NetBloke.com - Bashful Bio
Publication Date: 13/03/2001
ISSN 1445-1360
Publication Date: 13/03/2001
ISSN 1445-1360
G'Day!
Well blimey! Who would have thought I would get so many new subscribers in the past week or so!
Welcome Gnomies and thanks for signing up for my little newsletter. Apologies to my regulars for my failure to send out an issue last week. I was in Sydney having my final interview for my visa, which I am glad to say was issued on the same day! Then when I attempted to send out an issue I found that the list was too big! So I had to sign up for professional list management services at Dundee.net. I now believe I will be able to send you all the weekly issues of NetBloke with little problem (that is if my Telstra BigPond Cable ISP doesn't keep on getting disconnected!).
I thought I would use this issue of NetBloke to fill in our new subscribers on what exactly to expect from my weekly offering. I will also get you up to speed on who I am and why I think I can help you make your Internet experience that little bit better.
Lets start off with a bit about me. I am a 27 year old with a day job as HotDog Product Manager for Sausage Software. No doubt you would have seen the HotDog Professional Web Editor mentioned in Lockergnome. Well I am the bloke responsible for it. We are a small team in a very big company that was basically founded on the back of this great Web Editing tool. So forgive me if when it comes to recommending software to build a Web page I lean towards the HotDog range.
I have a Bachelor of Computing (Information Systems) from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. With seven years real world experience working in various aspects of Web development and online marketing.
Now I have always wanted an outlet for all the cool things I see on the Internet and a few years ago I decided to start my own newsletter. So just over a month ago I started NetBloke (I had to think about it for a while!). I write NetBloke in my spare time, which at the moment is at a premium. Which leads me into my next little rant.
I am getting married in 40 days (I am counting it down using a cool little program called World Time). My fiancé is a beautiful American called Karissa. You may have heard her on Chris's radio show demonstrating her Australian cross southern accent. In my opinion it is quite a treat to listen to, but again I am biased!
Anyway with my marriage making most of April is a write off, I doubt if you will get an issue of NetBloke for 3 weeks. However when I get back there will be a special Hawaiian issue! You see we are getting married in Hawaii and honeymooning there too. We picked Hawaii, as it is halfway point for both of our families to travel to. To prove the power of the Internet we have booked our accommodation, wedding day and a collection of other little things all over the Web. I have to admit even I was amazed how smoothly it has all happened. In fact it is the things we didn't book over the Web that have ended up giving us the most grief.
Well that is all I will bore you with for the moment. The rest of this issue will highlight some things about me so that you get a better idea about where I am coming from!
I really do hope you enjoy my newsletter and please let me know of any ideas you might have to make it better (a lot of you already have!).
Until next week, 'ave a great day mate!
Nathan Allan
An exclamation of surprise or amazement
I thought some of you Yanks might be wondering what blimey meant after reading this weeks editorial so there you go!
For example; "Blimey! That bloke has a 1973 Monaro in mint condition"
A Monaro is a Holden motor car of the sporty variety.
In my day job at Sausage I head a team of developers and customer support people. We like to think that we produce one of the coolest Web editors around, HotDog Professional. Not to mention a few other programs for users of different skill levels.
Now I don't want to flog a dead horse so I will simply say if you want to build a Web page please feel free to check out the SausageTools.com Web site.
We also have a couple of complimentary integrated Web sites to help budding Web developers. The first SizzlerForums.com is a discussion area for all your Webmaster type questions and the second SausageSizzler.com is HotDog's own email newsletter.
So check these sites out if you feel the need!
http://www.sausagetools.com
http://www.sizzlerforums.com
http://www.sausagesizzler.com
I have had a few requests to try and feature more Web site recommendations so I am throwing in another this week. This one was suggested by an expat Aussie in the States, her name is Rose Jorgensen and she actually runs the site.
Now what really impressed me with this site was the recipe for Sausage Rolls. Now I know at least half of you are asking what on earth is a Sausage Roll? Well it is sausage meat rolled up in a layer of pastry and baked in a oven for twenty minutes or so. Absolutely beautiful with the old tomato sauce (ketchup)! As soon as I saw the recipe I sent it to Karissa, who has been longing for a Sausage Roll since returning to the states.
http://www.matesupover.com
This question came from one of the many new NetBloke subscribers, Robbie French. I commonly had this problem myself but never bothered to find the answer, until now.
"G'day mate
Soooo glad to see you, I found you through Lockergnome, & I can only say "bloody good job!!". I am from Sydney & have a query that I hope you may be able to help me with, Chris Prillio could not so you are my last resort.
Every time I try to defrag, I get "Defrag has restarted 10 times, do you want to continue?" or something like that. I have closed as many windows & start up programs as I can & no good, still restarts. Please help, I have many friends - who will shortly be NetBloke members who are as desperate as I am.
I thank you for your time, & good on yer !!!!!. "
Answer
Ok Robbie this answer appears to make sense to me so give it a burl! (Remember if you don't feel confident after reading these instructions you would be safer doing nothing or having an expert help you)
Here is where I found the answer:
http://www.macc.cc.mo.us/~howto/windows.html
Here is the answer they gave:
Additional ScanDisk Notes:
When you use ScanDisk in Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Millennium Edition (Me), you may receive the following error message:
ScanDisk has restarted 10 times because Windows or another program has been writing to this drive. Quitting some running programs may enable ScanDisk to finish sooner. Do you want to continue receiving this warning?
Cause:
This issue can occur if Windows or another program writes to the hard disk while ScanDisk is scanning that disk.
Resolution:
To resolve this issue, use the following methods. After you use each method, run ScanDisk to see if the issue is resolved. If the issue still occurs, continue to the next method.
Close All Open Programs
To close programs that are currently running, follow these steps:
Press CTRL+ALT+DELETE.
In the Close Program dialog box, click any program in the list, except Explorer or Systray, and then click End Task. If you are prompted to click End Task again, do so.
Repeat steps 1-2 for each program listed in the Close Program dialog box, except Explorer and Systray.
Note: Explorer and Systray are Windows components that Windows requires to function properly.
Follow these steps to set the screen saver to None:
Right-click the desktop, and then click Properties.
Click the Screen Saver tab.
In the Screen Saver box, click None.
Click OK.
Restart in Safe Mode
To restart the computer in Safe mode, click Start, click Shut Down, click Restart The Computer, and then click Yes. When you see the Starting Windows 95 message, press the F8 key, or press and hold the CTRL key in Windows 98 when the computer restarts, and then choose Safe Mode from the Startup menu.
Restart to a Command Prompt
To restart to a command prompt and run ScanDisk in real mode, follow these steps:
Click Start, click Shut Down, click Restart the computer in MS-DOS mode, and then click Yes or OK.
At the MS-DOS prompt, type scandisk, and then press ENTER.
More Information:
The first time this error message comes up you are given the option to continue to receive the warning message or to suppress this error message in the future. You are also given the option to Cancel. If you answer yes to continue receiving the error message, the message will display again if ScanDisk is unable to complete a disk scan after 10 passes. However, if you click No, and do not want these messages, ScanDisk continues to run until it either completes, or is cancelled.
Well I have to thank one of my new subscribers, Erik Brewer for this classical joke.
Note that I try to keep the jokes I feature as 'clean' as possible. I just like to leave you all with a smile on your face until next week's issue. I really don't aim to offend anyone with them so please enjoy!
A magician was working on a cruise ship in the Carribean. The
audience would be different each week, so the magician allowed
himself to do the same tricks over and over again.
There was only one problem: The captain's parrot saw the
shows every week and began to understand what the magician did
in every trick. Once he understood that, he started shouting
in the middle of the show.
"Look, it's not the same hat!" "Look, he's hiding the flowers
under the table!" "Hey, why are all the cards the Ace of
Spades?"
The magician was furious but couldn't do anything, it was the
captain's parrot after all.
One day the ship had an accident and sank. The magician found
himself on a piece of wood, in the middle of the ocean, and of
course the parrot was by his side.
They stared at each other with hate, but did not utter a
word. This went on for several days.
After a week the parrot finally said, "Okay, I give up.
What'd you do with the boat?"
