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Blake Nancarrow uses a variety of web-based resources. This page is mostly for his
convenience, so to access frequently-used or hard-to-remember URLs. Feel free to use these
links. They are in no particular order. But first...
web sites we work with or built!
- Blind & Deaf Motorsport:
Blake designed the web site for the Targa Newfoundland race team. He updated it through
the 2007 rally race event. He also hosted the multi-media site on his server.
- RASC Toronto: Blake was appointed the new
webmaster for the Toronto Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada and content
management system. He supports and assists the content editors. Wrote documentation for
editors and administrative staff.
- Pit Bull Media: we coached the business owner
using FrontPage and recommended site good practices as he prototyped his site; periodic
support for technical issues
- ThinkSilo: consulted on web site design; wrote content for training materials; appears
to be flash in the pan...
- I. Firchuk: helped migrate user away from Word to FrontPage to build basic web pages for
rental property business
- R. Blyth: helped user with general web design techniques, graphics handling, in both
Dreamweaver and GoLive on the Mac as they built their first client site (for a France
winery)
- BMWCC - Trillium Chapter: updated content
through the dynamic editor and directly coding in HTML for the Ontario region site; Blake
tried to coach staff on using the system
- AMG: we assisted the Canadian office in
freshening up the ASP web site front end; we reprogrammed in VBA the MS Access database on
the MS IIS back end
- Mrs. Fields Famous Cookies: we completely designed
and built the first iteration of the site for the Canadian company using Dreamweaver
establishing its web presence and providing a new revenue stream
- SOCCI enhanced driving school web site for the Saab Owners’ Club of Canada Inc. was entirely
designed and built by Blake from 2001 to 2005; decommissioned Mar 2007; 99% of the content
produced by Blake now exists on the main club site
- Willz.ca: we consulted on this web site, suggested an
improved design, recommended tools, and did a bit of tutoring; it is managed by Will
Zaraska
- Klausz Dental Labs: updated site in 2002,
did some redesigning (within confines of framed site), converted PowerPoint presentations
- BMW Club of Canada: we took over and managed the BMWCC
national web site from July 1997 to December 2002, established its present domain; taken
over by Rolf Drommer
- Avalon Training Group: we developed the
training company’s first site in 1998
- Computer Trainers Network: Blake was very
involved during the late-’90s in the design and implementation of the CTN’s site; he also
worked on the MS Access database back end
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Blake’s oft-used web development reference sites
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instant messaging
- Blake’s
cross-product Instant Messenging emoticon charts
- Cerulean Studios, makers of Trillian, a
feature-rich, skinable, multi-platform instant messaging client (which I use at home)
- Miranda, a compact, handy, multi-platform
instant messaging client (which I have used while on the road)
- Meebo, a web-based, JavaScript-wonder, multi-platform
instant messaging tool (which I increasingly use while travelling)
- Pidgin, a popular (free GPL) multi-platform client on
Linux, supporting AIM, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, GoogleTalk, GroupWise, ICQ, IRC, MSN,
MySpaceIM, QQ, SIMPLE, SameTime, XMPP, Yahoo, and Zephyr! It is also available for
Windoze...
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miscellaneous
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Computer Ease specific
- old Computer Ease web site (warning! lots of busted and bad HTML)
- old courseware ftp download area
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cars, driving, etc.
- Saab Owners’ Club of Canada Inc (SOCCI)
- BMW Club of Canada (BMWCC)
- BMW Car Club of America (BMWCCA)
- Blake & Scott’s Excellent Driving
School FAQ (DSFAQ)
- Willz.ca by Will Zaraska, exotic BMW importer, advanced
driving instructor, BMW club racer, friend, and my mechanic!
- Crash.net, your one-stop motorsports resource
- ITV-F1, a very good (and free) Formula 1 site
- Blake’s
motorsport calendar, a listing of various driving schools, races, autocrosses,
particularly in Ontario, Québec, and New York
- Dale's racing web site
- CASC-OR, the Ontario racing body
- GasTips, Toronto and other regional gas prices
& trends
- TorontoGasPrices, Toronto-specific prices
with graphs!
- Blind & Deaf Motorsport,
Targa Newfoundland rally race team of John (blind) and Ken (deaf)
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entertainment
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astronomy
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fun examples of HTML
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