Validating
It seems to be more of a trend now days to have “valid” HTML and CSS coded websites, and that is only “validated” by a computer generated script that seems to change it’s mind everyday. I’m talking of course about http://validator.w3.org/.
While working on my new layout for ichabod1799.net (which I completed the other day, finally) and tidying the site up, I wanted to also tidy up the coding. I basically re-learnt in a matter of one tutorial what took me 5 years to learn in the first place. Surely now I have a much better understanding of it all which makes it easier to fix problems and get a more professional look, but apparently there’s more to it than what you can physically see on a screen.
I check to see if it’s all working myself by cross checking in six different browsers, and any errors that come up in one browser I either know how to fix, find away around it or do something different that will work. But then when I go to this validating site, it tells me that there is 138 errors.
I have a better understanding of my coding now, I know what I’m doing, the site couldn’t be neater, the coding couldn’t be more working yet some robot has told me that it’s not valid, though with my own eyes and 6 different browsers, it works for me.
What gets more stupid with this site is that it seems to change it’s mind everyday. One day it would be 150 errors, though I have made no changes to the layout what so ever. Then it has it’s features, like validating different types of HTML, 1.0, 4.1 27.47854 whatever. Though automatically it says 138 errors, but if I select HTML 4.0 the errors are reduced to 15.
Then there’s the tidy up feature and when you use “their suggested code” it totally fucks up two months work.
When was this web design hobby such a headache? When are hobbies suppose to be so stressful? I’m not going to care anymore. Hopefully I can reduce my errors as time goes by and I get more experience. But at the moment I’m proud to say that the new Ichabod1799 is mostly invalid HTML.
Continue ReadingPublished Jan 24, 2009 - 4 Comments and counting
Bored?
Well here are some funny awesome videos to check out then. My cousin sent me all the Evanescence related ones, they’re a blast.
Evanescence:
The first 30 seconds are funny:
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=x9HlEnLDkow&feature=related&fmt=18
Evanescence Video Six Pack Outtakes:
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=M5KZYOtC5Tc
Evanescence learn Spanish:
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=9iFeEziNM-0
BMTL misheard:
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=JRJLKIHujE8 – Probably the greatest video of all time.
Ben breaks a guitar [skip to the end]:
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=uvPv-4ojTRg
Amy and Ben present Top 20 Rock of MTV 10 years: -funny when they have to intro BMTL
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=ohpS1u_kTRU
Kids sing BMTL:
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=dcvuTfu3rKo
Evanescence are on weight watchers:
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=vdsZiSUOx18
Not into Evanescence? Or still bored? Then check out some classic Mad TV
Here’s a red carpet playlist, I love their red carpet stunts. http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=XCEn6j9yx1A&feature=PlayList&p=4843BE36DADA186E&playnext=1&index=79
Well I was gonna post more but I can’t be bothered 
just navigate your way through youtube. Well have fun.
Published Jan 21, 2009 - Comments? None yet
You Know 2008 Must Have Been Bad When…
You keep telling yourself “2009 will be better” and hopefully this year it will be better. Hopefully I don’t get caught up in all that drama again. Hopefully. I don’t really know what I’m writing anyway, I’m just trying out this new program that makes it easier to update my blog. Hopefully this works.
Anyway Happy New Year everyone, 2008 is over and 2009 has just begun and what a scary year it’s gonna be. I have to grow up. Well good luck for everyone in 2009. ^^
Continue ReadingPublished Jan 01, 2009 - 2 Comments and counting
Confessions of a Teenage Sim Addict
Well first of all I’ll start with a more bitchy paragraph so it makes this more interesting. A while ago EA opened up an online store where you can buy single content for the Sims 2, but you have to pay for it. Anyone else think this is just stupid? I’m not even mad but just laughing that EA expect people to pay to download items when they there are a lot of sites out there that offer exactly the same thing, but for free.
Now moving on, I’m not much of a gamer anymore, part of growing up is losing interest in those things. But obviously the only game I still play is the Sims 2, I think it’s the most awesome thing ever. I also have been playing GTA 4 since I brought that for my brother. So I am very excited for this new Sims 2 expansion pack, Apartment Life. It has always been my dream for my Sim to live in an apartment and now they can. I don’t think I have been this excited for a Sims 2 expansion pack since Seasons.
Well now they have released a trailer for Apartment Life and you can watch it here or on Youtube, but I didn’t want to embed it here cause it would make this place look messy. Speaking of trailers The Sims 3 trailer has been released as well, I also saw that on Youtube, but really poor quality. I’m excited for the Sims 3 too but I need to update my computer before then, which I’m struggling with finances this year.
Continue ReadingPublished Jul 31, 2008 - 1 Comment so far
It’s a Blogger’s Life
Well I got home from Tafe today surprising early, and it’s raining! What do you do in this cold wet winter? Well I just want to ignore all my homework and curl up and read a book. Surprisingly I have found a few books to read this time - of course they’re all Buffy ones.
Anyway I got more ram for my new laptop and so now it runs smother and so I am more motived to getting back into the web design business. Not that I ever left anyway I just got too busy. I need to learn how to code validated css/div style layouts, something that always challenged me to the point where I would just give up and go back to tables. I still need to re-do the main Ichabod1799 layout and need to learn how to make Wordpress themes, so I can make a layout for this blog. I’m a web designer, so it’s going be weird using pre-mades on my own blog. Also Sarah is planning on making her Amy Lee fan group “Amy’s Army” an official website now, so which means another layout to make and more graphics - in fact I’ll be making the whole site with a photo gallery a forum I assume and probably lots more. I wish Joy would get in contact, I haven’t heard from her in a while, I’m getting concerned and if I’m going to be making a forum then I need her help with the layout.
I just ate a whole bag of strawberries and cream, I’m so gonna break out in pimples tomorrow.
Anyway something weird and unrelated but still affected my life: Last year some of you might be aware that my little brother was in a very nasty car accident (and was very lucky to survive and 120km crash, and was the only one injured.) His foot is still healing after so much surgery though it has almost been a full year. Well now my other brother, my twin brother went to Indonesia a few weeks ago to teach English there. We received a phone call saying he was in a motorcycle accident with a broken leg and a dislocated shoulder. Then there was all this drama about changing hospitals and then we couldn’t fly him back home. The Embassy wanted to charge us like 30 grand to get the army in a take him home, or he could stay there and heal and ring up the hospital bills. Anyway we got him home and in hospital sooner than expected. Now early last week I was sad to hear one of my good friend Rachael from High School was also in a car accident. She’s lucky to survive too, though she’s stuck at home with a neck brace. Hope she and Brad get well soon.
I’m so tired now, I just want to go to sleep, but I have to figure out who Harry is and what he’s Big Day Out involves. I hate when Illustration briefs become too open.
Continue ReadingPublished Jul 21, 2008 - Comments? None yet
Shoo Flee
So it has appears that I have started up a blog. Have I started to conform to something? No, well maybe. I think it will be a good idea. A harmful experiment…did I meant to say harmless? Well the only thing I will be harming is my dignity and pride. Anyway this is all part of a new thing I’m planing on doing with my site, and I shall post those details here first, so whoever reads this, most likely Norven can know, and he all ready knows anyway.
Ever since coming across these awesome sites Acerbic Bitches and ChanLu Designs I have decided to downsize Ichabod1799.net. I want it to be more comfortable for the visitors and only plan on posting my graphics there and maybe midis. But That means all the useless rants. All the tutorials will go, or maybe be moved here. Also I wont post blog like updates anymore (that’s what this will be for) the only updates on ichabod1799 will be site related. Basically I’m just tiding up my site a bit.
I don’t know when all this will be happening, when I get the time and motivation maybe. First I need to start with a hole new layout. I won’t be linking this blog there yet, it’s going to sit in a corner for now, and it will be linked up on the new and improved site.
I also hope to get out of this blog a more public access to my rants, other than Myspace and to improve my writing and grammar. I’ll also try and not be too emo, it appears every blog there is is just full of Emos and all they do is bitch about their bad day and how much homework they have and how everyone hates them (I wonder why?)
Also because I’m really busy with Tafe I don’t get much motivation and time to update my site, but at lease with this blog I can quickly jump on, post something so you all know I’m alive - cause I know you all love me, and I love me too. Not really, I highly doubt this place will ever be found.
Continue ReadingPublished Jul 09, 2008 - Comments? None yet