Profile for Dan Jaw:
Brighton based unemployed practioner of karate and photoshop, oh and environmental science. Um.
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Brighton based unemployed practioner of karate and photoshop, oh and environmental science. Um.
Recent front page messages:
Glastonbury was odd this year
If this hasn't been done, I shall have a celebratory biscuit.
(Fri 25th Jul 2003, 22:34, More)
If this hasn't been done, I shall have a celebratory biscuit.
(Fri 25th Jul 2003, 22:34, More)
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» What's the most horrific thing you've seen?
Another "Side of the Road" Story
I found a cute pink cuddly toy rabbit teddy type thing on the pavement once. I was about to pick it up, but instead decided to nudge it with my foot first.
Its head fell off and hundreds of maggots came pouring out.
Stupid maggots, you can't eat polyester.
(Mon 25th Jun 2007, 17:47, More)
Another "Side of the Road" Story
I found a cute pink cuddly toy rabbit teddy type thing on the pavement once. I was about to pick it up, but instead decided to nudge it with my foot first.
Its head fell off and hundreds of maggots came pouring out.
Stupid maggots, you can't eat polyester.
(Mon 25th Jun 2007, 17:47, More)
» Clients Are Stupid
Nothing like a bit of nepotism
I used to do a bit of freelance web design. A little while ago my father asked if I could whip up a quick site for his small business, which I did, buying a domain using some spare webspace I had to host it.
Recently his business partner got back to me about updating the site (she had been on a beginners webdesign course and seemed to be feeling ambitious). After some discussion I advised her to get some better hosting to support databases and wotnot.
The next I heard was from my father, very pleased that his partner had "talked to an ISP that can transfer the website for only £100!"
"you're buying £100 of web space?"
"No we already have the space, that's how much it will cost for them to move the site to it"
After some boggling, I went and spent ten mintes on FTP, and called him back to say the job was done for free.
(Tue 30th Dec 2003, 12:33, More)
Nothing like a bit of nepotism
I used to do a bit of freelance web design. A little while ago my father asked if I could whip up a quick site for his small business, which I did, buying a domain using some spare webspace I had to host it.
Recently his business partner got back to me about updating the site (she had been on a beginners webdesign course and seemed to be feeling ambitious). After some discussion I advised her to get some better hosting to support databases and wotnot.
The next I heard was from my father, very pleased that his partner had "talked to an ISP that can transfer the website for only £100!"
"you're buying £100 of web space?"
"No we already have the space, that's how much it will cost for them to move the site to it"
After some boggling, I went and spent ten mintes on FTP, and called him back to say the job was done for free.
(Tue 30th Dec 2003, 12:33, More)
» Clients Are Stupid
This happened today.
I work in the computer games industry, being a third-party QA technician (that's a play tester, only more proffesional :p). We communicate with our clients (the games developers) via an online bug database, within which we have perfected the art of below-radar sarcasm. Today we entered a bug along the lines of "no sound when boss 3 destroyed"
Sure enough a fairly typical response arrived "This might be our game spec" (game spec = supposed to happen).
Well what was I supposed to do? I replied.
"We might close this bug then"
(Tue 30th Dec 2003, 16:07, More)
This happened today.
I work in the computer games industry, being a third-party QA technician (that's a play tester, only more proffesional :p). We communicate with our clients (the games developers) via an online bug database, within which we have perfected the art of below-radar sarcasm. Today we entered a bug along the lines of "no sound when boss 3 destroyed"
Sure enough a fairly typical response arrived "This might be our game spec" (game spec = supposed to happen).
Well what was I supposed to do? I replied.
"We might close this bug then"
(Tue 30th Dec 2003, 16:07, More)