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

Laurie Savage 08327998 at pvgc.vic.edu.au
Mon Aug 17 14:09:39 AEST 2015 

I've still got the F key templates!

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

On 17 August 2015 at 10:24, Roland Gesthuizen <rgesthuizen at gmail.com> wrote:

> Back off .. control K Z beats your function keys and constant sneak peek
> at print preview. lol
>
> Seriously though, many years ago I had some fun with text files with a
> group of students, explaining to them that the control Z was how the
> computer system closed a file. I forgot how but we made some test files and
> examined them with an editor. We learned that this was how the computer
> knew precisely where the file had ended and the dragons fare in the lands
> beyond (and password fragments as all good hackers know). OK, now I am well
> off topic. Sorry everybody.
>
> Regards Roland
>
> On 17 Aug 2015, at 10:09 am, Laurie Savage <08327998 at pvgc.vic.edu.au>
> wrote:
>
> 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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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> What's so wrong with the <BLINK> tag? Bring it back in HTML6.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Mark Kelly
>>>>
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>>>>
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