Category Archives: Generalities

QotD: Smoke

Question: How many cigarettes have you smoked?

None. And I never will. Smoking is gross and I wish people would stop. It only kills you.

You are encouraged to answer the Question of the Day for yourself in the comments or on your blog.

QotD: Syrup

Question: What is your favorite kind of syrup?

My Answer: I like maple syrup the most. I’m not a fan of the berry-ish syrups at all.

You are encouraged to answer the Question of the Day for yourself in the comments or on your blog.

RSS

I’d like to also take this time to introduce all of you to a thing called RSS (Really Simple Syndication). Essentially you can get a free RSS Reader which every so often (ie: hourly) checks a bunch of news feeds (ie: each one of the blogs you read) and alerts you when there are updates.

It’s kinda (well totally) geeky, but it’s slick and can save bunches of time.

Oh, and for those curious enough to actually try, the RSS URL for Xanga sites is for example http://www.xanga.com/rss.aspx?user=froehle, obviously replacing “froehle” with the username of whoever you want.

New Features: About / Photos

A couple new features today. First off I added an about page (with a link that works!) so y’all can find out more than you ever wanted to know about me. It also conveniently includes my PGP key so you are covered if you need to send me a very private email.

I’ll add a link to my resume eventually, too. Although my resume does need some polishing up (hopefully I won’t have to use it anytime soon!).

In other news my physics research is making some progress. I took some data, but the data doesn’t tell me much besides that I need to replace the op-amp in my circuit with something that operates at a higher speed. Anyway, I’ve got an OP-27 in there now which has a higher slew rate.

I feel like I neglect this blog (which is the truth). I think setting up some sort of “photolog” of sorts would be way cool. The idea would be to take one picture every day and post it online. Something new and current and fun—everyday!

The only problem is that I don’t have a digital camera. Which means that I either need to steal the one that my family has or go buy one. If anybody has any recommendations, I’d be happy to listen.

New Feature: Breadcrumbs

Finished implementation of breadcrumb navigation on all of the pages. (Notice the “crumbs: <blah>” right underneath the top logo). Also updated the comments popup (where you can add/view comments) to have the same color scheme as the rest of the site.

New projects:

  • Make text more easily viewable
    • Darken the color of the text
    • Consider changing justification
    • Consider changing line spacing
  • Fix color scheme to be more visually appealing
  • Add more pages like about, pictures, resume, etc
  • Add tabs to allow easy access to the various “sections” (ie, main, archives, about, pictures, etc etc)

My New Home in Cyberspace

Sorry about the horribly long URL. There’s not much I can do to avoid it :(. If the page looks broken in some way to you or the color scheme is just so horrible (I know.. I am colorblind-at least a little), please drop me an email.

I’m really looking forward to moving back into the dorms in just a few days! Right now the plan looks like hauling most of my stuff to the U on Saturday, working on Sunday, and then moving in either Sunday night or Monday morning.

The stitches in my head seem to be healing great. The one has a scab growing over it, but I assume that’ll be okay. If any of y’all want pictures, I’m sure I could send them.

Speaking of pictures, I’ll reiterate that I have Sun Bowl Pictures available for your viewing pleasure.