Alright. Now the random images are working. I made a bunch of graphics of my own for my navigation column (trying to eliminate any images i have not created). I can’t get the calendar applet to work quite right yet – and it is frustrating me beyond belief.

Spidering Hacks by Hemenway, Calishain

I have been trying to learn about “screen scraping” “api” “rss” “xml” “spidering” and other stuff. I barely have a grasp on html or css and i’m taking a big leap here. All i need are more abbreviations in my life.

I used rss and xml to snag the headlines from yahoo news at the bottom of the page. I’m going to try and figure out more about spidering so i can target some of the content i grab.

Long promised (well, maybe a week) – and finally delivered… I updated my site’s design. Quite a bit still not quite like i want it. And now my site is available by typing www.zieak.com in your browser. (Thanks to my brother for squatting on the domain – he says it will cost me one million dollars in ransom. )

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Flu pandemic. Sharks. SARS. Terrorists. Snipers. Seems like the news really is trying to make me afraid of something every time i pay attention. It isn’t working.

I made my hottest chili the other day. Yum. And ouch. I was practically crying when i finished my first bowl.

Having no internet connection set me back on my Christmas shopping quite a bit.

I’m working on another complete redesign of my site. I may have it up later this weekend. We’ll see. Most of the links to other sites from my page are broken now because of a broken cgi script that was stored in a folder that was lost in the transfer.

The ISP crash dust is still settling. My personal site was down and things may change a bit still. I’ll probably register a domain (zieak.com is still available) so that I can move from host to host. I guess I get a bit of space with my new ISP. I went with a cable modem. Pretty dang fast. Really frigging fast.

I installed my car headlamp last night. Now i just need to replace a light bulb for my turning signal and i’ll be legal. Next part to replace will be the plastic grill. Aargh.

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