I remember warning you about that extortionate Irish insurance! :-) 2009/2/28 Harvey Kane <[email protected]>
> > Karl wrote: > > You mention options such as "...revert the site to how it was..." > which implies that even though you don't host the site, you at least have > ftp access to the server? > > > > If that is the case, a method I found highly effective with a > 'repeat offender' a few years back... > > > I have definitely considered this, but with this particular job I have > only been involved to make some small tweaks to an existing site, > managed by someone else. By breaking the site in this manner, I would be > causing grief for the other web developer and putting them in an awkward > spot (not to mention wasting the developer's time when the client goes > to them directly to fix the 'problem'). > > The site wasn't indexed in Google before I started my work, so I don't > think it's unreasonable to return the site to this state if the bill > isnt going to be paid. But it's definitely a nasty thing to have to do. > I have always had a good personal relationship with people, and this > kind of thing has never been my style. > > Berend de Boer wrote: > > BTW: how's Ireland? > > > My first week in Dublin has been fun, but unreasonably expensive (hence > me losing my sense of humour for clients not paying on time). Got a few > quotes for car insurance yesterday, the one we didn't go with was 2400 > Euro (NZD$6000) per year to insure a 4000 Euro car. The newspapers here > are more depressing than at home - everyone hates the government with a > passion I haven't experieced before, and the whole country is depressed > with job losses everywhere. People are constantly mistaking me for an > Australian (I sound nothing like an Australian), and can't understand > what I'm doing over here. (for those who don't know me, I moved the > family to Ireland earlier this week, we will be living here for a while > and running the NZ business remotely). > > The Irish PHP meetup is a little different. I went along to the Dublin > Meetup on Wednesday, which is essentially a bunch of geeks meeting at a > pub to sink a few guinesses, talk about anything and everything, > inluding a few occasional mentions of PHP. A thoroughly enjoyable event, > although they were quite receptive to the idea of a more formal meetup > involving a projector and a presentation like we do in Auckland. > > Harvey. > > > > > -- Simon Holywell http://www.simonholywell.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
