Lookee!

[matgb]

http://www.taktix.org/test.php

What's so good about that you ask? It hasn't got anything new and the links don't all work.

Simple says I. Look at the domain name carefully. It's PHP generated! Yippe ki yay! I've taught myself php :-D

test.php has 8 lines of code total, but it inserts 7 separate elements, each of which is independently updateable.

That means there's a small chance I may get around to doing more to the site from now on.

Oh yeah, my old monitor flickered and started smoking late last night (if it hadn't I'd have done this post yesterday before bed), so I went to Staples on a mission and am now the proud owner of a flat screen. I considered buying a new laptop, but have decided to teach myself how to build a system from scratch instead. Too much megatokyo perchance?

Um, anyone out there that knows how to build PCs, feel free to tell me where to, um, start. I'm not really much of a techie...

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[mapp.livejournal.com]

I'm going back to Exeter on the fourth. If you want to meet up at some point and either sit in front of a computer or, perhaps, go down to the PC World (it's evil, but they do have buckets of parts), then I'm game for it...

[harlotqueen.livejournal.com]

You are aware that PC World in Exeter are now on Rydon Lane (by the big Tesco)

Most connections in modern PC's are colour coded now to make thinks easier

[mapp.livejournal.com]

Most connections in modern PC's are colour coded now to make thinks easier

I taught my brother about how to put together a computer by pointing out that most cards will only fit in one kind of slot, and providing you don't try and force anything in, you won't go too far wrong.

The only difficult bits are, in my opinion;
1) Connecting drives. I always forget, for some reason, to link them together in a sensible order. Whoops.
2) Making sure you've got the right motherboard for your RAM and processor.
3) Not cutting yourself on the sharp bits inside a computer.

[harlotqueen.livejournal.com]

*agrees with 3*

Athlon Fans are a bitch!

[mapp.livejournal.com]

My family have a tendency to ask awkward questions like: "When the computer technician came round to fix our computer, he noticed lots of bloodstains inside the case."

Important note; do not tell family that you sacrifice chickens to the Machine.

[matgb]

You're all making it sound much easier, which cheers me up.

Thanks for the offers of help; not likely to be any progress until after I get back from Greece in Feb (finance for project determined by how much spent on alcohol), but appreciate the offers :-D