[Year 12 IT Apps] Jeb - bad president or bad font? help

Mon Aug 17 10:09:53 AEST 2015

I'm afraid Wordstar was just before my time. WordPerfect 5.1 roolz!

Laurie

Laurie Savage
https://sites.google.com/a/pvgc.vic.edu.au/mr-savage/home

On 17 August 2015 at 09:44, Roland Gesthuizen <rgesthuizen at gmail.com> wrote:

> I still somewhere my membership certificate for the Wordstar Appreciation
> Society of Western Australia. Who needs fonts ;-)
>
> On 17 Aug 2015, at 8:41 am, Laurie Savage <08327998 at pvgc.vic.edu.au>
> wrote:
>
> Ah, the wonders of Lynx, Mutt, Fetchmail and configuring Sendmail. Oh
> frabjous day, calloo, callay he chortled in his joy.
>
> To be honest, I don't miss any of them ... except Mutt, arcane, fast and
> brilliant.
>
> Laurie
>
> Laurie Savage
> https://sites.google.com/a/pvgc.vic.edu.au/mr-savage/home
>
> On 15 August 2015 at 13:50, Roland Gesthuizen <rgesthuizen at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Did somebody say IE 6 emulator?  http://netrenderer.com/, this German
>> error screen brings back memories. What could be more retro than looking at
>> the future with IE6 glasses.
>>
>> How about Lynx, an original that I used in the early 1990’s
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser)
>>
>> Regards Roland
>>
>> On 17 Jun 2015, at 9:04 pm, Mark <mark at vceit.com> wrote:
>>
>> Use Comic Sans for body text.
>> Use frames.
>> Animated GIFs rule.
>> CSS is a passing fad. Ignore it.
>> Stick with HTML 1.0 for compatibility with Internet Explorer 6.
>>
>> That's all they need to know. All the rest is practice.
>> Hope that helps, Nagla.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> On Wednesday, June 17, 2015, Mekail, Nagla N <
>> mekail.nagla.n at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I am really need help, I have a “webpage authoring” Y9 class as first
>>> time teaching it and I have no idea what I should teach them, anything will
>>> help.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Nagla
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:
>>> itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] *On Behalf Of *Mark
>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, 17 June 2015 8:41 PM
>>> *To:* Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
>>> *Subject:* Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Jeb - bad president or bad font?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> But sir, he made fun of my typeface.  Sob...
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, June 17, 2015, Roland Gesthuizen <rgesthuizen at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Here here, settle down everybody. Close that frame and put down that
>>> font before somebody gets seriously hurt.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I had too much fun with the “Websites that Suck” website .. design hell
>>> to teach good design skills. The author slipped into retirement and
>>> obscurity .. :-(
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Here are some real clients from hell .. good share with your students:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.buzzfeed.com/jobarrow/sorry-did-you-actually-want-comic-sans
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> —
>>>
>>>
>>> *Roland GESTHUIZEN *http://about.me/rgesthuizen
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 17 Jun 2015, at 3:23 pm, Laurie Savage <08327998 at pvgc.vic.edu.au>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I promise not to show this to my year 9 Systems class, They'd love it
>>> too much. I still have a teacher who insists on building sites with frames
>>> and Flash.
>>>
>>>
>>> Laurie Savage
>>> home | mr savage
>>> <https://sites.google.com/a/pvgc.vic.edu.au/mr-savage/home>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 17 June 2015 at 15:08, Mark <mark at vceit.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I learned everything I know about web design from Warner Brothers.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> It's got *frames* and everything!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www2.warnerbros.com/spacejam/movie/jam.htm
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I suggest you give it to your web design students as a salutary example.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 17 June 2015 at 14:29, Mark <mark at vceit.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 17 June 2015 at 14:09, Laurie Savage <08327998 at pvgc.vic.edu.au>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> While we're talking about bad fonts ... you're not considering running
>>> for president are you? ^____^
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I could do. I have a cognitive disability when it comes to design, as
>>> anyone who has been to vceit.com can attest.
>>>
>>> Some people are tone deaf. I'm design deaf.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Anyway - what's wrong with the Angry Birds font??
>>>
>>> Will you be telling me next that you don't like using delightfully
>>> whimsical Comic Sans for body text on webpages and in emails?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Philistine!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Laurie Savage
>>> home | mr savage
>>> <https://sites.google.com/a/pvgc.vic.edu.au/mr-savage/home>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 17 June 2015 at 08:51, Mark <mark at vceit.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I should have explained that the post was relevant to ITA because of
>>> design principles.  :-)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 17 June 2015 at 08:49, Mark <mark at vceit.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Sometimes fellow-tech people make me squirm in discomfort.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The U.S. is facing another possible silly season with another Bush in
>>> charge, and the tech writers are angry about the *typography* on his
>>> logo.  It's good to see they know where their priorities lie.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.wired.com/2015/06/jeb-bush-logo-jeb/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
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>>> What's so wrong with the <BLINK> tag? Bring it back in HTML6.
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