the holidays are over

well long time no speak. The holidays are now over and it's time get back to lectures, readings and tutes. The main thing I've been thinking about when i now look at some websites, is the way the colour scheme is set out. Most of the sites all try and use soft, complementing colour schemes to aid the readers ease of viewing, but some have varying success. Some use clashing colours to emphases the main parts of websites, seen here at http://astroboyflyingabovetokyo.blogspot.com. The creator uses white as the main content backing and black as the background for everything else. This is a great colour scheme, as it clearly defines what the viewer is seeing. It is also truly effective when the colourful content of the blog posts is taken into account. Because the blog focuses on colourful fashion designs, having anything else then the black and white scheme could be a potential clash for whatever colorful design is posted, at any given time. S this is an example of a website colour scheme done well.
ols out.

late assignment

ah this is just a quick post to say that the assignment is late and at the current moment my time is better spent finishing it, then it is sent crafting a blog post.

website thoughts

Ahhh this site design is making me think too much. Should i do a wiki type approach...or an awesome 2 sided topic discussion? Anyway whatever the final site turns out to be, it should work well.

censorship

hi peoples, today I'm going to talk about the internet censorship issue that's being discussed in Australia. The main issues here are protecting children from viewing inappropriate websites with explicit content, blocking dangerous sites like bomb making and terrorism sites, the decision to have opt-out filters or mandatory filters, whether the government can be trusted to look out for our best interests and abuses their power, and the question of if access to the internet is now a human right.

It is true that the internet can be used for devious intentions which can harm children, ranging from the child pornography industry, which is an evil thing that physically and emotionally scars children, to a child accidentally finding websites with content that confuse and scare their little minds...and I'm not talking about advanced algebra.

The case can be made that the government should use it's power to protect the children, but the method is now continuously being questioned by a multitude of opponents, ranging from human rights petitioners, tech heads talking about if it you actually work, child welfare groups saying the money would be better spent elsewhere and general people who would still like to access their happy good time content.

A major problem is that the government would blacklist website and the Australian public would not know whats on the list. A Dentist's site was blacklisted because 18 months beforehand, her site had been hacked into and made to link to a site selling sex toys. The problem was fixed but 18 months later her site was banned. This is just one way in which the filtering process can hinder the general public.

Another problem is the slowing of internet speeds for Australians due to the filters application. i don't have much more to say on this point, so I'm just going to extent this sentence a little to make the paragraph look neater.

This blog i guess can only inform you on the basics of the issue at hand and it isn't the best platform to go into the level of detail this issue needs. I guess i should be happy just to inform my readers about the issue and hope they extent their interest further by researching further and gaining an informed opinion. The best bet is to start with either Wikipedia or Google and go on from there. Happy hunting if your interested, if not enjoy the rest of your day. ols out

thoughts on website design

Ok readers, this is a mini-post directed at Michael about website design, or more importantly one certain aspect. I was just wondering is there a way to randomize the pages shown on a site, when the readers access it? For example if I wanted to have a link on my site, which linked to 2 different pictures, but it was randomized so that different people could get a different picture when clicking on the link. Can you create an HTML random generator link? This is just an interesting question i thought to ask and hopefully some of you readers will get back to me. ols

html, coding and blue sunny skies on a friday afternoon

Greetings all, it's a wonderful day, so I've decided to write this outside. Anyway today's post is mainly about the ease of website making and the joys of html and css or hyper tag up marking language and cascading style sheets. When first seen, websites look pretty complicated, but html is actually simple, if time consuming stuff. It's just tagging features so that the computer can understand it. Css also simplifies the process, well more like cuts down on the time consuming nature of website building. It effect of one file controlling the style of an entire website allows the creators to change the website to a different style, even if the website has hundreds of pages. Damn cool, if not actually cool, stuff. Anyway the amazing day is wasting away, so i'm going to go enjoy what i can. Catch ya kids. Ols

this is number 1: on blogs

so so yo so. This is a blog post. The first actually, one of a future many. But that's all later. I think this first blog should be about blogs. Love them or hate them blogs are windows into peoples minds, or their fake persona that they want you to see. Either way blogs have become a simple, easy and direct way to spread the word, be it about politics, lifestyles or general random stuff. I guess that's easier then shouting from a mountain top, but if your so inclined to do so, i wish you well in your mountaineering pursuits. Anyway blogs, they are the future, or the now, depending on your view point. At this point in time I'm a little stuck on what to add to this post, so I'll leave it there. Peace