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Still alive … I swear!

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

So I’ve been floating around the internet for the past couple of days and I’ve decided that if I can get myself on a set schedule I can figure out a way to add some blogging into my day so I can at least make it seem as though I own the websites that I’m still actively paying for.  I did come across a few templates that I’m interested in using, I really have no drive to create something from scratch but I could always recreate something I did in the past.  I did really like the CNN style template that was previously up here but considering I’m not really in the design world anymore and am more interested in blogging than anything, it make make more sense to just keep it simple and go from there.

I will be getting back into sponsored blogging, just to bring in some extra money.  I know I can bring in an extra $500 a month if I actively do it and while that’s no where near what I was making before, it’ll still give me some extra cash to get some bills paid off quicker.

As far as real-life is concerned I’ve been working a lot of overtime and Sean’s been putting in a lot of hours on his stuff so as a whole we’re bringing in around $5600 a month.  It’s getting everything taken care of but having the extra money to accomplish some things would be great.  For me it means a new car, for Sean it means fixing his car and possibly purchasing another laptop being as mine is coming up on the four year mark and slowly beginning to die.  It’s not surprising considering how I abused the crap out of it over the years with Photoshop, Dreamweaver and iTunes constantly running. I will be purchasing a Macbook Pro and I know I’m going to need to save up about $3000 to get the one that I want.

So yea, expect a few more frequent updates out of me over the course of the next couple of days.  I haven’t decided which one I’m going to turn into my primary blog but I’m sure with everything going on in my life right now I’ll have more than enough to talk about anyway.

Patiently Waiting

Monday, July 21st, 2008

I’ve been pretty busy for the past couple of days, mainly with work.  I’m working on a new site now that’s proving to be a bit more difficult to code than I’d originally thought it would.  I’m working on another template that’s so beyond my experience it’s unreal.  I’ve been able to get somewhere with it, I’ve just never had to use so many div layers to accomplish everything.

On top of that, I’m waiting to hear from at least ONE of the jobs I’ve recently applied to.  I’m waiting on about 7 design positions and a few clerical ones as well, the biggest being one at the Hospital.  Even though it’s per-diem (call you when they need you) if you have your foot in the door and have your shit together, then you’ll more than likely be on their payroll for a full-time position in close to no time.  I’m really hoping to hear something from them though.  It’s local, easy to get to, and with most of my family already working there it shouldn’t be hard to get in.  I just have to wait for the application to even be looked at, let alone delivered to the hospital.  I completed it online but it has to go through two other offices before it gets to human resources.  Last week they had something going on with joint commission so that puts a delay on things.  But it’s been over a week since I submitted so I really just hope to hear SOMETHING.

In any event, I have some posting to do, mainly to get back on track with things I’m backed up on.  There are a few new cool technology things to boast about, and lets not get started on the new CSS3 standards. OY!

What are your plans?

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

Thanksgiving is around the corner, Sean and I are going to spend a quiet evening at home with a Turkey, all the fixings and of course Bella waiting patiently under the table for scraps of food to fall.  I’m still behind on getting things accomplished due to a lack of a computer these days.  We’re in the process of packing up the house so we can bomb and my only computer as of right now is the desktop, so that’s why I’m sitting on Sean’s right now.  My laptop is on the verge of death, the battery is dying on me and the wireless doesn’t wish to work for me.  The desktop is completely packed up so there’s only one option for getting anything done and that’s waiting very patiently until Sean goes to bed so I can hop online and get some kind of work done.

I do have things waiting for me, I just don’t really have the time or the resources to accomplish anything.  I hate that it’s come down to that but I’m slowly stepping away from things these days, in more than one aspect of my life, and the computer really doesn’t mean much to me anymore, not that it meant much to begin with other than a paycheck at least.

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Upgrades

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

I just upgraded Wordpress to the latest stable version (via Fantastico at least).  I’m waiting patiently for version 2.3 to be made available for Fantastico so I can play around with that version, there were a lot of interesting features added that I’m interested in trying out.  Most of it is TinyMCE based because there are supposedly hidden features in earlier versions that you can now access with 2.3.  It’s worth checking out for all of you wordpress fans.  I’ve been using Wordpress for years, I started using it when it was first created by Cafelog as B2.  Now there’s B2Evolution which is nice and all but when you’re only running one blog and you have the features of a complete CMS program – Wordpress is really the way to go.

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Resources: Feed Burner

Monday, July 9th, 2007

I honestly enjoy plugging resources that I feel would benefit many people. A resource that not many of my visitors are aware of is a nifty little site named FeedBurner.
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Wordpress iPhone Plugin

Monday, July 9th, 2007

With all of the buzz surrounding the new iPhone, it’s no surprise to me that everyone is jumping on the bandwagon of making their sites iPhone compliant. Just having standards compliant website isn’t necessarily going to help you out this time. I personally have no idea what my website will look like on an iPhone, mainly because I refuse to go out and actually purchase one.
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Generate Lipsum and have your blog say nothing in style

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007

Lorem Ipsum

Some blogs have nothing to say, this website really has nothing to say, on purpose. Its called lipsum and it’s used for testing fonts and filling up pages with pig latinish words so you can get a better idea on how your new template or webpage will look. This website simply generates some lipsum for your site, so if you are going to say nothing, do it in style with lipsum and save us the time of reading your dribble.

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Opensource blogging, provides bloggers a way to pool resources

Sunday, March 25th, 2007

BlogContentDepot.com is a way to help bloggers find new content for their websites. We noticed that many popular sites would have the same news rewritten for each site and thought what a waste to rewrite the same content. BlogContentDepot.com allows bloggers to pool their resources and keep their sites up to date with all of the latest content. Think of it as opensource blogging. The benefits are two fold, your site receives a link back to your site and in the future advertisement revenue, bloggers get to keep their pages current when the occasional writers block or dis-interest crops up. Quite simply this site allows bloggers to edit, proof, and post their content as well as give them a way to collectively vet ideas and content.

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Gain access to Royalty Free Images

Friday, March 23rd, 2007

SXC.hu

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