The Scenic Route...

Battle of the Editors

October,06 04

I thought i'd embrace my return to the blog ring with a full on beta/software review. While all the attention the last couple of weeks has been on the the 'bigger better' guy, there is something to be said for the newer entry to the ring, namely SKEdit. First, some history. I came from Windows after having used Homesite and then Dreamweaver MX 2004 for all my code editing. Some features that I really loved about Dreamweaver included the site template features, syntax highlighting and code hinting. I primarily used Dreamweaver for XHTML+CSS coding. When I made the glorious move to OS X, I discovered that my copy would work just as well on my Mac. After a lengthy phone call to get my registration changed over, I was set. One advantage/disadvantage of moving to Macintosh was the huge increase in my expectations when it came to software. No more...

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Summer is over.

September,30 04

The finalization of my first 2 midterms, and the coming of October means summer is officially over for me. It's a sad sad sad time of year. This pretty place of the Northwest turns into the most depressing, grey, wet, soggy part of the world. Good in a way, it means I'll be inside a lot more, hopefully studying more and as well writing more. So now, that I'm back to writing, just thought I would say hello. I am still however working for the same project, so I am unavailable still for any freelance projects until it is completed, which might not be until next summer. I finally have my powerbook back, after being stuck with a dual g5 all summer, so I am sure you will be seeing more writeups on the OS X side of things. I hope everyone has had an awesome summer as I have!...

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Web Visions 2004

July,17 04

I just got back from another weekend down in Portland, my third in a row. Even so, the driving is not over, I have to drive over to Spokane, WA on Wednesday, but this one is for vacation! I was down in Portland OR for the Web Visions Event 2004. I read about this conference first on Doug Bowman’s site. The registration was cheap and Trinity was willing to pay for it, so I decided it would be time well spent. Each segment had three consecutive presentations going on and it was a choice as to which one to go to. I decided to first check out the session on IA and CSS. It was a total flop. I couldn’t believe some of the things they were talking about. Structural instead of presentation naming schemes, structural HTML markup, I did not drive down here to have a baby spoon fed...

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John Mayer

July,12 04

I apologize for the lack of a more creative title, but in my mind, it doesn't get much more creative. Those two words put together describe the single greatest gift of music God has decided to grant my ears in my short life time. Unfortunately, most his fan base is girls who want to take their top off for him and have no idea what a guitar is, but for the few of us who know John Mayer as the best guitar player in this lifetime to exist, it is a gift straight from heaven. Just when you think its done, it has only just begun. Saturday night, Rachael and I headed down to the Clark County Fairgrounds for the July 10th show featuring John Mayer, Maroon 5 and DJ Logic. Illogical I have nothing to really say about DJ Logic. I am not sure what the point was in...

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Doctor Ho

July,09 04

I had my first rehearsal for worship ministries at PPAC Wednesday evening. It was much better than I even expected it to be. Right now, our church is fairly large and extremely healthy. I was not surprised to learn that there really was not room for another electric guitar player when I had my first meet with Phil Vanderveen the previous week. However, he did invite me to come to rehearsal and check things out. I promptly jumped at the opportunity seeing is how it would be a great chance to get to play with people over the summer while I am off from Trinity's team but also because it would be a great chance to also meet some people at the church and feel a little more connected. This is especially nice since I knew it would be people who share my love for music in worship. It turned...

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