Monday, April 09, 2007

Basic HTML

What better way to kick start my questionable awareness than by discussing Basic HTML. Stemming from my last post, the first thing that confuzzled me about blogging was my inability to understand how to improve the aesthetic of my site. In addition to substance, what makes any blog appealing is the overall presentation. The background, fonts or any stricking 'logo' or defining graphic used to add an element of uniqueness, (Is uniquity a word?) are what stand out the most. I've spent hours trying to analyse, dissect and reassembly the 'Template' of my blog, and have only got so far as to what you see now, i.e. Changing the colour of my font and background!

I rate those of you (namely Lynette and Feips) for doing an excellent job on redesigning your sites and urge you to offer any advice if you have any!

In my attempt to offer some sort of proactive approach to rectifying my situation, I did the following:

1. Looked up random Basic HTML sites:
- http://www.pageresource.com/html/basic.htm
- http://www.killersites.com/videoTutorials/Tutorial_WebDesign/webDesign.jsp

2. Borrowed a booked from a friend: HTML For The World Wide Web (very easy to read!)

3. Begged anyone with half an inkling to educate me (thanks for nothing :P)

End Product: NOTHING on my blog has changed, but I don't really have any incentive to change it. I think it's nice and simple the way it is, ALTHO I would love to know who to insert a unique graphic/logo/banner...ideas anyone?

Monday, April 02, 2007

Let's try this again

Ok, everyone starts writing a blog with some sort of intention in mind. Either to update, lament, educate, irritate or simply procrastinate. Then, they get sucked into the ideal of having the best blog, the one that will win the hearts, or at least the attention of as many readers as possible. Designs, content, publicity stunts, shock tactics, pics, links..etc. etc. No one in the world starts a blog for their own personal 'diary-writing therapy' and cataloging of thoughts. I started a blog because I was crap in keeping in touch with people, and felt it'd be a good way to update my mates now and again. Then, my life became so monotonous and boring that I started sharing random 'points of view' and retarded attempts at being intellectual (why I even tried I do not know), then it turned to turmultuous times of whinging, sobbing, ranting, raving and cursing anything that went wrong in my life and whoever was withing at least 10miles of the scene of destruction, innocent passerbys' included (alot of these posts were never published I might add).
However, after much thought, growth and boredom, I reckoned the best I could offer in a blog is myself. And hopefully, bare my soul as a confused girl. I'd always thought that I was a Woman of the World and that I had a lot to offer to everyone in terms of advise and practical knowledge. But with the increasing number of people I've met in my life, and the numerous experiences where I've been left standing on the sidelines holding a big question mark above my head, I realised that I know very little. About anything and everything. A jack of all trades, a master of none. So I guess I started of on the right foot when I started this blog as per the title, but digressed a little till now. I now welcome you back to The Fake Sound of Progress.

Moving forward, I shall discuss all my issues in life that stemmed from not knowing what to do. And in a more productive sense, (if indeed someone shows me the light), what steps to take to get around it. I am sure there are alot of girlies (and boyies) out there that need some other poor blur soul to relate to, or work with, to get to where they want to be. I've thought long and hard (that is such a lie, i've thought long, but never hard) about the forums I may want to join to try and partake in intellectual discussions about life and love and religion and HTML and BattlestarGalactica and Breakbeats and Spanish and How to Make the Best Sambal Chicken Fried Rice, ended up never getting around to doing any of it. So, I thought, WHY NOT start my own forum? A forum among those who's opinions I actually care about, and what will hopefully extend to their circles of confused souls and so on and so forth and eventually we can create a snowballing effect of blurness and create the biggest Sotong in the World! What a wonderful experiment, like Chinese Whispers, but in this case it'd be known as 'huh, say again?'

But bottom line, let's see if this 'era' lasts...