Today’s featured image is one that I took in July, 2011, of a couple of cats on my deck. I have no particular reason for using it. I just did.
Much of yesterday and this morning was dedicated to website design, build-out, and modification. You’ve probably noticed differences in this’yere blog – hamburger menu to categories, droplist for archives, etc. I’m currently trying to get a plug-in to work that will allow me to embed files directly from my OneDrive, but have so far not had much luck. Email has been sent to the plug-in’s developer.
Yesterday, I made some huge strides on getting GoPaladins.com to look more like I want it to look. It’s now running completely on a BootStrap base, which is something that I’d just started learning about when AT&T dropped the hammer, and I haven’t had the time to fool around with stuff like that since joining the X-Company, so putting the big site on that code is forcing me to dig into it a bit and figure things out – which I enjoy doing. Still a lot to do on that site if it’s even going to approach the functionality of the old one that GoDaddy broke; but the original was years in the making. I’m taking baby steps with the new one.
One said baby step was the purchase of a new monitor yesterday morning. The television that I was using wasn’t getting the job done, and is slowly failing (colors get all wonky, which is not good when you’re designing sites and/or editing photos), so I splurged and bought a 34″ curved display at MicroCenter. Truth be told, I was considering doing that anyway, in order to make it not only possible but actually preferable to work from home, which I think I’ll now start doing one day a week. The monitor is wide enough for me to treat it like two monitors, and it’s got software that lets me break it up into different windows – so I can use half of it for a browser and split the other side into quarters for two additional programs (a ticketing window and a remote control window, for example) and not have to spend my time hunting for the stuff that I need. It’s also at a good height, which is very nice. I spent 6 hours in front of it yesterday and didn’t have a headache OR a backache. Money well spent.
Have a rehearsal with the Gwinnett Wind Symphony this afternoon, which should be interesting. Haven’t touched my tuba in probably 6 months, and we’re playing Schoenberg and some other weird stuff. Atonal garbage for the most part, but I need to get my tuba chops in shape for an upcoming Easter gig. The concert, by the way, is next week.
I felt terrible this morning because I woke up convinced that it was Monday and I’d forgotten to go to the one rehearsal that I told the director I would make. Put me into kind of a funk as I fed the cats, did my potty business, and prepared to take a shower before finally realizing that it’s Sunday. Once I figured that out, I went back to bed, much to the delight of all three cats.
I’m considering mowing the front lawn today. Also need to do some laundry. And maybe try making some cheesy beef macaroni stuff in a crock pot just to see if it’ll work. Or I could do it the regular way. Rehearsal goes from 6-8, so I doubt I’ll be eating afterwards.
Well….that ought to do it for today. Not much to put down here other than the fact that it was in the 30s this morning, which blew me away. It has since gone up to nearly 70 in the sun, but still feels rather chilly. I must be getting old.