Zweiundzwanzig

Today I'm 22 years young. I'd just like to thank everyone for their kind e-mails/text messages/cards etc.

Cheers,

Aaron

Back, Upset, Anxious

Well I'm back in the UK as of last Thursday. I feel upset to have left Switzerland, but happy to be back in the UK. I am moving to Stafford in 4 weeks time in order to undergo my final year at University.

All the guys who I met in Switzerland, get in touch! It would be great to hear from you!

Scary musical automats

Yesterday was the day planned for my farewell activities. My superiors kindly took myself and another leaving student to The "Musikautomatmuseum" (Musical Automats Museum) in Seewen, near Basel. After the initial scary "IT" vibe, I finally appreciated just how some of these things are made. A great meal followed (also in Seewen).

I was then presented with a lovely book (signed by my colleagues), and a brand new HP iPAQ. A fantastic, practical gift I will most certainly make use of in the next years.

Prost!

AAA Baby!

After much testing and reading up long W3C, WCAG, and documents, I can now confirm that
www.aaronallport.com qualifies for a AAA WCAG rating.

It is very nice to have done this at such an early stage, as it now means I can incorporate the WCAG qualification process in any updates I make to my website.

On a bad note... only 2 more days left working in Basel. I'm officially a tourist for another week, so that will give me an opportunity to take my camera out and jump on a train.

Website design refresh

After some development time, I am pleased to announce my website now has a nice fresh design, and is still fully XHTML 1.1 Strict. The new template allows far greater flexibility, and the back end has been re-engineered somewhat to remove unnecessary complexities.

Next thing to do is the WCAG rating, and then I can maybe think about some new themes.

Please feel free to get in touch with any thoughts/comments you may have for the new look.

7 working days

It kills me knowing that I only have 7 more working days as technical lead for the project I have been supporting for the last year.

I am currently in the process of handing over various documentation and duties, and it feels like a tiny piece of me gets torn off from my body each time.

It also means I have 14 more days in Basel, Switzerland. I'll be dragged kicking and screaming from here!

On the plus side, I do have a final year of University to attend, which shall prove interesting. I have modules ranging from "XML and Web Services" to "Distributed Enterprise Web Applications".

One sad step in life preceeds a step of anticipation...