'Bin playing with one of my favourite toys the last few days ....Happy Street! We only have some odd bits but it's still great! Of course I let the kids have a go too. In the sixties [in a previous life little ones] we had a caravan on a site called Happy Days. the name sounds really funny to me now but I used to think it was cool. Funny how the moniker has been relegated to childrens' toys now.
God made, Adam bit, Noah arked, Abraham split, Joseph ruled, Jacob fooled, bush talked, Moses balked, Pharaoh plagued, people walked, sea divided, tablets guided, promise landed, Saul freaked, David peeked, prophets warned, Jesus born, God walked, love talked, anger crucified, hope died, Love rose, Spirit flamed, Word spread, God remained.
So far so good with Daddy Home Alone - kiddies revenge. The evening ran smoothly and I'm geared up for tomorrows' adventure. Should we do the FarmWorld visit, head for the land where the sun rises and play in a metropolis, followed by a romp in some grotty play barn, or busk it at the local haunts - the park, the river... Dunno. Better get some shut eye - the kids show no mercy at 7am.
Tim Bray's Laws of Explanation:
The First Law
When you're explaining something to somebody and they don't get it, that's not their problem, it's your problem.
The Second Law
When someone's explaining something to you and you're not getting it, it's not your problem, it's their problem.
You've heard of spoof websites trying to steal your money right?
Enter the following line of code into your browser [even save it as a favourite] and you can test if there's anything suspicious underneath!
[courtesy Lockergnome]
javascript:alert("The real URL of this site is: " + location.protocol + "//" + location.hostname + "/");
I've moved the technical drivel over to a sub site tech log (you can get to it from the menu if you must(!)) as most of it is for my personal reference anyway.
I've also been twiddling with the static pages that host our photo's as they became a bit untidy when I tried to quickly convert them to the new layout. I'm still not 100% happy but we'll see....
Blimey I've been slogging at styling this thing! I remembered a style switching demo by Eric Meyer the CSS guru. (Inspired by several blogs recently referring to the CSS Garden project.)
Delving deeper I found the source of Erics' trickery and in no time had the thing functioning. Your chosen STYLE sticks with you via a cookie ...Cool!
Much of the styling is blagged from Movable Type - my styles are *not unlike* many of thier own, which you'll recognise if you know them. Well... theirs are some of the classiest i've seen, very well crafted IMHO - they appeal to me anyhoo!
Your prayers have been answered! "Fontifier lets you use your own handwriting for the text you write on your computer. It turns a scanned sample of your handwriting into a computer font that you can use in your word processor or graphics program, just like regular fonts such as Helvetica." I picked up the link from Chris Pirillo who in turn picked it up from Typographica. The service appears to be free for the moment, although you may get a server-side error when you click through.
Sorry if you've been checking out this website very recently. The things been changing - chameleon like at an alarming rate. Ah well - so i'm not a professional! ...though I really should get a testing strategy I suppose!
Damn those movable type bloggers and their lovely templates! grrr!