The Lot of a Web Designer

One of my interns sent me this image today:

This is oh-so true… except for the salmon-pink area. I will double that area and use up my swearing and Bill-Gates-Cursing time allotments to find success with CSS. I refuse to go back to tables.
The green sliver of “actual design time” is often depressing and, [...]

Self Image: a self-indulgent post about self-esteem and self-perception

confident
adjective

Having no doubt: assured, certain, positive, sure, undoubting. See certain/uncertain.
Having a firm belief in one’s own powers: assured, secure, self-assured, self-confident, self-possessed. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, belief/unbelief.

People tend to view me as extremely self-confident and completely comfortable with who I am. I say this because they tell me so directly and indirectly. [...]

The Arty Geek Gets Schooled by the Tech

Before launching into the important lesson my beloved S.O. taught me, I feel I need to define a facet of our relationship and the relevant Roles in the House.
HIM
He is the hardware guy, the tech, the fixer of broken things, the one who understands the components that make up our entertainment system and how they [...]

How Poetic

photo by Electracute

Jer has been away on a business trip, leaving The Boy and I to fend for our own silly selves for a few days.
Tonight we snagged some fresh baguettes from a local bakery and some of their “homemade style” soups. He chowed down on his chicken noodle, and tried to gross me [...]

And now for something completely different…

Yes, I know.  Monty Python references are SOOOOO 1990/80/70/British.  I was going to call this post “A Break in Programming” but then couldn’t get past the double meaning of the word “Programming” since I’m in the web/tech industry and all.  I didn’t want there to be any cheesy double-meanings, so I opted for time-tested cheese [...]