Posted in Family, General, Holidays, Online stuff, Work on 10/14/2009 10:06 pm by Victoria
The last few days have been very exciting, with several good things happening. Firstly, my Dad and step family have come over to visit from Thailand. They originally moved to Thailand in April 2006, as mentioned in my old blog entries here and here. Until last week, I hadn’t seen them for 2 years, so I was very pleased to see them all again. I was on holiday from work last week, so I was able to go out with my Dad and step family – on Tuesday we visited some friends and relatives, on Wednesday we went to Yarmouth and on Thursday we went to Sheringham and Hemsby. I like being by the coast, although it was too cold to sit on the beach. On Sunday we had a carvery at a restaurant in Hethersett, with Dad’s friend Alan and his wife. I went back to work yesterday, and fortunately there wasn’t too much of a backlog. My Dad and step family won’t go back to Thailand until Monday though, so I will still be able to see them this weekend.
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been hard at work on my new online portfolio. Yes, I’m still a bit worried about what I will be doing in terms of a job next year, as there’s a chance my secondment will end in April and as my previous department was involved in a re-structure, I have no other job to return to. So I thought it would be a good idea to get my portfolio sorted out early. My online portfolio is mainly focussed on my web development and programming work, although I also have my CV and testimonials from co-workers on there, so I can mention it in just about any job application.
The website is almost complete now, in fact all I have left to do is finish the testing. During my testing I discovered that the layout doesn’t work well in Internet Explorer 6 – in fact it looked completely ridiculous in IE6! This created extra work for me, as I had to set the site up so that the default WordPress theme is displayed for IE6 users. The default WordPress theme (Kubrick) is very boring, but at least it seems to display correctly in all major browsers. Some people may say “Why bother catering for IE6 users at all, if they can’t be bothered to upgrade?”. Unfortunately, many internet users are forced to use IE6 and they have no choice in the matter – for example, where I work, everyone has to use IE6 on their office PC and we’re not allowed to install any other software. Of course, on my home PC I can install whatever I want. I imagine the situation is the same at many other major companies. Therefore, I have to be careful to ensure that my site is accessible for everyone. Once the site is fully tested and I’m happy with everything, I will put the link on a Twitter update.
On Monday my step-dad Terry bought a new LCD TV for the lounge. It is an LG with a 37-inch screen and built-in Freeview. It’s much bigger than the old CRT screen we used to have and the picture is clearer too.
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