Welcome to the new-look rawveg.org!

It’s been a long while since I did anything with this site, largely due to time and family restrictions. So, what’s been happening, and where have I been?

Well, it’s been a difficult year. For those of you who don’t already know, there were some major family upheavals in 2006, that caused many things to change. My children from my previous marriage came to live with us Permanently in June last year, which was the culmination of a number of events involving my ex-wife.

I can’t really comment on the precise in’s and out’s of what happened, but suffice to say, that Bethany and Jordan were removed from their mother’s care, and placed in the care of Becky and I at the behest of Social Services. This was initially an interim solution, though the situation was so bad, that we were all preparing for this to be a permanent placement.

This was finally confirmed in January, when Becky and I were granted residency orders for Bethany and Jordan until they reach their majority (age 18).

It’s been a tough time, with plenty of tears, and no doubt there will be more to come. If it weren’t for the generosity and support of our friends and family we would surely have all cracked under the pressure, and I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their kind words of support and their help.

Thankfully Bethany and Jordan have both settled in very well both in their new home, and in their new schools. Within days of starting her new school Bethany was made a prefect, and we couldn’t be more proud. Jordan has had some settling-in issues, but is progressing well, and thankfully, he’s a bright, intelligent lad, and he’s coming on leaps and bounds, and we couldn’t be happier with their progress.

So, what are my plans with the website now? Well, the hope is that this site will serve as both an oft-used blog, and a repository of knowledge. When I get the time and inclination I shall return to developing extensions for Dreamweaver, though I shall also be working on applications that don’t necessarily rely on that august editor. I’ve not fallen out with the software, though was very surprised to learn about the Macromedia takeover by Adobe. Old news I know, but as I said, it’s been a busy year, and I’ve still got some catching up to do. As the full ramifications of this merger are yet to be felt (though I doubt that will last for long now), I’m really going to reserve judgment until I start seeing some new software versions, before making my final judgements.

I will be honest, though, Adobe’s history with Web Development software hasn’t been a good start IMHO. GoLive was an awful waste of time, I just hope they don’t inflict on Dreamweaver the same fate. Time will tell.

Anyway, update over (for the moment), thanks for taking the time to stop by.