The day started off like most days recently have started. Late. Work carried on like most Fridays. Lite. I took rather a lot of photos during lunch, most of them worthless. *grin* I got home late in the afternoon and found Jon catching my cold. Oh well, my mom did teach me to share and I’m not the ungenerous type.We decided on seeing a movie, which wasn’t all that good, but it did serve to idle the time. Jon and I both find that being sick makes one wish to do very little. After the movie we headed to find…
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I have been writing on the web since 2000. I am a christian , a photographer, an occasional poet, a recovering dreamer, an occasional philosopher, a software developer, an autodidact, and I resemble the INFP personality type.
The Baghdad Blogger is alive and has posted 15 days worth of entries. I realize I said I was only going to blog once a week, but this is worth noting.
This was taken at my apartment complex.
but its over now and life has settled back in, and as usual, I’m tired. Jenn Graduated! I was blessed and honored to be able to fly down and watch her receive her diploma. Sweet! While in the deep south, I also had the privilege to meet Amber. Exceptional young ladies both, and I was more than honored to make their acquaintance.The days grow into weeks, and the weeks into months, and life seems to take on the character of moving train. Bits and pieces of life flash by in brief moments of time, appearing only to rush off in…
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I’ve been gallavanting… photos to follow…
Oh My Aching…It has been a long but good weekend. Saturday was Missouri Baptist University’s graduation ceremony, and three of my good friends recieved their diploma’s. Congrats Ben, Anna, and Jon, I can think of few who deserve it more. The only downside to the whole weekend occured after commencment, at Ben’s party. Ultimate Frisbee was participated in. My poor body wasn’t prepared by my cushy office job for such stress, and I’ve been feeling the effects of sprinting full speed for the last two days. usually I don’t get sore till two days after. I must be getting old…
Canon EOS 10D I bought a camera. Oh Joy!
New poem, Phillipians 4:4-7
Rejoice oh Christian, saved by God Let never end the sweet refrain Always rejoice for God is good Sing aloud His praise again In all thy works be known of men A man of moderation For soon the Lord of Heav’n and earth Will come to judge thy nation Let not thy cares take over thee Though thy heart is filled with worry But take them to thy caring God And supplicate Him gratefully So shall the peace of mighty God Which passeth understanding Thy heart in Christ shall ever keep So strong and everlasting
My Mom and Dad celebrate their 29th wedding anniversary today. Congrats Mom, Dad… And thanks for loving each other so much.
Form Should Follow Function It’s a problem that most people don’t think about enough. Fadware, that often too common piece of technology that is making some people very popular, is turning some applications and fields into very useful enterprises, and is pulling the wool over a lot of other peoples eyes. Its not one specific technology, its all technologies. I think the largest, or at least of one the largest problems in web design and web development is that people forget the ultimate goal, and that is to present the information in the best way possible. We seek the best,…
Happy Birthday to You!
Oil from Turkey Guts! Apparently you can turn just about anything into Oil. According to this story, turkey guts, machinery, plastics and just about anything else can be broken down safely and economically and turned into oil, minerals, and water. Eureka!
The Disparate Actions of Art and Artists In art, the artist is constantly questioning the way things are done, they way things are perceived, and the way reality presents itself to man. It isn’t that he doubts reality, or the validity of the traditional forms used to communicate, but it becomes increasingly more difficult to arrest the attention of the human mind in a world rich in expression. The artist thus must seek for new ways of saying things. For truly unique creations are captivating. The constant questioning is a way to break free of the traditional forms, a way…
In the Middle of the Afternoon Its the middle of the afternoon here where I work. On thursday the mood has not yet reached that point where people begin longing for the weekend. The hum of hundreds of computers spread throughout the large open area where my desk is located is soft and slightly relaxing. A network admin is talking to someone several cubes down, and smatterings of conversations occasionaly arrest my attention. Outside the sky is overcast. A slightly gray and damp atmousphere marked by a tinge of yellow as the light of the sun fights to get through…
Web Design Links: More NN4 compatible layouts can be found here at www.fu2k.org. More than just a few layouts, it explains how to make them, and gives you the basis for other types of layouts. A very nicely designed website, www.twothirty.com. They are a design and development firm, just like Marzhill Studios Inc. whose website is coming soon. And to top off the post, Javascript Libraries from Walter Zorn. Update: I found this site that catalogs css hacks. Very useful.
A japanese website, soksok.jp, (note: porn alert!), has been making waves on the net lately. Apparently, as best as I can tell from discussion on the net, its a proxy service that when requested, grabs your page and strips it of graphics and css, then repackages it for DoCoMo cell phones. Interesting. You can block it IP if you wish. Here is the metafilter discussion on it. You can also use the robots.txt file to block the user agent. You can check your logs to see what that is. (hat tip: Nels Lindahl)
Ironically… In this article, Pepsi’s new sweepstakes is explained. One Billion dollars of potential prize money could be given away to some very lucky individual. That in itself isn’t the ironic thing. *grin* As with most sweepstakes, Pepsi is paying a company, Berkshire Hathaway to underwrite the sweepstakes and pay out the billion if somebody wins. That isn’t the Ironic thing either. What’s ironic is that Berkshire Hathaway is the largest owner of stock in Coca-Cola. *grin* Coca-Cola is indirectly funding Pepsi Co’s billion dollar sweepstakes… isn’t that nice? (thanks: Anil Dash)