3 posts tagged “design”
In your ultimate dream house, what does your favorite room look like?
This is a good question, especially now. i found out yesterday that i will indeed be moving soon, so things like this have been on my mind a lot. You know, HGTV-themed things, heh..
i'm going to say that my favorite room will likely be my "office", since i'm sure most of my computer stuff and toys will wind up in there. The walls will be painted a light blue-green to stimulate relaxation and creativity. Perhaps a darker blue on the bottom, even, depends on how creative and motivated i'm going to get. There will be curtains, though i have no idea what color yet. No more plastic mini-blinds, i'm sick to death of them, so... something else.
i'll most likely get a new desk. i have serious doubts that this one will survive the move, and i have my eye on something modern, something that's part of a "set" - i love this one in particular, and it's perfect for what i need, and i like the dark wood its available in. The walls will be lined with bookshelves, of course, since i have a ton of books. i'll also probably hang at least some of the modular shelves i just put up in here in there, after painting them to match whatever new desk i end up getting. Plus i love the cool twisty metal things that hold them up, and they'd match a modern sort of desk. But, moving right along...
i'd love to put some sort of a loveseat/small couch in there, as well, for times when friends or clients come over. At the very least, a chair or two... i'd also love to get some sort of "chest" or trunk to hold some of my toys. i'm sure there will be posters up, though i'm thinking i'll keep the nerdiness to a minimum - i can always periodically swap the posters out. i'm also going to hang my lightsabers on the walls using Saber Stands, specially made for them. And get my Darth Maul lightsaber and the Obi-Wan saber from Episode 3, since it's such a beautiful shade of blue
i'm very excited about all the possibilities this move presents. :) i've been bouncing off the walls for a couple of days now, and my mind's racing with ideas.
What is your current obsession(s)?
Submitted by eijsr.
Let's see... Cooking, of course... Now that i get to cook on a more regular basis, i look around more for new recipes and things to try. It's a ton of fun, and really, so much better for us...
i'm really giving this PHP/mySQL stuff a serious try again, too, so i've been reading a lot about that lately. And lo and behold, it makes a lot more sense this time around. (Could be because my head is clearer these days.) The reason behind even picking it up again at all is to do this photo project i have planned. i tried automated solutions like Wordpress, but i can't get the look i want, so... i'll do it myself! It's quite an undertaking for me, but every time i grasp a new concept, i feel elated.
And i AM a lot more into photography again, which i'm loving... My head is filled with all kinds of photo-related projects and ideas lately. i want to challenge myself to try new techniques, and get more serious about lighting and doing things manually as much as i can. i also want to challenge myself by photographing people more, because i've never really been that great with giving posing direction, but... i will practice!
Well.. i'm officially done with the first CSS book i mentioned in an earlier post. i realize this is no different than anything else learned - you just have to keep up with it. And that's why i have to constantly struggle with PHP. i don't use it regularly, i don't practice, i don't ask for help. i should really stop that.
Now, on to the next book, so that i can absorb more knowledge of CSS positioning and more complex layout issues. Plus it gives me more to do while i wait for More Eric Meyer on CSS to arrive... i've already tweaked my Livejournal's appearance (fonts, spacing, padding, etc... mostly things the average person wouldn't even notice) using CSS. It was a bit challenging trying to get over the LJ hurdles (apparently some changes just can't be made unless you totally strip out their default CSS and well, no, not today), but i pretty much did what i wanted. So, hooray!
i actually had this book, and i'd already spent time reading through it years ago. But those are the key words here - "years ago". Browsers have changed and technology is always changing, which makes it all the more important to keep up with something like this. So, today i went to Borders and purchased the second edition, which has updated the information on the topics i'm most interested in.
The funny thing is that all of these books are written by the same author, Eric Meyer. Both of the "On CSS" books are written in a more hands-on manner, while the "Definitive Guide" is more in-depth, but all three are written by the same guy. AND the little pocket CSS reference book i've been using for the past couple of years... All by Eric Meyer. This guy sure loves/knows his CSS.
i certainly picked a career path with a lot of junk to keep up with. i truly do not like web design as much as i like print design. A huge reason for this is the "lowest common denominator" - people who never update their browsers or their plug-ins, people who've been using the same monitor and video card since 1997, people who insist on using 800x600 for some ungodly reason, people who can't navigate through any navigation system that is even remotely "experimental".... i hate the lowest common denominator. But they won't go away. It's sad, really. i used to really love web stuff.
That's a really big reason why i switched majors, all of the hurdles in web design and development. Plus the fact that programming crap doesn't come to me as quickly as it does to others. i love the design part of the process, but i hate the implentation and all the considerations you have to make for Jim Bob and his ten year old Pentium 2. Print doesn't have the same kind of limitations, so i switched. But sadly, web crap is going to end up being part of my life and my career anyway, so its best that i accept that and do what i can to make it work to my advantage.
