Well, my two latest sites are now up and running:
First up is seventyseventimes (77x) - the new name for Punk Worship.
Secondly is the redesigned jalapenodrums.co.uk - this has already had some good comments on the Mike Dolbear forum which is nice!
MaFt
Monday, February 04, 2008
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Darn it's Windy!
Why is the weather so rubbish? Not only have we had loads of rain but loads of wind too! I wouldn't mind too much but my passenger side car door leaks when the wind and rain are blowing in a certain direction... on Monday I had to scoop out about half an inch of water from the passenger foot-well...
Anyone want to buy me a new car?
MaFt
Anyone want to buy me a new car?
MaFt
Saturday, January 19, 2008
CD Clearout!
Having a bit of a clearout of CD's so head over to http://maft.co.uk/ebay to see if you can grab yourself a bargain!
MaFt
MaFt
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Decorating Woes
Been stupidly busy for pretty much a full week hence no action on the blog! We'd been planning for a while to decorate Mini-MaFt's bedroom with Disney Cars stuff as Winnie the Pooh was a bit babyish for him now. Mrs-MaFt decided to start pulling wallpaper off so that the room looked a mess and we'd actually get around to doing it!
The actual decorating wasn't too bad except for one sheet of the paper having brown marks on it and a big white patch meaning we ran out of paper...The shop where we got it from has run out and won't get any until the end of this week - so there's currently half a wall unpapered!! We decided that on the outside wall we would put up some polystyrene veneer just to keep it a bit warmer and reduce any dampness. The only thing being that when the paper was put over it and it dried it peeled the veneer off the wall and seems to have shrunk the paper (leaving gaps between the sheets)... Wallpaper paste doesn't keep it down so we've had to resort to Pritt-Stick to keep it down!! There's still a bit of a gap which we'll have to put a bit of paint over (if we can find a good match) - not ideal but it's better than pulling the whole lot off!
To finish the room off we got Mini-MaFt a racing car bed - you should have seen his face, he was soooo excited!! The bed was easy to put up until it got to putting on the stickers. There were 3 massive sheets with the vinyl stickers on them - none of which really matched the pictures in the instruction book and they all seemed too big anyway! Even more annoying was the fact that they were not even cut! So not only did we have to decide how we were going to stick them on, which we would use and which would would leave off, we also had to cut the flippin' things out as well! It took a while, but it looks good!
Anyway, ack to work, I need to check stock levels of wallpaper and try find some paint!
MaFt
The actual decorating wasn't too bad except for one sheet of the paper having brown marks on it and a big white patch meaning we ran out of paper...The shop where we got it from has run out and won't get any until the end of this week - so there's currently half a wall unpapered!! We decided that on the outside wall we would put up some polystyrene veneer just to keep it a bit warmer and reduce any dampness. The only thing being that when the paper was put over it and it dried it peeled the veneer off the wall and seems to have shrunk the paper (leaving gaps between the sheets)... Wallpaper paste doesn't keep it down so we've had to resort to Pritt-Stick to keep it down!! There's still a bit of a gap which we'll have to put a bit of paint over (if we can find a good match) - not ideal but it's better than pulling the whole lot off!
To finish the room off we got Mini-MaFt a racing car bed - you should have seen his face, he was soooo excited!! The bed was easy to put up until it got to putting on the stickers. There were 3 massive sheets with the vinyl stickers on them - none of which really matched the pictures in the instruction book and they all seemed too big anyway! Even more annoying was the fact that they were not even cut! So not only did we have to decide how we were going to stick them on, which we would use and which would would leave off, we also had to cut the flippin' things out as well! It took a while, but it looks good!
Anyway, ack to work, I need to check stock levels of wallpaper and try find some paint!
MaFt
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
An Early Start
I mis-set my alarm last night and instead of getting up at the planned 6.30am I had set it for 4.30am... Thing is I didn't notice and came down and booted up the laptop to start work. I then went into the kitchen to make a coffee and saw the time on the oven read 4.34 - my initial thought was 'oh, we must have had a power cut' then I checked my phone* which confirmed it was still stupid o'clock in the morning...
I actually toyed with the idea of actually starting some work but after about 2 seconds I thought 'sod it' and went back to bed for a couple of hours!
MaFt
* my phone which now looks rather swish thanks to the awesome free UI, called '.Home' from PointUI.
I actually toyed with the idea of actually starting some work but after about 2 seconds I thought 'sod it' and went back to bed for a couple of hours!
MaFt
* my phone which now looks rather swish thanks to the awesome free UI, called '.Home' from PointUI.
Monday, December 31, 2007
Almost 2008...
Well, Christmas is done (and boy was it hectic!) - expect the run-down of cracker jokes early in the new year when I have a bit more time!
Have a good one tonight!
MaFt
Have a good one tonight!
MaFt
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Bradford - Town of Lies
Place names are usually fairly descriptive, for example Hill Top Road is a road at the top of a hill; Hill Top Fisheries is a Chippy at the top of a hill; Little John's Kebab Hut is a kebab hut owned by a man called John who happens to be vertically challenged.
So, from that, what would you expect Four Lane Ends and Five Lane Ends to be? Logically it would be the point where 4/5 lanes meet, perhaps at a roundabout or at a traffic light controlled junction...? Well, you'd be wrong for thinking that! Here they are:
As you can see, Four Lane Ends would be better off called "One Lane Goes Through and Two Others End" and Five Lane Ends is clearly "Six Lane Ends"...
I wonder if it's worth starting a one-man campaign to get their names changed?
MaFt
So, from that, what would you expect Four Lane Ends and Five Lane Ends to be? Logically it would be the point where 4/5 lanes meet, perhaps at a roundabout or at a traffic light controlled junction...? Well, you'd be wrong for thinking that! Here they are:
As you can see, Four Lane Ends would be better off called "One Lane Goes Through and Two Others End" and Five Lane Ends is clearly "Six Lane Ends"...
I wonder if it's worth starting a one-man campaign to get their names changed?
MaFt
Monday, December 17, 2007
Why Did I Bother?!
At about 1 this morning I signed up to a handful of free online business directory thingy's in the hope of drumming up a bit of business. Each one, however, had a warning that they "have been receiving reports of companies phoning soon after adding a listing to try and sell advertising space, these are in no way affiliated with us".
Needless to say I've had three of these calls this morning trying to pressurise me into giving them £500 over the phone to get an A6 advert into their wonderful magazine that no one has heard of but it will guarantee over 11 contacts each week...
Reckon I'll give them a miss and just deal with customers directly for now!!
MaFt
Needless to say I've had three of these calls this morning trying to pressurise me into giving them £500 over the phone to get an A6 advert into their wonderful magazine that no one has heard of but it will guarantee over 11 contacts each week...
Reckon I'll give them a miss and just deal with customers directly for now!!
MaFt
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Upgraded!
This morning I took the plunge and updated my phone to Windows Mobile 6! No major issues to report and it actually seems to run a bit faster too but that could just be cos it's nice and fresh!
One other advantage was that because it's a new ROM and therefore essentially a nice, clean registry then I can reinstall Opera Mobile for another 30 days! I'm holding off buying this as a new version is due out soon. I emailed them to ask if I bought it now would I get version 9 for free when it was released and was told no, I couldn't... No chance I'm paying twice for it so they can wait for now!
MaFt
One other advantage was that because it's a new ROM and therefore essentially a nice, clean registry then I can reinstall Opera Mobile for another 30 days! I'm holding off buying this as a new version is due out soon. I emailed them to ask if I bought it now would I get version 9 for free when it was released and was told no, I couldn't... No chance I'm paying twice for it so they can wait for now!
MaFt
Friday, December 07, 2007
Proper Annoying
Virgin Broadband is currently down... Well, their official description is: "Customers across the Yorkshire region may currently be experiencing a loss of their broadband Internet services". Basically, I can get to a few sites but not any of the ones I need to... like maft.co.uk for my emails (can get them on the phone though), pocketgpsworld.com (so can't get any work done - ie no money), garminpoi.co.uk (so can't update that site and get a small amount of advertising money).
So, generally, it sucks! So I thought I'd share my moaning with you here on the blog cos Virgin let me go to blogger.com!
See ya
MaFt
So, generally, it sucks! So I thought I'd share my moaning with you here on the blog cos Virgin let me go to blogger.com!
See ya
MaFt
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Nearly Christmas!
For those thinking "it'll be Christmas by the time he blogs again" well, you're wrong. But not too far from the truth though!
Been stupidly busy sorting out poorly kids and poorly me as well as trying to get stuff sorted for the Christmas play I stupidly agreed to do...
I've been pretty busy with work stuff to - lots to do with PocketGPSWorld.com as usual but I've also recently finished the Migrant Workers Information Bradford site as well as completely redesigning the Jalapeno Drums site. The Jalapeno one is still showing the old site while we wait for domain names to be switched between hosts etc etc - all great fun...! I've also updated the portfolio part of my site at MaFt.co.uk/design so it's not been a total loss!
That'll do for now, I'll try post more in the near future!
MaFt
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Now playing: Bowling For Soup - I'm Gay
via FoxyTunes
Been stupidly busy sorting out poorly kids and poorly me as well as trying to get stuff sorted for the Christmas play I stupidly agreed to do...
I've been pretty busy with work stuff to - lots to do with PocketGPSWorld.com as usual but I've also recently finished the Migrant Workers Information Bradford site as well as completely redesigning the Jalapeno Drums site. The Jalapeno one is still showing the old site while we wait for domain names to be switched between hosts etc etc - all great fun...! I've also updated the portfolio part of my site at MaFt.co.uk/design so it's not been a total loss!
That'll do for now, I'll try post more in the near future!
MaFt
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Now playing: Bowling For Soup - I'm Gay
via FoxyTunes
Friday, October 05, 2007
Javascript
I'm currently teaching myself Javascript which is turning out to be considerably more complex than I'd first imagined! I'm using the O-Reilly book by David Flanagan and I'm currently up to page 105 of 591 (and then another 450 reference pages...!) which is pretty easy to follow. O-Reilly books seem to be very good, they managed to teach me PHP quickly enough too! Still, once it's done it'll be handy!
Right, back to reading :)
MaFt
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Now playing: The Sex Pistols - Did You No Wrong
via FoxyTunes
Right, back to reading :)
MaFt
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Now playing: The Sex Pistols - Did You No Wrong
via FoxyTunes
Friday, September 28, 2007
Excuses Excuses...
Well, yes, it's been over 10 weeks since I last blogged - and that was a rubbish one...
So, what have I been up to? Well, lots really! Still working hard though! The main reason for the lack of updates was my main PC dying. The motherboard died but it wasn't just a case of replacing it. Noooo... stupid MaFt decided to have one of those Small Form Factor PCs (BioStar IDEQ) with proprietary innards. So, it was a new case and motherboard that I needed - slightly more expensive. Then I realised my PC was about 4 years old so none of the other, working, parts could be used with any new equipment... I had to buy a whole new system - the only bits I kept were the monitor, keyboard, mouse and DVD-burner. Also, thanks to the good folk on the GarminPOI.co.uk Mailing List who donated just over £200 the new stuff didn't cost me anything. I just now need to get that site back up to date for everyone!
Our iron also passed-away, as has my digital camera and my camcorder... However, JVC offered to fix the camcorder for free (even three years out of warranty) as it has a faulty CCD which has caused problems in virtually every unit they were put in. So that was nice of them, shame Olympus want £150 to fix the camera (which I could buy new for less).
Punk Worship 3volution is fast approaching too and this time we've opted for early Saturday mornings for practises seeing as that's the only time slot free between the four of us...
Oh, before I finish, here's a great big thanks to TrixMoto for writing a script for me for MediaMonkey 3 to upload my currently playing song via FTP so I can link to it in the panel on the left! Clever stuff eh?! Also, FoxyTunes added a blogger thingy-ma-bob that shows the world what was on when I typed the post too.
See ya
MaFt
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Now playing: Bowling For Soup - Ohio (Come Back To Texas)
via FoxyTunes
So, what have I been up to? Well, lots really! Still working hard though! The main reason for the lack of updates was my main PC dying. The motherboard died but it wasn't just a case of replacing it. Noooo... stupid MaFt decided to have one of those Small Form Factor PCs (BioStar IDEQ) with proprietary innards. So, it was a new case and motherboard that I needed - slightly more expensive. Then I realised my PC was about 4 years old so none of the other, working, parts could be used with any new equipment... I had to buy a whole new system - the only bits I kept were the monitor, keyboard, mouse and DVD-burner. Also, thanks to the good folk on the GarminPOI.co.uk Mailing List who donated just over £200 the new stuff didn't cost me anything. I just now need to get that site back up to date for everyone!
Our iron also passed-away, as has my digital camera and my camcorder... However, JVC offered to fix the camcorder for free (even three years out of warranty) as it has a faulty CCD which has caused problems in virtually every unit they were put in. So that was nice of them, shame Olympus want £150 to fix the camera (which I could buy new for less).
Punk Worship 3volution is fast approaching too and this time we've opted for early Saturday mornings for practises seeing as that's the only time slot free between the four of us...
Oh, before I finish, here's a great big thanks to TrixMoto for writing a script for me for MediaMonkey 3 to upload my currently playing song via FTP so I can link to it in the panel on the left! Clever stuff eh?! Also, FoxyTunes added a blogger thingy-ma-bob that shows the world what was on when I typed the post too.
See ya
MaFt
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Now playing: Bowling For Soup - Ohio (Come Back To Texas)
via FoxyTunes
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Monday, July 02, 2007
Piff Poff Poof
...And as if by magic the pubs are now smoke-free!
In case you didn't know, the UK smoking ban is now in place. Soon it'll be illegal to fart in public too.
Now, go buy my stuff!
MaFt
In case you didn't know, the UK smoking ban is now in place. Soon it'll be illegal to fart in public too.
Now, go buy my stuff!
MaFt
Thursday, June 28, 2007
The Promised Pictures
Well, here they are, the promised photo's of our local Harrier Jumpjet! Shoetree and his lovely lady-wife came over yesterday so I took them for a drive to see the plane too :)
Well, here they are, the promised photo's of our local Harrier Jumpjet! Shoetree and his lovely lady-wife came over yesterday so I took them for a drive to see the plane too :)
MaFt
Well, here they are, the promised photo's of our local Harrier Jumpjet! Shoetree and his lovely lady-wife came over yesterday so I took them for a drive to see the plane too :)
MaFt
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Harrier JumpJet
We were driving up to Queensbury yesterday along the Brighouse & Denholme Road and I happened to look out of the window. TO my surprise, there was a Harrier JumpJet in someone's garden. Not a toy, an actual real Harrier JumpJet!
To confirm I wasn't going mad, we stopped on the way back to make sure... And it was still there - a real, full-size, not a toy, Royal Navy Harrier JumpJet.
If you don't believe me then head over to The Raggalds pub and it's opposite there. I'll try get a photo at some point!
MaFt
To confirm I wasn't going mad, we stopped on the way back to make sure... And it was still there - a real, full-size, not a toy, Royal Navy Harrier JumpJet.
If you don't believe me then head over to The Raggalds pub and it's opposite there. I'll try get a photo at some point!
MaFt
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Driving Me Mad!
Someone recently bought Mini-MaFt a 'My First Remote Controlled Car' as a "your not the special baby anymore but we feel sorry for you so here's a present" gift. However, it doesn't use RF as most radio controlled cars do, no, this one uses Infra Red.
Not a problem really - the car functions adequately in both forward and reverse using the supplied controller. It also functions adequately using any remote control in the house... You can be flicking channels and this little toy car starts rolling along the floor with it's lights flashing away!
The thing is, it always catches me off guard and makes me jump when flicking between episodes of The Simpsons!
MaFt
Not a problem really - the car functions adequately in both forward and reverse using the supplied controller. It also functions adequately using any remote control in the house... You can be flicking channels and this little toy car starts rolling along the floor with it's lights flashing away!
The thing is, it always catches me off guard and makes me jump when flicking between episodes of The Simpsons!
MaFt
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