30% More Cowbell
Posted by Glen in on 30 Jan. 2005, 1:07 pm
I think this look is somewhat less ugly than the orange. Obviously, there is still work to be done.
Under construction
Posted by Glen in on 25 Jan. 2005, 10:06 pm
[Insert animated cartoon of contruction worker]
My blog is going to look like a big, hairy mess for the next week or so. I need to learn CSS better.
New Lameness
Posted by Glen in on 24 Jan. 2005, 7:34 pm
Consider the following:
- Several weeks ago, I promised a new blog with RSS support
- Since then, I have posted nothing substantial
- b2, my “old” blog software, has morphed into a snazzy new package called Wordpress.
Any reasonable person might conclude that I cooked up an awesome new blog in this time, but alas, I did not. The good news is that I did upgrade to Wordpress, and aerogeek.org finally supports RSS. The bad news is that the new blog looks pretty crappy and still lacks important features such as Rachel’s Blog and a new photo album. As you might expect, I am working on the look and will get those important features going shortly. The old blog was so 2001, what with the wedding page and the research page and the antiquated html and the real name plastered all over the place and the things of this nature, that I simply had to put it out of its misery. It may not look it yet, but the new blog will soon reign supreme.
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New blog TODO #216: Inline comments, just like the old blog.
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woah, I say, woah!
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You’re getting a lot further than I am on the blog redesign at least. You started!!!
Fiction
Posted by Glen in on 6 Jan. 2005, 8:12 pm
If you haven’t already–and you probably have, because I’m chronically behind the curve–you should read the excellent The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon. And I should resolve to read more fiction.
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ooh, I liked that book too. A co-worker read the Reader’s Digest version a few months ago. Now why they have an RD version of this short short book, I will never know.
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Were I an author, I would forbid Reader’s Digest from ever publishing one of my novels. Similarly to how, if I were a movie director, I would forbid movie theatres from showing my movie trailers using one of those LCD projectors that they use to show commercials, slides and trailers before the real trailers begin. The resolution and sound quality are just inadequate.
Comment from DAD on 31 Jan. 2005, 2:46 pm :
Okay–I admit that I don’t know what “30% more cowbell” means. ?
Comment from Glen on 31 Jan. 2005, 8:57 pm :
It’s a tired reference to a Saturday Night Live skit.
Comment from Katie on 3 Feb. 2005, 8:15 pm :
May I say that I am not incredibly pleased with the appearance of the blog? If I were to make suggestions, I’d say that the date needs to be smaller and flush right, or if you keep it on the left, it needs to be in a smaller, sans serif font matching your body text. Same for the ‘comments’ title. The fancy font at that size competes and it makes it seem like a lot is going on per post. I’d also like to see a separater between post and comments, perhaps a rule that is three quarters the length of the top rule.
Then again, I’ve only studied print design and don’t know much about web. I just like to give my two cents.
Comment from Glen on 3 Feb. 2005, 8:59 pm :
I know the fonts are ugly, but that’s because I haven’t worked on them yet. Save yourself the pain, and use an RSS reader
Comment from Angela on 4 Feb. 2005, 3:44 pm :
hmm…I just noticed the missing tag board. Such are my powers of observation.
I want to alert you to what should become your favorite website: http://www.engrish.com/
The Japanese! Their English! Hours of Enjoyment.
Comment from Glen on 4 Feb. 2005, 5:36 pm :
Ahh yes, engrish.com. That already was my favorite website.
Is a tagboard really necessary here? The old one was always stagnant.