Bendors
African Bungalow
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Or why is this
page the only one with a white background?
And why is the first page Different from all the rest?
And what is all the colour about and who does he think he is
anyway?
Included
in the ongoing saga of my PC and my home page you will find
humour (I hope), some useful information, reasons why I have done
things in a certain manner, some useless information,
descriptions, excuses, dates, explanations, rubbish, some
thoughts and perhaps even a bit of poetry! If you have any
questions, comments, thoughts, criticism about the design,
contents or graphics please email them to me or use
the response form that I have provided. I
really would appreciate it ! The email and response links will be liberally
sprinkeled about so you don't have to scroll up and down.
Chapter 1
Ok,
so what is this all about. It all started out about 4 to
5 years ago when I decided to purchase a PC as part as a
salary sacrifice to save tax - of course. That type of
thing was legal in those days and I think it may still be
here in South Africa. Besides, anything not to give the
revenue department my hard earned cash. As part of the
deal I received some software which included an
enyclopaedia. Besides this being my first PC it was also
the first encyclopaedia that I had ever owned.
Was I now on a major learning curve !!
It was not very long before I became bored with Hitler,
Mandela, Churchill, insects, animals, chemistry, science
etc and the limitations placed on me by the size of a CD
data disc. The multimedia was still great though. Imagine
playing a music CD on your PC and at the same time trying
to balance the budget using one of the spreadsheets (that
also came bundled with the hardware on date of purchase)
while keeping an eye on the chess game on autoplay in a
window in the top left of the monitor screen and playing
a game of solitaire in the bottom left hand window. Wow
this was real fun but very limited - the whole WWW was
out there just waiting for me and now the possibility of
multimedia became absolutely mind boggeling !
I HAD TO UPGRADE - not my PC at this stage. I just had to
get greater connectivity to information. My mind and my
creativity was all being stifled.
By this time I had blown all my savings and gone into
overdraft to purchase all the games, childrens software
etc that were now frustrating me so much. The must be a
better way to spend my cash.
I had to do
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The Basic theme
of my virtual world is based on the colours of the South
African Flag: Red, White, Green, Yellow and Blue. On all pages except the
first (I will explain later) I have tried to balance the
various colours in a manner that is not ostentatious and
remains pleasing to the eye. I have had to take certain
liberties with the shades of the colours (I hope the
security police or some other government official do not
arrive at my door) because the darker greens and blues do not show up very
clearly on the black background.
(If you
click on the flags you will find information about them -
please remember to click the back button on your browser
to get back here !)
Ok, you say so whats the big deal about the first page
being different then?
Well I'll tell you. You see I am from Africa and and so
is the African Lion. Simple , see, that is why the lion
forms the background to my Entrance Page.
Ok then, so what about all the GOLD lettering that appears
on virtually ever page?
Stupid question. There are two reasons that I can think
of right now, and possibly a lot more if I put my mind to
it. Firstly which country is one of the greatest gold producing countries in
the world? I will say no more. Secondly, one of the
greatest rugby teams in the world comes from South Africa
and the colour of their jerseys.......?
Green & Gold..
So that's it then, Simple , see.
Yes,
I did decide to keep a BLACK BACKGROUND !
I think it looks better, is one of the colours of the
flag and besides it does make all the colours look
brighter.
After all it is my page.
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I
will be adding to this saga and keeping you informed as
to progress. At this point in time you can stop here
because it is Monday night, 7 June 1999, 16h15 GMT =
18h15 local time and Marlene, my wife, has just called me
for dinner. Roast chicken, rice, roast potatoes, beans,
carrots And gravy.
So now you know why I have to go.
Hell life is tough in Africa!
No use
clicking on the
button now as it links back
to the main page.
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