The site http://www.sthelenswindows.com is now Live.

I have just uploaded and redirected my latest site.

http://www.sthelenswindows.com

Screenshot of StHelensWindows.com

It is PHP based, using CSS for layout and I rather like it.  I went through quite a few designs before my boss settled on this one. I have also just finished developing

http://www.synsealwindowsandconservatories.co.uk

Which is a PHP application that is linked to a MySQL database, to be used by smaller traders and fitters to keep track of customer and job records

Microsoft Word Images with white background printing with grey background

I recently added an image file that I had just created to a word document, everything looked fine on screen, however when printed the image in question showed with a light grey background instead of the white background that I knew was supposed to be printed.

A quick search on google turned up results that suggested saving to:

• .gif
• .jpg or .jpeg
• .tif or .tiff

Rather than .png or .bmp however my image was already saved as a .jpg file.

After much frustration and further ‘googling’ I found this article that solved the problem in question. All that was needed was to change the color mode from

CMYK to RGB

Simple as that, apparently word needs the RGB format to display correctly.

St Helens Roofing website using wordpress, based on the theme thematic

I’ve been developing this site for a few weeks, it is based on the excellent thematic theme developed by Ian Stewart.

Here is the link to the site

http://www.shwindows.co.uk/wordpress

The page incorporates some extra stuff that I have developed, for example a random image header script, and also scripting to set the theme to 2 columns (rather than 3) when a page has no sub pages.

Great day out at Beacon Kite Festival

Woke up in a terrible state after DJing. Went Tudor and got a breakfast, then we all drove down to the beacon and played out in the sun.

This is my Ice Cream that phil exploded in my hand with a footy.

I was proper gutted as it was sorting my hangover out, luckily Ste Mitchell bought me another one

AgeProject interesting web research application

I stumbledUpon a neat website where you can upload a photo and then kinda like HotOrNot.com users have to guess what age they think the person in the picture is.

I’ve uploaded this picture to the site

Here is a link to the page where you can guess my age.

*edit* I can’t believe I used the word NEAT, haha.

Scumbag DJs

Me and two of my friends (Grimey + Barton)have a DJ set at the Tudor House hotel on the first and third of every month.

I’ve just set up a worpress blog for the SCUMBAGS with a simple theme and custom header.

Now I’ve just got to convince the others to sign up-to wordpress and start blogging regularly.

Windows Media Player “Now Listening To” rss functionality

I really wanted to find a plugin or program that could automatically create an rss feed of the songs played in Windows Media Player. I wanted to add the feed to facebook and also to this wordpress blog.

I found Brandon Fullers WMP plugin that seemed to be what I was looking for, as it was specifically designed for blogging.

However after I had downloaded and installed, I found that it required you to use blogging software to post and only included the currently playing song in that particular post. It had a facebook application to go with it, which worked however this wasnt really what i was looking for. (It also uploaded Video file names too which I really didn’t want)

A quick search on the actual facebook applications pointed me to the Last.fm site.
Finally just what I wanted:

• Windows Media Player 11 support.
• Real-time uploading of data.
• Stores a list of past plays.
• Includes Facebook app.
• Provides an RSS feed.

As you can see in my sidebar the song title and artist is displayed, along with date played. The sign up was really fast, plus the plugins work for iTunes and winamp, however I didn’t test WinAmp as I don’t have it installed.

It also asked me if I wanted to upload my recent play history from my Media Library for both iTunes and WMP.

The website looks like it provides a lot more services than just what I was after, customized radio stations and song suggestions based on your play history.

pretty sweet if you ask me (especially for free!)

The Whitehouse is all for more Vampires

Interesting reading over at the official whitehouse site

Here are a few excerpts:

What Are Energy “Vampires?”
” Vampires typically consume anywhere from 4-7 watts per hour.”

What are “Vampire Slayers?”
” Vampire slayers often cost as little as 50 cents”

Full Article Here
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/06/20010628-2.html

EMOworldtv on YouTube

I stumbled upon this YouTube channel whilst looking at theinternetisterrible.com. I really can’t work out if this is a joke or not.

I mean if it isn’t a joke, then Oh My God what the hell are they thinking.

It’s just hilarious.

*I’m Eddie Rivera for emoworldtv.com shedding a single tear for all the suffering in the world*

Aww, My little brother breaks some money

My mother told me this morning that my brother Luke had accidentally ripped a £20 note, rather than tell my mum about it, he thought he’d just throw it away. He thought that he would get shouted at for breaking it.

Anyway, my mum found out, when he went to take some of his money to go to liverpool with. Had to tell him that it could be put back together. Then had to root through the bin to pull out the two soggy halves.