Month: April 2006

The New Webpage

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Over the past few years I have focused my web presence on my blog. I have a website but I just haven’t been keeping it up. For that matter I have been blogging less, and I know it. I just have been busy and too tired to write when I normally like to. Just as I was writing this post I realized that I missed this blog’s anniversary. March 23 marked my 3rd anniversary blogging. My other website I maintain existed in some form or another since December 1995. Last year marked the first time I truly used no windows computer and maintained my electronic existence on a Mac. This posed a problem that I just ignored. I haven’t found a good web editing / site editing program for the Mac. I had Dreamweaver MX 2004, but I never got into using it. I had always used Frontpage since like 1997. I know it sucks, but it was easy to use for page creation. it was also easy to make site wide changes. With my move to the Mac full time I had not used anything to update my website. With blogging taking up most of my free web time, I ignored the other site.

Today I felt like updating my site and began to backup my existing site. Long drawn out process because of several issues I don’t want to go into. While that was happening I decided to search for a decent Mac web editor. iWeb was too basic. I found on Maczot a link to Rapid Weaver. The demo looked cool, even though you could only make 3 pages. So for $34.95 I gave it a try. I am creating my first photo page now. If it looks good I will start the process of redoing my site using it. I know it will require a total redo of the site, throwing out everything. I don’t think this is a bad thing. Hopefully it works out. I am going to stage the new site on my .mac account to see how it looks and then when I am done, or at least substantially complete I will post it to my main site.

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The Waiting (For Food)

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I am sitting here catching up on my blogging waiting for my Freshdirect deliver. I am hungry and I will hopefully fix lunch with some of the good food I ordered. I just have to wait. 1 hour 22 minutes left in my delivery window.

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Friday Evening

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Friday evening I was so tired I passed up going to see an alternative band with Gretchen & Jayson to just be lazy. Sort of glad I did. It turns out the band didn’t come on until midnight. So instead I ran home, dropped my bag off and went for a hair cut. I am finding if I go late enough that the place is not closing but it it will soon I don’t have to wait. I found this out by chance running late last time I went. That info is filed away as semi useful info.

Then I hit the local Liquor store and picked up a bottle of Godiva Original Chocolate liqueur. I got this weird habbit from my dad to have a nice shot or two of the stuff before I go to bed if I am tired and have trouble sleeping. You can replace the Godiva with anything really, but we both like chocolate and it tastes good. I ran out of the Starbucks Coffee liqueur that I had been using. Lets face it bed time is not the place to sip shots of Jack Daniels as much as I like it.

After that I just went to the grocery store for one or two things then I went home to relax. The day had been a bit stressful, so I was glad to be able to just watch a movie and relax.

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No 6 Train

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Friday I had an interesting morning commute. The 6 train that I use to get to work wasn’t running due to a sick passenger. I thought to myself that I should just wait at the station and eventually the train would start up. I didn’t listen to my inner voice so I did what the MTA people said and I went up to the street and got on a bus. I got on the 3rd bus that came. It was a mad house, but some how I got a seat. it took forever to go anywhere, but I finaly got off at 59th street planning on getting on the N or R to go the rest of the way to work. As I get down to the platform the 6 was running, but it was packed. I went to the N/R and got on no problem. I was only 30 minutes late for work and made the big meeting I had at 9:30 anyway, but I left my apartment early enough that I shouldn’t have been late, but early by like 15 minutes.

This is the second time where it felt like if I just waited for the subway situation to resolve it self I would have been better off than trying an alternate way to the office. I know I feel better if I am moving and making progress getting closer to my destination, but the next time there is an issue I am just going to wait it out and see how that works out.

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