Like the New Style?

Do you like the new style here on johnfulwider dot com? Please leave a comment. Be honest and specific. I'm open to changes.

Please also point out any errors you encounter. I've only gotten around to testing on Safari (OSX), IE (WinXP) and Mozilla (WinXP).

Style Credit Where It's Due

Lest my loyal seven readers think I've suddenly become talented at Web design, I have to disclose that johnfulwider dot com's new style is a minor modification of Pink Lilies by Naoko M., which won the first WordPress CSS Style Competition.

I modified Naoko's beautiful background image of pink lilies to omit the flowers so my site wouldn't be too girly. After this, I read this post on Naoko's site:

my design was not generic and it may not be something many people wnat to actually use. Especially guys!

Well, there you have it! I also changed the header to a solid color (safety orange, my favorite) and changed the a: hover and a: active attributes so links would change to safety orange, instead of pink, when selected.

Climbing Slideshow Problem Fixed

I fixed the problem where links to the Spring 2004 Climbing slideshow actually pointed to the Jami's Graduation Party slideshow. Thanks to Jon and Erin for pointing out the error.

Switching to WordPress

I'm switching to the WordPress blogging system. You can watch my progress here.

Jami's Graduation Party Slideshow Just Added

Jami's graduation party (Master of Science in Nursing, y'all!) was a smashing success despite the absence of everyone's good friend Jon, who claimed to be too ill to make even a brief appearance.

To make sure he realized the error of his ways we all called him from different cell phones back-to-back so his call waiting beeped incessantly while he talked to each of us. You sort of had to be there, but maybe you can get an idea just how hilarious it was by looking at the photos in the new Jami's Graduation Party slideshow.

Sorry for the blurry shots, it was dim in there and a 1.8 lens and 400-speed film can only do so much when you're already a bit woozy from Tim's excellent Cranberry Cuervo Jell-O shots.

Captions Corrected in Climbing Slideshow

At my request Jon sent some corrections to the captions in my Spring 2004 Climbing slideshow. Among other things, I described as a couple two people who fit that classification in number only. Sorry, Tim and Shannon! The new captions are now in place.

Douglas Theatres: Time to Add Online Ticketing

Down here in Florida we decided to see Shrek 2 today on this, its first day in the theaters. Back in Lincoln we would have had to drive to the actual theater at which the movie was showing in order to buy tickets at the box office. Here in Florida, where they joined the 20th Century back in the 20th Century, we just went to Fandango and bought the tickets in one minute for a $1 per ticket service charge. Well worth it.

I can't rag on Lincoln's monopoly Douglas Theatres too much, though. They've long supported downtown Lincoln and decided to stay there to build a multiplex theater (PDF), which should get needed warm bodies into the heart of the city. Good for them. But it's time for Douglas to get online ticketing, or at least let you buy tickets for any of their theaters at any of their box offices.