I looked up "the lurch" on M-W.com (because I have free time) and found that it is "a vulnerable and unsupported position." Not quite the definition I had in my head, but still applicable to my week. Jenelle headed back to work today but I don't start up again at Ross until next Monday so I've got this weird four-day weeklet to take care of a busy-afternoon's worth of errands and details.
Today (so far) has been about finishing touches on the Art on View website. I did get a beta off the ground over break, but there are still a few nagging issues with nav and image sizing. I had expert help on color and design and I think the thing is looking pretty sharp. Last year when I did the Quarterdeck Society website the organization had gotten it quoted and was given estimates of $1300 - $1500. That site represents about 10-15 hours of work while AoV is more like 50...you do the math. This is also a bigger and much more advanced site so I'm thinking this is not a project that would have been done otherwise, not that it is done yet. The follow-thru from the proponents of the site has been a little sluggish and that will have to change if all is going to be live before Blue Door on January 20th.
I'm back on the FireFox bandwagon today. Over break I just about lost my patience with the fixed res on my monitor, so today I launched a quest to up my useful screen area and found a solution in the form of a slimming theme for the browser. It's appearance is clean and sharp and it adds about half an inch to my screen. What a totally unexpected free bounty!
Speaking of free: another Cleveland picture, complemented by a new feature photo from Cleveland for those lucky enough to generate random number 23!
Tuesday, January 03, 2006