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Now maybe I will have incentive to update more than once a fortnight!

Casey — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:52:32 +0000

It’s been a while since I arbitrarily updated the look of this blog. I finished with midterms today, so I figured I deserved a little treat.

Recently, I have wanted to embrace the minimalism of blogging. At some point, blogrolls, RSS links, Tweets, and ever-expanding archives can take their toll on a mind already overloaded with information and stimuli. So, now I have none of these things. It is somewhat liberating.

Anyhow, thanks goes to jamesyps and the Blue Basic WordPress theme from which this design was derived. I guarantee you that the coding behind this Web site will not pass ANY sort of validation, but come on – in this day and age we have browsers to make up for our shortcomings. Also, the nifty icons at the top of this page come from Komodo Media. I have neither the time nor the ability to make anything look that sleek in 256 (16×16) pixels.

I’m sure lots of things still need to be fiddled with, but I am happy enough with what we have to call it a night.

(And to think – lots of my journalism major friends get to do this all the time for class! But they have to use Macs. Poor souls.)

I needed a change of scenery

Casey — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 07:07:18 +0000

Another year, another redesign.

I’ve been feeling ultra-creative (read: nerdy) lately, so I decided to give the old blog a bit of a makeover. I told myself that I would do it during Spring Break, and now that I’ve been home in Pinellas County for five hours, I figured I would get started.

The current theme is based on Naruto Strikes Back, and I’m still fiddling with some things. Overall, I very much enjoy the warmer colors.

The New Jan Brady!

Casey — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 04:59:10 +0000

For lack of one solid, lengthy, and coherent idea, here’s a bunch of little things:

For some reason, the Web site was acting up for about a month. I kept putting it off and putting it off, but I decided to fix it. Hooray for WordPress themes and the spare time to play around with the code therein.

I gave a homeless man playing the accordion a dollar today outside of the grocery store. I usually don’t do that kind of thing, but Dude has no eyes. So, me being the double-eyeball-having kind of guy I am, I felt guilty. On second thought, though, I could have just taken all the money from his jar. Dude has no eyes.

Final exams are few and far between. This is nice, but it is also kind of inconvenient, since I’m sitting here like a lump for days at a time while I wait for the next test to start.

I tried to learn the mandolin. Apart from a few songs and chords, that endeavor is playing second fiddle to my new passion: weightlifting. I originally thought that playing the mandolin would attract girls. Now, they tell me it’s lifting weights. I’m just waiting for that to go out of style and make way for a new pastime. Sort of like the blessed transition from baseball cards to Pogs. (By the way, I know I am very weak. I can curl 40 whole pounds!)

I gave up drinking soda, and am proud to say that as of today, it’s been four glorious, decaffeinated weeks. I am dying to have an orange soda.

So, there you have it. If you find any navigational problems with the new layout, shoot me an email.

Note to self…

Casey — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 20:12:37 +0000

So, after not updating my Web site for a month or so, I also stopped getting emails.

Turns out I forgot to pay the bill. Whoops.

Grayscale Blogiversary

Casey — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 01:36:40 +0000

Dear Web site:

Sorry I’ve been neglecting you lately. I’ve been really caught up with other, more pressing issues. Like sleeping. And school. But mostly sleeping.

But I didn’t forget your birthday! Here’s a brand new outfit for the new year. It’s black and white, too. Very classy.

Love,
Casey

19,898 words later

Casey — Mon, 20 Dec 2004 14:29:13 +0000

It’s been exactly one year since I started to type my musings, and to this day the first entry into this blog is by far the funniest.

Redesign

Casey — Sun, 20 Jun 2004 20:39:17 +0000

I spent last week redesigning the Web site because, honestly, who uses phpBB for a blog?

Now made spiffy with Textpattern.

Plus, I got tired of the boxy blue background of the old site. It was like the Volvo of the World Wide Web.

Ugh, it’s running slow, though. I’ll work on that.