Welcome to my Q&A. This document tries to answer any questions you may have in regards to this site, or its contents. The questions are in no particular order.
If you have any questions which could be added to this Q&A or wish to contact me in general, feel free to e-mail me: smolarcz@netspace.net.au or, if you prefer, sign my guestbook.
Q: What is that Mind-it thingy?
A: Mind-it is a free, automatic
Web-surfing robot that keeps track of changes to Web pages that are
important to you. When Mind-it detects changes in any of the Web
pages you have registered, it sends you e-mail.
Find out more about Mind-it at the
NetMind site.
Q: I've subscribed to find about changes
to one of your pages through NetMind's Mind-it. Sometimes I get e-mail that
the page has changed, but I don't see any difference, what's going on?
A: Well, there are two situations which
come to mind that may have this result. One possibility is that I have
changed the page, but in a way which is not as obvious to the viewer
as it is to the Mind-it robot. These changes could be things such as
spelling/typo corrections, updating links, or re-writing the HTML so that
the page looks right under as many different WWW browsers as possible.
Secondly, it could be because the old page is still in your
browser's disk cache or on your WWW proxy server. You'll need to
reload/refresh the page to get the latest version.
Find out more about Mind-it at the
NetMind site.
Q: Could you $^%#en well stop sending me
e-mail about your site? I don't want to know about it.
A: No. I'll force you to keep receiving
these messages for eternity. Actually, these messages have little to do with
me, as they are a free service of NetMind. Information on how to cancel is
included with every message that Mind-it sends.
Find out more about Mind-it at the
NetMind site.
Q: Is it possible to be made aware of
changes to your site as a whole, rather than just one page in particular?
A: Indeed it is. You can do this by
registering to be notified of changes to the Site Map
page. This page changes every time any other page on the site is altered,
so you will therefore be made aware of changes to any part of the site.
Q: Your first page tries to give me
a cookie, what is it used for?
A: This cookie is being offered by the
"WebTracker". I started using the WebTracker when my old counter started
resetting itself. Primarily I use it to keep track of how many visitors come
to my page. It displays these stats, and also tells me what proportions of
visitors are using certain web browsers (eg. IBrowse or Netscape Navigator)
and operating systems (eg. AmigaOS, MacOS or Windoze 95/98). It also informs
me which top-level domains browsers are visiting from (for example: .au,
.nl, .de, .net, .com or .org).
Webtracker DOES NOT keep records of IP numbers, and CAN NOT be
used as the basis of some sort of evil spamming exercise. The only thing I
get out of having the WebTracker is an answer as to my curuiosity about how
many different people have visited my site. To sum up, it's ultimately
useless yet harmless.
WebTracker is a free service to any site which get less than 500
hits a day (I just squeeze in by around 497 or so :-). You can find out
more about the WebTracker at
FXweb's site.
You can also check out my public WebTracker stats. This is
basically a compact version of most of the data I acquire through the
service.
WebTracker Public Statistics.
Q: What about text-only browsers or
those who browse with image loading turned off?
A: What about them? Well, as far as
accessibility is concerned, I hope that my site works well on such systems,
if for some reason it doesn't, don't hesitate to contact me and let me know.
As far as the Webtracker is concerned, it does not keep track of
such browsers visiting my site due to the fact that it relies on the loading
of a small image. You can find out more about the WebTracker at
FXweb's site.
Q: I want to return to your site, but the
URL is way too hard to remember. Any suggestions?
A: You want to come back!? Well, the best option
would be a bookmark. But the site is also accesible using this simpler address:
i.am/adam.au.
Q: Are you aware that "ASS" is an
acronym for "Adam Smolarczyk's Site"?
A: Of course! A while back, I found that
"Adam Smolarczyk's Home Page" was a bit too long a name for my purposes, and
that my previous attempts at creative names were a bit sad. I decided to go
for "Adam Smolarczyk's Site" - fairly short, simple, and with the bonus of
possibly being known as "ASS". Great.
Q: Your web site is really crap, it
sucks big time.
A: That's not really a question, is it?
Nor is this an answer.
Q: Why haven't you answered my
e-mail?
A: Recently there's been a few people
e-mailing me who obviously have mis-configured e-mail software, as I
received "user unknown" errors when I tried to reply. If you want a reply,
It'd be a lot easier if I could get in contact with you. Please check out
your mail program set-up if you've sent me mail and haven't received an
answer.
Even if your e-mail config is correct, it's a known fact that
not all e-mail gets through, so that's another thing to consider.
Oh and if your e-mail happens to be offering me a way to make
$150,000 a year from home, I don't think I'll be answering it any time
soon...
Q: Why do some people call you "George"?
A: I can't help you with this question,
I'm afraid. If you happen to have arrived at my site through
Droopy's page, you'll notice he
refers to me as "George" - perhaps you should ask him why he does so.
Q: Why do you call him "Droopy"?
A: This person is sometimes also know as
"Birron", which is a corruption of his surname. I, on the other hand, am
of the opinion that he looks much like the cartoon dog named Droopy. Hence
this is what he shall be known as. Also because he keeps calling me
"George".
Q: Why doesn't your site have any Java/
frames/other stupid things?
A: Because I don't like them, and I don't
think any of those would really add a great deal to the site.
Q: Would you like to buy my Amiga 500
with extra floppy drive?
A: I really don't think so...
This Revision: � November 4th, 1999.
Originally Created: October 6th, 1997.
This page is a direct result of the boredom of
Adam Smolarczyk.