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June 13, 2006
Fidgeting
I did some fidgeting with the blog this morning. If you resize the window and push it enough to the left, the center column disappears. Shit happens, right? I could take the easy way out and return to a previous design, but nah uh. I'mAGonnaMakeItWork, darn-tootin' I am. (Thanks oodles to those of you who offered suggestions/help. As soon as I can actually STATE what it is I want, I'll let you know!)
Meanwhile...
I went for a major mileage walk this morning along the lovely shoreline of the Hudson River. I'm fascinated by the color of the water -- it's a murky brown/green and the ducks pop their heads up and have slime on their beaks. Eww. However, the area along the Hudson has been rebuilt/retrofitted/what-have-you and is actually quite nice. Since the temperatures here are on an upward swing, sunbathing isn't out of the question. In fact, I saw women in bikinis stretched out on lounge chairs. Usually one would see a display of this type in Central Park, but I'm guessing that these courageous women either didn't know any better or perhaps were tourists. One typically does not bare mostly everything alongside Riverside Drive, but then NYC is known for its atypical types. Stranger things go on in this city so it's no surprise to me.
Speaking of taking your clothes off, last week while walking in midtown I saw the Naked Cowboy in the middle of Times Square. It's not too often you see a guy in his underwear, cowboy boots and Stetson hat playing his gee-tar in the middle of the city. Here, you see that kind of thang as if it were perfectly normal. Actually for this city, a naked cowboy IS normal. Then again, he isn't exactly nekkid since he's wearing his underoos. ;-)
And that, my 2.5 readers, is this minute's duly deposited brain dust.
Cindy
Comments
Well, it actually didn't dissapear, it just got squished out of the middle and landed underneath everything else.
No matter what you do, images don't squish very well. (It can be done, but it takes a healthy dose of black magic and isn't very pretty.) This will always present a limit to how small you can realistically shrink the window. The content is either going to get squeezed out the bottom like it is now, or it's going to spill out the side and cover up an adjoining column, or else you can go back to scrollbars. Those are the only choices I'm afraid.
Brain matter deposited by: mike on June 13, 2006 8:29 PM
argh.
/me's tempted to trash it all and begin again. I just noticed that on the archives page, the comments appear flush left - instead of right. duh! It's getting worse by the minute.
Brain matter deposited by: Cindy on June 13, 2006 8:42 PM
well there will be no shortage of content and plenty of dust swirling around I'm sure ..
Brain matter deposited by: .5 on June 14, 2006 1:33 AM
Squip, I had the problem with the columns beginning underneath rather than beside each other too. I only wish I remember what did it and what fixed it. It may have something to do with the last few lines underneath the content on the stylesheet. Either start with a new template or check the "see code" of someone else's blog that has the setup you want. Sometimes you can figure it out that way.
Brain matter deposited by: susan on June 14, 2006 7:31 AM
Your Naked Cowboy sounds like Adelaide Johnny.
It's amazing just how disturbing Speedos and gumboots can be :)
Brain matter deposited by: Greg on June 14, 2006 10:29 AM
Bah - looks like the link got eaten.
http://www.adelaide.citylegends.com/photos.htm
Brain matter deposited by: Greg on June 14, 2006 10:30 AM
Greg - you're so right. I can't believe you sent me to that site to look at that man in his Speedo. *horrors*
Susan - thanks :-)
Steve, is that the new way to sign your name, as in ' .5 ' ???
Brain matter deposited by: Cindy on June 14, 2006 8:40 PM
someone had to be the fractional reader ... now you're up to 3.5 ;)
Brain matter deposited by: sdy on June 15, 2006 12:42 AM
Yes, yes; it was a tad cruel. I (and my slightly warped sense of humour) humbly apologize :)
Brain matter deposited by: Greg on June 15, 2006 10:54 AM
Greg: No need to apologize, I just winced a few thousand times looking at the photos. :-)
Steve: cute.
Brain matter deposited by: Cindy on June 15, 2006 12:06 PM