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Posted on 05-19-2009
Ok, so I just realized I still have about an hour of time before my net cuts off so a little recap of the past few days...
If you don't already know I am on a vacation (you know those things where you are disconnected from your "life"...) in the wonderful Italy area (Tuscany/Florence). I arrived on last Thursday after a horrid 9 HOURS of time stuck in one of those sardine cans classified as a jet... Well technically it was more like 7:30 mins from Miami to Paris followed by an hour of layover before another hour from Paris to Florence.
That was actually one of the easier parts as next up we (myself and family) rented a car... Stick shift too... Let's just say about 4 stalls later and the smell of burning clutch we figured out the driving part only to make it to the toll roads... In theory you get a ticket when you enter the toll part (... you know where this is going...) then you enter ticket and pay when you get off... Well that ticket was still at the entry point waiting for us... Anyways a little attempting to communicate and such later we made it through the toll part...
Thankfully this put us on the regular roads... If you know anything about Italy you know the speed limits are more "suggestions" so we got passed alot (basically the only thing that didn't pass us was a truck we followed some...)
Anyways after a few hours of driving (we got somewhat lost and the Garmin was taking some heat as we didn't "Turn Left") we got to the villa... I will get better spelling later, but it was the Villa Del Rosa in the Tuscany area. If you ever come to Italy the two bits of advice so far...
- Hire a Driver to Villa
- The speed limit is a suggestion
- HIRE A DRIVER!
Anyways we survived and our first night (wasn't sure if it was night really as time got lost between Wednesday and Friday (aka days of travel/rest) and stayed in a nice little cottage (the main villa was full with about 25 Germans) so we enjoyed the overflow building. Great view and it was quiet (always a perk after a long flight).
Anyways the morning we got greated with some fresh cresants, bread, and cheese (breakfast is screwy over here). We managed to locate the local grocery store a "COOP" (not to be confused with gaming) and picked up a few things (aka milk and other breakfast items for the weekend).
Anyways that's enough for now as it's 5:10 PM here and I need to go clean up and prepare for some dinner! I think tonight is a nice pizza and after climbing 400 something steps to get the below shot well it sounds WONDERFUL... Plus the only thing coming out of a can is the drinks :)
I suspect I will post more about the travels this weekend provided I survive the flight home...
Italy
Posted on 05-19-2009
I am far from an active poster, but currently I am putting up with a few issues such as distance... I had a few moments so here is a sample of some upcoming sweetness :)
Yes, this is my picture and if you want more information about what IT is look here. I will post more here as time permits... Well that and if I want to fuss with getting the picture to show correctly.
MODx Contest
Posted on 04-14-2009
If you have an interest in MODx there isn't a better time to get started as there is a great contest afoot! The challenge is simple, but it does involve you building a three page MODx website.
Yea, I know it's hard work with all those great MODx ready templates, but you must be willing to put it all together and create a site.
What are you waiting for go check it out: http://codingpad.maryspad.com/2009/04/09/win-a-copy-of-the-modx-web-development-book-and-more-blog-contest/
Coming
Posted on 02-26-2009
If you have been looking through my template conversions you're likely really dedicated or have nothing better to do. In the near future you can expect to see a template showcase appear on the demo site to make your life easier! You don't have time to open hundreds of template conversions and I don't know the designs by name so I will make all of our lifes easier going forward.
In addition to the showcase I hope to feature several new templates. If you have any requests now is the time to ask!
Got Garbage?
Posted on 02-26-2009
The world has a problem and it's not really a little problem. It's estimated that only 6-7% of all websites have actually taken the time to resolve this problem. If you don't already know about the problem you might be surprised to learn if you have built or are building websites you may be part of the problem.
The problem is Garbage code as discussed in this article. If you are too lazy to click the link basically it's talking about how websites don't validate for one reason or another. I hope if you are actually viewing this site you aren't part of the problem.
There are a few things that really bug me with most websites and among that list is failing to validate the site! Sure that invalid garbage that people paid for works, but please give me a break it's not hard to get a site to validate!
Oh, if your wondering the other items that bug me:
- Invalid Code
- Capitol Letters in address/files
- Spaces! What is wrong with contact_us instead of Contact%20Us.HTML
So quit wasting time here and go see if you paid for garbage.
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