Slack’s Place

A real-time account of life among the Earthlings…

The Redesign Bug Bites Again…

by Slack, on November 30th, 2006

God, what am I on? NO! Not crack! I mean what revision number of my damn site am I on!? Although I guess crack is a sufficient enough answer!

Well, here it is in about 75% of it’s glory. It’s at the stage we webbies like to call “Works Good Enough”. Or maybe that’s just me. Anyway, let me know what you think, and watch for more changes as I slip in some improvements here and there…

The big change? I’m using WordPress now. Yeppers, bye bye Moveable Type. I’m entrenched into the WP camp now. I can’t say enough good things about how this engine is put together. Especially if you are partial to PHP like me. LOVE IT! Well done!

Life 2.0

by Slack, on November 21st, 2006

So, the big news around my abode is my recent new employment. That’s right, as I said before, I will be leaving Spacely for different pastures when the time comes. As per usual, I won’t write much about this new place either I’m sure — we’ll call it Cogswell’s Cogs for sake of blogging. I just don’t like writing about where I work. This entry is just to let friends and family know that apparently I am still employable, and found a spot with a great company here where I live currently so I won’t have to up and move. It sounds like the perfect place to work, the perfect job for my skillset, and it’s a day job to boot! So, yay me, and here’s to Life 2.0 — coming to this blog on December 18th, 2006.

Happy Holidays everyone!

Rhys and Big E

by Slack, on November 17th, 2006

E%20and%20Rhys.jpgSo, I was going through my email today and came across this pic of Rhys and Enzo from Enzo’s bday party. I’ve been meaning to caption it and post it cuz it’s just so damn cute, but always got too busy. :) So, here it is.

Enzo is one of my good friend’s kid. The party was a great time, and the kids got along well. We’re gonna have to be more watchful of the beer at Rhys’ party. ;)

WebDev Levels Meme

by Slack, on November 16th, 2006

It’s Meme time. Sorry… I’m bored.

According to Particle Tree I’m:

a Level 5 CSS Nerd
a Level 5 HTML Goober (I think I JUST reached Level 5)
a Level 3 Javascript Dork (I’m workin on it!!)
a Level 4 Accessibility Guy (Maybe a high level 3)
a Level 3 Knowledge Sharer (I guess…)

Scare Tactics: Vampire

by Slack, on November 13th, 2006

You gotta love Scare Tactics. As much as I love the clips, I still have yet to set it up on my DVR. Anyway, if you love watching people get the shit scared out of them as much as I do, then enjoy. ;) Just gotta sit through that idiot Stephen Baldwin during his intro.

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Old School Gaming

by Slack, on November 13th, 2006

If you’re anything like me, you grew up around console games and old computer games. You know, back when games truly had some magic about them. Not to be a crotchety old fart, but games today just can’t hold their water like their old school cousins can. Are you lookin’ to relive some of those old memories? If so, read on. I’m gonna show you how!
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