alex's blog roll

2009-06-02T22:11:00.000-07:00

hay ive moved from this blog site to tumbler just click hear to be sent to it.

2009-05-21T00:54:00.000-07:00

alex is struggling with assignment.

2009-05-14T00:21:00.000-07:00

Top Gear Survey 2005 - the results

Now we come to the manufacturers' positions. This table shows how each of the car makers performed overall, ranking them in order of customer satisfaction.

Most notable trend? The top of the table is filled with Japanese manufacturers and the bottom is predominantly French.

Here's the full list - from the great and the good to the automotive deadwood:

1
Lexus
93.2
2
Skoda
91.5
3
Honda
90.0
4
Mazda
88.9
5
Toyota
88.4
6
Subaru
88.3
7
Mini
88.0
8
Porsche
87.1
9
Jaguar
87.0
10
BMW
86.4
11
Hyundai
86.1
12
Volvo
85.3
13
Audi
84.9
14
Saab
84.1
15
Suzuki
83.9
16
Seat
83.6
17
Lotus
83.5
18
Smart
83.5
19
Nissan
82.6
20
Chrysler
82.2

'The top of the table is filled with Japanese car makers and the bottom is predominantly French'

21
Volkswagen
82.2
22
Rover
82.1
23
Kia
82.1
24
Mitsubishi
81.9
25
Ford
81.7
26
MG
80.9
27
Vauxhall
80.6
28
Alfa Romeo
79.9
29
Jeep
79.4
30
Daewoo
78.4
31
Land Rover
78.2
32
Mercedes
77.9
33
Citroën
77.8
34
Renault
76.4
35
Fiat
76.0
36
Peugeot
74.2

2009-05-14T00:16:00.000-07:00

Stonefest: A History

28th October 1968 The Foundation Stone is placed.

1971 The first Foundation Day celebrations are held.

1972 The first Stone Day celebrations are held over one day. Activities include: BBQ, poetry readings, sporting matches, film screenings, bands and beer.

1973 Stone Day Program goes over 2 days. Additional activities: Red Cross Blood Bank Drive, Car Rally and Concert.

1976 Stone Day turns into StoneWeek. Week long activities for students include Union Talent Quest and the Male Bewdy Contest.

1980s StoneWeek grows into a larger event embraced by the wider community. Quality of entertainment grows also with larger headlining bands appearing.

Early 1990s StoneWeek truly becomes a notable event on the Canberra entertainment calendar.

1994 StoneWeek is given a theme. Past themes include Return to Woodstock, Circus, Back to the Beach, Alien Abduction, Oktoberfest, Halloween and Stoneage.

2000 StoneWeek becomes STONEFEST. A festival that is recognised around the region as Canberra's premier entertainment event.

top gear season 13

2009-03-25T22:36:00.000-07:00

With lots of speculation flying around the interweb about the start date for our new series, The Mole can finally set the record straight. Sort of.

The official word from BBC schedulers is that we, er, can’t yet confirm exactly when the show will be back on air - something to do with potential last-minute changes and, inevitably, the snooker - but our production team are working to provisional schedule kicking off in late June.

Filming with Clarkson and the boys has so far been the stuff of top secrecy, but we can say it involves new challenges, a bunch of great power tests and travel to all corners of the globe. And Scotland.

So it’ll be one of two Sundays at the end of June then – and you won’t need to be mates with Columbo to work out which two dates to you need to be ready to set the video for.

As soon as we know for definite, we’ll post it here on Transmission…

my project

2009-03-17T21:33:00.000-07:00

DESIGN REFERENCES

The sites that I have chosen for this project are all University home pages. I've always liked these sites because they are all interesting and easy to use. I would like to base my web site on the same platform that all these pages are based on.

MY SITES:
The Australian National University
The University of Newcastle
The University of Canberra
The University of Technology Sydney
The University of Sydney

The 7 Characteristics

LAYOUT:
The first thing that comes to my mind when I look at these pages is the layout. In all of them they have distinct columns, headers with University emblems, pictures down the centre and important links to different parts of the website. This makes the sites easier to navigate and it makes them more appealing to the viewer.

PICTURES:
All these sites have a slide show picture effect that will appeal to the viewer promoting the University's community and highlighting some of their important aspects. In my website that I will be designing later this year I hope to be putting the slide show of pictures that are common in all these sites.

TEXT:
The text in all these pages is clearly defined and concise. The home page provides small amounts of information with easily accessed links to gain further, more in-depth information. In the website that I will design, I aim to use these sites as a basis because I find large amounts of text are confusing and distract the viewer.

LINKS:
Links in any homepage are a key part of the site. They give a ground point for anyone wanting to search through any part of the University. With quick and informative words they tell the viewer exactly where the link goes to and what the information in it will be about. The common categories between these sites is links for current students, prospective students, staff, different faculties and different clubs and societies that can be found at the University. All these Universities have them at the top of the web page in a clear, identifiable structure.

SEARCH BARS:
Search bars are a necessity for all of these home pages. If the site wants to be successful it has to give the information that the viewer wants in the most efficient way possible. All these sites have search bars usually located around the top of the page. The website that I will do later will have a search bar up the top in a similar fashion. I find that it is the easiest way to navigate around the site.

CONTACT LINKS:
All these sites, apart from ANU, have contact links. I find if all other links, search bars and navigation tools fail, this is always the fall back option. This can help a student find something that may be personal to them and also allows them to talk directly to a person with a knowledge of the specific information they require.

PLACEMENT:
All these sites, except UTS, are column centred. This means that as the screen is stretched the site layout remains in the centre with a white border that fills in the spaces. I think this gives the site a more refined look and makes it much easier to read. I find the UTS one to be a bit distracting when stretched with the contrast of blue and grey amongst the text and pictures.

2009-03-12T00:06:00.000-07:00

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2009-03-12T00:05:00.000-07:00

Link

still testing...

2009-03-12T00:02:00.000-07:00

www.ebay.com.au

still testing

2009-03-11T23:57:00.001-07:00

http://www.ebay.com.au

just testing

2009-03-11T23:48:00.000-07:00

my favorite sites
www.google.com
www.ebay.com.au
www.facebook.com

2009-03-11T23:32:00.000-07:00

this is a new post

2009-03-11T22:54:00.000-07:00

Alex's first blog wooooooooo! well I'm not quite sure what you do in blogs so ............palmo is awesome