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Expanding my horizons
In my last post of the day (yes, count them all!) I thought I would just note that my focus would be returning mainly back to my local area, away from Pakistan and America.
Of course I shall keep following the important issues (particularly in America, as that is what I am studying in Politics), I feel that, as this blog was mainly set up to focus on local issues, and as I am, to all intents and purposes, a local campaigner, I have decided to return to local issues as much as possible.
However, I am expanding my horizons again. Rather than focusing merely on Gillingham and Rainham, I shall also be keeping a close eye on Chatham and Aylesford and Rochester and Strood, profiling our candidates and the seats themselves in the same way I have done for G&R. I shall also be adding some custom artwork to those pages in the near-future.
Further to this, I intend to campaign on here (and via the power of the pen) on issues affecting all Medway residents, as we are all governed by the same authority, and face the same generic problems. I have, however, already done this before, as a trip to Holly Road in Wainscott will tell you (full story on request).
So if you would like to get in touch with a problem you are having, I’d like to publicise it and/or help. All issues welcome.
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Right. I’d like to hear the full story.
Also, whoever designs the roadsigns in Medway needs a slap and a copy of the TSRGD (Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions). The signs on the approaches to Bowaters Roundabout are incorrect, as are many of the signs on the Chatham ring-road.
It’s not difficult to follow – We’re not Devon, we can’t knock up our own sings willy-nilly.
Rob, I’ll explain the full story tomorrow.
Upon clicking your link, I decided to hastily close the window again, as I have no time to read lengthy documents.
However, I can understand where you are coming from with the road signs. Cllr Phil Filmer is in charge of frontline services, which includes road signs, but any comments about them can also be made to Medway Council: customer.first@medway.gov.uk.
Oh okay, they’ll hear from me.
Yeah the link was one of two things: 1) A test to see if I could do it right, and 2) Prrof that i’m not talking rubbish.
Don’t read it – its boring and tedious. Even the simple rules arn’t being followed.
Before I mail him, I’ll get some snaps and some comments from a forum I participate in.
Thanks for the link though!
Aah, ensuring your HTML is up to scratch, eh? Don’t worry you don’t need it until the Summer…
And as for the link, don’t mention it – it is, after all, what I am here for.
Indeed.
Why won’t I need it until the summer?
(Especially as I maybe doing some web designing after the re-sits)
Well obviously you’ll need it if you intend to do web designing before the unit which contains HTML.
I mean, let’s face it, Miss H isn’t exactly likely to actually teach us it in the mean time, is she?
Obviously not.
That said, I know a fair bit of HTML, but admit to being a bit of a noob at PHP, although most stuff I make works (and is also simple).
And btw, I wasn’t aware Miss H taught us anything anyway/
Hmm, maybe I can let you borrow my book one day, PHP & MySQL® For Dummies®.
I don’t use it so much for this site (except when tweaking the layout, and doing things like the latest comments box), but I have a couple of other sites I run which I had to code from scratch, using a mixture of HTML, PHP and MySQL.
As for Miss H, that was kinda the point I was trying to make…
Haha okay.
I may have to take you up on that offer of a book loan, although perhaps nearer the time when I’ll be doing it. Cheers.
I’ve read soem online tutorials etc, and hopefully the amount of PHP needed won’t be extensive.
If I get stuck, at least I know who to call!! Haha!
Rob
“Who ya gonna call?
Code-busters! (I ain’t ‘fraid of no tags)”
Haha! Nice one, John!
And yes, you can call on me anytime – I’m usually around (if a little bit busy).
Well, as an old-fashioned hard-coder of my own website (which, to be fair, isn’t all that challenging to code), I am very familiar with how HTML works, from the ground up.
I am also very well aware how unsuited it is for email (it’s a page markup language, even with all the modern extensions) which is why HTML attachments duplicating emails are so daft — typical Microsoft, who introduced this idea, when there was a perfectly usable — and far more elegant — alternative method of doing essentially the same, devised quite a few years ago.
Our Posty email client has always implemented that email-friendly method, but the mainstream market (being Microsoft-dominated) missed out and went the “clunky” way instead. More fool them!
Hahahahahahaha!
Hilarious John!!! That’s great!
Cheers Al.
…and all true, by the way. Read RFC-822 for a start.