seriously considering do a study abroad program with Arcadia & OSU to London. I think that would be awesome. Also found out that OSU has an /r/. Made me sooo happy. While browsing it, I found some people trying to get a redditor get together. OH! and theres an electronic music club! freaking awesome.
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its been awhile since a post came up; sorry, i’ve been busy this week. really busy.
work this week has been fun; let me tell you. i had to create a bulk email template for use in outlook. the first time around i built it using full css header styles in XHTML markup. after about an hour or two of coding, i submit my product. the next day i get a reply back from my boss saying the template didn’t work 100%. frustrated i look back over the code, and read up on coding email css. outlook is officially stupid with coding. outlook is stuck in 1996 for web developers. when rendering html in emails, outlook completely ignores any css tags in the header. ok. so i erase all the css in the header and instead add style=”cssmarkuplol” tags inside each and every DOM object. very tedious. i submit my work again only to have it returned again the next day. i look over it again. turns out outlook is even more inconvenient and stupid than i thought. outlook 2007 finds it necessary to omit almost every style tag it finds in a HTML document. not only that, but it codes using HTML4, which is code from 1996. so instead of using simple style tags to code the entire page, i have to look up every single tag on an online database and insert nonsensical tags into every tag on the page. this is inline styling using CSS. not quite the best way to do it, but without any CSS rendering in the header, one would have to resort to this.
<ul style=”font-size:12px; font-family:verdana;color:blue;”>
<li> Some Text </li>
<li> More Text </li>
<li> this Blue text </li>
</ul>
that code makes every instance of text in that list 12pt verdana font in blue color. here is what I had to do for Outlook’s crappy HTML4 rendering system.
<ul>
<li><font size=”2” face=”verdana” color=”blue”>Some Text</font></li>
<li><font size=”2” face=”verdana” color=”blue”>More Text</font></li>
<li><font size=”2” face=”verdana” color=”blue”>this Blue text</font></li>
</ul>
every. single. line.
and that is just for bulleted list items. when there are paragraphs and images and divs in there, it gets nutty. positioning is a pain the ass too, considering that outlook doesn’t support float or position tags.
/endrant
i think i might try and build a template for tumblr today. i dont know yet.
better post later.
tl;dr - busy week. Outlook sucks balls for web developers. better post later
dun dun dun
i just finished my homework and i’m rediculously tired; so i’ll keep this short and simple.
i’m currently killing time until my computer finishes downloading left4dead2. awesome game, i can’t wait to play it. things are back to normal up here; i’m beginning to really settle in to not only living up here, but the idea that i’ve actually moved out of the house. i still relax in the fact that i will always have a place to go back in west chester. but i’m also loving living on my own and working all the time. i have fun with it, i really do. i take pride in my writing ability, my web coding ability, the college work i do and have planned, and my ability to kick ass in video games. i love it all. so cheers to another upcoming hard week of work and awesomeness.
good week ahead
i’ll give you a big hug tomorrow; and im not saying your a dog either
me @ the numbers
i always have random trains of thought whenever i’m not near my laptop to write them down. it usually happens when i’m at work, typing away some code or replacing some stupid image. but right now i think i have something
let me tell you, switching to regular coffee every morning from white chocolate mochas is hard. i still get a caffeine buzz, but it just seems different. speaking of caffeine, i think i’m developing a mini caffeine addiction already. i’m starting to crash as i type this; and its only 1:40 in the afternoon. that’s not good! i’m only at 1, maybe 2 helpings of coffee a day. one in the morning right after my favorite spanish class at my favorite little cafe by the numbers. the next usually at night when i get home; typically around 7 or 8. gives me a caffeine buzz to do my homework. i love coffee and tea; mainly for the taste and warmth they bring. the caffeine is a plus.
i will never ever ever drink energy drinks again. those are SO bad for you. they are probably the worst possible caffeine source that you could put in your body. all you people chugging them day after day. watch out, it’ll catch up with you real soon. oh and don’t be fooled by 5-hour energy; just as bad as normal drinks.
its judgement day! today is the day i go to the counselor about my major; as well as the day they read through all the article applications. oh god. wish me luck. will have better post later tonight
