Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software
rockysmolin at bchacc.com
Fri Nov 21 22:02:20 CST 2008
800 languages. What's the national language? And are there still headhunters in the interior? Still groups who are isolated and have had little or no contact with the outside world? Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 858-259-4334 www.e-z-mrp.com www.bchacc.com -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 7:07 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Web Design There's a fairly high proportion of Phillipino and Indian/Sri Lankan expats as well as a lot of aussies, kiwis and brits. The most racist group would be the nationals, but it's not them against the expats, it's tribal/regional. My missus is local - Southern Region Coastal and she really doesn't like Highlanders :-) The country was very heavily influenced by missionaries over the last 100 years, so churches are very strong - and in most of the country are the only ones providing decent health and education services. There's a small Islamic community, mainly ex-pat but a few converted nationals, there is aboslutely NO fundamentalism. Although everyone will tell you they are Christian, and a lot will go to church every Sunday, there is an almost universal belief in socrcery, spirits, animism etc. Religion is fairly new, the culture is thousands of years old - quite a few people are still killed every year in villages, especially in the Highlands, after being accused of sorcery. It's a really fascinating country to study - over 800 languages and numerous totally different cultures - the Highlands and coastal regions where settled at different times by totally different people - highlands languages are totally different from coastal/island languages. The Highlanders are more like Australian aboriginals, the coastal/islands are more like polynesians. -- Stuart On 21 Nov 2008 at 17:31, Rocky Smolin at Beach Accesand many different -- Stuart > Dang! Sounds nice. Oh, forgot to ask - race relations (most of the whites > are going to be ex-pats. Yes?) and religion, everything peaceable? It would > seem with almost 100% Christian. In wiki > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Papua_New_Guinea no mention of > Islam. So no Moslems? Animism? > > P.S. I'll be 60 myself next month if everything goes according to plan. > Late starter. Kids are 12 and 18. > > > Rocky Smolin > Beach Access Software > 858-259-4334 > www.e-z-mrp.com > www.bchacc.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan > Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 5:19 PM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Web Design > > Raised a family here in the late 80's - they're now grown up. > Not sure where that wife is now :-) > > My current partner is PNGean and we have a six year old daughter (and I'll > be 60 in 3 montsh time <g>) > > The picture is the downtown area of Port Moresby - the rest of the country > is very different! > > There are good international schools in Port Moresby - they use an > Australian curriculum and the students generally do *very* well in the > Australian examinations! > > Public healthcare is very primitve , but the private medical practitioners > in Port Moresby are fairly good. > > Government is fairly stable, but also fairly corrupt. The economy went > through a bad patch but is looking good - huge LNG prospects dveloping over > the next few years will quadruple the countries GDP - business confidence is > high and there is a lot of development going on. > > We're actually better off at the moment that the rest of the world - PNG was > not really exposed to the financial crisis and is a major exporter - even > with the drop in commodity prices it's on track for budget surpluses even > after failry large infrastructure/development spending next year. > > Law and Order is a bit of a problem - a lot of unemployment and crime in the > urban centres, but it's not as bad as the Australian media tries to make it > seem. > > The big plus is the lifestyle: > > Great social life, great climate and a lot of freedom to do your own thing. > > No speed cameras or breath testing - get stopped at a road block on your way > home after a night drinking at a club and the cop will probably as drunk as > you are <g> > > > Cheers, > Stuart > > > On 21 Nov 2008 at 16:58, Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software wrote: > > > Interesting. Further nosiness (and Mr Moderator - it IS OT Friday) - are > > you married and/or have kids? Can you raise a family there? It looks > > pretty moderne from the picture on the web site. Decent infrastructure? > > Healthcare? Stable government/economy/society? > > > > > > Rocky Smolin > > Beach Access Software > > 858-259-4334 > > www.e-z-mrp.com > > www.bchacc.com > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart > McLachlan > > Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 4:49 PM > > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > > Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Web Design > > > > It needs to load fast, a lot of potential clients in PNG are on dial up. > > > > > > Since you ask: > > I came to PNG in 1986, on a three year contract, to set up training and > > testing systems with the PNG Police College. They were looking for people > > with disciplined forces and training backgrounds and I had 12 years as an > > infantry officer in the New Zealand Army including several postings as an > > instructor in various areas. > > > > I'd been into computer since about 1980, both as a hobbyist and at work > and > > ended up developing student records and exam marking systems in Dataflex > > (running on C/CPM on serial networked ICL Quattros - ah, those were the > > days<g>) > > > > Found that I liked the lifestyle here so I stayed. Started developing > all > > sorts of Information > > Systems on the side for various people and ended up in 1993 going > > independent full time, using Dataflex mainly, but about then I discovered > MS > > Access 1.1 and I've never looked back. ( although we only put the last > > Dataflex system that I was involved with to sleep at the beginning of this > > year!). > > > > > > -- > > Stuart > > > > On 21 Nov 2008 at 15:49, Rocky Smolin at Beach Access wrote: > > > > > Lovely. Loads fast. I like that. > > > > > > OK, I gotta ask - how'd you end up in PNG? Or did you start there? > > > > > > > > > Rocky Smolin > > > Beach Access Software > > > 858-259-4334 > > > www.e-z-mrp.com > > > www.bchacc.com > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart > > > McLachlan > > > Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 3:44 PM > > > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > > > Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Web Design > > > > > > I've just updated my site at http://www.lexacorp.com.pg over the last > > > few days. > > > > > > I built it using frames <bleuch> about 6 or 7 years ago and it was > > > looking very tired and old fashioned. > > > > > > The new version uses Server Side Includes for a consistent layout > > > > > > That way I just need a line > > > <!--#include virtual="header.html" --> in each page rather than > > > repeating all the background, header image, menu code etc. > > > I do the same for the footer. > > > > > > Incidentally, the menu is a straight lift from <quote> > > > /*********************************************** > > > * CSS Horizontal List Menu- by JavaScript Kit (www.javascriptkit.com) > > > * Menu interface credits: > > > http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/csslibrary/item/glossy-vertical- > > > menu/ > > > * This notice must stay intact for usage > > > * Visit JavaScript Kit at http://www.javascriptkit.com/ for this > > > script and 100s more ***********************************************/ > > > </quote> > > > > > > Feel free to steal any ideas you need for content. > > > Rocky's site, build by Karen Rosenstiel, may give you a few ideas too. > > > > > > Actually, I've never found a WYSIWYG site designer that I like - I've > > > ended up doing it hand with a text editor which understands HTML > > > syntax. (I swap between Crimson Editor and > > > NoteTab) > > > > > > -- > > > Stuart > > > > > > > > > On 21 Nov 2008 at 9:28, Tony Septav wrote: > > > > > > > Hey All > > > > After much research, I finally settled on looking at the trial > > > > version of WebEasy7. I had to start somewhere, the more I > > > > researched the topic the more confusing it got, with all the pros > > > > and cons to different approaches. As I mentioned at the moment all I > > > > am concerned about is getting a web page up and running, fancy will > > come later. > > > > Thought this would give you all a laugh (talk about naive). The part > > > > I am finding most difficult, is filling in 4 pages of information - > > > > Home, Products, About Us and Contact us. I know from a marketing > > > > point of view you are supposed to be trying to sell the company, but > > > > I have always been known as an individual who keeps things short and > > > > to the point. I figured one page would do it , but looking at other > > > > sites I don't think that is a good marketing idea. So I guess I will > > > > have to "time trip" through my 20 years of developing applications > > > > and put together an overview of what I can provide. Here I thought > > > > I could bang this thing together in a couple of days, but now I see > > > > it is going to take me 2 or 3 weeks to just initially put it > > > > together and come up with a powerful presentation. 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