web-design

I finally got around to setting up Feed on Feeds. Its a great server-side RSS aggregator. I’ve got it set up on my webhost so I can log in from anywhere and catch up on all my favorite RSS feeds.

You really don’t grasp the true value of RSS until you’ve got a good feed aggregator. I’ve got it set as my Firefox homepage now, and theres nothing like being able to glance through 40 or 50 feeds and see whats been updated in the last 15 minutes, and then scan quickly through the latest entries to see if there is anything new worth checking out. I can watch 50 sites with the same effort it used to take me to just read Slashdot.

Hmm…

Q: What is a GMTB? A: The short answer is “Gay Movable Type Blogger.” This does not quite paint the full picture, however. A GMTB uses a Mac. A GMTB is excited about “wireless hot spots” and “cafes.” The prototypical GMTB can be found at a Starbucks with a 15″ PowerBook. He will be wearing a black turtleneck and will go on at length about the wonder years where web designers were paid like programmers. The GMTB will blog about you. Do not be alarmed. In order to make sense of their fast moving and confusing world, GMTBers need to write at length about even the most trivial encounter. They will likely Google you and turn even the most minor conversation into an exploratory experience. Every experience is like that of the newborn boy who finds touching himself over and over to be a pleasurable experience. Do not make the GMTB angry. The GMTB has natural defenses known as “Google juice.” With the application of this “Google juice,” the GMTB will sour any future searches on your name. While there is no physical harm to be done, they can make any attempt at finding relevant and useful information about you a linkfest of armchair philosophy, ill-formed opinions, and broad and insanely overblown reactions to everyday occurrences. Should you find yourself confronted by a GMTB and wish to escape, one need only mention that their “CSS” is broken. The GMTB invariably considers the CSS “correctness” and “portability” to be a craft, and the output thereof to be an “art.” By pointing out that the page renders poorly on the most esoteric browser you can imagine, you will be assured a quick and uneventful escape.

Well, I don’t wear turtlenecks, use MovableType, or have a Mac. But I do like wireless hotspots and my CSS does render correctly on everything except for crappy old 4.0 browsers. And I’m blogging this. Wait a second… Damnit!

So I’ve set up a photo blog through some WordPress template hacking. Everything I photo blog ends up in the “PhotoBlog” category.

Right now I’m taking most of them with my Palm Zire 71. The picture quality isn’t half bad for what’s basically a webcam grafted to a PDA.

I just thought I’d take a moment to once again talk about how much I hate Internet Explorer.

If you’re going to create a monopoly, at least create a standards-compliant monopoly. Then I don’t have to worry about your browser breaking every single bit of compliant CSS code I write. Mozilla, Firefox, and Safari play nice, why can’t you?

Well, I’ve decided its about time I start my own business. I’ve done some small jobs, done plenty of development for other people, and hacked around for countless hours on my own pages. As such, I’ve officially opened the doors of poppinfresh industries. I’ve been using the company name “poppinfresh industries” on web forms since I was 12 years old, so I decided I’d stick with it. I like it, its catchy.

So if you need some web design, administration, or custom software development, give me a shot. I’m cheap.

Now all I need is customers.