Ever Taken a Survey You Actually Enjoyed?

I just participated in A List Apart’s Web Design Survey, 2008 and I was really impressed with its high quality compared with other surveys I’ve taken (e.g., tech support call surveys). It seemed like a great mix – and appropriate length – of relevant questions. I’m very excited to see the results and see how [...]

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Fancy Text Plugin (Testing)

I’m exploring the functionality of a new Nucleus CMS plugin, called “FancyText” which converts things like quotes, smilies, and some HTML elements into more stylish versions.

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My First Apple Logo Sticker

For the past 12 hours or so I’ve been debating about even adding a post about this. But I think it’s good to finally admit it… lately I have been suffering from iPod envy. You see, about a year and a half ago I bought a Creative Labs Jukebox Zen Xtra MP3 player. And I’ve [...]

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Wildlife in the Wind

Over the weekend, we were glued to the TV set keeping an eye on the path of Hurricane Rita. Fortunately, we didn’t experience much more in Dallas than some moderately high wind and ominous grey storm clouds. In the late afternoon on Saturday I went out on the patio with my camcorder to catch some [...]

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From Dallas to Oz and Back

I had an interesting experience this afternoon. While I was shopping for produce at my local Whole Foods (health food store), my brother, who lives in Australia, called my mobile phone. He had some CSS coding questions.

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No More Overlapping Header Elements

I was having some difficulties with the header throughout the site. If you increased the text size quite a bit (to simulate what a visually impaired user might experience), the main navigation links along the top-right of the window would cover up the logo on the left.

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By the power vested in me…

…by no one in particular. I do hereby open this section of the site. I call it “Notes” and that’s pretty much what I intend it to include—thoughts, announcements, anything. I’d call it a blog… but I prefer “online journal.”

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