Svata Blog

> Parting with RadioUserLand

2009-12-25T06:20:00.000-08:00

Radio Userland is supposed no longer to administer "my Radio". I am terribly sorry about it as I have learnt a lot with them and even if especially now I am not frequent user, my 'heart' has been attached to them. Cannot you change your mind? Probably not (as usual being childish). I have to think it over: to go for WordPress?

Otherwise I have done right thing to work for Abacus, they have helped in more aspects than just wagies...Before Christmas I had to walk early in the morning to get to work, everywhere full deep crispy snow - and those trees! It is so pitty that nobody is taking care about Luton's communications infrastructure!

Happy, Peaceful Christmas time and the New Year too!

Love and thanks to All at RadioUserland

svatava

> A few loose thoughts

2009-10-10T11:54:00.000-07:00

Time to write at least a few loose thoughts (don't expect to understand it fully!)At first I am happy about my decision to return back to work at Abacus and I am looking forward to being back at work on Moday after a week of holidays.

Beside cleaning, washing and usual 'homeworks'I had a little more time to continue in some websites improvements, mainly I have managed yeasterday to send from ASP page mailForm with 40 (all types) fields and without saving it at first to database. So that I am more and more convinced that my ISP - Demon and Tollon network devoted to databases are simply the best.

I cannot avoid noticing that everything what was done / setup at Heswall Court
in sense of inserting me into some computerized surveillance system, absolutely
anonymously without a word of any explanation, and following sequence
of RightToBuy Schemes stopped twice (because of whom?) and all the other
mobile driven extensions i.e. processing perhaps hundreds of speech sound
streams through my "bio" body-sound equipment and spelling it out for about 8 years -
simply this all was totally, completely, utterly wrong!!! My life would have been
quite different, they spoilt everything: to see my daughter and grandsons, to buy new advanced computer etc, to undertake Java course at the college. Which means
that they nearly killed me. I used to have prepared Epitaf: Here lies SvatavaUK -
website design interactive and proud object of Her Majesty. Killed by......

I have realized so strongly that we (people) have got one gift from God or 'Darwin'... the will to survive under whichever circumstances, that I feel 'double English' while listening to BBC, BigBen, meeting normal ordinary people, having support of a lot of my friends and at last but not in the least importance of the Internet.

Even if I myself probably appear not to be so much for 'twittering' and sending
comments or use chat rooms, forums, blogs, I am following everything and right/wrong
finding a lot of support both in technical and emotional sense. I scream for example - fantastic they are working for me! Or now when Dave Winer asif stopped Scripting News I was nearly in a shock! I am not in active contact with him (I would be probably, if those above mentioned did not spoil everything), but I consider him (and Scobleizer too)one of the most clever and altogether the most kind man I have ever met.
I must not forget all the other too - those teams in search, browsers ....yes and
Astalavista and Lycos (why some other time), and... and...

*Picture on the right: The Mossman Collection of horse-drawn wheeled vehicles used in Bedfordshire from the 17th till the 19th century Stockwood Craft Museum and Gardens: Horse-drawn Transport

svatava

> Abacus Data Entry Limited ...

2009-07-19T09:25:00.000-07:00

I have at last decided to solve my present "collapsing state of livelihood" by starting to work fulltime with my previous employer Abacus Data Entry Limited, Luton.

I was not sure at all if it would be possible and was terribly nervous before I had picked up telephone. But after speaking to Lynn, my previous and present supervisor (and few probably previous 'bosses'), I realized that nothing can be better than real alife friends. After about half an hour Lynn called back that I can come for an interview. So I did, was interviewed by Inn - main manager, friendly and calming, and my waterfall of explanations was nicely streamed to him by the Lynn - I was "on".

Not that it would easy for me to get back the required speed to "crunch the data", but I am enjoying it and hopefully I managed to get that job! What is also important - there are still some of my older good friends, everyone supporting, smiling and friendly, and more over the same can be said about those whom I have never met before.

I certainly don't stop to continue with all my databasing (now improving my own website) and following all the friends and 'technologies' (even if indirect, via their websites) on the Internet. Even if I cannot spent so much time on it like before, it is better in that sense - I have an anchor, security point. It is not necessary for me to live in permanent worries. So far all the concrete experience out of marketing myself was not positive: people for whom I have been designing lately no matter how satisfied they seemed to be - did not paid for anything. And all the other businessmen and marketers - want to earn themselves.

Consequently I think I have made right decision. I can be even more confident
that with less I can achieve more in the future.

Abacus Data Entry Limited :: abacusuk.com

svatava

> One variant of the same life problem...

2009-04-28T09:13:00.000-07:00

I have at last managed to get all the delivery addresses right. It was tomorrow - I tried to correct duplicates for Explorer, FireFox and Netscape both had it correct long time ago. I believe that it is not too bad, as there is all invoicing system too, backend and front end seems to be OK. Shopping cart calculates VAT well, all categories integrate into one script, and Access (serviced perfectly by Tollon net) is saving, updating etc very well too.

Just one great problem: it is not propagated like www and I cannot connect to it without changing Windows Host Name, which certainly I did, but I need to show it around in order to get quickly some customer. I have tried all adviced by Tollon, changed Zone maint to create sub-domain, but still I have got in browsers Bad request (hostname). I think that it is connectivity, plus that it is not url, just *record. So I shall see: maybe add DSN, or new order - it is a 'hot hurting point', those fiscal problems, I am better 'encrypting it' but it still terribly hurts what was done as to that Right to Buy Scheme plus all those accompanying extensions via 'microwaves' etc.

O/W I am regardless of all the unluck happy in my home at Birchen Grove and terribly childishly listen often to the sound of Big Ben!

Tollon net
Demon net
svatava

2009-03-29T10:05:00.000-07:00

Picture on the right is from Rounds Green taken at about 1960. It's original can be seen at: Luton online

It is very near my home at Birchen Grove. There are all the local pubs, hairdressers, buffets, greengrocer and also newsagent (post office). Here I often do my shopping, not just to support local small businesses but mainly: they are my friends with whom I dare to discuss everything even concerting those "flying microwaves and controls!" I feel sometimes even sorry for myself as I wanted to be here but under quite different circumstance. Why they did it? I was so terribly much looking forward to having proper equipment and mainly to see my daughter and grandsons. Now either I have never see them or preferrably I shall find some customers for website design.

At last I have managed all the categories integrate in one shopping cart etc, backend database is working well, after some style... improvements I have to find the place/server where everyone can see it. Meanwhile testing server is not set to web.

svatava projects

Testing my "Svatava Projects Links" Module

2007-09-21T02:10:00.000-07:00

Links to Google Services

2007-09-12T09:04:00.000-07:00

Another useful gadget promoting Google's Services:

To find out how Google's Gadgets work ...

2007-09-06T03:19:00.000-07:00

This gadget should be Time

This one wheather forcast

Upload::Shopping Cart:: Credit Cards with ASP (Microsoft Access)

2007-08-07T12:43:00.000-07:00

I have been lately neglecting all the blogging as I was fully engaged with designing Upload together with Shopping Cart and taking payment via Credit/Debit cards. Not as yet quite finalized, mainly as to the secure server pages, but working well.

Even with help of ASP101 net samples and other scripts, from 4GuysFromRolla too, it was difficult indeed.

It is being done for King Print Company located in Luton, Bedfordshire, but who wants something similar responsibly designed, here is

My contact card

You can look at it at:

Svatava Projects

King Print Posters

Long distance travel

2007-04-03T06:36:00.000-07:00

As I have been disappointed and stressed by The Airport Travel Connect as you can read on my weblog with RadioUserland
I am trying to relax by returning to the past travel means and altogether promote present Luton (Bedfordshire) on line.

The Mossman Collection of horse-drawn wheeled vehicles is housed in a purposed-built pavillion in the Stockwood Country Park, Luton, Bedfordshire where it forms part of the Stockwood Craft Museum and Gardens
They could accommodate up to thirty passengers and, pulled by seven or eight horses, travelled no more than fifteen miles a day...

See full illustration at The Airport Travel Connect Home Page

Svatava's card

Contact for visit of The Mossman Collection:
Stockwood Craft Museum and Gardens, Stockwood Country Park, Farley Hill, Luton, Bedfordshire LU1 4BH, tel: 01582 38714

I am going to market myself ...

2007-02-13T09:23:00.000-08:00

I have "run" into... alias F-Secure, Adobe and One Rose

2007-01-28T03:41:00.000-08:00

I have "run" into the nice weblog of F-secure com, here it is! F-Secure Weblog

One Rose and Photoshop
Click for One Rose

Rough Pastels

Original last frame
Click for Adobe

While training myself into the upstreaming images into my Radio Weblog I have remembered my beginnings with Adobe Photoshop 4. So I have quickly refreshed "archive 2000" (according today's terminology), where I was practising image modifications on ONE ROSE to demonstrate some features as color modes, palettes, layering, brushes, filters etc. And I have realised that one can use it as a sample/table for quick selection of the suitable filter without trying ten of them! Look at it if interested:
http://www.svatava.co.uk/projects/first/photorose/roseone.html

2007-01-01T07:57:00.000-08:00

JUST MIXED UP WITH BETA AND NOT BETA...

Why it is now www2.blogger.com and also how to edit older weblogs, I am utterly confused - I want e.g. just to correct link, i.e my marketing page to

http://www.svatava.co.uk/marketing.htm and
I cannot edit anything. And also I would like to see Atom, not just default

RSS (file format)

2006-12-12T12:40:00.000-08:00

I have realized fully the semantical difference / meaning / usage of XML (Extended Markup Language) and RSS (Really Simple Syndication - specified by Dave Winer, Harvard Berkman Center - RSS 2.0) after reading article from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

"RSS is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated pages, such as blogs or news feeds. Consumers of RSS content use special browsers called aggregators to watch for new content in dozens or even hundreds of web feeds. The initials "RSS" are variously used to refer to the following standards:

Really Simple Syndication (RSS 2.0)

Rich Site Summary (RSS 0.91, RSS 1.0)

RDF Site Summary (RSS 0.9 and 1.0)

RSS formats are specified in XML (a generic specification for data formats). RSS delivers its information as an XML file called an "RSS feed", "webfeed", "RSS stream", or "RSS channel"

Read the full article / page at Wikipedia

Svatava Website Development

2006-12-11T04:56:00.000-08:00

Svatava
Website Development
updated
to demonstrate XML/RSS feed

Now (11 December 2006)::modified
to get insight into the Blogger/Google

As my intention is to establish myself as a good webmaster/website designer
to be professionally connected with this trade industry I have chosen
rather comprehensive structure of my website "to show that I can
do it all" and that I am flexible enough to satisfy demands of different
kinds of customers for websites ranging from personal individualised hobby
driven sites to advanced commercial sites (small businesses).

I have received in April 2002
from Barnfield Technology Centre (Centre of Vocational Excellence) an
Award For Outstanding Achievement sponsored by OCR (Oxford Cambridge and
RSA Examinations). It is based on commercial website design dealing with
jewellery (included in the Projects). The opportunity was given to me
by The Phelans - Goldsmiths and Jewellers despite of the fact that they
themselves had no intention to go online. I would like to thank to them
for all the support, also accessibility to advanced equipment (JVC cameras,
scanners etc).

Internet Marketing

2006-12-10T12:52:00.000-08:00

Internet Marketing
as read / introduced on www.svatava.co.uk

Three factors are driving our
economy for some time now:

1. Moore's Law (that describes
the falling cost of digital technology) ensures that Internet businesses,
especially Internet Marketing will continue to grow.

2. The acceptance of digital
environment by consumers. Many web communities have been formed much the
same way as in the physical word throughout history just much faster.
Compare e. g. success of Yahoo, eBay and many others to see that no small
business stays unaffected by the Internet.

3. Convergence at both the
industry level and the consumer level. *On the industry level, computing,
communications, and media companies are merging to form conglomerates
as MSNBC, on the consumers level, new devices are being used to combine
computing with phones and TVs.

For most companies, advertising
is the main communication method of choice........

THE ABOVE NOTICED
IS THE BEGINNING FROM MY PAGE "INTERNET MARKETING"

to draw attention to visit
http://www.svatava.co.uk/fsetmarketing.htm
where you find useful links to Advertising, Mailing Lists, FFA "Free For
All" net and mainly all the information about RSS feeds, their HTML reprisentations
(weblogs) both in theory::collection of the best links and in practice::link
to my UserlandRadio Weblog an My.yahoo Page.