game. However, it was that old chestnut

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1118072122890995632005-06-06T16:33:00.000+01:002005-06-06T16:35:22.890+01:00

Just realised this week marks 4 years since I started my blog. That's 2 birthdays to celebrate. The other was me turning 30 last month. I'm certain extra hairs grew on my chest overnight to signify the fact I'm not a twentysomething anymore. Blast!

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1118071512054644492005-06-06T16:09:00.000+01:002005-06-06T16:25:12.060+01:00

It's about time I did a post, earlier today I updated the front of www.sassquad.com to mention what's been happening the past few months. I'll spare you the long story - in short, I've set up www.sscott.info, hosted on a Malaysian provider, my local salary doesnt cut the mustard for my old provider in Blighty. However, the country's incumbent ISP has cut access to my site to anyone using their

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1115613381787561842005-05-09T05:36:00.000+01:002005-06-06T16:32:29.816+01:00

Having hosted with UK service provider Easyspace since 1999, I've taken steps to move my webspace over to a Malaysian hosting provider, Hive Hosting. Despite a minor teething problem with the account setup, which was resolved relatively quickly, the service has been excellent. Since the value of sterling has gone up, it's become more and more difficult (and stupid) to pay such fees from this part

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1113820128816484162005-04-18T11:28:00.000+01:002005-04-18T11:28:48.816+01:00

Well blow me down. This came as a big shock, the news has only emerged in the past few hours, people in the US are gonna wake up to a big day. I'm wondering what all the anti-Adobe or anti-MM brigade are gonna do now. These two companies came to blows several times in the past over user interfaces, and general stepping on toes. What will this mean to users? Will Director, and other 'less popular'

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1111417734416908222005-03-21T15:00:00.000Z2005-03-21T15:08:54.420Z

Sorry again for the lack of updates. I've started to seriously look at using CSS for my site. In fact, the whole site needs an update - I've stuck with this design for nearly three years now, to be honest, not much has happened apart from this (infrequent) blog. Now though, I've been taking a look at CSS Zen Garden, a great example of now CSS can really make a site kick ass. From this, and the

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1107223157654324282005-02-01T01:56:00.000Z2005-02-01T01:59:17.656Z

Oh dear, having been in UK the past few weeks, it's a mixed feeling coming back to KL. As I write, my last day is tomorrow, the wife is upstairs packing, and I'll have to go up and help her. It's been fun, meeting up with friends and family, some friends in particular we havent seen for about 4 years, and it's great to see that they haven't changed, with the exception of better careers and a

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1105947157355249062005-01-17T07:30:00.000Z2005-01-17T07:32:37.356Z

Today is my last day before I go off on a well-earned break in the UK, to catch up with friends and family, and breathe some fresh air at last. The nearest I can get to fresh air in Malaysia is Frasers Hill, which is a lovely place to hang out for a weekend. The peace and quiet there is only spoiled by the ringing in my ears, I guess the KL soundscape has done that. So I am just spending the day

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1104831791846034042005-01-04T09:35:00.000Z2005-01-04T09:43:11.846Z

As a regular reader of Jeff Ooi's Screenshots, I found Anders Jacobsen's mention of his blog, referring to his efforts to raise money for the victims of the Asian tsunami. For every blog that links to his which includes the following links, he will donate US $1 to the British Red Cross. Excellent. Go on - donate now! International aid organizations: UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund) United

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1104736677104589182005-01-03T07:05:00.000Z2005-01-03T07:17:57.103Z

We have at last gone into 2005, after what has seemed to be the longest week I've known for a while. I had meant to blog on 31st, but our connection was down. 2005 will hopefully bring better times for us all, so I wish you all a Happy New Year!

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1104458397694068882004-12-31T01:59:00.000Z2004-12-31T01:59:57.693Z

This gets stranger and stranger!

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1104122097194142922004-12-27T05:05:00.000Z2004-12-27T04:34:57.193Z

I received phone calls last night from friends and family concerned about our proximity to the devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunamis which struck South and South East Asia yesterday. We let them know that we were fine, and a bit surprised at the eventual extent of this event. The main tremor was felt in Kuala Lumpur about 9am local time, and some residents in adjacent condominiums were

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1103769546527624402004-12-23T02:37:00.000Z2004-12-23T02:39:06.526Z

Well that's crap isn't it? So many years we've not had a white Christmas, then, just a few weeks before we head off there, UK ends up having one. Now I'll have to hope it will still be around come late January. I've been sooooo busy, its unbelievable. I have so many things in my head, but no time to let them out. I would have thought having a laptop, it would be easier to do it, but no. In

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1094206381215140302004-09-03T11:13:00.000+01:002004-09-03T11:13:01.216+01:00

I recently did a spring clean of the site, noticed lots of junk and bad indenting that was making the code more bloated than it needed to be. Also got rid of the status bar messages (except in Get Netted) and made some additions to the About section. Sorry, can't write anymore, I have loads of work to do... :-(

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1093238827157617892004-08-23T06:27:00.000+01:002004-08-23T06:27:07.156+01:00

After what seems like an enternity, I made some additions and modifications to the site. I've updated the documentation to the Cavern Duel page, my proof reading still left a lot to be desired. I have also tested the game using Red Squirrel on Windows 2000. It works a treat - Win2k is nothing compared to RISC OS 3.1! I've also updated my Contact and About sections, I have some new contact

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1090238400546309352004-07-19T12:49:00.000+01:002004-07-19T13:00:00.546+01:00

Hmm, should I close this blog?! No time for apologies. The site is in decay, big time. Couple of things to point out: I now have a laptop, and a phoneline back home, so theoretically, I should be able to blog more often. However, past form suggests otherwise ;-) It's not a bad machine, an Acer Aspire 2010 LCi, so I've got wireless connectivity and Bluetooth as well. I've had it a few weeks, and

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1081507511068625492004-04-09T11:17:00.000+01:002004-04-09T11:48:54.340+01:00

I've had a busy few months, dealing with all manner of launches and revising of websites. So, apologies for the lack of blogging ... again! Since my last visit, I've been discovering the wonders of PDF. Initially, I was using a free piece of software called PDF995. This is basically a printer driver, that creates generic PDF files from any bit of software that has a Print function. Now, I've got

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1073037086732459712004-01-02T09:51:00.000Z2004-01-02T10:08:13.043Z

One of my resolutions for 2004 is to get into Flash MX. I can't put it off forever. There are some serious projects on the horizon that demand proficiency in this software. Director seems to be heading into more of a niche market than before, as it's younger sibling gets more and more ubiquitous. I've purchased various books, one I'm going through right now is Derek Franklin's Flash MX book (I

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1073036135629554422004-01-02T09:31:00.000Z2004-01-02T09:43:09.106Z

My first post of the New Year, so I decided to do something not done before. Just got my mum's digital camera working, and took a piccy of the view out of my office: Wow, exciting isn't it? Amazingly, there are people in KL that would kill for a window view of the Petronas Twin Towers. These are also the same people that speak with a dialect lifted from repeated episodes of 'Any old American

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1072680465787786632003-12-29T06:36:00.000Z2003-12-29T06:49:13.983Z

I hope you all had a nice Christmas. Malaysia is doing a very good job with Christmas celebrations. I was most impressed to find proper Christmas trees in Ikea here. And at RM80 (about 12-15 squid) each, an absolute bargain too. We got hold of some tasteful but eloquent looking decorations, plus lights, and the result was a lovely tree. Our place is full of the smell of pine, which beats the

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1072234023248133242003-12-24T02:47:00.000Z2003-12-24T02:48:24.826Z

Friends watch croc kill pal. Tastes like chicken.

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1070509642211272812003-12-04T03:47:00.000Z2003-12-04T03:48:17.326Z

It's been a long time since I mentioned anything specific to the RISC OS platform, but today's news has a personal connection. My first full-time employment after university was at Tau Press, who were the then-new owners of Acorn User magazine. I worked there as PR manager and webmaster for a year, enjoying jolly japeries for a readership being put to severely trying times by the demise of Acorn,

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1070361039045415372003-12-02T10:30:00.000Z2003-12-02T10:31:32.153Z

I've added a new CD-ROM project from my archives - the Petronas Performing Arts Group was a quick little ditty done at my last employment, I think I spent 2 days putting it together, and that included grabbing video footage from tape, and converting to MPEG format, for use within the CD-ROM. The project was produced using Director 8.5, using the DirectMedia MPEG Xtra to handle the MPEG footage

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1070272874384851332003-12-01T09:55:00.000Z2003-12-01T10:02:06.576Z

I've made an adjustment to my Jaw Wars game page, due to the impending changes being developed by Microsoft for their Internet Explorer browser. The changes were suggested from various websites, so it should work properly on all Javascript enabled browsers with Shockwave installed. The Jaw Wars page itself has links to articles from MS and Macromedia about these changes. I am aware it's to do

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1067331528194023392003-10-28T08:58:00.000Z2003-10-28T08:58:53.903Z

Here's a gem: The CD-Recordable FAQ contains information on CD writing, details about all the different standards, what data rates are... well, everything!

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1067247996231338392003-10-27T09:39:00.000Z2003-10-27T09:50:41.123Z

I've recently had my parents and brother across here for a couple of weeks. Took in some sites and sounds with their digital cameras, so in the near future, I'll be adding some extras to the much-maligned Malaysia page. Do have a look soon won't you.

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1066121512572031322003-10-14T09:51:00.000+01:002003-10-14T09:51:52.063+01:00

This posting is to prove that I'm not one of the negative statistics of this otherwise interesting survey!

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1064811704311863382003-09-29T05:49:00.000+01:002003-12-01T10:05:10.670Z

I'm now confirmed in my employment, so I can tell you a little bit about what I do. I'm a webmaster for eCosway.com Sdn Bhd, which is an e-commerce company, and offshoot of Cosway (M) Sdn Bhd, a direct-sales marketing company, of 25 years standing. The company sells all manner of products through catalogues, and you get discounts as a member. eCosway is the online version, selling some of the

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1063006536279693992003-09-08T08:35:00.000+01:002003-09-08T10:21:57.933+01:00

I've finished performing site maintenance, and have thrown in two extra pages to the CD-ROM section, and expanded one of my articles within the Web section. The two CD-ROM mounted Acorn User (December 97 and November 98) magazine covers have been scanned (here and here), while my published article on the production of one of the CDs has had its accompanying diagram and screenshot scanned and

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1062671511703643192003-09-04T11:31:00.000+01:002003-09-04T11:31:51.610+01:00

Just made slight edits to the Atomz Search template, as that was also out of date. I think I've done all the templates now. I'm gonna go through the site during Friday, and clean out any broken links or strangeness that's been overlooked. I've written a tutorial on how to achieve a particular effect in Fireworks MX. I'll have it uploaded soonish. I developed the technique for a recent project,

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1062583957366858982003-09-03T11:12:00.000+01:002003-09-03T11:26:33.606+01:00

As I write this, I'm uploading revised pages of the site, folder by folder to the server. I've a few folders to go, before I'm done for the day. I've now revised the Blogger.com templates as well. Found several spurious name attributes in some IMG tags. Shaved some more bytes off the site as a result. I'll still be tinkering until the end of Friday, with the end result of a faster, more

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1062498979502223892003-09-02T11:36:00.000+01:002003-09-02T11:36:19.423+01:00

I've done some site maintenance to the Get Netted and Cross Platform websites, and discovered that I can still use one of Easyspace's small ad-banners. I'll get this integrated into the rest of the site within the next day, which will mean less junk to download, and a more tasteful banner to boot. You can see it by visiting any Get Netted page.

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1060927134204420222003-08-15T06:58:00.000+01:002003-08-15T07:03:21.233+01:00

Waste vital minutes with the PERPETUAL BUBBLEWRAP. This is a neat little Flash thing, to give you everlasting bubble-wrap, and many hours of 'pleasure'

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1060764485739543582003-08-13T09:48:00.000+01:002003-08-13T09:52:56.606+01:00

Oh dear, another big space of time has passed since the last one. Since my last post, I have more or less settled into my job, my team and I have now moved into our final offices, whereas before I was on one floor, they were on another. This will make it easier to check on their progress with projects. I've also been making software and hardware purchases to make their lives, my life, and my

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1057832528235594282003-07-10T11:22:00.000+01:002003-07-10T11:22:08.183+01:00

Here's a book I would recommend to anyone using Macromedia Studio MX. Building Web Sites With Macromedia Studio MX (New Riders, 2003, ISSN 0735712727) is arguably the only book that details how to use all the packages together, rather than in isolation. Has many good tips on how to integrate your site design and basically be more organised in the design process, from start to finish. Their

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1057832221424493042003-07-10T11:17:00.000+01:002003-07-10T11:24:04.700+01:00

What a great story. A man in a coma for 19 years has woken and appears to be heading for a full recovery, bar the use of his legs. I wonder what the medical bills will be?

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-1056628412311204652003-06-26T12:53:00.000+01:002003-06-26T12:53:32.143+01:00

I've realised that I came across some very good articles on web design, and formatting issues across browsers. I'm gonna put them here in the next day or so. Currently the links are on my work computer, which I'm away from right now. The only one I can think of right how is Mako's guide to CSS, which covers a wide variety of issues, particular CSS support on Netscape 4 browsers. I know, NS4 is

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-959386722003-06-23T08:51:00.000+01:002003-06-23T08:51:20.940+01:00

I was informed today that the cgi-bin has now been deleted. This act has led to the unpleasant presence of ad-banners throughout the site, not just any old ad-banner, but the sticky kind, that scroll down the page with you. The JS code used to do this adds a lot of junk to the download time of each page. It's something I'll have to put up with for the time being, until I get some proper Sterling

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-954999502003-06-10T11:23:00.000+01:002003-06-10T11:23:26.373+01:00

I've managed to cobble together another website. Since the first site last week, I've installed Netscape 4.75 on my PC, so I can test pages. Style sheets seem to be very wobbly on this release. I'm aware that CSS support in older Netscapes was dodgy, but this problem seems to relate to my pages actually not finding the style sheet file, even though MSIE finds it perfectly. I guess the answer is

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-954581662003-06-09T10:57:00.000+01:002003-06-09T11:00:03.000+01:00

Sorry guys and gals, my cgi bin has now expired. I was hardly making use of it anyway, and I downgraded my hosting to not include cgi, so the contact form is not going to work. I'll try and fix up an alternative! I've now migrated to my second job here in Malaysia, that of a webmaster. I can't go into details about the role itself, but I can say that I'm using the latest Macromedia Studio MX to

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-939777082003-05-08T08:26:00.000+01:002003-05-08T08:26:47.440+01:00

Currently in that time where things have been happening, but not enough to kind of go into detail on. Currently using a new cybercafe around the corner from the house. Macromedia have announced some new software/initiative called Central, which relies on Flash MX technology. Way to go! For web design, you really can't go wrong with Macromedia Studio MX, which includes Dreamweaver, Fireworks,

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-930868172003-04-23T03:52:00.000+01:002003-04-23T03:52:08.026+01:00

The contact form is now fixed. I did it last week, but was not able to access my blog then.

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-927585592003-04-17T05:20:00.000+01:002003-04-23T03:51:32.000+01:00

My contact form has a 404 error when you submit. The email does reach me though. I'll get if fixed.

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-927584512003-04-17T05:18:00.000+01:002003-04-17T10:27:56.000+01:00

Had a mad day yesterday, with two interviews, in different parts of KL. With the way roads are, and how traffic moves in this city, in hindsight, this was a completely insane idea. Managed to make it on time for the second one, but I was late for the first. Learned how rude youngsters can be in Malaysia. The kind of attitude where attending an interview means you've got the job, and if you are

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-917005842003-03-31T11:40:00.000+01:002003-04-17T10:41:00.000+01:00

Everything I can currently think of is here on the site. I have corrected a few pages, added a few new ones here and there. The problem with sites like this is how to keep them fresh, without going stale. This blog is part of the answer. The other part is getting a proper connection at home! That may be some time away...

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-916464772003-03-30T14:20:00.000+01:002003-06-10T11:25:11.000+01:00

Been adding a search function to all the pages, am frantically uploading pages with the new modifications. The blog will be my place of refuge for whatever comes out from my cranium, so come along for the ride!

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-915361602003-03-28T09:13:00.000Z2003-03-28T09:42:38.000Z

Finally got to move my new website out of beta. I've just updated the blogger template, and I've finally got ftp access. The website is just about done, all I need to do now is alter the RISC OS webring code to account for my changes, and to also find out from users whether the RISC OS pages work on their browsers. I used some code from the Wakefield Show website, as I figured being a high

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-898941472003-02-28T10:33:00.000Z2003-02-28T10:33:56.996Z

Been a messy few weeks. Had to deal with post-holiday blues, mixed in with some added homesickness, which I should have had 2 years ago. Hit me and Nuni so bad. We are both slowly dragging ourselves back to reality. Hence the lack of updates this little while. I'm now using Poser to attempt controlling a 3d model of a woman presenter, for a corporate video. A seemingly simple project, this. One

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-892790692003-02-18T03:07:00.000Z2003-04-17T10:31:52.000+01:00

I'm now back in Malaysia, after a two week holiday in the UK. What?! you may cry. Why trade the sunnier climate for a wintry one? Well, for that very reason. You see, constant heat and humidity, not to mention pollution, can get to you after two years. I had the opportunity to catch up with my old boss, and was glad to hear that they were going strong, and seeking expansion in other countries,

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-867404932002-12-31T09:43:00.000Z2002-12-31T09:44:10.000Z

And we come to the end of another year. 2002 - I'll be happy to see the back of it, to be honest. Here's hoping we all have a great 2003. A Happy New Year to you all.

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-864657872002-12-24T04:57:00.000Z2002-12-24T04:57:59.210Z

This marks my second Christmas away from home. However, it would appear that Malaysia is getting more into the spirit of it than with their Aidifitri celebrations, so the shopping malls look just like the UK ones. I wish I could say that the weather is unlike back home. But I would be lying - it's the rainy season here till February, so every afternoon, expect a downpour. Have a Happy Christmas.

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-858874422002-12-12T10:35:00.000Z2002-12-12T10:36:23.000Z

Just a quick note to say that, if you've not already seen it, I have redone the beta site's colours and appearance. This is a lot easier on the eye in my opinion. I'm gonna leave it at this for the time being. As usual, I cannot say when I will add any more to it. Just as and when I can. I hope to have something final in place for the new year. Cheerio!

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-854213112002-12-03T07:10:00.000Z2002-12-03T07:10:28.633Z

Today's the last day before our Hari Raya break. So I'm off for a week. I'm gonna free some time to finish the beta site. Will need to buy a cd burner, in order to bring the stuff from back home. Was hoping to fly to UK for xmas, but that's off until february now. airfares are very steep!

Stephen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03929776482834676097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054729.post-847567682002-11-19T11:02:00.000Z2002-11-19T11:02:49.046Z

Gosh, sorry for the long absence. I've just finished doing a most excruciating CD ROM project. It marked my first major foray into using Asymetix Toolbook II. What a nasty piece of multimedia designing software it is. Looking at its history, it has been around since 1990, the days of Windows 3.1. To this day, it still includes support for such machines. With regards to this particular project, it

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Wooh, been a while since my last post. As usual, hectic stuff. Plus my wedding anniversary, and today, her birthday. Must rush off soon. So, just a quick post. The recent Bali bombing has put this part of the world in a little bit of a panic for foreigners. I'm supposed to be careful where I go, and if possible avoid areas that are popular with tourists. That's no real problem in KL, because the

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Having been to Ipoh on Sunday, things seem to be a little better than they were last week, as my last entry proved. However, Thursday and Friday were rather stressful (again, seems to be a running theme). Had to zip between 3 different projects over two days, finishing two of them, the last is for next week. Had a massive migraine Friday afternoon, when the laser printer decided to break down.

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