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To all our many clients and friends, we wish much happiness and prosperity for the coming year! If you look closely, in the foreground you will see a hungry green critter who shared the solstice season with us sheltering from the wet, enjoying christmas cake.
Our client Mark Paltridge of Spark1Studios tells us that there are two fabulous Toothfairies concerts on the horizon. Book early and don’t miss out!
Enjoy some of the new wallpaper we’ve added to our collection, from our recent photographic adventures in our own backyard.
These include two photos of Alistair, the peacock which has adopted us, a lovely white bauhinia, a butterfly obscured in a shrub, and a delicious elegant hippiastrum.
The Noosa Wedding Ring is always coming up with new, imaginative marriage options.
Their latest wedding package features a Gondola Elopement for two which includes a celebratory gondola cruise after your ceremony at a location of your choice. You can even choose to propose on a gondola on the Noosa River.
The program for next year’s Hartwood Country Music Festival which is held every year near Tamworth, can be found on singer, Paul McCloud’s site. Paul’s tour itinerary and latest news is also available.
Another quick and easy upgrade to the new Dexter model of
The latest Site Reference newsletter reiterates the important rule we’ve known and abided by since we began our business in 1998 – DON’T USE FLASH INTROS no matter how much clients may insist, grovel and beg.
“Please, don’t use a Flash intro on your website. You’d think everyone would realise they’re a bad idea by now, but every web designer still gets clients who just don’t seem to realise that Flash intros are universally mocked and hated. Don’t be one of those people.”
Here’s a list of some of the reasons why flash intros and indeed why pure flash sites should be avoided at all costs.
To counter these problems, when animation is required and actually adds something to a site, we always include descriptors within the flash object tag, title tag, and noscript tag. The web page also will have ample text content including text navigation.
Just say NO to flash intros! (and to flash only sites).
Another revamp and recoding has been uploaded – the site of professional Sunshine Coast photographer, Nikki Bezel. Nikki’s specialties are photography of architecture, real estate and portraiture. He also provides electronic publications and photography for brochures for advertising.
Nikki’s site integrates xhtml and flash to allow search engines to spider the site fluidly.
The site of the Vegan World Network has received a complete makeover and xhtml recoding with streamlined style sheets to enable it to grow unimpeded and successfully. Our client has been able to master the coding used, and is now happily updating the site himself.
Our yearly luxury weekend at the wonderful Ninderry Manor Bed and Breakfast on the Sunshine Coast trumped even last year’s magnificent experience. From the delicious sunset cocktails and artistic hors d’ouvres to the divine Japanese dinner cuisine dreamed up by Aki to the mouth-watering French inspired breakfasts, we and our friends were relaxed and pampered, enjoying the revitalisation of our friendship in the most elegant, inspirational surroundings. Each stylish bedroom has its charm and boasts as part of the fare a selection of bon bons, chocolates and after dinner port.
The Japanese dinner was absolutely heavenly and unforgettable – except for the names of the dishes! Yet incorporated into the superbly presented four course menu were my favourite food fetish – shitake mushrooms, along with scrumptious parcels of asparagus and beef and Aki’s dessert specialty – sesame seed homemade icecream amongst other delectable surprise fantasies. Nowhere else in our experience is food presented so artistically, and the flavours are just unbelievably unique and delicious.
For the final breakfast, Aki presented us with another delight – caramelised fruit – to die for. We’ll be back – as soon as possible!
Thanks to Aki, here’s the complete menu from our special fabulous dinner.
Mixed Japanese Antipasti
– Light Prawn Fritter (Ebi-Shinjo)
– Omelette Roll w/English Spinach and Shimeji Mushrooms
– Smoked Salmon Roll w/Prawn, G-Beans, Carrot and Cucumber
– Scallop Teriyaki w/Japanese Lime Pepper Sauce and Japanese Basil
Tuna Tartar Style
Mini Sushi Rolls Variations
– Salmon Raw – Cod Raw
– Deep Fried Bean Curd (Inari)
– Turnip – Unagi
Main Meal
– Rolled Beef Asparagus with Miso Sauce & Seven Flavoured Chilli
Dessert/ Ice-cream
– Green Tea – Boysenberry
– Black Sesame – Sweet Red Bean Paste