House pics...

Well, here they are... Long delayed, I know, but I couldn't get around to them until I had finished studying for my fluids midterm. I'm not going to give the whole back-story, that's what I made this page for. The Cliffs Notes are we had a bad light and decided to replace it. I hit a few setbacks while attempting to install the new lights, making the most practical (ie, most satsifying) solution the removal of the entire ceiling. And a wall. And then we installed the new lights. But, under the new 400watts of flaw revealing light, our eyes were opened. . . and, well, that's where we are now. But don't think for a minute that we're done! (Somewhere, Izzy is cringing as she reads this....) Now that the walls are naked, isn't this the best time to tackle our plumbing and electrical issues? Even those that are merely imagined or potential? Someday, we'll look back on this as the event that drove us to remodel the house...

But for now, we've got pics of various stages of the project. . . Enjoy!

Viewing Issues

Izzy writes:

I do want to know why the s-c site won't let me view the entire thing on my monitor...the picture is off to the far side, such that I have to slide the scroll-bar over to view. Maybe you, Ken, can fix that, hmmm?

Well, my journey of web development has been one of discovery and I have tended to stick with whatever method kept the webpage looking consistent. The problem is that no method will keep the site looking exactly the same.

I use tables on our website. Tables can be set up one of two different ways (as far as I know): Pixel dimensions or Proportional dimensions. Right now, I use pixel dimensions. The top bar on the home page is 1200 pixels wide. Now, the amount of the top bar that's visible is dependant on your screen resolution. For example, if your screen resolution is set to 800x600, then your screen is only 800 pixels wide. So, if you try to view our webpage on that screen, 2/3rds of the top bar will only be visible.

I'm going to have to either switch to proportional dimensioning or reduce the size of the table. But, that's a project for another day.

Changes

Roomie is moving! After much ambiguitity, Boeing has finally given her a definitive date for her move. So, she'll be leaving next Monday or Tuesday, depending on when the movers are coming for her stuff.

And It Works!!!

Well, what a pleasant surprise.

Now that I know this works, I'll be posting to it more frequently. As always, Izzy just needs a little encouragement to post. Drop her a line.

Also, let me know if you would like to be notified of updates to the site. Put "web updates" in the subject line and I'll add you to the list.

This is a test.

So, after the frustration of trying to figure out how to place news on our site, and deciding to just update a blog instead, I discovered "Click here to publish your site at your own address."

Could it be? Could have my blog placed on my site, yet managed the same as any of my other blogs? Apparently, yes. But, this is the first post so there are literally hundreds of ways I could tear my hair out before then.

Yet, I remain optimistic, though I hope not foolishly. :-P