Since getting into the industry I have lost count of how many websites I have worked on, it’s certainly in the hundreds. Within the 10 years of mastering graphic design, web design, and multimedia I have have made steady progress, both in the quality, the length of time taken and the approach I make to each new job. Even though I’ve forgotten most of the work I’ve done I’ve never forgot the first website I completed.
This was at college while studying Graphic Design at Westwood College, Scarborough. I decided to take an extra module called ‘Web Authoring’ so I could build a website with my CV on it. Please note a few facts:
- I never touched a computer until I was 17
- I never owned a computer at home, not even a Commodore 64
- I initially hated computers, especially after I lost 6 months work when my Floppy disc decided to pack in.
What’s an Escape Key? A mouse? That has 4 legs and a tail right… you get the message, great.
The website
Here it is, what a piece of work huh! Forgot Web 2.0, this was the stuff of the day. Flash intro’s with spinning text, tables, inline styles this site has it all! I think it was built, and probably designed through Adobe Golive.
Some funny extracts from the site
The local people section was funny, I photographed some of my college friends and compiled a page that had them rotating in an animated gif file.
I also liked the jokes pages, reading them back made me laugh even though they’re years old – oh and I didn’t write these.
and now some crude jokes…
What’s six inches long and gets women excited?
A fifty pound note.
How do you make your bird cry while having sex?
Phone her up.
What do you call a woman with one leg shorter than the other?
Eileen.
What’s worse than being raped by Jack the Ripper?
Being fingered by Captain Hook.
What have parsley and pubic hair got in common?
You just push it to the side and carry on eating!!
What happens to a woman if she has too many facelifts?
She grows a beard.
What did the Buddist say to the hot-dog seller?
Make me one with everything.
Final thoughts
For a website that’s at least 7 years old I don’t think it’s too bad. Missing images and broken links are excusable because this really was the first HTML I coded and it’s been a good learning curve from that point in time. I visit the website occasionally because to be honest it shouldn’t be forgotten about, we should all be proud of our roots, that is of course if we can remember where it started, so to finish..
September 11th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Ah, the mind of a 17 year old boy – always on women but with those lines you’re really not going to get a (good) girlfriend now are you?
September 11th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
They are terrible, but they still made me laugh
September 11th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
The New George Hotel … some time around 2002, ish.
It’s a shame it isn’t still going – Rocky and Debbie aren’t there any more and I got too busy to do anything decent with it. My mate Callum did the design, I did the HTML and content … and a whizzy javascript popup menu – oh *yeah* baby.
I wish the web archive kept images or did a snapshot of what it looked like, it was groovy.
http://web.archive.org/web/20050909065407/http://www.thenewgeorgehotel.co.uk/
September 11th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
I will try some of your smooth lines out on Vicky later … after I’ve put a duvet in the shed.
September 11th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
I’m thinking these aren’t the lines to try out on any female company lol
September 11th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
But frog you said th… oh, never mind.
September 11th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
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September 14th, 2008 at 12:26 am
Mine was things you could do with rubber gloves.
started as a joke when were all drunk and blow them up antics etc .
I closed it down when I was getting weird emails with picture attachments “Things you *can* do with rubber gloves!” .. I will leave it to your imagination.
December 16th, 2010 at 7:52 am
“I decided to take an extra module called ‘Web Authoring’ so I could build a website with my CV on it.”
Are you sure that this is true?
December 16th, 2010 at 9:02 am
@Inanho
It is indeed true. We’re talking about a Graphic Design HND course over a decade ago when Web Design wasn’t such a supported and dominate subject as it is now. The ‘Web Authoring’ module interested me while studying Graphic Design and gave me the first taste of the new career I have subsequently ventured into.