things.that.are(awesome)
in addition to keeping our bar fully stocked at all times, one of my short-term goals is to finally try absynthe. i haven’t done much looking for it in months. at that time i learned that it was illegal in canada. i did some more research and found out that that may not be true. i also found a place in canada that sells one brand. unfortunately, it’s not one of the brands i’m looking for. looks like there’s more searching to do.
as my birthday is approaching, i was asked by a friend what i would like. i’m not usually the type to make a big deal over birthdays in general, so i wasn’t sure what to say. she let slip what her gift idea was, and i thought it was perfect. i have in mind to purchase one of two items i’ve been eyeing for a long time, but i’m not sure whether i should spend my meager savings on something that is ultimately a luxury or if i should continue to save to put myself in a better position. based on past behaviour, i think i know what i will end up doing.
the main motivation for this post was to discuss something that had seemed to be a good idea upon first inspection. i came across a website, called fundable that facilitates group purchasing.
since i gave myself a deadline to purchase one of the two items which (inadvertently) coincides with my birthday, i thought it would be a good idea to use their services to consolidate disparate gift ideas and my own savings in one direction. with a friend’s encouragement, i created an account and went about setting up a fundraiser for myself only to find that they had recently changed their policies. when i first discovered fundable, their minimum target amount for group purchases was $15. after several attempts at getting my fundraiser together, i contacted fundable to inform them of my problem. in their (amazingly speedy) reply, i was told that they have recently changed the minimum from $15 to $350. the initial minimum did seem a little low to me, but now it seems unreasonable and is way more than i had even hoped of ever raising.
now that avenue is no longer one worth exploring, and i am unable to expedite my goal of skateboarding and filming the rest of my summer away. i guess sometimes there really are no easy shortcuts.
in other cryptic news, a meeting i was looking forward to this weekend fell through. i hope it doesn’t turn into a situation where coordinating schedules becomes a chore and taints the experience i was anticipating.
so i’ve been thinking- maybe instead of trying to half-ass a back-end php thingy together to handle entire files, i should just separate the page into sections and templates a la wordpress. i understand that the main page is just a bunch of sections/templates that pull together different parts. maybe that’s what i should do here.
now that i think about it, this is exactly what i need. the header/footer sections will just be containers that get fill themselves in with html (that doesn’t change). the main section will call the latest (ex:highest numbered) file from a database or array of filenames and display it. the prev/next buttons at the bottom will either subtract or add 1 to it and display that in the main content section. it’s so simple. i don’t really know what i was thinking of doing before.
note to self-don’t forget about getting some sort of form-handling script together to further automate the posting process.
over and out
[i know i wasn't going to write about the frequency of my posts, but i just had to mention it as this is the second day in a row that i've posted. why this interests me is not because i'm getting back in the habit, but because i noticed something worth writing about and decided to act on that.]
today i was interviewed for a blog. much like this one, it’s a work in progress and that is why i was asked not to mention the address or name just yet. i will post a link to the video once it’s uploaded and available to watch. it was a short interview where i answered a handful of questions about a small-but growing-clothing company. so, as i mentioned in the title, i’m an international superstar yet again.
i knew this would happen. i have trouble finishing things that i start. as i’ve previously mentioned, i had another blog that atrophied from disuse. this site was supposed to be a new beginning, another symbol of my newfound drive and stickwithittudiness. less than two months in and, surprise of surprises, i’ve started to slack off.
the good news about my recent relapse is that i’ve acknowledged it, decided to do something about it, and actually followed through. maybe this is a turning point. or maybe this is a token post to ease my conscience.
i’ve decided to share a few things that i’ve been up to in the past few weeks:
part of my motivation to build this site was to build some skills with php and practice using “validating” (x)html and css more. this was to build on my recent abandoning of tables for layout, and realizing that the html that i usually write validated with almost no changes (i’m a genius, i know). obviously, html skills are less of a concern than actually figuring out php. i know exactly how i want this site to look, but i’m having trouble making it do what i want it to. i’m really looking forward to solving this problem, because i know that the system i put in place will make it really easy for me to post at least once per day.