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Sunday, July 30, 2006

Uhmm
I am visiting a new church today with somw friends. Neat facility, but there is a lot to engage here. I haven't been here long, but I can tell that this place is 'life' for some.

It's interesting the way that te Body works. There are differing bodies and peoples, but its (usually) the same God. I wonder how heaven will be if we are so seperate now.

I said some thing a wile ago that kinda just xomes out again here: the Body is made of different parts and not every part is understood or ever interacts with another. It's our bodies on a larger scale to some degree.
- sent from Treo

Thursday, July 27, 2006

A Slice of Humble Pie

I sit here now, getting ready to go play some basketball, and while I am viewing the listings on the website RentACoder, I am a lot humbled. Not so much because I am a bad designer, sure I can use some work here and there (or if I use the tools that the pros use then I would be kinda fine, ya know) but there are some listings that make me feel quite small and insignifiant.

I went into a place some days ago and the person told me that they could not afford to hire me. But then I look at me versus what is out there and have to say that I am totally missing the mark. Truely this is a lot worse that what it is...at least it feels that way on this side of things.

I am probably going to ditch Blogger soon. Not because its not good, but I am wondering if I will be able to keep up MMM and a personal site, and then my new blog (coming soon on Wordpress). I like the other offering a bit more, seems and feels more professional. Though Blogger is more personal, just feels more like a journal. Well, I don't know, there is a lot in my head and I dont know where is what at the moment.

Off to play ball and fill it with dribblings...

Monday, July 24, 2006

Had To Write

I started to come here and write things out, but it was better kept in a poem in this year's collection. But truthfully, I wear my heart on my sleeves and legs, and man has this season worn thin on me.

Its late. I just wanted to write something. Wanted to get something out of my heart. I cannot bear to break this to anyone else, and yet on the net forever this thought has had a start.

I wish still that things were a lot better. I wish still that a miracle would come my way. But even if it does or dont I have lived this life the best that I have on this day.

The kids at church really sparked me tired, really they are truely the best. And then there is pastor's words twice in heart to attest that its more than a season of rest.

Then there is the lunch that was had a dime not mine and chance to chill I find. That led to a nap then more work in fact when I slept thru the prep time in the back.

I know I am tired. And a movie I watched, just to figure out once more Lord are your miracles true. Not at all knowing if I can make heads or tails of what it is that you want me to do.

So I guess its true, this off beaten path is probably taken its last wright turn. Because if I were more, maby a little more sure; you'd tell me what in this time I am to learn.

Saturday, July 22, 2006

One More Thing
As if I did not have enough going on, the keyboard that I use with my Treo has decided to start falling apart. I guess that in some sense that I can start getting used to typing out posts this way but I know this won't last too long before I get a thumb ache or so.ething crzy like that. I can already tell that spellimg will be an issue.

Lord, I really would like for this season of life breaking down all around me to end. I am having trouble keeping sane.
- sent from Treo

Friday, July 21, 2006

The Way I Think about Web Design
I thnk about me as a weeb designer and sometimes I know that I am just not in the same ilk as some others out there. This is not to say that I am not able to do what othes do, but I know that I approach things from a different perspective every time that I design something.

I was just thinking about the Princce George's County Expo site as well as a website that I have been asked to consider doing and just started thinking about the process that I do in designing a website. It used to be that with Flash that I would map the site out completly, and then depening on the perrson's needs, I would decide whether to go completly to Flash, Flash/HTML, or a strictly HTML layout. In that respect, I knew who I was as a designer.

Nowadays, while I know that designing like that is still possible. I have this filter called use and accessiblity that most sites filter thru. Not that I will do anything unusable. Or, that I will do something no accessible, but I prefer usability and accessiblity, rather than just making something pretty. Shoot, I think that I just prefer not being pretty at all, if it means that it will be usable and accessible.

Its rough for me in that respect, because there are some designs that I want to do, but just don't do because they won't work. But I am learning who I am as a web designer again, and maybe this was the point of me getting into the web period, to ask and answeer this question, and probably make something pretty in the process.
- sent from Treo

Thursday, July 20, 2006

More Likely to Upgrade
I had this thing over the past many years where I wouold upgrade to a new device a lot of times per year. And sometimes, while finances dictated that I could not, I would always plot for the time when things would get better for that better deivce.

The problem with me now though is not so much the device, I need a bit more speed out of my data connections. Then after that a device that would support it would be great.

I have a Palm Treo 650 and aside from not enough space internally for some apps, it really is a good device. It coudl use a better browser too, but with the lack of well designed sites out there for mobile devices, I stick to RSS and am normally happy. But man, if my data connection was faster, the 650 would hands down be better than anything I am looking at currently at the library.

Pics in the blog: I need to do more of that, the only thing is that Firefox is the only browser that gives me the right click menu that would get an image location. And getting that while on the Treo is nearly impossible (tap and hold for images would be great, tap and hold an either get image, or view image in browser window would be even better). So until I figure out something, those will be little seen. Too bad because there are really some neat things to show folks if I will write about it.
- sent from Treo

Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Ah, They Have Finally Made It

By it, I am speaking about a folding hardtop Miata (or MX-5 Roadster Coupe via the offical name). There is honestly only one car that I'd want more than a Miata, but the fact that there is one now with a folding hardtop is honestly making me want to sell my Civic (or at least keep it for normal driving) and then have the MX-5.

Image: MX-5 Roadster Coupe curtosy of AutoBlog

Image: MX-5 Roadster Coupe curtosy of AutoBlog

Ain't this one pretty car? Now I know I need to get a job asap :-)

Monday, July 17, 2006

Kingdom of Heaven Thoughts
I have watched the movie Kingdom of Heave 2 and a half times, and sometimes can typecast myself in that same character as the main character Braley (Orlando Bloom). Sometimes I feel as if my purpose in life is right (to leave a legacy of good, walk in love towards all, and be humble) and then life comes and the results and such are anything but those. Already today I have gone from stubborn to angry, to sad to happy to elated to relieved to peaceable to....well you get me, I have had a heck of a gamut today.

My crusade just seems to be a pitch between getting bills down and getting my heart out. And more often than not the bills seem to keep winning the battles. So why do I continue to fight? This is something I really have to ask the King I serve.
- sent from Treo

Sunday, July 16, 2006

Dude
yo dude what's up
- sent from Treo

Hi
Here is another hello for my friend :-)
- sent from Treo

Hi Pastor James
Hello from Antoine as I am typing on the keyboard that I am showing you and my smartphone called a Palm Treo.

God bless and soon many more blessings
- sent from Treo

Saturday, July 15, 2006

Sabbath Reflections
Come to think of it, I might have used this title before....oh well

I have been sitting down and watching the movie Kingdom of Heaven. Its a pretty good movie as I am in the mist now of watching it for the second time today (ok, blame that on not much to do either).

But it kinda strikes me about the convctions and honor of the main character. How in one respect he has no respect for his father but in the other that he is willing to serve the sasme way that his father did. There are a lot of parallels to my life that I can see like that and it kinda gets me thinnking.

For one, I wonder if I am a man who works by his hands, or if I am destined to do something much greater. While my mind does think that is the case, I wonder what have I not done to step into that manifest destiny as of yet. Or, if I have and not even noticed it.

Tis one ofthose reflections on the day that tends to follow along wit my reading in Numbers of how the Lord had Moses document where they had camped during the entire time in the wilderness. Its interesting, but stil how that speaks to Isreal not even knowing the whole time that the promised land was meant to birth the promosed savior.

Tis one of those reflections on this sabbath day of mine ya know?
- sent from Treo

Friday, July 14, 2006

A Clear and Present Sabbath
A little more than two hours ago, I had laid down with the hopes of getting in a few minutes of rest and then go shoot some hoops. So I laid down and woke up about 20 minutes later. But for some reeason, I just couldn't get up. I realized that I was really tired. And not a normal tired, one fo those don't get outa bed kinda tireds.

So I laid back down and got in a full hour of a nap. I then realized that I was not ging anywhere and that my sabbath had officially begun.

That is not to say that I will do nothing, well, I kinda haven't except for reading RSS feeds and making one MMM posting. But for the most part, I am in total rest mode and it feels quite good.
- sent from Treo

Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Fixes, and Mixes with Chem

Had a good interview today with a company quite involved with the chemistry side of things. The interview went very well and those that I met with today were very friendly and not at all seemingly stressed (though I am sure that at some points that is most definitely the case). It would be nice to work there, beside the short driving distance (and I'd probably be able to get away with riding my bike there some days), the environment seemed very much one that I could settle and thrive in.

Fixes to the front page. Some issues with Dragon Edit, but those are getting worked on. Even my backup copy on the computer was not working, so I had to make the page from scratch, which was easy because the style sheet is nicely set into the page where all I need is some content areas filled in.

If you are looking at this in IE and the side menus are not working, blame MS. They just dont support CSS the way they should. And while I did do a CSS "hack of sorts," I really dont like hacks and dont want it to work. When IE moves for version 7, then things will float on one accord in terms of web design and CSS much more (though I wish that rounded corners were easier, because FF does a good job with them on here via CSS and no images).

So that is all, back to the job hunt online and off. I need to find something soon though, I got some ideas and would like to use them for a company focus if possible. You know, just mixing things up and coming up with something never really done before.

Monday, July 10, 2006

Lessons Perhaps
Sitting in the library, I was doing the daily run of looking for jobs onlline until it was that the computer that I was working on just decided that it did not want to load pages. Not that I am terribly happy abou that, but the other computers were being used and I just did not want to wallow in discouragement again.

So I sat to peek my mind into a magazine, this time it is Newsweek and the issue is about those companies and people that have learned from their failures and were not afraid t o fail. I guess that in some ways running into this now was a bit of a lesson for myself now too. You see, I have MMM going, and I am plugging away, but sometimes nothing works. And I am looking for work, and plugging away, but nothing seems to be coming. The tendency of those who are successful is to find failure a lot, and then find success even in that. This is perhaps my lesson for today. I don't know for sure, but man its a loud one ringing.
- sent from Treo

Lessons Perhaps
Sitting in the library, I was doing the daily run of looking for jobs onlline until it was that the computer that I was working on just decided that it did not want to load pages. Not that I am terribly happy abou that, but the other computers were being used and I just did not want to wallow in discouragement again.

So I sat to peek my mind into a magazine, this time it is Newsweek and the issue is about those companies and people that have learned from their failures and were not afraid t o fail. I guess that in some ways running into this now was a bit of a lesson for myself now too. You see, I have MMM going, and I am plugging away, but sometimes nothing works. And I am looking for work, and plugging away, but nothing seems to be coming. The tendency of those who are successful is to find failure a lot, and then find success even in that. This is perhaps my lesson for today. I don't know for sure, but man its a loud one ringing.
- sent from Treo

Sunday, July 09, 2006

Test and Test
One would think that as a web designer that I would remember to test out my CSS fun in IE as well as Firefox and my Treo's web browser. Well, for one, the Treo browser's optimize mode screws things up, and then IE had a sizing difficulty. Thanks to Demetri's laptop I was able figure out what was going on and how to fix it (using my Treo of course). Tis kinda nice to be able to do so on occasion, but it does met me know that not everything can work out just using a Treo ;-)
- sent from Treo

A New Design Already

Not that I really planned it, but when I uploaded the CSS for the main page, I overwrote the stylesheet for the entire site. So I tweaked a bit, and then got the look that is here now. It looks as if it would work well for now, but I dont know how things will be. I do know that I will be able to play with CSS skins, and for that this is quite fun. Of course, Kyera is kinda mad at me for being up this late, but she is next to me watching a move. Already I can see the fun (LOL).

Saturday, July 08, 2006

Not Half Bad, But About 3/4s Good
I have just been working some in a beta website design program that is in development for PalmOS PDAs and have just did some small but reasonable edits to my main homepage. I was able to edit the CSS and homepage, and then add an additional page without much effort. I also spent some time setting up some snippets of code within the program for things that I use when coding pretty often.

Now, what would be nice is if I could edit this blogger template in that program, and then upload the template rather than having to log into Blogger and then edit it that way. that would be something quite kool to do, but I can understand that for security reassons on their part that it is not done.

So yea, still using the Treo for the bulk of my Internet. I gotta find a job and a means to cut down bills though. I am already not going out to eat much, and it looks like things will be slim for a while. Weirdly enough though, I ran into a good website today that seems to be able to help me with a lot of questions that I have had on multiple things.

MMM has just gotten a new partner in ministry, and this is something that should really bode very well for both ministries. MMM has plans in the works for something with GospelShare resources that should be kinda neat.

Other than that, today (well Friday) was me pressing into applying to a lot of jobs. One place got back to me and it was right before close of business. They asked for my resume in Word format and hopefully that will lead to something really neat. I know that the job I applied for was at the top (very top) of my skillset, but given time, I can learn and be successful in dang near anything.

Well, off I go. Bedtime is here and I have a date ;-)
- sent from Treo

Wednesday, July 05, 2006

Its Not the Way I Saw It To Be
I just got out of traffic court for my first speeding ticket and I have to say that that is probably the least of those things on my mind right now. Yes, the Lord granted mercy in a rerspect because the speed and points were reduced, but still the financial part of things has gotten me a bit more than I really care to feel right now.

I was in the car praying before I got here to the library and its just that I didn't see life working out like this. Truth be told, I didn't see much of anything at all. Everything seems to lull and surprise me at the same time. I just came back to this place because it is better than going home for the moment. And here I can at least be something near productive, if not a bit visionary.

In front of me is one of the latest issues of Newsweek. Not that I really care for the politics side of magazines or anything, but this issue headlined 15 people who are identified s people who use their fame and fortune to help the less fortunate. Granted, Brad Pitt is one of them, but it has been the story of Rick Warren and a few other folks. Its that I see myself dong the same thing, yet always find that finances for the things that need to get done tend to get in the way.

I know there is never a quick fix to finances, nor the state of a man's heart, but I sure wish that things turned around for me positively and quickly. Its not at all the way I saw my life woul be this summer, no, not at all.
- sent from Treo

Saturday, July 01, 2006

Independence Weekend
I do have to say that not having a steady job is something of a bit of amazement for me. While it is that I have been taking the time too look, I have also been given the time to fellowship with old friends, surprise my mom, and just be in a much less stressed posistion. This is a good thing, and something worth celebrating this weekend.

I had a call from a friend from MMM and it was not only quite encouraging, but it sounded a lot like a confirmation of some things that I have been placing into prayer. I don't know what is going to happen exactly with my life from here on out, but somethings are most definietly getting clearer.

Party today at Cousin Alvin's place. I should see some more family whom I haven't seen in a long time or ever met before. But really, I am so in the mood to rest its ridiculous.
- sent from Treo

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