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An update, and a call for tech advice
Feb. 18th, 2009 01:14 pmFairy Grandmother is settling into her new digs, close to her home though she won't live there again. Aside from the sprained ankle and pneumonia (getting better) and the memory issues (getting worse), she's in good health and spirits. The nursing home staff seem good, not simply cheerful but also keen on asking for and remembering details of Grandma as a person. Time will tell. But she's eating well, which is the biggest concern we've had about her in an institutional setting, and once she's more mobile and cleared by the docs we can sign her out and not just visit her there.
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Cmonkey went to her first movie, which was a smashing success even though she didn't like wearing the 3-D glasses.
Ticket Booth Person: Which movie?
Mr. F (jostles Cmonkey on his hip): Guess!
TBP: Bob the Builder!
Mr. F (puzzled and mildly offended): Um, no. Coraline.
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I'm considering registering a domain or two, and putting up an online portfolio for at least myself, and my brother as well if I can get him onboard (password protected, with log-ins on our resumes).
The second domain would hold a website based on my renaissance-person delusions of grandeur (and likely yet another Bruce Wayne identity).
Because if you can't build a shrine to your interests on the net, where else would it possibly go? If only to help me keep track, and keep me focused on the *journey* of these passions instead of all the time obsessing over goals.
In other words, it's spring and I'm craving a puzzle-challenge. I've done fannish approximations of these things before, and I miss it, the drive to understand a tech in order to create with it. Between replacing the battery and firmware in my soviet ipod, and putting together a 'workspace on a stick' on this USB, I'm getting cocky in my ability to learn by doing--or at least, following instructions and figuring it out along the way. Less 'learn by doing' and more 'learn by playing and breaking and fixing'.
Anyhoo, I have these Big Ideas of learning XHTML and CSS, not to mention working with a hosting provider and figuring out FTP and all that jazz. It's daunting. But very intriguing, because I want to do more than I can fit into the format of just a wordpress account.
I'm currently looking at Name Cheap for domain registry and A Small Orange for hosting--anyone have an experience or review they'd like to share? Or a recommendation for books for newbies looking to learn how to bake a website from scratch?
~*~
Cmonkey went to her first movie, which was a smashing success even though she didn't like wearing the 3-D glasses.
Ticket Booth Person: Which movie?
Mr. F (jostles Cmonkey on his hip): Guess!
TBP: Bob the Builder!
Mr. F (puzzled and mildly offended): Um, no. Coraline.
~*~
I'm considering registering a domain or two, and putting up an online portfolio for at least myself, and my brother as well if I can get him onboard (password protected, with log-ins on our resumes).
The second domain would hold a website based on my renaissance-person delusions of grandeur (and likely yet another Bruce Wayne identity).
Because if you can't build a shrine to your interests on the net, where else would it possibly go? If only to help me keep track, and keep me focused on the *journey* of these passions instead of all the time obsessing over goals.
In other words, it's spring and I'm craving a puzzle-challenge. I've done fannish approximations of these things before, and I miss it, the drive to understand a tech in order to create with it. Between replacing the battery and firmware in my soviet ipod, and putting together a 'workspace on a stick' on this USB, I'm getting cocky in my ability to learn by doing--or at least, following instructions and figuring it out along the way. Less 'learn by doing' and more 'learn by playing and breaking and fixing'.
Anyhoo, I have these Big Ideas of learning XHTML and CSS, not to mention working with a hosting provider and figuring out FTP and all that jazz. It's daunting. But very intriguing, because I want to do more than I can fit into the format of just a wordpress account.
I'm currently looking at Name Cheap for domain registry and A Small Orange for hosting--anyone have an experience or review they'd like to share? Or a recommendation for books for newbies looking to learn how to bake a website from scratch?
