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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!
- RASC Toronto: webmaster for the Toronto Centre of
the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. Blake supports and assists the authors and
editors using content management system. Wrote administrative documentation.
- 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.
- Pit Bull Media: 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 Club of Canada Inc (SCC)
- 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 good (and free) Formula 1 site
- 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!
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entertainment
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astronomy
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fun examples of HTML
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