Hospitals

My son was admitted to hospital with severe breathing difficulties just before Christmas and had to stay in over the festive season. He has now been discharged and is on the road to recovery, however I met a very interesting chap in the cubicle opposite.

He describes himself as possibly the tallest ukelele player in the world!

Have a look at his site and wish his daughter well (she was still in hospital when my son and I were discharged).

Whilst I am on this topic, I would like to offer my vote of thanks to the excellent staff in Kipling Ward at the Conquest Hospital, Hastings. In spite of their unit and jobs being at risk due to NHS cuts, they provided both me and my son with faultless care and attention and ensured that in spite of my sons illness he had a good christmas (even down to a sack full of toys being at his bed on Christmas day!)

Well done to all of the staff and wishing you a Happy New Year!

Seasons Greetings - Roy

Web sites

Why is it some companies charge the earth for providing basic services?

I recently was approached by one of my private clients (an elderly gentleman) who wished to produce an on-line gallery for his paintings. Other designers had named fees well in excess of £1000.00 to produce a 7 page site which merely had scans of his paintings.

Completing the work took me no more than 2 hours and I agreed on a profit share arrangement for payment. Is it just me, or are techies getting a bit like plumbers and car mechanics?

A spot of web design

One of my long-standing clients, a retired gentleman in his 70s who could perhaps be described as eccentric approached me over the Christmas period to design a website for his new-found hobby - nude oil paintings.

He has already written a book about impotence and made a breakthrough with discovering an alternative cure for erection difficulties by means of a commonly available root vegetable. In researching his book, he hitched up with a 30 year old woman and the story takes off from there....