So Where Did They Go, Then?
18 April 2006
It appears that, through a quirk in the plug-in I use for the contact form, if anyone has sent me a message using said contact form it never got delivered. It’s been fixed now and the contact form works as expected (and shame on me for not testing better).
If you feel you’ve been snubbed by the vast, echoing silence1, have faith that you may now give me whichever piece of your mind you feel is appropriate and I will, indeed, receive it. I have empty pickle jars standing by…
On another note not totally unrelated, the Fresno Poets’ Association redesign is coming along nicely (working on this is what brought the contact form quirk to my attention). If you’d like a preview, take a look and then tell me what you think. It is, of course, not done yet, but it’s awfully close.
1 can silence actually echo?
more tinkering
14 March 2006
I know to most people (yes, all two of you) everything looks the same, but I had a minor breakthrough today about how to put this whole thing together and really make the best use of TextPattern (the Content Management System that runs this show).
Notice the TagCloud to the right. I would explain it all, but you either have some knowledge of tags and tag clouds (via Flickr, most likely) and Folksonomy and know how it works or you don’t and probably wouldn’t care anyway. Or you could just click a few links and see what happens. My TagCloud is made from literature (poetry, mostly) RSS feeds I chose, so it’s pretty cool.
Anyway, you might also notice a few more buttons up top, just to finish everything off. And yeah, the “about” page is blank, I know. I hate writing that stuff.
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Brand Spankin' New
7 February 2006
Everything old is new again, brown is the new black, and boring is the new interesting.
The new FritzHubbard.org is here, but there’s just not much going on at the moment—though we’ve got some pictures up—but take a look around and see what you think of the new digs.
If you’re using any version of Internet Explorer, well, the fact is, you shouldn’t be, for countless reasons. Please don’t get defensive, this is about a bad browser, not bad people, but the fact is, IE doesn’t feel the need to follow the rules for displaying content that everyone else has agreed upon. Some of you might say, “Sounds like you’re a conformist!” and you’d be right—in certain areas (like grammar, for instance) a certain amount of conformity is simply necessary. Every language has rules of grammar, and every language has beautiful poetry and song. A web page is a visual poem, but IE doesn’t speak the language correctly.
Now, that’s all design talk… there’s also that whole security thing. Using IE to “surf the web” (boy that phrase sounds dated… Isn’t there a new one yet?) is like having an immune deficiency and walking into a classroom full of germy little kids. You might not get sick the first day, but sooner or later some nasty little bug is gonna make a cozy little home for itself in your GI tract.
For all of you who are not using IE but take a little pleasure in being reminded occasionally how really bad it is, check out Homeland Security’s warning about the dangers of using IE.
And feel free to leave us a note before you leave!
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