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Quiet confidence is more powerful than loud boasting. ~Dan Short
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Comment from
Dan
on 7/3/2003
<raspberry type="hugemongous=" />
Can I quote you on that? ;-) ~Angela
Comment from
Joel
on 7/3/2003
nice ...
since when did Dan become a spewing fountain of deep thoughts ;-)
He's lots of deep thoughts, that's for sure... ~Angela
Comment from
Danilo
on 6/30/2003
N N OOOO !
NN N O O !
N NN O O
N N OOOO !
its not!
<whisper>Yes; it is.</whisper> ~Angela
On this day in 1969 my mother came from Greece to America. On this day in 1996, John (my brother) married his wife Andrea. On this day in 1997, John (my cousin in Greece) married his wife. On this day in 1997, I married my husband Ambrogio.
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Comment from
Laurie
on 6/30/2003
Well better late then never, no? ;-) Gotta count for sumptin...grumble, grumble... ;-)
Somethin' like that I guess... :-) ~Angela
Comment from
Laurie
on 6/29/2003
Happy Anniversay Angela & Ambrogio!!
Enjoy! :-D
Too late Laurie; its already over! ~Angela
Gaetano went on his first field trip yesterday. It was one of those "mommy" moments for me to sign his permission slip and sign up as a chaperon.
I uploaded the pictures but made no effort to optimize them or add captions yet, sorry. Some are out of focus and I'll probably get rid of some of the images that didn't turn out great later. I'm just too busy this weekend unfortunately. I wanted to get them up at least so family could look. :-)
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Somehow or another when I moved to the new DWmommy design, I left out the pictures from my trip to San Francisco. They're in the Dreamweaver gallery because we visited Macromedia while there. ;-)
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"If stupidity were a crime, your ass would be serving life." ~The Practice
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Thursday morning Gaetano woke up with a mild fever (99.2). It didn't take him long to get his first cold from school! So we kept him home, took him to the doctor's and got him on anti-biotics.
Friday he stayed home too, and was clingy since he didn't feel well, but to look at him you wouldn't know he was sick except the occasional sniffle. We were both hungry so we went out for Japanese together. He just loves Miso soup. By late Friday night I could feel a sore throat coming, but it felt more like an alergic reaction to something I ate, or so I hoped.
Saturday I woke with one of the worst sore throats ever. If there is one knd of pain I have a low tolerance for it is sore throat pain. In the video of my labor with Gaetano, I tell the nurse I don't need any meds for the contractions, but ask if it is okay to take my throat medicine! It didn't take long for post nasal drip to start and my head to get all stuffy. Now I know how Gaetano was feeling, poor guy. :-( I've been so miserable, I can't get anything done, not work, not household chores, nothin'.
Today I woke up totally stuffed and am about 1/2 way through a Kleenex box since about 8pm last night. Of course I have several deadlines looming, and this isn't helping me to concentrate on those any either... I want my mommy...
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I've been thinking about getting a webcam, but have no idea what to choose. I'd prefer to have one that has a filter/mask for when I'm having a bad hair day. Other than that, it should work and not break when (not if) it falls. Durable is good. I don't want to have to fuss with anything, I just want to point it at me or my son and everything should focus and work smoothly. Am I asking too much? :-)
Why am I blogging about this? Now that my blog has comments available, you can tell me what to look for when purchasing a web cam (or share a funny webcam story, or whatever...). I'm in no big hurry to get one, but I'd like to add it to the wishlist at least. Thanks. :-)
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Comment from
Eric
on 6/19/2003
Yes, well, 42.40631% (Major Geek) here. Nice try, though. Just imagine how much higher I'd have gone if I were a roleplayer, or went to conventions!
You're even geekier than I am. (I'm hardly surprised.) I wish I could have marked shows I've watched. I don't watch any show regularly anymore. I'm always on the computer. (That's gotta be worth some geek points, right?) :-) ~Angela
Comment from
Eric
on 6/19/2003
Webcam? Woohoo! Hot 'n' steamy Dreamweaver coding action!
Okay, that was wrong. I also have no clue about webcams, never having owned one myself.
I'm so ashamed.
ROTFL... You've nothing to be ashamed of Eric. Apparently webcams aren't a test of geekdom. (I scored 31.16371% - Total Geek) ~Angela
Wednesday night at O Sushi Cafe is "All You Can Eat Sushi Night". I had 4 pieces of tuna, 4 pieces of yellow tail, 2 pieces of seared albacore, an 8 piece spicy tuna roll, an order of fried calamari(but I could only eat 1/2), and mochi balls for dessert. I'm stuffed...
With as much as I talk about sushi, I'm contemplating adding a Sushi category. Hmm...
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If you haven't noticed yet, I've added a Quotes category to the blog. This is where I'll post things that I've thought that seem quotable, or things friends say to me. (All posts appear unless you use the Blog Categories filters.) Most likely I won't give context to the quote, so it's probably not worth asking me. :-) Don't worry, I won't quote you without permission...
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Lying to a lawyer is like lying to a priest, but cheaper in the long run. ~Dan Short
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Comment from
Dan
on 6/17/2003
lol... so this blog is *all about you* huh.... <huffy>well</huffy> :)
...and what if it's not? ;-) How's that for philosophical? (Horrible, I'm sure...but why let that stop me? :-)) ~Angela
Comment from
Dan
on 6/17/2003
Well this one's not near as funny without the context :)
Well true... :-) Still, I'm not telling... If you really wanna, you've got a blog too ;-) ~Angela
As I understand it, most mothers are emotional when their child goes to their first day of school. I guess I'm just not like most mothers. I observed him from behind a two-way mirror for about 20 minutes with Ambrogio. Gaetano has become used to playing alone, and so he would wander away from the group to do his own thing quite a bit in those 20 minutes. I'm told he got better as the day passed.
Gaetano painted his first masterpiece today too. Soon as I can find time to fuss with my scanner I'll add it to the Artwork photo gallery.
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Comment from
Jay
on 6/16/2003
Don't worry too much about him playing alone.. his age group tends to mind their own.. once he gets a couple of years older he'll be chasin' the girls & they will be chasin' him (so long as neither wants to get caught).
I'm sure he'll adjust quickly. :-) Hopefully he didn't inherit Ambrogio's shyness. So far it doesn't seem he has, but he's always with people he knows. (Ambrogio only socializes well with people once he's been silently/passively socializing with them for a long time.)
Gaetano is already a little ladies' man! He doesn't mind being caught either. Boy am I in for it when he hits dating age... ~Angela
"Roller coasters are fun, so long as they're not emotional." ~Angela
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Comment from
Dan
on 6/17/2003
So true, so true :)
:-) ~Angela
I'm alright, just a little unwell. I've had a really painful headache today and yesterday one of my infamous stomach aches. Life's pressures are certainly getting to me, but I know I'll be alright.
A few of my online friends have noticed my abscense from MSN Messenger recently. One friend, Alex, even emailed me to make sure I was alright. (That was sweet, thanks Alex.) I told him that if he didn't see me blog in two days, or post on a newsgroup we both frequent, then he can worry. For those who only watch my blog, no more than a week should pass between posts. So don't worry!
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I've added a new Artwork gallery to the site. Not much there yet, but it should grow over time.
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Comment from
Jay
on 6/13/2003
I'm afraid this Texan is going to have to agree with that 'Dam' Texan.. Sushi is your friend.
I'm not even Texan and I know Sushi is 'dam'n good. ;-) ~Angela
Comment from
Dam
on 6/13/2003
Sushi is your friend. Take it from a Texan :)
Someone's had a bit too much to drink tonight... Can't even spell their own name! :-)
I tried to order sushi tonight but they stop doing take-out at 9pm. So unfair... ~Angela
Comment from
Laurie
on 6/13/2003
Bah...you're both freaky sickos! ;-) Everybody knows food should be cooked before eating. Harumph!
You just go on thinking that. More sushi for me. :-) ~Angela
Comment from
Derren.
on 6/13/2003
PS: Great job making Sushi out of Play-Doh there. Looks really close. I got so defensive over my beloved Sushi that I forgot to type what I wanted to say. Yeah, Sushi rules! :)
Thank you. The photo doesn't do the crab justice. I took several shots but had trouble with the focus on my camera so that's all I could use. Sushi is goooooood... ~Angela
Comment from
Derren.
on 6/13/2003
Laurie's asking for it with talk like that! All cool people eat Sushi.
Well duh... :-) ~Angela
Comment from
Laurie
on 6/12/2003
Yea, I bet the play-doh sushi tastes better than the real thing. ;-)
You just keep on thinking that Laurie. More wasabi for the rest of us... ~Angela
"The past of one person is a poor predictor of the future of another."~Dan Short
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Comment from
Joel
on 6/16/2003
deep
Isn't it though? :-) ~Angela
When in Vegas, one should do a lot of gambolling. On my recent visit, I didn't do any gambling, and I don't regret it either.
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Comment from
Eric
on 6/10/2003
How about gimbling? Is that also encouraged?
"'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in the wabe..."
Sure, but only if there is a translator present. Don't want any misunderstandings ;-) ~Angela
Alright, let's hear it; how do you like my stripes? Would you like me to have a style changer? Do you want to submit your own theme? Tell me what you think by adding a comment. I'm listening...
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Comment from
David
on 10/9/2005
These stripes are so awesome! Nice work!!
Thanks David :-) When I originally made this post it was a different set of stripes than these (but just as "awesome" if I do say so myself).
Truth be told, both sets of stripes (the previous background and this one) were my favorite pajama pants. One of these days I'll get around to adding a style changer and adding more of my jammies as backgrounds...Gotta get inspiration from somewhere, why not jammies?! ;-) ~Angela
Comment from
Jane Jolin
on 7/29/2005
I'm very excited about the project as I just finished a design theme for csszengarden.com
You can have a look at http://www.celebrityblog.net/zengarden/zengarden-sample.htm
Congrats! I don't know if or when I'll ever get around to it but if I do... well, you know. ~Angela
Comment from
Dan
on 6/14/2003
There shall be no harassment of Dan for new features :). BWAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Is there no way I could presuade you...?<pout /> ~Angela
Comment from
Dan
on 6/13/2003
D'OH!!! Damn you MERLOT!!!!!!!
:-) hahahhahahahahaha
Note to self: Harass Dan about adding a time of reply field to the blog-o-matic database. Might be good to ask him while he's still schnockered... Hmm... ~Angela
Comment from
Dam
on 6/13/2003
Consider Derren smacketh... it's like he doesn't have enough work harassing me...
Good, he deserves it. That'll teach him. Although, I must admit, you're fun to harass...
Oh and by the way, when did you change your name? Typlexic? ;-) (Course you have access to my admin :-\) ~Angela
Comment from
Derren.
on 6/13/2003
Since you asked, here it comes (I just know I'm going to get "yeah, well your site uses tables for layout!). :) Personally, I find the stripes really distracting. They bother my eyes while I reading, to a such degree that even the limited amount of stripes visible on the "Add A Comment" window makes them sore after a while. For this post, I had to move the window off the bottom of the display so I'd see even less stripes. :)
I equate having "design guts" to having &qout;fashion guts". Would you actually wear a top with these lines on it? Hmm, fashion is different for women than it is for men. ;-) I guess Dan and I don't count since his site is Yeller (not "yellow") and mine is green (well, #003333). :)
Who needs a "Check Spelling" option? Real browsers tie into the built in spell checking services that the OS offers any app that's written to take advantage of it. :)
On a positive note, you don't use tables for layout! ;-)
Yes, I would wear clothing with those stripes. :-) If you find any, do let me know... Dan's gonna have to smack you for some of your comments you know. Them be fightin' words...
Of course I don't use tables for layout, what kind of geek would I be if I did? :-) ~Angela
Comment from
Richard Perry
on 6/12/2003
Love the stripes. I got the link from Eric Meyers' site. I am busy trying to become a CSS disciple so its always good to see good sites like yours. While I like style changers I wonder is it possible to do without using scripts? I maybe wrong but I have this thing about scripts, so if you can do it without then by all means lets see! I think the idea of style and separating style from content is wonderfully portrayed by the CSS Zen Garden site but I'm still looking to see how it can be done without scripts.
But love your bold design keep up the good work
Yet another person with good taste! :-) Thanks for the kind words. Nice to know how folks find my site too. (Thanks Eric.)
I'm not sure what you have against scripts, though I presume you mean JavaScript? I happen to like JavaScript, but I'd probably do it on the server-side. I'd either use a method similar to what Dan did for My DWfaq or the method we used in a session we gave at TODCON 2001.
Unfortunately I don't get to spend as much time playing with my blog as I'd like, or by now a style changer would be done. I've got to do a sushi theme, I just have to...
Thanks Again! ~Angela
Comment from
Big John
on 6/8/2003
Those stripes show real design guts. I like that. It's been hinted that my all-css bike site is 'powerful' (whatever that means).
users.rraz.net/mc_on_the_rocks/
Design guts; I'll have to remember that one. :-) I'll definitely be checking out your site some more this week. Lots of great stuff there! I'll also be examining the bike site when I get a spare moment. Sans tables for layout, I like. :-)
Sidenote: Love the domain name. At first I expected it to be a search engine positioning site. My brother's name is John, and that's what he does.
Thanks for the comments! ~Angela
Comment from
Dan
on 6/8/2003
Stripes are gooooood
Well of course you like 'em... your blog is yellow! ~Angela
Comment from
Pete
on 6/8/2003
Lose the stripes :), they are too distracting. The focus should be on the content and the menu, but all I see is the stripes!
I few styles would be nice, always nice to offer a choice :)
ps... when clicking 'Check Spelling' I get a 'Page Cannot be found' :( .. I was curious about what you are using for the spell checking, is it a custom dll?
I won't be getting rid of the stripes any time soon, but new themes are entirely possible (though not soon either). As for the spell check... OOPS! It was working in the admin area (not that I use it as much as I should!) and I just assumed it worked on the front end. It is an Active X requiring MS Word. ~Angela
Comment from
Jay
on 6/8/2003
It's your blog.. I say make everyone see what you want them to see.. unless you decide to change it to brown leopard! :)
Hmmm now that's a thought...match my laptop case. ~Angela
Thanks to Bill Horvath for 5 pictures and a bunch of new captions for the TODCON MX Vegas gallery. If you've already seen the gallery it is worth checking out again just to read his little quips. We're still waiting on pics from Jim, Steve, and Adam. I'll keep you posted!
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Comment from
Dan
on 6/8/2003
lol... great captions :)
Bill's a funny guy... :-) ~Angela
This year I had a bit of an extended birthday, with gifts coming over the course of about 12 days. It started with Never Ending Story on DVD, and the Garbage CD from Dan on the 26th of May. I went to Disney California adventure with the boys and our friend Rene, who signed us in for free. I had birthday dinner at the Cheesecake Factory on Wednesday night. Then Thursday, The Rum Experience (a book) arrived also from Dan. Friday, I got my birthday present to myself, wireless access, all set up with Dan's help. I spent my birthday home with Gaetano and got cards and lottery tickets from the boys. (13ドル in winners.)
Then came TODCON where I got a very cool t-shirt from Jay that you can see in the TODCON MX Vegas gallery. Jay also ordered a leopard print bag for my laptop which arrived yesterday. While at TODCON, I also received a set of Hawaiian novelty ice cubes from Danilo. (They're flowers and palm trees filled with water that you freeze and use as ice cubes.) Massimo gave me a box of chocolates that look like giant lady bugs. He says they're good luck. :-) At the end of TODCON, bottles of wine were given away to people nominated by the audience for one reason or another. I was stunned to hear my name that I don't recall why I was nominated! As you'll see in the gallery, I'm holding a bottle of Syrah, which I'm saving for a special occasion.
I really feel blessed and spoiled by all the above, and by all the warm wishes from friends for a Happy Birthday too. Thanks so much to all of you for making this (extended) birthday special.
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Comment from
Derren.
on 6/13/2003
You got nominated because you're intelligent, talented, beautiful, and gosh darnn it, people like you!
Lol, yeah that was it... ~Angela
Comment from
Jay
on 6/9/2003
...and who says it's over?! that darn back-order bug.
Dang... you're spolin' me. ~Angela
I'm lovin' being on wireless. Loverboy just started on cable. I never used to be able to watch TV and work at the same time. It almost reminds me of when I was in high school, and I'd do my homework while watching TV. Anyway, if you've never seen this movie, you should. Mmmmm, pizza...
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Comment from
Derren.
on 6/13/2003
Pervert! :)
What?! ~Angela
Well, I got most of the images uploaded today. I still need to add captions to many of them though. Please feel free to recomend captions to me. If I like 'em, I'll add 'em. I have rougly 35 more images to crop/resize/retouch/upload tomorrow from my camera. Then on Monday or Tuesday I should have more from other people to upload too. Sure is time consuming, but better to do it now then to slack and never get around to it... I'm way sleepy, goodnight.
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Comment from
Tigerlady
on 6/7/2003
The pictures are great. Thanks so much. The only thing is I showed them to Melvin and he said it looked like all I did was party and have fun.
My husband hasn't seen any of the pictures yet... I'm sure he'll have the same reaction. :-) Oh well, we can't always be serious. Just because we're geeks doesn't mean we can't have fun! ~Angela
Susan, a.k.a. SES on the newsgroups, has posted her TODCON pics at Ofoto.com.
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Happy birthday to Tom Muck! It's actually on the 7th, but it is already his birthday in his time zone...
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Comment from
Derek Reed
on 6/10/2003
Congrats, Tom, on having the same birthday as me.
Hope you had a fantastic time. I know I did, even if I am 20 years and a week older than dwmommy. ;-)
Happy Birthday Derek! :-) ~Angela
Comment from
Dan
on 6/7/2003
Should I sing you happy b-day as well?
(8)This is your birfday soooong..... it doesn't last too loooong... HEY!!!(8)
Lol, I'm sure Tom appreciates it... ~Angela
Comment from
Tom
on 6/6/2003
Thanks! Birthdays are no fun anymore. . .they just remind you how old you are getting. ;-)
I would agree, but mine was pretty good this year. Which reminds me, I still have to blog about that... I'll do that later though. :-) Have a good one Tom! {{HUG}} ~Angela
Well, I've uploaded pictures from my second day in Vegas for TODCON. Unfortunately I'm having trouble writing to the XML file on the server so captions are still forthcoming. Please bear with the icky file names for now, and check the blog for news of when the captions are done. You'll want to go back and read them ;-)
Thanks to Eric Meyer, Jay Grantham, and Jim Babbage for their shots and permission to host them here. I'm still waiting for shots from Adam Carr and Steve Fleischer, but don't expect them for a few more days. Looks like TODCON MX Vegas is going to be the largest gallery I have on this site so far.
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In case you're looking for the TODCON MX Vegas image gallery, it is temporarily offline while I rename images. It should be back up in about an hour. Sorry for the inconvenience. The good news is I'll have more pictures up from Day 2 at that time. Still, I have many more photos to crop, upload, that will need captions too. Thanks for your patience...
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Comment from
Wojciech
on 6/7/2003
It is a real pleasure to see the pics :-)
...especially some of them ;-)
What an attribute do you hold in your right hand on photo 73? Huh?
Ah, btw, I am curious about the notes you took on the photo 61 - could you email them to me, please :-D
--
wm
:-) Thanks, we had quite a bit of fun when we weren't busy learning. (FYI, as I add new pictures, the numbers won't stay the same.) I'm holding a bottle of Syrah. I guess I really should blog about these things...
Some of the notes I took will be captions, some will end up on a page that I'll link to. Others, I just can't share with anyone...sorry! :-) ~Angela
Comment from
Stephanie
on 6/6/2003
You are SO busted!! I may have to kill you for some of these pictures... You better caption them well so people "get it." LOL
Don't worry, Eric has offered to help me captionize them. ;-) ~Angela
Comment from
Stephanie
on 6/6/2003
Hey Angela... Is the time on your blog PST? I just popped over to see your pics and it appears you posted this three hours ago. If so, your times up... LOL
About is a relative term... ;-) I didn't say "about an hour from now". How's that for weasley? Sorry, got side-tracked but I'm almost done with the name changes. Then I'll upload Day 2 stuff and captionize them live on the server... ooooo fun. :-) ~Angela
I just noticed that I never approved one of my posts to show. Since I've been offline, I didn't get to notice. Oh well, it happens...
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I'm back home from TODCON and have lots to catch up on before I can post more pictures. I will get to them soon as I can though, and plan to blog about a few things that happened there too. It's nice to be able to breathe smoke-free air again...
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Comment from
Wojciech
on 6/6/2003
Welcome Home!
The search form OK now.
Really so simple solution :-)
Your reports and photos from TODCON super idea! Thanks :-)
Hmm, but aren't you afraid that you talk too much what happend in *that* Las Vegas - you know, I saw a few movies about this place... :-(
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wm
There's plenty I definitely won't be sharing ;-) ~Angela
Ray left the network up just so I could get Day One's pictures up. Some of them need to be re-cropped because of bad batch processing, and the captions could use some help. Feel free to make suggestions. :-) There will be tons of shots from Day 2 soon as I can get those uploaded. Eric Meyer, Jim Babbage, Adam, and Steve Fleischer all have images they've either contributed or will send to me. We all had too much fun to take many shots today but there are some. So much to say, and no time to write it all since the network is going down any...
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Comment from
Kim
on 6/4/2003
You don't know how much I missed being there with you guys! Thanks for sharing the pics Angela. Murray looks like he could use a little Fireworks facelift though.
We missed you too Kim. I'll have more pics of the rest of the conference and thereafter coming in the next few days. Stay tuned. :-) ~Angela
They're about to shut down the network! Nooooooooooo. I guess I'll be posting more tomorrow when I get home. Damn... Hopefully I can get a connection around somewhere.
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My Find and Replace session was attended by only 5 people! I expected this though, since I was up against Eric Meyer. Really, I was hoping nobody would show, so I could attend his session. No such luck though. Eric's session was standing room only; packed.
My session went pretty well though, especially since the group watching were experienced enough to follow along without excruciating explaination. In prep for this session, and during the session, I've found several Find and Replace bugs that I must report to Macromedia. In fact, one regular expression I used, should not have worked, blatantly wrong, and it worked! I have to tinker some more to figure out why exactly I was so lucky it worked. Massimo, Tom and I were all amazed. Definitely a bug. :-)
I'd love to give this session again some time. Everyone said that they learned something totally new that would save them hours of time. So I was quite pleased. Afterwards, during the lunch break, I redid several portions of the session for those who missed it. Lots of fun. Reg Exes are cool. ;-)
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Comment from
Derren.
on 6/13/2003
I've always avoided them like the plague. Wanna teach me Mommy?
You'll have to wait for the next time I give the session, sorry. :-) ~Angela
Even though TODCON is officially over, we're still going strong and having a blast. There's so much to say, and so many photos to crop, upload and captionize (is that a word?). So please be patient, and I'll do my best.
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Murray's talking about creating menus using template parameters and template expressions to determine the down state of a button. He definitely knows his stuff, and how to expose the power behind these features. Not to mention it is just fun hearing him use the word "spawn"...
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Comment from
Kim
on 6/4/2003
Hey!! Got off to a great start there Angela and then nothing. What's up with that? Having too much fun?
Kim
Yeah, having a blast. So much fun! I'll blog later on for sure. There's so much to say! Sorry you missed it Kim. ~Angela
I'm pumped! My session went smoothly without any glitches. Not only that but I had a perfect audience. Everyone was familiar with CSS enough that I didn't need to really explain the code, but just demonstrate it's output. None of the audience use Win98 or Macintosh (with the exception of Eric Meyer who uses OS9 and he wasn't worried about DW's multi-user configuration). Russ Helfland, Macromedia Principle Engineer, was in attendance, and taking notes. <innocent>I <hinted /> at some features I'd like to see (fixed).</innocent> The session wasn't just tips in the book; about 40% are not in the book. All in all, I'm pleased with how my session turned out. :-)
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Comment from
Derren.
on 6/13/2003
Damn, Eric STILL uses OS9? That can't be. My opinion has been shattered, though boosted quite a bit by discovering that he's a Mac user! Then again, the coolest folks are. :)
He alos loves sushi... Now you have to like him. ~Angela
Comment from
Dan
on 6/4/2003
Mucho congrats :), glad it went so well :).
Thanks Dan :-) Really wish you were here. No way you can miss it next time. MAX, November, Salt Lake City, be there! ~Angela
Comment from
Wojciech
on 6/3/2003
Is it 40% of Dreamweaver MX Killer Tips Part 2? ;-)
I can see you have little chances over there to check your site on a Mac. I said seriously about the solution for your search form - just put the form in a table (do not remove DIV of course), and it will go to the top-right also in IE Mac. As I remember, some other browsers also don't like forms directly on "layers".
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wm
Lol, no... I've fixed the location of the search. Putting it in a tablee doesn't help though. I'll blog about it. ;-) ~Angela
I didn't do much more blogging because I spent a good hour or so going from room to room in the hotel to find one where the wireless connection works. Finally Jay suggests we try an even numbered room which is closer to the base station. Sure enough, that did it!
By the time I got rooms switched and went up to the conference level it was about 5:30. Hung out with everyone up there awhile then we decided to meet back at 7 for dinner. We wound up going to a sushi place in the Luxor. Dinner conversation... well, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas as they say... However, I was taking down quotes and will add some of them to a page on this site. There are images taken by Jay, Eric, and Adam. (Adam will email me those when he gets back home.) Jay and Eric were going to give me theirs tonight but I never made it out of my room to get the laptop. I wound up staying here in my room and taking care of some things, losing all track of time. Jay called and said I stood them up at about 11:45 that they were all going to bed. Sorry guys! I got sidetracked...it happens.
Hopefully I'll get the pictures from them and uploaded some time tomorrow. I've my Dreamweaver MX Killer Tips session to do tomorrow first session of the morning. After that I'll try to get the pics up and some work done too. Stay tuned...
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Comment from
Dan
on 6/3/2003
Taking care of some things huh? You slacker :).
Yeah, well you know [me]...;-) ~Angela
Since I teased Kevin earlier about using CFStudio to do his session, he's decided to do this one using Dreamweaver MX. :-) He's doing just fine, but only because he's handcoding everything! ;-) I'm going to have to talk to him a bit and show him the light...
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Arman Danesh is giving us the rundown on relational databases. Consistency, Control, and Manageability are the three reasons he's given for creating relations. We'll be getting the fundamentals, and it looks like we'll begin putting some of that to use.
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I've been trying to add the captions to the TODCON MX Vegas shots, but I'm getting file permission errors for creation and saving of the XML files that store the data. The error I get is to contact my host. Hopefully my host will be able to help me while he's on vacation... Otherwise we may be captionless! Oh no... Please be patient and if you see anything funky happening, it'll get fixed, don't worry. :-)
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Comment from
Dan
on 6/2/2003
Your host has repaired the errors of your ways ;)
I have such a wonderful host...I hope he tells me the errors of my ways so I don't have to bug him again like that...Thank him for me? :-) Guess that means I've got captions to write...I'll let some of the people here at the conference help. It should be fun... ~Angela
Ed Apostol is speaking about CFML basics with a handout provided and a downloadable PDF. I'm not sharing the link either, so neener neener to you for not being here. ;-)
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Comment from
Derren.
on 6/13/2003
Humph! I got one at MXNorth! :)
Well aren't you special? :-) ~Angela
I've decided that whenever I'm not speaking at one of my sessions, I'll most likely be at ColdFusion bootcamp. Kevin Schmidt is doing the first session as I type this message. He's going to start us from the very beginning, installing ColdFusion. He'll show us around CF Administrator too. I'm getting the feeling that we're all being assimilated without our knowledge. ;-)
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Comment from
Jay
on 6/2/2003
....you didn't mention who was sitting next to you!
You!!! :-) ~Angela
Tables are evil :-) Nah, not really... Not when they're used for tabular data at least. However if your clients aren't ready for standards, then there's no point in doing it economically speaking.
I've been to a lot of keynotes, well about 5 or 6 at least... and Eric is impressive. We're all awake, nobody dosing off. He's not preaching table-less design at all like one might expect. Instead, he's talking about standards-oriented design, keeping the code lean and clean. If you use a table for layout, avoid nesting tables excessively, spacer GIFs, and HTML elements for styling.
I'm liking this because though I've been pushing for XHTML and table-less designs whenever I can, I do realize that the audience and other factors must be considered before making that design decision.
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Comment from
Derren.
on 6/3/2003
Does this mean you'll quit harassing me now or what? :)
Nah... ~Angela
Comment from
Wojciech
on 6/2/2003
Motto: "We were soooo happy without CSS".
Tables are OK, even for layout ;-)
If you place your search form in a table, it will be on the right side even in IE on Mac :-)
Well, unless Eric has a better solution...
--
wm
Lol, well sorta... :-) ~Angela
We're here at "Summer Camp For Geeks" and about to have Eric A Meyer present the keynote.
Last night the speakers and Community MX authors joined for a special dinner of Filet Minon and Chicken with creme (not-so) brule (but still yummy) for dessert. Open bar...yummmmm.
Unlike past conferences, I've taken pictures from Day 1. I even have them all uploaded already but I need to do captions so I'm not revealing them to you just yet. All in good time... :-)
Ray says we have to eat the food :-) There's lots of it even...
Eric Meyer's introduction (Ray West): We've tried to get Eric Meyer here for a year and half. I've had his passport revoked and taken two of his children so he can be here.
I've been writing down some great quotes as they happen and will either post them or use them as captions in the photo albums.
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I'm about to leave for TODCON MX Vegas. Everything is packed, just have to run to the store real quick then it is off to John Wayne airport. I should be getting to the hotel about 4pm. I've heard that there will be wireless access there, so if it works for me, I'll try to blog "live" from TODCON.
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Comment from
Jay
on 6/1/2003
I'm at TODCON.. They got Wireless.. Just waiting to see the live blogging.. ;)
Well, technically TODCON hasn't started yet. I'm prepping pictures now though and should have them up in the morning...Stay tuned. ~Angela
Earlier today I added a new Favicon. I created one for Dan's Shorts too, but he's yet to add the necessary code to make his show up without the user jumping through hoops, so you may not see his yet. I like to call 'em fav-eye-cons because they're close-ups of our pixel people's eyes. :-) I'm just cheesy like that y'know.
I used Icon Forge to create them by importing GIF images. I have 4 uses left of the trial, and I'm pretty sure I'll buy it since it was just so easy to use.
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