Because I can, and more importantly because I have a DVD player now, I decided to add a DVD review section. I already own a bunch of titles to review, it’s just going to be a matter of watching, taking notes and typing up a review for each of them.
Hey, it’s not like I have anything useful to do with my free time, you know. Or gods forbid I should have a social life. Pshaw!
As if anyone cared, but I’ve changed the daily random email address link so that the address itself isn’t shown. This should keep the column width reasonable for that side of the page and allow me more flexibility when the time comes to merge the design changes I’m working on into the main site.
The biggest problem I’m facing right now is that of layout. I have some elements that would best be served up in a wider place than is available in one of the two bordering columns, but I’m not sure where else to put them.
One idea might be display the first entry, then use the space right underneath for some “extras,” and follow with the remaining X number of entries. This places me right in the path of the other big problem I’m facing: I need to learn how to select and format items from the journal database without using the original Monaural Jerk functions.
I know how to get at the raw data. What’s lacking is my ability to choose specific items dynamically and to format them for display. The next round of experiments I conduct on the test page will probably be along these lines.
You know, being sick is no fun. I’m aware that this statement doesn’t really qualify as a stunning newsflash, but sometimes the simple truths bear repeating.
I fell ill Wednesday afternoon, was almost useless Thursday, was totally zombied Friday, was barely mobile Saturday and once again ambulatory on Sunday.
Which isn’t the same as saying that I’m all better, mind you. I’m still hacking up a lung every once in a while, and I’d really rather be asleep in bed right now. But I have a job to do, and by golly I want to do it. Being sick is no fun, after all.
After months and years of wanting and waiting and whining, I finally busted out and bought a DVD player for the home-entertainment rack. It’s the Toshiba SD-2800, their budget-priced component deck. So far it’s been a reliable, beautiful piece of hardware.
We also picked up the DVD titles Chicken Run, the Princess Bride special edition, the Shrek special edition and for the one anime title I was able to grab I chose the Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz special edition. Lots of great viewing yummy goodness, folks! It almost offsets the fact that I spent my weekend oblivious to the world.
Aw, who am I kidding? I’m thrilled to finally have a “real live” DVD player. Crowding around the computer screen is not the way to enjoy a movie experience, folks, take it from me.
Oh, and while we’re on the subject of DVDs, how about a copy of my DVD wishlist? Remember, there’s only four shopping days until my 30th birthday!
That’ll do for starters, anyway. C’mon, c’mon, you don’t have much time left! Whip out that credit card and hop to it!
One of the ongoing dilemmas facing anyone who maintains a personal site such as this one is the matter of exposure. On the one hand, you are pouring your heart and soul into something and really, really want everyone to see it, love it, and most importantly tell you how great you are for it.
On the other hand, you have another five fingers. No, wait, what I meant to say is that on the other hand, if you’re an artistic-type you’re at least partly doing this because you simply need the creative outlet. You’re doing it for yourself, not for any other individual or group.
That “see it love it” stuff is damned attractive, though.
To make a long posting shorter, I’m now signed up with Blogsnob, an advertising service of sorts. You’ll note the “Blogsnob Link,” a scripted advert that pulls from the pool of thousands of other Blogsnob members and semi-randomly creates a link to that ‘blog page.
When you get right down to it, the whole thing’s just a weird kind of ego-stroking circle-jerk (great mental image, that) but dammit, we have egos and they need stroking! Besides, there’s a good chance that by following the Blogsnob link you’ll end up reading stuff by someone much more entertaining than this little grey duck.
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