Tuesday, March 10, 2009

And Then I Broke the Internet

I've been doing a little sprucing up of the old blog here, as you may have noticed. Or maybe you didn't, and that's okay. Sometimes changes are so subtle, so skillful, that the casual observer may fail to recognize their very genius amidst the quiet transformation.

It's not my fault you're exceptionally unobservant.

(Oh, dang. I just reread that last sentence. Another 10 points for Gryffindor if you can cite the source. I think my brain is overly saturated. Completely innocent, I assure you.)

Anyway, the changes that you see appear relatively minor, and I'm sure if I knew anything about coding they would be mere child's play. But you see, I don't. Know anything about coding, that is. And so I've been bumbling through this whole html thing with only stubborn will and the glories of the internet to help me, and let me tell you, sometimes it got pretty ugly. I put my trust and hopes in the hands of complete strangers writing "how to" guides on blog coding, and most of the time I was experiencing profuse armpit sweating due to the severe spike of my blood pressure level as I hacked my way through the jungles of html.

Perhaps I've said this before after a previous blog spring cleaning (I get bored easily), but I honestly thought I was going to break the internet.

Or at least my little corner of it.

But all seems to be functioning fine for now, and I'm making myself stop before I end up with flashing, sparkly icons in between my widgets or perhaps a mailbox spewing letters near my "Email me" link. Not that I think you're a bad person if you have said sparkly icons or spewing mailboxes.

I just might accuse you of having inferior taste. That's all.

Oh, and I would definitely be remiss if I didn't give credit where credit is due. Pocket over at BlogBulk writes the clearest, most layman-friendly instructions on doing fun and oftentimes necessary changes to one's blog, all within the confines of clean and aesthetically-pleasing graphics. If there were a patron saint of blogging, Pocket would be it.

And I would probably have the icon.

4 comments:

the higgins' said...

Oh, for us Twilight fans, it's pretty easy to identify that Edward told Bella she was exceptionally unobservant. But was it after the van almost smashed her?
Nice Harry Potter reference with Gryffindor too. :)

Tracy said...
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Tracy said...

Was it when the van almost smashed her? For some reason, I thought it was when she commented on his eyes changing color. I could be wrong. It happened once before.

uberRyan said...

You are ALL hopelessly nerdy. And that's all that matters here.