Designing My Break Away

While the title sounds like it is a bad thing, I will be redesigning the website for Carroll's radio station as it currently is in disarray.  In doing so, I will be gaining education in Drupal which it seems like many websites like running off of as a CMS (Content Management System).

Last semester I had redesigned the website using CSS3 and HTML5, but I came up with some issues when trying to make the live-stream work on more than Chrome and Safari.  Without a solution, I have to try and find something that will work across at least Chrome, Safari, and Firefox (seeing that Internet Explorer is pretty useless for current technology).  The part of my job that can be enjoyable sometimes and stressful in others is the fact that no two internet browsers are the same resulting in stuff like this..

Stupid internet explorer...

The redesign of the website will probably go into the new year which will bring a few new things to my life.  But before we talk about the next year, we have to talk about what we will resolve to do in the next year.  Usually I do nothing for resolutions since generally I make those on a need basis.  Regardless thought, I have a resolution already.. (stupid formatting won't work so it'll have to be placed there..)


We'll have to see what the new year brings, I hope that it brings wonderful things for everyone!

Have a great day!

Merry Christmas!

Seeing that Monday and Tuesday are Christmas and Christmas Eve there will not be posts then, however, since today is the last postable day (as I don't post on weekends generally) today will be the great Christmas post for 2012 (Disregard the "tomorrow" in the earlier post).

Now, I will admit upfront that this is not quite your traditional Christmas post, but it does have some solid Christmas overtones.  First is a picture of a news report on FOX Chicago of Christmas topics.

This survey confuses me and makes me die a little on the inside.  The first 36% may just be a religious diversity or non-religion that makes this a possibility, so I am ok with this.  The second fact is the largest piece of crap I've ever heard and those children need to be sent back 2 grades because they aren't smart enough..  The 3rd fact is rather surprising since Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is on TV at least once a year and the song is an acceptable Christmas song for public and private schools.  The last fact falls right into the "are you kidding me" category like fact 2.  Maybe people need to teach their kids that the internet didn't exist until 1985 (give or take) and that there was life before Facebook (long before)...

With that bit of ridiculousness past let us move onto a Christmas tradition from the days of yore, caroling.  This year I went to an assisted living community with members of Greek Life at Carroll and it was a pretty good time.  While we didn't sing Christian Christmas carols much (maybe 2 songs) it still was great to see the faces of the residents just light up and watch them sing along even if they has some memory issues.  While caroling is pretty enjoyable, even if you cannot sing, the song "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" bothers me a bit.  Not the first verse, but one of the later ones that begins  with "Now Bring Us Some Figgy Pudding".

This picture explains my confusion.  Generally when you go caroling you go door to door for fun and sing for the purpose of spreading goodwill.  This song demands figgy pudding, which while it is ok, makes one wonder what you can do with a suburbs-worth of figgy pudding, assuming that everyone has it.

While the Christmas season seems like it is all about the getting of gifts and buying gifts for others, but there is a reason that the holiday exists.  While I respect other's opinions of what Christmas truly is, my belief is that it is Jesus' birthday and every year my family celebrates it as such.  While this is a little bit of a strange way to explain it, it is a very true statement.

I wish everyone a wonderful holiday season whether you observe Christmas or not.  Be safe in your travels and pass the spirit of peace, joy, and happiness wherever you go!

Have a great day!

I'm Back!

A combination of a busy schedule and an attempt to pull off straight As for the first time in college have prevented me from devoting the time I wanted to this blog.  Now that the holidays from school have begun I finally have a little more time to gather my thoughts together and make a few more posts.

I know that I said that there would be podcasts for my radio show, but due to unforeseen circumstances none of the podcasts actually recorded.  While this is a little disappointing, I'll get past it and will probably continue on with the show next semester.

Tune in starting tomorrow for some new posts!

Have a great day!