Long night of preparing... I have a few sites that need to get done... it is amazing how much time you can spend planning. I think I good plan is the key to anything successful. If life was only easier to plan... oh well.
April 30, 2001
Remember how I said things were looking up... well... I was wrong. Things never seem to stay on a good path for long, do they? Oh well... I was not sure what I was going to do with it anyway... being such a foreign feeling anyway.
"The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That's where we come in; we're computer professionals. We cause accidents."
-Nathaniel Borenstein
April 29, 2001
BTW, I placed third on Saturday when Wiz and I went RC racing. Makes me kinda happy... I don't completely suck... huh? Anyway... I just thought that I would share that bit of happiness before I disappear under this pile of work. My name will be busy this week. Woo.
I am back from a barely planned trip to LA. I have a lot to do tonight, but we will see what gets done.
April 28, 2001
Everytime I look at this list, I am reminded of how long I have been on the web... and how far I have come in my design and code.
The List:
mercuryfrog.com
biffslamkovich.com
mercuryfrog.com/wiz
mercuryfrog.com/britishblue
mercuryfrog.com/farmer
mercuryfrog.com/plasticfaery
adearone.com
mercuryfrog.com/digitalpunk
mercuryfrog.com/eyepea
ohpdirect.com
titan.otsdirect.com
otsdirect.com
trsdirect.com
mercuryfrog.com/merc
mercuryfrog.com/widgie
mercuryfrog.com/dz
factionstudios.com
mercuryfrog.com/chat
ohpgolf.com
endevour.com/home.html
tularecounty.com
trsdirect.net
severedlogic.com
smithandmederos.com
solbeam.com
allprintingmatters.com
2hot2000.com
loungepunk.com
actiondeveloper.com
antislacker.com
themiddlechild.org/com/net
trsunderground.com
drink.to/bodka
members.nbci.com/mercuryfrog/journal
members.nbci.com/mercuryfrog
members.nbci.com/mercuryfrog/roanoke/index.htm
mercuryfrog.com/sol
quickdiploma.com
todayspraise.com
moradifinejewelers.com
reddito.com
www.yestpm.com
hypergrowthstrategies.com
Hey, look what I got done tonight... looks like I might get to race tomorrow. I have a million other things that I still need to do, but this might have bought me race time... or so I hope.
April 27, 2001
Good day... all in all.
I am not sure if I am going to go to bed right now... or stay up an work. There is a chance that if I get enough done tonight that I will be able to race my RCs tomorrow... but if I go to bed, then no racing. I am not sure what I am going to do. Sleep sounds great and racing sounds fun... and work sounds like it pays the bills. What would you do?
I am feeling way better this morning. My new 'outlook' is moving into place. Things are not perfect, but they are becoming tolerable.
Live more; think less.
April 26, 2001
DZ has quite the musical link list going in his blog. I suggest wondering to his site if you are do for a musical revolution... or you are just plain tired of the 'crap' you have been listening to.
As usual, I have been spinning Radiohead and Dido. These are the CDs that usually roll in when the dark cloud rolls in over my head... they help increase my headspace when I do not have enough.
Headspace is the last thing I need at this time of night... so I am helping put my self to sleep with a Malibu and Pepsi. That would translate into a Rum and Coke... in a perfect world.
Review of the day:
Moved things around at work... not too bad but it was warm day. I think it was 91. Dramatically warmer than it has been all week. When I got home I worked on a few websites for my clients... I am about done with MOST of my projects. I could not be happier about it either. I have been have a few troubles in the last week or so... but I have decided to listen to the advice of those around me... and I starting to feel better about it already. Things are looking up... slowly. My biggest trouble should be fading away... as I fade into the weekend.
And speaking of the weekend... I may be going to LA again... I love LA. I really do. My aunt is going to be going down,s o i may ride along.
Another good thing, Wiz and I are really going to try hard to have two RC cars to race on Saturday. There are a few things on the TC3 that need to be fixed... and it should be good to go. I was racing the TB-01 today... the car is fast, but hard to keep on the road. I would like to thank Sol, Wiz, and Ong for sponsoring my RC team... and yes, I am always looking for more sponsors. I am currently developing a site just about the RC team... all sponsors will receive major thanks at that location.
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrowmindedness... broad chartitable veiws cannot be aquired by vegetating in one's little corner of the earth."
-Mark Twain
Work is out of the way... I just have my mind to wrestle with for the rest of the evening. Nothing like having the easy patr out of the way, huh?
Life is a challenge... and some mornings I am just not ready for it. I have about a million things on my mind and my heart. I am looking for the big 'off' switch so i can make it through the day.
Work is going to a challenge today... the company has been restructured. That translate into... woo blah. I think I am going to be doing is moving things around... and getting nothing done. I hate not getting things done. In fact, it drives me nuts... and I am not even a workaholic. I am an acomplishohalic... or something like that.
When I get home today. I have a million things to work on... and a million things to worry about. I am a good month away from vacation... and I need one... in a BIG way.
Bleh... my mind just feels like soup today. Who is driving? Not me... but I want the wheel. Shout a little hope into the sky for me that I might make it though this day.
April 25, 2001
Want to talk about a depressing night? The three guys that make me who I am on the internet... they are gone... not forever, but for a lng while. Who are these guys and what was their influence?
Shinter: He always seemed to pull these crazy designs that were not quite possible with the web. His style was always right up my alley... I never wanted to copy him, but I wanted my style to be as clear as his. In the same way that I can looka t his stuff and say, "Shinter was here."... I wanted people to see my designs that way. It appears as though inspiration as reached zero for the time being.
CodeArtist: This guy lived up to the name. He was the first site that I happened onto in my search for the beauty of the internet. He has been gone for a while... but it rumored to be returning in a year. His style was always simple... and perfectly placed. If I am not mistaken, his site was the first place that I saw CCS used... used well.
Assembler: The god of DHTML in my opinion... I never wanted to learn so much about code... He has been oofline for about a year now... and until I checked his site a few seconds ago... it was sounding like he was going to be gone forever.
May 1st Reboot. It appears as though a lot of offline sites are going to be coming back online... check it out.
Instead of taking a nap... well, I decided to redesign my site... yes, again. I have changed it so many times that I do not even bother with a version number anymore. You can just be shocked when you get here and it does not look the same anymore.
I am making better, but not perfect use of CSS. There a few strange working of CSS that I am either not fully fond of or just don't understand. One of the two... I am sure of it.
Yesterday was rest; today is work. Any bets on whether or not I can finish or at least mostly finish three websites today?
I have been converted. Yes, after many years... I have finally been convinced to change. This is a big thing for me and those like me. I mean as a graphic designer there is nothing more important than that piece of you that translates inspiration into reality... if I am not mistaken, I am turning my back on six years of commitment. Today, I will be throwing away all my Sanford Uni-ball pens... I have found something better — Zeb-Roller 2000. My inspirations will now flow from mind to paper with a smoother flow. While I am happy to have found a better pen... I will miss what I thought was 'the one'.
I just want to say thank you to my friend, Sarah, for showing me the light... and a better way to write.
April 23, 2001
Just playing around... I have a few more major projects... then I can have fun again. Until then... I just have to breath...
April 19, 2001
I have forgotten what it is like to feel. I am now a walking numbness. All I do is work... and work a lot. I have a few jobs that I have to finish up... like four. I am then going to take a micro-vacation... aka no more side-jobs. I have made more money in this last week than I have all year... it is not worth it. I would rather be poor and well than be rich and stressed. Sounds like I should move to San Diego and join Mojofat... well, one step at a time.
I still love the internet. It is just pushing me over the edge right now.
April 18, 2001
Another late night behind the keys. I am beginning to fall apart... please go get some glue. I have about three projects that needed to be done 'yesterday'... plus, I have to work this weekend.
April 17, 2001
You ever feel like the whole world hates you for no good reason... and that there is nothing you can do to redeem your self?
It is a tough night and is going to be a long night. I am going to take a little nap and code a bit more... and hopefully sleep tonight... sometime.
The redesign is coming... the redesign is coming... the redesign is coming... the redesign is coming... soon.
April 16, 2001
"I've reached that point, perhaps that age, where I'm ready for more commitment and more stability—I need a strongly typed programming language. I can't take these upstart untyped languages anymore, they're just too unpredictable! Their laissez-faire integer-or-string-or-object-or-whatever attitude was fine when I was younger, but now that I'm nearing 30, I feel I need something with more commitment, more stick-with-it-ness. Javascript, it's not you, it's me. I think we just need to be friends. I'm sorry. "
-Megnut
Ollie is a nut, so...
Hi dee hi dee hi dee hi! Ho dee ho dee ho dee ho!
I am going to be beyond busy this week. Sleep will barely know my name. The things that I do in order to pay my bills... it is truely amazing... or something like that.
April 13, 2001
Well, I am going to be away from my house for a few days. The joint is being tented for termites. Yup, it is going to be a lonely weekend without my RC cars and my computers. I bought two new books yesterday (code book, duh), so that should keep me busy... as well as we will be working on IP's video all weekend... that is when Wiz and I are not voluntering for the Easter production at the Agri-Center. Also, Eddie is going to be coming up. Sounds be a busy enough weekend.
Until I redesign my site, here is a list of blogs that I read:
Al
Ollie
Styn
Wiz
Jenna
FJ
Manda
Sol
DZ
Ev.
Brad
April 12, 2001
I had a... I think I had a unique idea for a design scheme for this site. You tell me what you think.
I have finally decided what the new mf.com is going to look like. I think it will be a new level of unique for Blogs accross the web... and not something that anyone will have an easy time duplicating. Sometimes the pieces do come together.
Never On Track.
I just made this crest for a client... and I think I am a bit off the mark with the design. I think it is good and all, but just not what they want. It is a good thing to experiment with a design... just not when you have a deadline... a dealine that I am nearing.
Back to the wercshop.
I don't even know what to do when Blogger is down. I feel... lost. It is a tough life being a digital-boy.
April 11, 2001
And the number one reason to never mess with Merc is?
Feeling a little off this morning... no good reason... just feeling a little wierd. Maybe I will feel better after a shower.
April 10, 2001
The brain cells went to bed a few hours ago, so I am going to go follow them... got quite a bit done tonight... also got to chat with a less-than-sober Sol (but I think that is another story for another time).
Reformating ads from MS Word is not the funnest thing in the world to do... but hey...
Just a sample of our testing. Neat-o, huh?
Wiz and I have a lot of work to do tonight... maybe will can post some things that we have been working. Things are already starting to come together and the night is still young.
April 09, 2001
Good meeting. I am jazzed about this project. I like getting sites started... and helping out people, people who choose to make something out of themselves. Keep your eyes open for a new project coming out real soon... it is going to be a cool site.
It appears as though the only things that are really going to get done tonight are (in the following order):
Sleeping
And that will about do it for me. The weekend was a bit more tiring than I thought it would was.
Long long night tonight. I have about a million and one things to do. I just finished with one client meeting.. and I have another at 9.30p. In my corner of the world, the internet is booming once again. I think some people have recovered from earlier internet business losses.. or they are just now getting onboard... either way, I am glad to have some extra income flowing my way.
Until my next meeting, I am going to try to get a number of things done... cleaning my room, fix an RC car, and pop out a few job quotes. Cam I get his all done? No, but I am still going to try.
Looking a little better.
Yup... project number three.
And here is project number two that I am working on today.
It is here... IE 6.0 Public Beta... I am using it and I like it. Try it out... looks like it has better CCS support... I have not tested the DHTML yet.
This is one of the many things that I am developing today.
April 08, 2001
Bills paid. Time for sleep.
Here it is.
That did not take too long. Now, I just have to find... my room is a mess... find my bills... and the painful part... pay my bills. Ouch.
RC News:
I broke both my cars this weekend. Not cool. On the TL-01, Wiz and I fixed the connection... only to melt the solder off of it about three minutes later. I think we are missing a resistor on the motor connection or something like that. Of course... that will not matter real soon... Wiz and I will be 'parking' the TL-01 and be moving all the parts over to the TB-01... which I just purchased the carbon chasis hop-up kit... as well as a ESC (electronic speed control).
I caught the TC3 motor on fire this weekend as well. Water is not a good thing for electric motors... just keep this in mind. There was a small puddle that I hit with the car... my steering skills are still not that great... to say the least. However, the goal is to race this Saturday... don't I say this every week?
Wiz and I are going to be practicing as much as we can all week... in an attempt to 'not suck' for the up coming race. Wiz and I also have to get both cars running... duh. This could be a challenge all on its own.
I just got home from SD/LA/OC... and it is time to strat working already. My mind is mush and I am tired; however, I promised to have a logo designed by the morning. So it looks like I am just going to be more tired than I already am..
I had a mostly great time in the 'south land'. I may or may not do a recap on the weekend... just not in the mood to do it right now... that could be because I have so much to do this coming week... and I would rather whine about that than talk about my semi-cool weekend. Ain't I depressing?
April 06, 2001
Beta test this for me? I have just rebuild the TRS site for the third time. Just e-mail me any erors that you find. Thx.
It is looking more like I am going to be going to San Diego. I have called about renting a car... $85.00 for the whole weekend. That is cheap. I may personally start renting a car more often to go to the 'south land'.
Music of the morning: Radiohead - Kid A
I am feeling a little better this morning. Sleep is a wonderful thing.
I may be going to San Diego again this weekend for some web training. If you are interested in hooking-up, drop me an e-mail before I het the road... noon... and we can plan something.
April 05, 2001
All I care about right now is my pillow.
April 04, 2001
The TL-01 broke... again. No racing today. It was very upsetting.
Tomorrow, I am a judge for a graphic design contest. Should be fun.
Right now, I am going to bed.
pondering the angles
correlations factor in...
thunder is to rain but not a friend found in the sound...
if all those drops are lives gone by, what wisdom does remain?
such weighty thoughts will, i fear, but sink beneath the tide...
to be concealed beneath the ones before them who had died
sturdy be the mind that
a challenge equal to the sun
but if you catch me
slipp
then perhaps its for the best... for
have trouble
...west rages weather the when
i was thinking there was something... that i wanted to say...
past tense seems improper, but how shall i resend?
what reasons shall proceed beyond
the moment of this now... that you mentioned it, i think i found out
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I thought spring was coming... it is so cold here. Hot last week... cold this week. Looks like the weather is as confused as me.
I just put all my sweaters away too... looks like I will be digging one out. This poor little bald head does not dig the cold... not at all.
April 03, 2001
I am still up. Why? Like I know... I just am. I shall be going to bed right after this short blog.
Today was a rough day for RC cars. I finally got two cars running and they should have been running at the same time, but... no. Life does not seems to work that way. After putting a new motor in the TL-01 last night... the darn thing breaks today. A little wire — that I did not do — just plain fell off for no good reason... and even worse, it was before I got to drive it at all. My heart was broken... where is the love? Wiz did his best to fix it with a piece of tape, but no luck... almost caught the TL on fire... heh heh. I guess that could have been worse.
I was really wanting to race the TL and the TC3 against each other today. I need the practice. I should be having my first race on Saturday at 10.30a (for all you who want to come and watch). I think I have both the cars patched back together. Maybe tomorrow during lunch at work i can practice racing with Wiz.
I am a TC3, a TB-01, and two TL-01s. These names are all too similiar and not very cool at all... don't you think? I need four really cool names for my cars. Can you give me a hand or at least a few ideas?
Aonther cool thing about my RCs... my entire team is sponsored by nothing other than dot-com's. Cool, huh? If you are interested in donating to the team, I have a large list of much needed parts... and no, they are not cheap. I wish I had known this before I got hooked... you always find out the bad side of an addiction after you are already addicted. Figures.
My team and my cars are about the only happy thing I have right now... that was not a sob statement. Life is rough... we all live... some of us race RC cars to escape the stress... that and fast things are fun.
Yeah... short blog.
Long day. Longer day tommorrow. Even longer day after that. Is it just me or is being busy starting to spread like cancer?
This design is very temporary... I know it is hard to read. The new design is in the worcks. I have a few paying jobs to complete before I can finish the redesign... plus, I am a little lost on what to do. I knew, but now I do not.
Everything in my life is upside down... and I am enjoying it... as long as it only lasts a little while.
April 02, 2001
Self discovery is a good thing... but a difficult and never ending challenge. The longer you live and the more you do... the more you are bound to learn about yourself and life.
"Know thy self."