patternleaf.com
I know this is like a really un-PC thing to say and all, but I effing hate CSS. Same goes for layout without tables. Seriously, people: tables ARE NOT EVIL. Sure, they’re not intended for layout; they’re intended to tabulate, like, data. But who cares? They work, and they do what you expect. I can’t really say the same for divs and spans ….
I know, I know: I’m just naive and inexperienced in the wonderfulness that is CSS.
Anyway. So. I have some content on patternleaf.com. Shocking. Shocking!
This is a domain name I started paying for like a year and a half ago and it’s had a “coming soon” sign on the front door since then. Its intention is to be my portfolio and general self-promotion website. The name was the only thing vaguely close to something I was looking for that hadn’t been taken. *shrug*
Uh, so I’ve only tested it in Safari. I have no idea what it does in Windows. It probably sits in a very awkward position and blinks.
The nifty thing, though, is that all the photos on the site, in both the little Flash warhol-boxes and in the gallery are fetched live from Flickr, including exif data and captions and so on. Right now it just pulls from a single set.
But this is cool: I can use Flickr’s nice interface as a front-end for organizing and applying metadata to photos. So I don’t have to figure out some scheme to do it locally. Yay.
August 16th, 2006 at 11:52 pm
Very nice design, sir. Simple, yet elegant. I tested it in Firefox and it runs great there, though I only tried it on the Mac. Still, very cool.
Also, rather impressive credentials there. I bow to your awesomeness.
August 17th, 2006 at 4:39 am
Kudos!
August 18th, 2006 at 3:04 pm
The “wonderfulness that is CSS” is a bunch of malarkey. CSS is quirkly and horrible and painful and inconsitent… and unfortunately the best option we have.
August 21st, 2006 at 8:56 pm
I’m *so* glad to hear you say that, Alex.
thanks, Theo and K.
@K: if only those credentials could get me success, love and money … heheh. =)
August 24th, 2006 at 7:25 pm
wow, nice website! looks great viewed in firefox (on a mac) from my end. I’d totally hire you if I had any money
And I hear ya on the tables vs. css thing, although my web-skills are a little to Clinton-era to be relevant these days.
August 29th, 2006 at 8:05 pm
hey, a personal website got you love (and money too, eventually), once upon a time…
August 29th, 2006 at 11:27 pm
enj: tee hee. good point. =)
thanks, Tim. i’d hire you, too. um, i mean, if i were in a position to hire an astrophysicist.