Drew's Blog: May 2004

Drew's Blog: May 2004 This blog is the personal web log of Drew Hevle.

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Late. posted by Drew at 4:55 PM \| 0 comments Here's my picture for a seminar I agreed to host Welcome-PIDA-NACE-The Corrosion Society. I took this picture at my house, I propped the camera up on my desk and set the timer. It took about a dozen tries before I got one this good. You should see the others. Late. posted by Drew at 7:56 AM \| 0 comments Monday, May 24, 2004 Check out this beautiful site, This is our son, so far, about their six-month old son. These people have built an amazing and awe-inspiring site. It makes me think that I've wasted my life. Late. posted by Drew at 4:32 PM \| 0 comments I am in the process of redesigning the layout of the website. I have some more content, but the main goal is to add more zip to the home page. Here's a screen shot of an early draft of the design: I'm going to try to rewrite the thing from scratch in HTML. You'll notice that the header looks different (oops, you really can't see it on this small shot), that's what I've got in Word now, but it doesn't translate correctly. I also may try to get someone who knows what they're doing to do some layout stuff, I'm not the best right-brain kind of guy. Late. posted by Drew at 8:00 AM \| 0 comments Sunday, May 23, 2004 Today I received the first confirmation that anyone was reading this blog. I got a call from a friend of mine, Mike, and he said that he had read it to see what was going on. The funniest thing about Mike's site is where it says "Welcome, you are visitor # 000,003" It's not a real counter. It's funny because of all the digits. I wanted to steal the idea, but I couldn't bring myself to. I'll have to think of something else. I guess I should be posting more often, since I have an audience now. Late. posted by Drew at 4:27 PM \| 0 comments Site of the day: The Chronicles of George. This site is hilarious, but you have to read through a bunch of the pages before you start to appreciate the humor. Very very funny. I read all 45+ pages while I was sitting in a big meeting, trying to keep from LMAO! Late. posted by Drew at 4:26 PM \| 0 comments Saturday, May 15, 2004 The closing on the house is done, everything worked out okay, so I'm a homeowner! Oops, not that kind of homeowner. Late. posted by Drew at 6:34 PM \| 0 comments Saturday, May 08, 2004 Site of the day: Redneck Neighbor This site was originally here but he retired the site. Someone else is hosting it now, because it's so funny. A guy in the class I took last week told me about this site, and I mentioned my site to him, so if you see this, Mack, thanks. Late. posted by Drew at 8:04 PM \| 0 comments There are a lot of "best-of-the-internet" sites around, but I think the most reliable is Yahoo! Picks. It's got a week's worth of picks, for general interest and also broken down by category, which is cool, and you should be able to find something of interest. Maybe some day I can put something interesting enough on this site to make the list. Late. posted by Drew at 6:57 PM \| 0 comments Sunday, May 02, 2004 Well, a lot of things have been happening since I last posted. I've been putting together everything I need to buy the house I'm living in. Mortgage, insurance, inspection, surveys, taxes, repair estimates, title seaches, blah blah blah. The advantages: Owning a home Not having to pack and move Very nice part of town Good property values The disadvantages: The house is too small A lot more money outlay for no change in lifestyle More work But, since I'm 40 now, I guess it's time. Before about 5 years ago I didn't really feel settled down enough, grown-up enough, to buy a house. I wish I had, because property values have gone up so much in that time. 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