So today was a fairly normal Monday, with one exception. Beth babysat Henry today, so it was a bit busier at the ranch when I came home, but all went well. Henry and Kirstin kept each other occupied (something different to watch)…so it worked out pretty well. 10 months separate those two…so it was an interesting change of pace…if only for a day.
I’m not going to write much tonight because I’m pretty well tired. I’ve spent most of my evening working on the new MZ Online site…which I promise will go live soon. It’s in the final phases now. I’ve done the validation of the XHTML, CSS, and even rough validation against the W3C’s WAI (Web Accessibility Initiative) guidelines. It’s getting down to the very nitpicky stuff now. Finishing touches, mostly.
I need to finish categorizing some things on del.icio.us which will then automatically populate my ‘links’ pages on the new site. That’s the last major content adjustment left to complete. I need to organize the stylesheets (namely to prioritize how background images are loaded and make it easier to find what I’m looking for during the edit/maintenance cycles). Then I intend to revalidate everything (which should only take an hour or so — it goes pretty fast).
So, all things said, I’m really hoping to get this done by mid-week (Wednesday?). This shouldn’t be a terribly difficult goal to accomplish, because the bulk of the work has now been completed (for real this time). While I’d loved to have made what I’ve had done go ‘live’ two weeks ago, I want it all done before I get into that release phase…simply so I don’t get the attitude of ‘I’ll get to it later…’
So anyway, that’s life for today. And I’m heading for bed, seeing as how George has been attempting to sleep on me (at my desk here) for the last hour. It’s a sign…
“I have an existential map; it has ‘you are here’ written all over it.”
– Steven Wright
–MZ