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Now in Bite Size
Friday, August 01, 2008 | comments (2)
One of the things I love most about having work to do is that it forces me to procrastinate. I like to say that it gives my procrastination purpose. And one of my favorite ways to procrastinate with purpose is to add new features to this blog.
Now, I know that, with a few exceptions, an increasing number of you read this via a feed reader. And I can respect that. It allows you to put off reading certain posts that look far too amazing for the frame of mind you are currently in, and save them for a time when you can pour over every word and marvel at my mastery of prose. (You might also call this "Getting Caught Up" or "Selecting All and Marking as Read"). I get it.
But all of you feed-reader types are missing out on a few new "Bite Sized" features I've added to the site. Since we all love bullet lists, here they are:
1) The Picayune: If you've been here for a while you know that I used to break up my long posts with smaller ones. Asides, if you will. I've brought these back. Partly because my brain is thinking more in "Asides" these days. And partly because I realize long-winded posts don't go over well on the Internets. These will actually get integrated into the feed, so feed-readers won't notice much of a difference, except that there are smaller posts coming through. If you stop by the home page, though, The Picayune will be beneath the photo feature.
2) Twitterized: I was a late comer to Twitter. I resisted it for a while and scoffed at micro-blogging in general. But I'm developing an appreciation for it now. And yes, I'm Twittering. My Tweets now appear here on the home page, below the fold. By the way, if you read this and you Twitter and I'm not following you, let me know.
3) Deliciousness: Also below the fold is a public feed from my Delicious bookmarks. These are mostly just random articles I've read and which I feel like sharing. Nothing big, but it's there.
Finally, one other content note: I recently added a way for you to browse through all photos in the the Photo Blog. In the past, you had to click forwards and backwards through the entire collection of hundreds of photos. Now you can "View All" and easily click through the whole archive. I owe thanks to the creator of ThickBox for the nifty Ajax-y interface.
Okay. That is all. Except for this: It's August! The beginning of the end of summer. That means cooler weather is on its way. And this year, like there is every four years, there's a wonderful bonus ... Olympic Swimming starts in just eight days! Yee-haw! I will be spending most of my time here.
link to this | comments (2) | File: Swimming Olympics Nicolasix Blog
Now, I know that, with a few exceptions, an increasing number of you read this via a feed reader. And I can respect that. It allows you to put off reading certain posts that look far too amazing for the frame of mind you are currently in, and save them for a time when you can pour over every word and marvel at my mastery of prose. (You might also call this "Getting Caught Up" or "Selecting All and Marking as Read"). I get it.
But all of you feed-reader types are missing out on a few new "Bite Sized" features I've added to the site. Since we all love bullet lists, here they are:
1) The Picayune: If you've been here for a while you know that I used to break up my long posts with smaller ones. Asides, if you will. I've brought these back. Partly because my brain is thinking more in "Asides" these days. And partly because I realize long-winded posts don't go over well on the Internets. These will actually get integrated into the feed, so feed-readers won't notice much of a difference, except that there are smaller posts coming through. If you stop by the home page, though, The Picayune will be beneath the photo feature.
2) Twitterized: I was a late comer to Twitter. I resisted it for a while and scoffed at micro-blogging in general. But I'm developing an appreciation for it now. And yes, I'm Twittering. My Tweets now appear here on the home page, below the fold. By the way, if you read this and you Twitter and I'm not following you, let me know.
3) Deliciousness: Also below the fold is a public feed from my Delicious bookmarks. These are mostly just random articles I've read and which I feel like sharing. Nothing big, but it's there.
Finally, one other content note: I recently added a way for you to browse through all photos in the the Photo Blog. In the past, you had to click forwards and backwards through the entire collection of hundreds of photos. Now you can "View All" and easily click through the whole archive. I owe thanks to the creator of ThickBox for the nifty Ajax-y interface.
Okay. That is all. Except for this: It's August! The beginning of the end of summer. That means cooler weather is on its way. And this year, like there is every four years, there's a wonderful bonus ... Olympic Swimming starts in just eight days! Yee-haw! I will be spending most of my time here.
link to this | comments (2) | File: Swimming Olympics Nicolasix Blog
Remodel.
Friday, November 02, 2007 | comments (9)
I've had a few late nights this week. Because it was time for a remodel. And remodels happen best at night. And I just hope my new neighbors don't have sensitive ears. Because my office shares a wall with them. And there have been keyboard taps coming from over here. Lots of 'em. Tap. Tap. Tap. Remodels can be loud affairs.
Remodels also works best when all the lights are out, save one. Sitting in a shadowed room. Headphones on, all snug and complete. Tonight it's been a lot of the Soul Coughing that fills them. And I'm mouthing lyrics here . . . Irresistible. Bliss. — And ever since then I got disseminated. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy. Yeah. It just flows better this way.
And so, as you may have noticed unless you're reading this from a feed reader, nicolasix has been spruced up a bit. Some new color. A wider look. A more newsy feel. A lot of the ideas for the look and functionality have been fueled by a project I'm working on right now for a client. That tends to happen a lot. As I work out problems in other projects, it gives me ideas for my own site. And it's great when that happens — when the pro work you do fuels your personal work.
And so I'm writing this now at 3am and, well, there's not much else to say. I'll post this in the morning because right now it's difficult to see what I've just written. Yep, there's really no telling. I can tell there are words there on the screen, but I'm not really sure what they say. Sometimes my head just reaches that buzzing conclusion of no more input. But I can still output. I just don't know if it makes sense or not. And no amount of Soul Coughing can drown out the sound of those sheets calling me. So distracting.
So real quick, a few things to point out:
1) Most people's screens are set for 1080 pixels and above these days, so the wider default layout shouldn't be too big a problem. But if yours isn't and you're getting a horizontal scroll bar in your browser, then try clicking the 'Narrow' link at the top right of the page, or in the footer. This will make it more comfortable for you 800 x 600 people. And your setting will be kept on that computer, so when you come back again and again (hint, hint) you won't have to make the adjustment each time.
2) As you can probably tell, with the new layout you can expect more photo posts. That was one of my primary motivations for the remodel.
3) Two other sites deserve some mention here, as I drew some ideas from each of them. First, a site I discovered recently: 5ThirtyOne. This one sort of confirmed in my head that, yes, it would be alright to use a more newsy-themed layout for a blog. So thanks for that. Second, I've always loved the way suicide blond's comment form was laid out, all tarski style, so I borrowed that general concept for mine. Again, thanks.
As usual, all content is driven by my own ColdFusion code and styled with my own CSS templates . . .
So that's about it. Let me know what you think. What you like. Or don't. Ideas for things to add. Or subtract.
And have a good weekend.
link to this | comments (9) | File: Web_Design Nicolasix CSS Code Blog
Remodels also works best when all the lights are out, save one. Sitting in a shadowed room. Headphones on, all snug and complete. Tonight it's been a lot of the Soul Coughing that fills them. And I'm mouthing lyrics here . . . Irresistible. Bliss. — And ever since then I got disseminated. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy. Yeah. It just flows better this way.
And so, as you may have noticed unless you're reading this from a feed reader, nicolasix has been spruced up a bit. Some new color. A wider look. A more newsy feel. A lot of the ideas for the look and functionality have been fueled by a project I'm working on right now for a client. That tends to happen a lot. As I work out problems in other projects, it gives me ideas for my own site. And it's great when that happens — when the pro work you do fuels your personal work.
And so I'm writing this now at 3am and, well, there's not much else to say. I'll post this in the morning because right now it's difficult to see what I've just written. Yep, there's really no telling. I can tell there are words there on the screen, but I'm not really sure what they say. Sometimes my head just reaches that buzzing conclusion of no more input. But I can still output. I just don't know if it makes sense or not. And no amount of Soul Coughing can drown out the sound of those sheets calling me. So distracting.
So real quick, a few things to point out:
1) Most people's screens are set for 1080 pixels and above these days, so the wider default layout shouldn't be too big a problem. But if yours isn't and you're getting a horizontal scroll bar in your browser, then try clicking the 'Narrow' link at the top right of the page, or in the footer. This will make it more comfortable for you 800 x 600 people. And your setting will be kept on that computer, so when you come back again and again (hint, hint) you won't have to make the adjustment each time.
2) As you can probably tell, with the new layout you can expect more photo posts. That was one of my primary motivations for the remodel.
3) Two other sites deserve some mention here, as I drew some ideas from each of them. First, a site I discovered recently: 5ThirtyOne. This one sort of confirmed in my head that, yes, it would be alright to use a more newsy-themed layout for a blog. So thanks for that. Second, I've always loved the way suicide blond's comment form was laid out, all tarski style, so I borrowed that general concept for mine. Again, thanks.
As usual, all content is driven by my own ColdFusion code and styled with my own CSS templates . . .
So that's about it. Let me know what you think. What you like. Or don't. Ideas for things to add. Or subtract.
And have a good weekend.
link to this | comments (9) | File: Web_Design Nicolasix CSS Code Blog
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