Happy New Years

First Post of the New year

Welcome to the first post of the new year.  So here it is.  

My first New Years resolution is to keep up with this blog. *Sips tea*

Hah!  Like I'll be able to keep up with that promise.  Fuck New Years Resolutions.  New Years resolutions are nothing but empty promises in a sad attempt to better yourself.  So instead of a new years resolution, how about people make signed, notarized, contracts to themselves and sue themselves when breaching said contract.  That'll do one of two things.

1:  Stop people from obsessing over what they cannot change, and accept who they are.

2:  Actually change what they don't like.

3:  Go to jail for being stupid.

Ok...maybe three things.

Happy New Year my non-existent readers.  

Much love to you! *Chugs tea*

Shitastic!

To be Undone

A shitastic week begins with school and work associated with it.  I know somewhere out there in the universe, another soul is cursing Adobe with every fiber of their being.  I've made praise to the Software Gods, only to have my prayers unanswered, as Adobe Flash crashes for the 3rd time, since working on my final project.  So much work gone to waste.  Flash is like the bastard stepchild who acts out for attention.  The Dean's List includes:  Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe Illustrator, and Dreamweaver.  Meanwhile, Flash is in serving time, on repeated DUI's and reckless driving offenses.  About 2 hours of work gone in a flash.(excuse the pun)  *sips tea*  In order to keep going I need to spam "ctrl+s", to not lose work.  It's the nightmares of my old iMac all over again.

The Awesome and the Horror that is gaming

I'm starting to show track marks on my arm from the amount of Guild Wars 2 Consumption this weekend.  Gaming should be used during leisure, not to be abused during work time. 

 Ex: Hopped on GW2 as an outlet and a means to kill shit when Adobe Flash crashes for the third time.  But instead of playing for an hour and going back to toiling away in Flash, I played until about 4 am.  What's even worse, I over slept my first class.  

Much love to my instructor, who did not drop me from the class.

Enough bitching about Flash...

Communication

Let's bitch about something else.

There's a communications barrier, that keeps getting wider.  *chugs tea*  People, are using the internet more and more for vital communication.  I'm finding harder and harder to get shit done.(forgive my lack of elegance.  I predict more swearing in my blog as the semester progresses)  *stares at empty cup*

I find threatening your co-workers, comrades, and/or collaborators with your presence often inspires a better work ethic.  But more about that later.  Work is piling up, and deadlines are drawing ever closer.  We'll see how this turns out.

Wedding

Still working on wedding planning.  More information in the next blog post.  There will be a link for donations via PayPal added to this blog, for those of you who wish to help Justin and I pay for our wedding.
I'm going to work hard in making something to sell as well.

The Strifes of the Internet

First the Pat on the back

I was never a good journal keeper.  I would start a journal and never continue.  So, for me to make a second entry in the same week, is impressive for me.  It may mean nothing to the rest...of...my non-existent readers.(anyway) Here, is my awkward pat on the back. *Pat* *Pat*  This calls for a celebration of caffeine.

Now, let's talk about the web.*sip* 

The War

As I write this, I'm in the middle of working on my XML homework.(hazzah..)  This brings up my main topic for this entry: The never-ending civil war between the Browser Overlords, and the struggling victims who try and design websites, to appease the masses who use these tools of destruction.  I'm going to dub them "BO"; inspired from developing websites for all of them..(It stinks)

As I'm contemplating on whether or not I should make another batch of my delectable special dark brew creme tea (recipe later in this blog post), I reflect on my XML assignments; more specifically adding CSS to my schedule, created in XML. 

Writing XML is a cruel reminder of the BO and their petty differences.
Right now...Internet Explorer is gloating; gloating so hard, it hurts.  I'm crawling on my belly back to him during my XML development.  Why?  Because 10%-25% of the CSS I wrote will not work on Chrome or Firefox.*despair*
The good news came, when I found out my instructor only checks our work on IE.
Who's gloating now, you rat bastard!  I will be free of you one day!
Now if only all the browsers would sign a treaty.

Past Dramatic Internet Disfunctionality

I'll do my best not to be too boring with my reflection.

My first relationship was with Netscape.  It was puppy love.  We giggled and passes love notes to each other in the computer rooms of my middle school.  We held hands and eventually moved on.

This is about the time IE and I first met. *sip*  My father bought me a computer during my freshmen year of high school.  I believe it was Christmas 1998.  It was an iMac. Before you judge; it was free and it worked beautifully for what I used it for.  Plus, my father installed PhotoShop 4.0, and Corel Draw.  

At the time, I was young and naive.  I haven't touched development or design yet; all was good.  My first experience with web design was backwards.  I started learning CSS  before html. "How?", you may start to wonder.  I started a forum on InvisionFree.com, and manipulated the CSS to suite my needs.
I was a scriptKiddie.  Copy and Paste were my closest friends and the forum blossomed.  We chatted; we gamed; we told fun stories and held hands.(whatever)  At the time, I was ignorant of the perils of cross browser design.  I never bothered to check..until I got my first complaint.  I soon started downloading other browsers to see what the problem was.  That's when IE started showing signs of jealousy. *cries* With each new version update, it got worse.  I started started having an affair with Opera and Firefox.  It wasn't until IE 6 that I filed for a divorce. *chugs*  This was also the time I switched to a Windows XP machine.  

Firefox was there to pick up the pieces.  He comforted me, through my "healing".  His style was simple.  His features were nice, too.  Ad-Blocker was amazing at the time.  That relationship lasted quite a long time.  We broke up in 2011.  His lack of vitality couldn't keep up with my browsing needs.  He was getting fat too.  So many tool bars and add-on options; all of them slowing me down.  My need for speed was great.  It was about when version 4.0 was being released, when we realized we didn't see eye to eye anymore.  We still talk.  FF's developer tools are still top notch, I'll give him that and he's still very popular with end users.

Then came Chrome.  Chrome came riding in on a black motorcycle; hair spiked back; sunglasses glistening in the sunlight..blinding me, really. I hop on, riding bitch; not a word spoken between us, and we ride off into the sunset. *stares at empty glass*  We've been together ever since.

Our love was only strengthened when I started using chrome on my Galaxy S3. *squees!* 
What's not to love?  Simple interface; address bar doubles as a google search bar; great developing tools.  Google does things right: 

• Translate
• Goggles
• Android
• Gmail..

The list is ongoing.  That's a blog for another day.
To be honest, each browser has it's merits. I'm just being bias...on my own blog.

Time for more tea.

Here's the recipe:
You will need:
-1 Kettle or pot
-Water to fill said kettle
-6-8 tea bags.  (Black Lipton will do.  no need to go all out expensive.)
-Sugar
-Honey or nectar
-vanilla soy milk

1. Bring hot water to a rolling boil.
2. Seep black tea bags  
3. Wait until it is just turning the consistency and color of coffee.  (Any longer and it'll be too strong.)
4. Add desired sugar, and honey(or Nectar)  I usually just eye it.
5. Stir until the sugar and honey dissolve.
6. Add soy milk.  Only add enough to make it a dark caramel color.  If you add too much you'll lose the flavor of the tea.
7. Pour over ice.
8. Add bendy straw.
9. Enjoy!

One of those hair pulling moments

Blogging

As a web developer I have expectations when it comes to functionality of the internet.  For example, if one hits the publish button, with the desired post selected on a blogging website, one expects it to publish.  No, not this website.  So, here is my fourth try.  If it fails, we assume the other boundaries of the universe does not want this blog to happen, and I shall comply to it's wishes.

The Initial Warnings

I am an atrocious speller, typist, and even more of a terrible writer.  Please forgive any reoccurring instances of misspelled words, typos, and grammatical errors.  I try my best to proof read before I publish, however, I'm sure I'll miss mistakes.

Lastly, I'd like to take the time to remind and inform both, dedicated readers and casual online amblers, that I will not take any reader into consideration when writing my blogs.  I will not hold back.  I will not answer every comment.  If I don't like a comment, I'm more than likely going to ignore it.  That's just who I am.


Now that we have that out of the way.  I hope anyone who stumbles upon this blog by chance, enjoys it or learns from it.

++Oriphan++