Gotta love those nerds

I have great respect for computer nerds, geeks, whatever you call’em. If it wasn’t for them, there’d be no Internet. If there was no Internet, I wouldn’t be trying to learn how to code websites…and loving it. There’s no doubt about it: I’m addicted. And I’m not looking for a 12 step program. I aspire to be a nerd. Gotta love’em.

My first new toy in a long, long, time. I came home from Books A Million to find my Wacom delivered to my front door. After I got over the fact that there was only one strip of packing tape, and it was coming off, I was elated. I got my Wacom, I got my Read more...

Waiting for the mail Have I mentioned that I’m absolutely hooked on web stuff? I enjoy tinkering with various programs, learning how to build good sites, working with graphics, and all that. I have several sites in process. They’re fun for me. I hope when I get them up, they’ll be fun for others. And Read more...

An online acquaintance and I have been hashing out details about websites. She’s got a lot of knowledge. I often write her with questions, which she always answers, and I usually want to dig deeper. Such was the case when I told her I was going with a host that allowed X (amount of accounts) Read more...

Well, I do have real live human friends, but the computer is here at my beck and call 24/7. I never had it that good with any human. I have, however, been trying to reorder my days. So instead of falling out of bed heading straight to the computer half asleep, I do other things Read more...

I’m having way too much from with Gimp. Gimp is the graphic software that works like Photoshop. And it’s free! I can’t stay off the computer. I scour the internet for Gimp tutorials. I spend hours working through them, creating, and recreating. Just what I needed – another habit. Well, at least this is a Read more...

Bold undertaking here. I’m “teaching” myself all of the above. It’s slow going. Fortunately, I already had a better-than-basic grasp of HTML, or all of this would seem like a foreign language to me. I would sign up for a class, because sometimes you’re given the most direct way, instead of this catch as catch Read more...