One of the funniest things in the world to me is watching my brother-in-law do “The Robot”. I’m pretty sure that my sister will back me up on this.
I have to confess…
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Career fair notes
Yesterday morning, my alarm went off at 7:30 a.m. That’s about as early as it’s gone off in three months. And true to my nature, I hit the snooze not once, but twice.
Driving to Tuscaloosa wearing a suit was a strange experience. I don’t know why; it just was.
I took 40 résumés with me, and ended up dropping about 25 of them.
I talked with companies located as close to me as down the street, and as far away as Pella, Iowa.
I was so tired from everything that I fell asleep last night at 7.
All in all, I’d have to say that the Career Fair went pretty well. I think that I’ve got some good chances for employment. After the last couple of months, it’s a solid step in the right direction.
Dude, where’s my RAM?
I went to Circuit City today and found that 128MB RAM chips were on sale for $19.99! So I got one and just finished installing it in my computer. I’ve maxed out the RAM on my system now! And my computer’s all, “Dude!” And I’m all, “Sweet!”
How out of shape am I?
This morning I had the weather channel on and I saw where it was only 75 degrees outside. Perfect bike-riding weather, I thought. So I got my helmet and headed out.
So I’ve bought a book
Today I went to Books-A-Million and bought The Javascript Bible, the complete source on everything Javascript. I’ve been looking for something to learn for a while now, and this was the way I decided to go. I know a little Javascript, but nothing like I’d like to; having a solid knowledge of it is one of my checkpoints.
I’m going to try to take a step toward another checkpoint a couple of days from now, when I go to the career fair at UA. Anyone interested in getting together for lunch or something while I’m over there?
Roll Tide for a completely different sport
A University of Alabama grad shot a 58 to win a Canadian Tour event.
More site stuff
I’d been having some difficulty with several parts of the new style messing up in Netscape 4, including the entire program crashing many times by just loading a page. So I hacked away at the basic style sheets until I found something that looked somewhat good and didn’t crash the browser.
The look of the site when you look at it through Netscape 4 is pretty bare-bones, I’ll admit. But the layout is identical to what you’d see in IE 5+ and Netscape 6, save the background and borders. The coloring of the links and headers is there, and at least now you can see all the text instead of having the header image fall on top of part of the first paragraph. Plus the browser doesn’t crash, which is always a good thing.
Also, small additions and modifications to several pages, and the addition of Psalm 23 to my favorite verses.
Version 7.4 now online
Themes now work throughout pressing on, except for the tribute pages, whose styles I chose to keep, and those sections that had different themes and graphics than pressing on. I’ve also gone to a table-less format. The front page will look a little different.
Unfortunately, this still won’t work with Netscape 4, so please consider updating your browser to get the full effect.
This was a relatively large undertaking, with practically all pages on my site affected. So I’d appreciate your help. If you spot something that doesn’t work, or a graphic that has misspelled words, or anything, please e-mail me. I’d appreciate it.
From my corner of the world
“Yesterday was a different world, and I am mourning for it.” — August Wilson, September 11, 2001
This morning I peeked out the window. I wanted to make sure that the world was still there.
The scene looked just like it would any other late summer/early fall day. Going by vision alone, my little corner of the world had not changed. But everything had changed, and I knew it.
Until yesterday, there had never been an event to truly become this generation’s defining moment. There had been moments when this nation had been moved, even called to action. But no one moment this side of Pearl Harbor had ever been the focal point of an event that would change the course of history forever until September 11, 2001.
Over the course of the past couple of days, a lot has been going through my mind. I think of the bravery of the individuals who are there right now, and of those who lost their lives in the initial search and rescue operations. I think about the people who were on those planes, who knew what was about to happen. I think about my friend who’s on delta alert on a base in Louisiana right now. Yesterday was his second wedding anniversary.
I almost don’t want to post anything about this, for fear that I may be trivializing the situation or all those involved. That is, those who are directly involved. Because we are all involved in this now. I don’t claim to have all the answers. I won’t even try to venture a guess as to all that will come from this. All I know is no one will ever be the same.
Pray for those who are searching. Those who are searching for more who are trapped. Those who are searching for those who committed these terrible acts. Those who are searching for courses of action. And those who are searching for reasons, and anything to hold on to in this time.
God Bless America.
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Pray today. Please pray today.