tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188124462024-02-28T18:45:32.599+00:00Blib...Blog...Blib...Just a big ol' mish-mash of random thoughts.... and stuff...Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04383508027922266788noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18812446.post-45465629562722828152008-10-06T10:27:00.006+00:002008-10-06T10:32:40.141+00:00Answer to the Internet??It is possible that this would clear up a huge amount of dross from The Internet...<div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd7hHKxagxCDM2xPY6LZac_K2nxeywbLdMEyjXmRKvYAmoHUBZvVIH2RdHKHWyy84vGnpKQeOaOFjpUBKxFEyo7UfveMJGQG8JuQS2J7JpBm3_5MDEpfnkMgSv4wK_WrDKyvYv/s1600-h/listen_to_yourself.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd7hHKxagxCDM2xPY6LZac_K2nxeywbLdMEyjXmRKvYAmoHUBZvVIH2RdHKHWyy84vGnpKQeOaOFjpUBKxFEyo7UfveMJGQG8JuQS2J7JpBm3_5MDEpfnkMgSv4wK_WrDKyvYv/s400/listen_to_yourself.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253986715942916306" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>However, I do have my reservations:</div><div><br /></div><div>A lot of the comments that get posted on various websites are there because the poster likes the sound of their own voice - this is not going to combat that!</div></div>Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04383508027922266788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18812446.post-77244517482576468662007-07-06T14:40:00.000+00:002007-07-06T14:48:00.148+00:00Open CHM Files from Network driveI experienced a problem recently when trying to open a .CHM help file from a network drive.<br /><br />The file opened, and I could navigate the topic tree, but I just got a "Page could not be displayed" IE page in the right pane.<br /><br />I found the solution to my problem at <a href="http://www.nik.com.au/archives/2005/04/06/chm-help-files-error-the-page-cannot-be-displayed">http://www.nik.com.au/archives/2005/04/06/chm-help-files-error-the-page-cannot-be-displayed</a>, in comments left by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Anish </span>and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Jordan Wiseman</span><br /><br />I have repeated this info here:<br /><br />1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.<br />2. Locate and then click the following subkey:<br />HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\HTMLHelp\1.x\ItssRestrictions<br />Note If this registry subkey does not exist, create it by using Steps 2a and 2b in Method 1.<br />3. Right-click the ItssRestrictions subkey, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.<br />4. Type MaxAllowedZone, and then press ENTER.<br />5. Right-click the MaxAllowedZone value, and then click Modify.<br />6. In the Value data box, type a number from 0 and 4, and then click OK.<br />7. Quit Registry Editor.<br /><br />Value Setting<br />——————————<br />0 My Computer<br />1 Local Intranet Zone<br />2 Trusted sites Zone<br />3 Internet Zone<br />4 Restricted Sites Zone<br /><br />For most CHM files, the value of 1 should be enough to allow use without opening up access from/to remote CHM files in email/internet locations.<br /><br />Easy, peasy!Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04383508027922266788noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18812446.post-1161007325024753962006-10-16T13:57:00.000+00:002006-10-16T14:02:56.033+00:00The Vista GameDavid Ing has managed to successfully splice together 8-bit and 64-bit technology...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.from9till2.com/PermaLink.aspx?guid=227f20b1-adfe-4361-b776-111a7069f622">Vista the Adventure Game</a><br /><br />It makes me want to get my trusty rubber keyed Spectrum 48k out of the attic and fire up 'The Hobbit'! But I guess it would be harder for me to locate a cassette player to load the game from than the actual computer itself.Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04383508027922266788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18812446.post-1158175315081511442006-09-13T19:17:00.000+00:002006-09-13T19:21:55.096+00:00Pet Hate #458(A.K.A. First signs that the company you're dealing with haven't got a clue)<br /><br />Ok, so this is just a quick one. <br /><br />Why, oh why, would you give a customer that may be calling you over the phone, a customer code that includes 0, O, 1 and I (in a font where 1 and I look the same)?<br /><br />Is it not going to be more productive when the teleoperator does not have to say "Is that the letter O or the number zero?" on every single occurrence of the letter/number.<br /><br />It's common sense really...Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04383508027922266788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18812446.post-1156416438742521922006-08-24T10:21:00.000+00:002006-08-24T10:55:28.863+00:00C# 2.0 Settings QuirkOne of the nice new features in C# 2.0/VS2005 is the visual settings editor for persisting application and user settings between sessions.<br /><br />This post is not a discussion about this facility, it is an observation of a problem that can occur and a way to solve it.<br /><br />If you have a custom class in your project, and you want to persist an instance of this, you would do the following:<br /><br />In the Settings tab in project properties :-<ul><li>Enter a Name (e.g. SavedMyClass)</li><li>Choose Browse... in the Type column</li><li>In the 'Select a Type' dialog, type your fully qualified class name (e.g. WindowsApplication1.MyClass)</li><li>Set Scope to 'User'</li></ul><br />And you have now created a strongly typed setting in Properties.Settings.Default.SavedMyClass that you can access on application startup and will be saved during a call to Properties.Settings.Default.Save().<br /><br />The problem occurs when you build the app. All being well, the build will succeed; but you should see many warnings like the following:<br /><br /></span><blockquote>The type 'WindowsApplication1.MyClass' in 'C:\Documents and Settings\carlw\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\WindowsApplication1\Form1.cs' conflicts with the imported type 'WindowsApplication1.MyClass' in 'C:\Documents and Settings\carlw\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\WindowsApplication1\bin\Debug\WindowsApplication1.exe'. Using the one in 'Form1.cs'<br /></span></blockquote><br />The reason for this is that the output exe from this project is automatically added to the References for the project, thus creating the conflict.<br /><br />This is easily solved by just removing this reference (e.g. WindowsApplication1) from the references in the project, although this may not be an immediately obvious solution as you would (or at least I did) expect this reference to be recognised is local.<br /><br />Just incase anyone comes across this.</span></span>Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04383508027922266788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18812446.post-1156160485032702552006-08-21T11:39:00.000+00:002006-08-21T11:55:22.696+00:00Auto-update update...I posted some time ago about the problems with Microsoft Windows XP auto-update (<a href="http://blibblogblib.blogspot.com/2005/12/good-reason-to-disable.html">link</a>). It appears that Guy Kewney from Newswireless.net has had a similar problem, as he posted in an <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/21/bill_gates_invoice/">article</a> on <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/">TheRegister.</a><br /><br />Just an update....Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04383508027922266788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18812446.post-1155299895316514432006-08-11T12:33:00.000+00:002006-08-11T12:38:15.316+00:00ToolStripMenuItem shortcuts remain active<a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/fbouma/archive/2006/08/10/.NET-2.0_2700_s-ToolStripMenuItem-are-hard-to-disable_2E002E002E00_.aspx">Frans Bouma </a> blogged the other day about a bug that he had found within the ToolStripMenu in .NET 2.0.<br /><br />When a top level menu on the strip is set to Enabled = false, pressing the shortcut key for any of the child menu items still causes the event for that item to be fired.<br /><br />He also updated this article with a link to a workaround that <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/jfoscoding/archive/2006/08/10/695048.aspx">Jfo posted</a><br /><br />Thanks guys, that's the sort of problem that drives you mad!Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04383508027922266788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18812446.post-1155299548309363882006-08-11T12:22:00.000+00:002006-08-11T13:52:19.446+00:00Pet Hate #457Google.<br /><br />Well, not really Google, just the quality of some of the results that get returned. In particular, there are two types of return that should, in my opinion, be restricted in some way.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Time limited results<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><br />These are the results where the linked page is one that contains a 'Latest News/Articles' type section. There is little worse than following a link that seems to relate to exactly what you are looking for, only to be presented with a list of recently posted articles that has obviously changed since the last time Google came a-calling.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Log-in<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span>Many a time, I have followed a link from the results where the abstract contains what seems like just what I'm looking for, only to be presented with a 'To access this page, you must be logged in first'.<br /><br />Frankly, I don't care whether it is a free registration and the process only takes a minute to gain access to this and 50,000,000 other articles; if it's good enough for Google, it should be good enough for me.<br /><br />Google seems to be slowly loosing it's grip on the most useful search results - if they're not careful, by the time they hand over search details to anyone that wants them, the data will be crap anyway.<br /><br /></rant>Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04383508027922266788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18812446.post-1154705552594512942006-08-04T15:15:00.000+00:002006-08-04T15:32:34.420+00:00Microsoft DownloadsSo today I was following a couple of mini-tutorials for the Workflow Foundation by <a href="http://blah.winsmarts.com//Post.aspx?postID=72">Sahil Malik</a>, which required that I had .NET 3.0 (hmm), and the Visual Studio 2005 Extensions for WF installed.<br /><br />Obviously, I had .NET 3.0 installed, because even though it's pre-release, it contains the RTM of .NET Framework 2.0; so I didn't see any reason not to install it at the time.<br /><br />I went onto <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com">msdn.microsoft.com</a> to find the VS Extensions and did a search for 'Visual Studio Extensions for Workflow'. This gives quite a few results, the top ten or so looking like what I'm after, so I went to the top link.<br /><br />The file there was 'Visual Studio 2005 Extensions for WIndows Workflow Foundation Beta2_2(EN).exe', which is what I was after. I downloaded that (~67Mb) and ran through Sahil's examples easily. I have since found out, however, that the latest release available is RC4.<br /><br />This just leads me to wonder whether - for a company that produced many, many iterations of each product before they release it - there should be some sort of visual cue to indicate that this is not the latest iteration. The sort of thing that we get in technical docs would be fine - 'This method is deprecated, use blah blah blah instead'.<br /><br />It just seems like something that would be of benefit.Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04383508027922266788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18812446.post-1145452857691703132006-04-19T13:05:00.000+00:002006-04-19T13:20:57.716+00:00Perplex City - The Thirteenth LabourWell, for some time now, I've been wrapped up in an alternate reality game called <a href="http://www.perplexcity.com">Perplex City</a>. It is basically a world wide all-medium treasure hunt.<br /><br />Anyway, you can find out more about it at the link, and even do a couple of sample puzzles once you sign up at the site.<br /><br />The perplex city puzzles are a collection of 256 cards, each with an individual puzzle on. The puzzles range in difficulty from easy to astronomically difficult, indicated by the colour of the border from Red (easy) to Silver (hard). This border colour is also indicative of the rarity of the card.<br /><br />One such silver card,<a href="http://www.perplexcity.com/cards/view.build?card=251"> </a><a href="http://www.perplexcity.com/cards/view.build?card=251">#251 - The Thirteenth Labour </a> still remains unsolved after quite a long period of time. It is believed that this card requires brute force decoding of RC5 encoded plaintext, and members of the large community (23000+ members at last count) have produced a distributed client for the purpose of solving this card.<br /><br />The client and more information can be obtained by visiting the following link:<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.13thlabour.tk" target="_blank"><img src="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/t.kirman/PXC/Images/13th_labour_link.png" height="50" width="150" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Hopefully, the release of this client heralds the beginning of the end for card #251!<br /></div></div>Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04383508027922266788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18812446.post-1142615035367872622006-03-17T16:47:00.000+00:002006-03-17T17:03:55.643+00:00Feedback, Feedback, bloody Feedback!!Is it too much to ask for a little feedback on websites? In the last fortnight I have had the misfortune of having to use a contact form on a website in order to get support for a couple of issues I have had.<br /><br />The two websites, T-Mobile and Webfusion, both suffered from a severe lack of feedback.<br /><br />If I spend 10 minutes or so typing in a detailed description of the problem and then click submit, I would like something more than just being taken back to the previous screen as confirmation that my query has been sent.<br /><br />Even if it's just a case of a bit of text saying 'Message submitted' that has been crudely Response.Write'd to the top of the previous page, it would be a start.<br /><br />Coupled with the fact that I also do not receive confirmation by email that my query is being dealt with, this is unacceptable. Is it any wonder that companies are overwhelmed by customers resubmitting duplicate issues??<br /><br />On the plus side, the feedback I got from both sites was much, much more pleasing than actually having the misfortune of speaking to one of their call centre staff.<br /><br />On a call to Webfusion, I had the pleasure of dealing with a chap who quite obviously was the only person there and really wanted to be elsewhere. The conversation went a little like this:<br /><br />...<br />"Well, I have had no access to my web site for almost 3 weeks now, can you tell me when the DotNetNuke/SQLServer issue will be resolved?"<br />"How long is a piece of string?"<br />...<br /><br />Needless to say, I am no longer a Webfusion customer. Although that doesn't stop them from sending me a warning each and every week that the debit card I used to pay for my hosting has expired and they won't be able to automatically renew... Hmmmmm.....<br /><br /></Rant>Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04383508027922266788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18812446.post-1141811452008444602006-03-08T09:47:00.000+00:002006-03-08T09:50:52.023+00:00Clipboard for the WebI've often thought how good it would be to be able to copy structured data between two web sites; or even copy a VCard from your desktop directly into a web page in order to fill in address details, etc...<br /><br />Ray Ozzie has blogged about a new idea called <a href="http://spaces.msn.com/rayozzie/blog/cns!FB3017FBB9B2E142!285.entry">Live Clipboard</a>.<br /><br />Sounds cool!Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04383508027922266788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18812446.post-1139578409736389152006-02-10T13:20:00.000+00:002006-02-10T13:33:29.756+00:00Adobe reader is not the only fruit...Ok, so as a bit of a follow-up to the previous post about Fox-It PDF Reader, I figured that I would post this.<br /><br />Today, I got a popup saying that Adobe Manager needed my attention, and it wanted to install an updated version of Adobe Reader (7.0.7). I figured that I would let it go along on it's merry way, as the files had already been downloaded anyway.<br /><br />What I didn't say yes to, however, is the setting of my file associations back to Reader as default for PDF. This is sort of thing that should be asked, rather than just assuming that because Adobe Reader used to be the defacto for PDF files this was still the case.<br /><br />The fact that the installer did this has taken away from the fact that on first looks (very brief at that), this version opens PDF documents as fast as Fox-It. Of course, this is only an initial impression, I am quite expecting that after the required reboot, the old behemoth will resurface.<br /><br />Get the latest version <a href="http://www.adobe.co.uk/products/acrobat/readstep2.html">here</a> if you like.Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04383508027922266788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18812446.post-1138619585574559662006-01-30T10:56:00.000+00:002006-01-30T11:37:27.906+00:00FoxIt PDF ReaderI recently made a discovery which could prove to be life-changing, to a lot of people...<br /><br />I came across an application that opens a standard sized PDF document in less than 45 minutes.....<br /><br />So, I know what you're probably thinking - that I'm some sort of wacko, who's found a new outlet to spout my heresy - but as you're still here, I guess that a small part of you believes that it might just be possible.<br /><br />The application in question is FoxIt Reader, and you can browse over to <a href="http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php">here</a> to find out more about it.<br /><br />It's a single exe file in a zip download; it checks file associations and stuff when it first runs up, so it's probably best to extract it to your required location first, rather than executing it from the zip.<br /><br />Double-clicking on a PDF file results in between 0.5 - 1 second delay in opening the file, which I guess just sounds like a make-believe, but you've really got to see it to believe it.<br /><br />I'd really like to know how Adobe can justify the bloat that is Adobe Reader, when it is quite obviously not a laborious task to open these type of files.<br /><br />Thanks to <a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/rosherove/archive/2006/01/17/435726.aspx">Roy Osherove</a> for the heads up.<br /><br />[Update: FoxIt integrates fine for opening PDFs in Internet Explorer, but for Firefox the following <a href="http://www.drorengel.com/Blog/PermaLink,guid,48e4eeb1-f1d6-46fd-b934-287d6676f569.aspx">article</a> on Dror Engel's blog may be of interest]Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04383508027922266788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18812446.post-1134646751243847682005-12-15T09:31:00.000+00:002006-08-21T11:38:13.196+00:00A good reason to disable?[Update: Guy Kewney from Newswireless.net has just commented on the same in an <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/21/bill_gates_invoice/">article</a> on TheRegister]<br /><br />OK, so the subject of this article/rant is Microsoft's Automatic Update mechanism in Windows XP. A lot of people might correct me there and say, "Well, it's actually Windows XP SP2", but they would be wrong as it was there way before then....<br /><br />Anyway, just before I left work last night, I set some unit tests running to check over some last minute changes that I'd made to code. It was pointless waiting around for the results, because a) I had a dinner date 60 miles away and had to beat the rush to get there, and b) Even if the tests failed, I wouldn't be making any changes until today. So, I came in this morning to find that an update had been performed that required a reboot, and that Windows had dutifully obliged itself and rebooted.<br /><br />The test results, are not an issue, because I'll be able to view the report anyway; but there are a few questions that come out of this:<br /><br /><ol><li>What sort of mechanism is used for saving unsaved work before rebooting? Is all work pending saving actually saved, or (more likely) does the Application Not Responding box pop up, wait for you to click the End Now button for 30 seconds and then just kill the app anyway.</li><li>It seems unlikely that MS would be silly enough to take it upon themselves to decide which work requires saving and which doesn't, as lots of very important work could be lost because of this. Say, for example, that I have was doing my final year project for a degree, and it was all done but I needed to relocate a few sections, so I have highlighted a huge section of work and cut it to the clipboard. Then the phone rings, and it's my mate telling me to get myself round there because it's time I had a drink to get rid of some of the stress of doing my project..... When I stumble back in 6 hours later, an automatic update requiring a reboot has occurred and my document - my lovely crafted 15000 word document - is now 5000 words lighter because I left my machine unattended for too long (I trusted it to behave like an adult and it did not)....</li></ol>So, OK, number 2 obviously doesn't happen because that would get MS into a whole boat load of trouble. But I still think that there should be a button on the balloon telling you about the update, to allow you to stop this from ever happening again, and to just ask you to reboot <i>when it is convenient for you.</i><br /><br />Microsoft unfortunately appear to have taken the short-sighted view that, because the computer has received no input from the keyboard/mouse for 6 hours, it is not in use. According to Dictionary.com / WordNet, the definition of a computer is:<br /><ul><li><i>n 1: a machine for performing calculations <b>automatically</b></i></li></ul>and automatic:<br /><br /><ul><li><i>adj. Acting or operating in a manner essentially <b>independent of external influence</b> or control</i></li></ul><br />Therefore, I don't believe that it is reasonable or even safe assumption to make.<br /><br />For the next version of windows, Vista, I think there there should be some sort of mechanism for the operating system to hook into programs to perform operations like save, and that all open files that require to be saved, should be saved into a special folder and not over the existing file.<br /><br />The other mistake that I think Microsoft have made is that they have highly promoted the 'Security Center' as the single interface for controlling things like the Windows firewall and automatic updates. What will happen when a user wakes up one morning and the demo of Call of Duty 2 that they were downloading overnight had managed to get to 99% before auto update rebooted the machine?<br /><br />Well, the chances are that the user will go straight into the Security Center to look for an option of turning the auto reboot off.... They won't be able to find it, and the closest they will get is to choose the option that downloads the updates and requires the user to confirm the installation. In my opinion, this option is not very good, because people will most likely be busy at the point that they are asked and dismiss the dialog.<br /><br />Other users may interpret the fatal 'Turn off Automatic Updates' as the option that they require, thus defeating the whole purpose of the mechanism. A simple option - 'Automatically install updates, but ask for confirmation before rebooting' - would, I think, be well suited to being the 2nd option in the list.<br /><br />For now, however, it is possible to turn off the automatic reboot and be able to choose when you want to reboot your machine, as follows:<br /><br /><ol><li>Go to Start->Run and type gpedit.msc, this will open the Group Policy Editor</li><li>Navigate to Local Computer Policy->Administrative Templates->Windows Components</li><li>Click 'Windows Update'</li><li>In the right-hand pane, double-click on 'No auto-restart for scheduled Automatic Updates installations'</li><li>Select the 'Enabled' radio button</li><li>Click OK</li><li>Sleep easy in the knowledge that your PC will still be doing what you left it doing when you wake up in the morning (barring power cuts, crashes etc...)</li></ol>Another thing that you may find annoying when you are actually at your PC is the associated message box that says that a recent update requires a restart of your machine, and you can restart now or restart later; if you choose later, the same box will pop up 10 minutes later with the same options.<br /><br />Follow steps 1-3 as above, then:<br /><br /><ol><li>Double-click 'Re-prompt for restart with scheduled installations'</li><li>Here you can choose disabled (not recommended), or choose enabled and set the wait period below to be something more acceptable, like 60 minutes.</li><li>Click OK</li></ol>After this you can close the Group Policy Editor, I'm not sure whether you need to reboot after making these changes, but at least that's a decision that <i>you</i> can make.....<br /><p>[Update: <a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/rosherove/archive/2006/02/01/437089.aspx">Roy Osherove</a> has posted about a free tool called <a href="http://www.exodus-dev.com/products/WhyReboot/">WhyReboot?</a>, which lists pending updates for files to help you decide better whether you need to reboot. Thanks Roy.]</p>Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04383508027922266788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18812446.post-1131574500885797142005-11-09T22:13:00.000+00:002005-11-09T22:15:00.893+00:00Poof! And you're right back where you started....<span style="font-size:85%;">Well, my first post and I figured that I'd just write a little about an idea I had whilst driving home the other day....<br /><br />I was sitting on the slip road to the motorway, watching it turn into a 3 lane slip road, of all the impatient people that have to drive 100m down the hard shoulder, just to sneak a few cars further up the queue. Obviously, this sort of action is one of the things that perpetuates the traffic problem, and gets right up my nose.<br /><br />So, I was sat watching this, and it made me think of a couple of Micro Machines games that I used to play on my trusty PSX (written by the Codemasters gods, if I recall correctly). What used to happen was that you would have to drive around varying courses, that mimicked the sort of tracks that you might create around your house and garden to play with the real micro machines.<br /><br />Some of the tracks were really quite difficult, and took quite a bit of practice to be able to master them. What used to happen was that if you didn't stick well enough to the track, your car would disappear in a puff of smoke, and you would be placed back on the track at somewhere around the point where you first started to deviate.<br /><br />How wonderful it would be, to the patient people joining the motorway in an orderly manner, to see all the sneaky cars disappearing in a puff of smoke and then reappearing right at the back of the queue!<br /><br />Anyway, maybe I'll find some links to images of Micro Machines to post here a bit later....<br /></span>Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04383508027922266788noreply@blogger.com0