Change Is Bustin' Out All O-oh-ver...

I had to file for an extension, so while I am killing time the couple of days I have before sitting down to file again, the site is getting a redesign. A certain web developer of my acquaintance periodically argues with me that my design needs to take into account those people who still surf on antiquated monitors with the dinosaur resolution of 800 x 600. These Old Schoolers make up about 19% of all nomads wandering the web, and their number is shrinking by the day. In addition, I don't know if you know much about web design, but 800 x 600 is a tiny little space, very limiting in what you can do. Consequently, I hate it. I sort of refuse to design for it, which has been the source of many a heated argument in this house, but seriously, unless you are vision-impaired, which would in some instances necessitate bigger text and icons, etc., it's time to upgrade to a better monitor. Even my old Super-VGA monitor, circa 1992, was a 1024, and in technoterms, 13 years is equal to 130 in computer years. It's much easier to design for 1024 x 768 up, and most pages are laid out for it. The new design will probably fit that medium resolution with no horizontal scroll bars, which is a good thing, but even making everything smaller, I'm afraid those of you surfing on 8x6 boards will still have to scroll a little. Bygones.

Site design is also how I practice avoidance; in this case, looking for a job. Very ostrich-like of me, I know, but I am just not up to another round of here's a job, no wait, nevermind. There's always tomorrow for that joy. I really want to make jewelry right now, but what with all the summer cleaning and the packing ahead, I really need to leave my bead boxes put away. Still, it's killing me that I have tons of ideas for jewelry right now and am not really able to sit down and play with them. On the brighter side, however, I found a pair of earrings I'd made that then went missing (they were in one of the trays in my bead board, which I had then laid a stack of paperwork on top of, so that's happy news. They're out of some very nice freeform tumbled nuggets of beautiful smokey quartz with no inclusions or defects, and I was very unhappy to have lost them, so it's wonderful to have found them again. :)

I have to go, now. I have to go do something productive...what, I don't know, seein' as it's after 5. But something.

adios,
jenie