Monthly Archives: October 2006

A bright Sunday

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It’s been a little while since I posted so here’s a brief update.

I spent the first three days of last week at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital on ward 7 having some minor surgery, the staff on the ward were really nice and even the food was pretty good once they allowed me to eat some!

I returned home on Wednesday afternoon and have been having daily visits from the district nurse to change my dressings, I’m not very mobile at the moment but I’m still managing to keep up to date with the orders that I’ve been receiving.

I recently upgraded to the new versions of Internet Explorer (version 7) and Firefox (2.0), a few minor issues with the new IE7 and the way that my on-line viewing galleries handle password input. Unfortunately Microsoft have decided to block the password input window by default in IE7. I’ve implemented some code changes that enable password protection to work correctly within the default limitations of IE7.

The new Firefox 2.0 browser is a very nice improvement over the previous version, it now has an in-built spell checker that uses UK English and the ability to save and re-open tabbed browsing without having to use a third party plug in.

I also upgraded my Linux system to the latest version of Ubuntu (Edgy), the upgrade process wasn’t as smooth as it should have been but everything now seems to be set up and updated correctly. The Linux system is mainly used as a file server and back up storage for ‘work in progress’, it performs better, faster and more reliably than using Windows file sharing.

A cool and dry Sunday

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We went for lunch with my Mum to John and Ida’s in Pontypridd and then to B&Q to help my Mum choose new wallpaper for her living room.

I did a little more work on the web site this afternoon, mainly changes to the Flash background animations and uploaded a copy of Andrew and Natalie’s album design to the sample albums section.

A busy Saturday

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I went over to my Mum’s this morning to strip the wallpaper off her living room. I used the wallpaper steamer and all the old paper came off fairly easily.

Andrew and Natalie called around this afternoon to confirm their album order, I completed the final set of changes and created the album and print orders.

Jason and Jennie emailed a small number of amendments to their initial album design, which I completed and up loaded to my web site for them to approve.

A mainly dry Wednesday

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I attended the Albums Australia roadshow at Miskin Manor this morning and it was very interesting to see the new range of albums and cover materials they are using. It was an excellent opportunity to meet up with Lyn and Jeff the UK representatives and meet with other local photographers.

I spent most of the rest of the day working on album designs.

A very wet Sunday

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We went out to lunch at John and Ida’s in Pontypridd today, excellent as always!

There was a very impressive cloud burst while we were driving home and the road under the railway bridge at Llantwit Road in Treforest was flooded to a couple of feet. The cars in front all turned around but as we were in the Nissan Patrol a few feet of water isn’t a problem. 🙂 A Peugot had become stranded and I offered him a tow, I didn’t have any wellingtons with me so it was a shoes and socks off job and roll up my trousers, naturally the water was quite cold. I attached the clip on tow rope that is always in the back of the Patrol and towed the stranded driver home, which was only about half a mile further along Llantwit Road. I must remember to put a pair of wellies in the car!

I completed the initial album design for Andrew and Natalie later this afternoon.