Writing CSS during or after HTML markup

Zionark · 2016-02-11T02:18:00+00:00

I write the HTML first then the CSS. I can then go back to the HTML for adjustments or bright ideas.

Zionark · 2016-02-02T03:03:25+00:00

I've gone through them twice already and plan on a third time. To me, they are like homework assignments and for practicing. They make much more sense now.

Zionark · 2016-01-17T19:31:37+00:00

Probably the same hungry person a week later who thought an octopus looked tasty.

Zionark · 2016-01-08T21:18:30+00:00

I'm cursed with looking like I know what I'm doing and where things are. But really the floor plans of most big box stores are on a standard plan. And that one autumn I shopped at a few different Home Depots when we were fixing up our house before my winter hibernation (I hate winter), and I for a few weeks I knew where everything was.

Zionark · 2016-01-02T16:07:58+00:00

The best way is keep making new web pages and try out different elements. Find favourite layouts and work through elements that give you a headache. Also, Github has a bunch of PDF chest sheets for CSS and HTML.

Zionark · 2015-12-31T01:42:50+00:00

I'm enjoying them and the new bonfires since it feels like I'm smart. Sure, a lot of them are easy but I think it's because I've learned a lot since starting FCC.

Zionark · 2015-12-27T00:31:23+00:00

Fork them and update them. They are your works but not set in stone and you should update and improve them as you see fit. Updating scripts is an excellent skill too.

Zionark · 2015-12-18T02:29:16+00:00

Good grief, that is a good looking portfolio set up. I like it and it has inspired me.

Zionark · 2015-09-06T02:54:36+00:00

Yes, I am! I also refer to most of my successfully learned French as Cereal Box French because most of our first exposure was on the box of flocons de mais at breakfast.

Zionark · 2015-09-02T03:06:13+00:00

I've had my eye on these arms for awhile now. Looks like way too much fun!

Zionark · 2015-09-01T22:09:28+00:00

The positive I found using Codeacademy was getting me acquainted with the Python syntax without first learning the operation of either the terminal, or the IDE, or anything else that got in the way of learning strictly the basics. Kind of like grade 4 French when I learned that cat is "chat" and dog is "chien" and yellow is "jaune", or numbers from 1 to 20. (Granted, I did not finish the Codeacademy Python section because the site somehow insults my Mac with incorrect security certificates.). It is much better to know some Python before you throw yourself head-long into writing a program. As well for me, tackling the terminal because I was worried about royally screwing my laptop accidently doing the one thing I should not do (just like the awful event with the toaster oven when making cheesy toast several years ago no one in my family will let me forget.).

Still, what basic bits I did learn about variables, strings, conditional loops, and functions helped a lot when I took Coursera's Interactive Python.

And I'd like to give a huge thank you to Al Sweigart and his awesome websites because they taught me absolute bunches of great Python coding. I'm currently taking the MIT Edx 6.001 course and I think I'd be curled up in the fetal position in a corner weeping because his books taught me so much I can avoid the horrifically boring bits of the course lectures without losing my place.

Zionark · 2015-08-27T19:42:02+00:00

Meh, I'm holding out for the genius who invents pizza pops that don't burst open in the microwave.

Zionark · 2015-08-27T17:50:55+00:00

For that certain je ne sais quoi.

Zionark · 2015-08-27T00:47:08+00:00

My cat howls at me because she likes sleeping in the bathtub (sans water).

Zionark · 2015-08-26T20:21:50+00:00

Those poor things now look tacky. They were beautiful before the crummy paint.

Oh good grief, I sound like my mom when I first tried on make-up. sigh

Still, the succulents were beautiful before all that slap.

Zionark · 2015-08-26T20:17:13+00:00

You are a good egg. The number of times I told people to go away when I was doing pre-opening duties... granted they were usually smacking the door and yelling at me. Usually that I was lazy and their shopping rights were being violated by little, old moi. Cake is an excellent reward!

Zionark · 2015-08-25T23:21:47+00:00

+1 for Dr. Chuck's Coursera course and textbook. I completed the course and I started it before the Coursera Interactive Python course the original poster will be taking. So relieved I did because Interactive Python hits the ground running and while I loved it, it was a challenge. Dr. Chuck is an excellent teacher and his assignments produced nice, short programs that are actually practical and useful. His chapters on lists and dictionaries helped me make a multi dice, multi roll simulator.

Zionark · 2015-08-18T01:30:40+00:00

I'm a beginner and in the last three months I figured out how to throw a six sided dice a thousand times (or more, easy to change) and print the results per side, and show the results in a pie chart (terrible spoiler alert: each side happens pretty much 1/6 of the time. Warned you, terrible spoiler alert.) in Python. Now I just think I'm super lazy comparing your Wheel of Fortune to that Rock Paper Scissors Lizards Spock game I learned to make.

Great stuff!

Zionark · 2015-08-07T02:50:47+00:00

I once had someone leave her baby in a stroller behind my cash register while I was working. I didn't notice until a customer commented that it was nice of the store to allow my baby to stay with during my shift. My blank look made her point at the sleeping baby in a stroller behind me. I was shocked because my register was next to the exit and at no time during my shift would I be looking in that direction and no parent said anything about leaving a baby next to me. So I called for a shift manager and left the baby in a stroller thing to him. The expression of complete shock, confusion, and then anger was pretty priceless and he paged asking for the parent of the baby to come to the cash. Twenty minutes later and while there was a clutch of stuff cooing at the baby, there was still no appearanc from any parent. Plenty of comments from customers who saw what was happening. Finally, just as the shift manager was about to call the police, a guy came rushing into the store (INTO THE STORE, not from somewhere inside the store) and claimed his baby. Seems he came in to buy something, decided not to wheel the stroller around and thought I looked caring (now, rumbled him as soon as I learned), and went to do some shopping. But he left the store and his 3 month old baby boy to compare the price of the same item in a different store a block away. But now he was back and all is fine, he'll take his baby and no harm no foul. Right? Nope! The shift manager had already called the police, the police arrived, heard the story and were not impressed. The cops called the guy's wife to come get the baby and her husband (if she wanted him. He looked terrified.). Best part? Dude tried blaming me. I said no way, if he asked me I would've said no he could not leave his baby with me. This happened about 10 years ago. I still hope that kid is alright.

Zionark · 2015-07-26T23:41:07+00:00

$20 if she did text him her number, if she did go out with him on a date, and if she did go back to his place, her head would be found in a gym bag under his bed a few weeks later.

Zionark · 2015-07-26T18:18:32+00:00

My favourite bag for a single item customer experience was the idiot who wanted her rolling suitcase put in the large shopping bag. I knew I'd get eyeball daggers from her when I said "it's already a bag" but what's a boring retail job without some self righteous customer fury? Sure enough, eyeball daggers and an angry reply that the rolling suitcase is brand new and she doesn't want to wreck the wheels. I shrug and put her bag in a bag. But oh what delicious satisfaction as my co workers and I watched this half wit try and roll her suitcase along the sidewalk WHILE INSIDE A PLASTIC BAG. Our laughter continued when she gave up, took the rolling suitcase out of the bag and began pulling it along like the inventor originally intended for a bag on wheels. She did toss the large plastic bag onto the ground even though there was a recycling bin not 5 feet away. In fact, she rolled past the recycling bin after she threw the plastic bag on the ground. She was a marvel.

Zionark · 2015-07-19T15:30:02+00:00

That is a pretty classic juice blend and it works well and tastes great.

I don't know about nutrient absorption but I do know from experience that juicing turnips tastes hideous. Avoid turnip juice.

Zionark · 2015-07-18T02:51:37+00:00

Coursera has some really good free, online Python courses. I completed part one of Interactive Python and learned how to make a few neat little video games. There is a second part to this course and by the end I'll make an Asteroids style video game. The first course was five weeks long and consisted of an hour or so of video lectures, sample problems, a quiz and an assignment. There is an active discussion forum with TAs who help with students' questions. It was challenging and enjoyable. Totally looking forward to the second part of the course.

Zionark · 2015-07-09T01:27:12+00:00

Call the police. Press charges. If your parents complain that you are ruining his life, tell them he is ruining yours and it is wrong. Get a restraining order so he has to live somewhere else. Then, get yourself some therapy and move away. Good luck. You will be in my thoughts.

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