in which I write about stuff
my credit union recently unveiled a redesign of its website…regular readers will note that I participated in a usability study of said redesign.
oh, lordy. I think I’m going to undertake one of those overhaul examples, because while design-wise it’s way better than their old site, it’s just a mess under the hood. makes me want to just tear my hair out. (because of javascript above the doctype, it can’t even be validated as is.)
more on this later, I think.
this weekend, summer ended. admittedly, it was one of the warmer and drier summers that we’ve had here, but even with that, this weekend marked the descent into fall. the sunny days have a bit of a cool undertone, and this morning was drizzly. more to the point for me, last night I noticed that the lovely sunset was at something more like 8 p.m., instead of closer to 10, and this morning with the overcast it was actually dark in van on the way to the college.
of course, it’s still green, and yesterday was warm enough that I was glad that my home office is on the north side of the house. there’s still days of blue sky and green leaf before the rain and the dark come again.
not that I don’t like the rain, mind you; it’s just that summer here is so perfect that I hate to let it go, to relinquish the days of laying in the sun (yes, with a hat and 45 SPF sunscreen) and running around in shorts, tanktop and sandals.
I should probably go shopping for new winter “work” shoes; I won’t be able to wear dress sandals much longer.
…then again, my office has been so cold this summer, it’s a wonder I don’t have frostbite.
in searching for an entry about something else, I found my note from the beginning of the summer. sigh. now my strappy $10 sandals are starting to come apart.
(have to do it this way every so often because of web host crap. gah.)
* Structure and interpretation of computer programs
* logjamming
* homeland insecurity (I think I’ve read this article before….)
* which pasta shape for which sauce
* computer and desk stretches
– PHP4+
– mySQL (only one database is necessary)
– at least one or two email addresses
– whatever Movable Type needs to get itself going
– some kind of a pretty control panel
– around $10/month, preferably not having to pay a whole year in advance. will pay a bit more per month to pay only monthly or quarterly. (right now I’m only pay $25/year, but then again….)
it looks like my snapping links blog is all gone from after July 11. Luckily, I have backups, even including a couple of days last weeks as web pages. what baffles and scares me is that now I can’t seem to log into my MT installation.
oh, crap. my media weblog is all gone, too…the folder, even. grrr. I can’t get into any of my databases. something is seriously wrong.
I think I just need to break down & look for a new freaking host. this is too much. I’ve had too many outage for no apparent reason the last few months, and I’m just teed off.
suggestions are welcome. keep in mind that this is definitely a hobby, and I am cheap, and need to be saving for home improvements.
(also, thank you Ralph Brandi, for noticing.)
it looks like my host has been hacked (by brazilians, apparently)…and I’ve had only erratic access to the rest of the site. luckily, my last experience with losing stuff made me more vigilant about backups, so even if the whole thing goes down in flames, I should be able to revive it. all better now. looks like all they did was replace the home page. after I fixed it, I realized I should’ve taken a screenshot. oh well.