I find it hard to revisit this site because life goes by too fast to keep everything updated. And alas so many pieces get left by the wayside. Sometimes its feels a bit narcissistic to dust off old projects and set them straight again, instead of filing them away, lost in the ever increasing data storage. And sometimes with new eyes, old projects look a bit sad. What dreary work it is to take something old and make it new again. But it has to be done. And spring cleaning feels so nice once it is finished.
posted by carrie at 12:34 AM
Website is up, validated, made sure to work in IE, and then revalidated. I'm sure this site would explode in an old browser, but after getting on the internet at my grandmother's I believe most of the internet explodes in old browsers. At least this website would still work, it'd just be hideous. The jsp's are not hooked up properly yet, they map, just not to the right places. And I realized I used a database for one my projects, which is ridiculous, because it really would be faster if it were flat filed. I think it was a course project requirement. Anyway, since the spluds were my favorite example, I'll just modify it for flat filing. I'd like to show people that I know how to use a database, but I think it's better to show that I know when to use a database.
posted by carrie at 11:06 AM
Finally a nice new website! oh well just a bit more fixing up to do and this site should be running. I liked the idea for my last site design, but somehow clean and curvy just didn't seem to work out for a web design. Well a flash website could pull it off, but I'd rather keep this site a fast loader.