Hey all, I’m back again and this time with even less time!
Yes, for some reason I’ve gone and done it again and come back here in a (probably vein) attempt to write some various crap that may or may not depict what is going on in my life. I got inspired today whilst reading old bits of crap on the old website, and decided that it would be a nice idea to go off and recreate this thing. I got some new hosting for my other bits and pieces (all of £5.99/mo, whoa kids) and hence because of the bandwidth restrictions I’ve decided to take the photos off.
So, here it is, the new layout. Now, before you all start mithering about this and that (which, undoubtedly, no-one will) I’d like to point out how the site should look. The sidebar on the right is - or rather, should be - very pretty and took me a long while to work out (as well as learning a bit more about CSS locators). Not only is there the subtle transparency, but there’s also the added bonus of that little box thing that highlights as you roll the mouse over the text. Add to that the fact that you have a picture in the background and it’s like being hit in the face with a brick, but in a good way (note to self: take more pills).
However, some of you of the Internet Explorer variety will notice that either the transparency doesn’t work, the mouseovers don’t work very well or both. Also, those with SP2 will notice the extremely annoying pop-up thing that keeps coming up with the active content filtering thing. Rest assured, I’m not trying to l33th4×0r your box with my h4×0r sk1llz. I’m simply trying to get IE to recognise that I’m trying to make a box transparent. See, that’s how completely stupid it is.
Tip of the day: Download Mozilla Firefox and use that instead.
So, apart from typing this ridiculous amount of text, what have I been up to? Not, as they say, a lot. I’ve got myself a new car (which is a Citroen Xsara 1.4i Forte for anyone who cares) and travelled around a bit. Seen Sarah a couple times over the holidays but I’m kindof getting used to that quite a lot of late. Last few weeks have been spent working, intertwined with a visit from Sarah and before that a holiday in Ireland which is always good for a laugh. You can sum up my holiday in just a few words: Sarah, work, Ireland, car. That’s about it really.
Anyway, I’m back to university tomorrow so I am going to make a concerted effort to keep the site updated at (fairly) regular intervals. Hopefully I can go at least until Christmas before I stop updating again. So tell your friends, and maybe I’ll put the forum back up if anyone still cares about it.
Catch you all later.
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