So here I am back at CCJ and everything is normal. There was a log in the technician book asking for a form to add Internet links to the school’s intranet. So I reinstalled Dreamweaver on the development machine (a loose term – it’s an Intel 500mhz with 64MB RAM).

Anyway, I sat down and completed my work eventually. It turns out and Dreamweaver MX 2004 and Windows 98 don’t like each other that much, so I had to reinstall MX v.6. I cursed writing the thing in ASP and was grateful that I had converted the new version to PHP. That still didn’t make it easier for me. I’ve avoided any ASP scripting this year, and only used VBScript for server-side administration on domains. For some reason, the insert record wizard doesn’t like to make it too easy to modify the action once it’s created. Once I had finished the form and discovered that I had missed a field out (I accidentally removed it), I had to start the page over for simplicity.

And what do I get when I say the work is done?
“So they can add links when they want to? That isn’t what I wanted.”

ARGH!

So I’ve had to jiggle to code. They can still add links, but there’s a stamp in the computer name list of the user, time and date that the link was added. At least then it can be traced.

They’ll have to like to like it or lump it for the time being.

I played with Symantec AntiVirus, as the ex-employee from Symantec said that the commercial version of AV (Dr. Norton’s) had a cruder version of the AV engine compared to the corporate version.

All I will say about it so far is UNINSTALL NORTON FIRST! After a botched install, and some services playing up, I finally managed to uninstall Norton, reboot, and reinstall SAV.

Well, that’s another one for the learning pot.

So the BBC had their annual Test the Nation IQ test tonight.

It was a bit of a grind as one of the sections asked questions about a video that they played at the start which I didn’t watch. Luckily, my knowledge of Monty Python sketches and Smith and Jones comedies allowed me to scrape a few points back that I wouldn’t have had otherwise.

Still, I dropped a few points from last year and ended up with a 129. I swear it was harder than last year, and a few questions I managed by guessing them. My reasoning for others was so far off it was untrue.

Still, it’s a nice way to spend a Saturday night.

This is a test

Thought that I’d test out the blogging capabilities of Word 2007 BETA 2.

I know that a lot of people have already been through this, but I’ve had trouble bringing myself to believe that it might actually work ok.

So this is it. Done in Word. Running Vista RC1 which I just managed to download. Exciting, eh?