Slowly updating, did I say slowly?

Posted on: February 25, 2009 | Filed Under: Life, Me, Random
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Wow, it’s been over two months since I have last blogged.. that is pathetic. I am so behind with all my affiliates, I’m guessing that most of them have deleted me, but I do thank Rafia for keeping me on her affiliates list, I love her new domain you should go check it out. I’ve put up a new layout, do you like it? I thought it was alright, my creativity is getting put into all art that I have been putting on deviantArt.

So, I read Rafia’s current blog and I kinda stole this questionaire from her, just because I can, so here it goes: (I’d also like some affiliates to complete it either in a comment or in your next blog, if you can)

1. Would you rather be a web designer or a webmaster? Webdesigner.
2. Do you think you would like a job in web developing? Not really.
3. How long are you on the computer per day? A long time, at least 3-4 hours.
4. What is your favorite subject in school? Art, definitely.
5. Do you use WordPress? Why or why not? Yes, I use it because Cutenews gave me problems.
6. Ever follow tutorials? Are you stubborn and try to figure it out yourself first? Sometimes, I usually try to figure it out first before reading a tutorial.
7. Do you think validation is important? Yeah I think so.
8. What do you want to learn how to do on Photoshop, or rather any graphic program? Hm, vectors.
9. Is getting a million hits strictly equal to popularity or is there something more involved in that? I think it’s a bit of both.
10. Do you think sites hits are important? Yeah I do, but I think the content itself is more important.
11. Where do you look for inspiration (websites)? Any site that catches my eye and has bright colours usually gives me some kind of inspiration.
12. Does maintaining your website ever get in the way of competing school work? Never.
13. Do you think you’ll have a website for a while? Yeah.
14. Laptop or desktop? Why? Laptop, because it’s portable.
15. Mac or PC? Why? PC, they’re more common and I think that they are more compatible with other products out there.
16. What is your favorite font? I like Tahoma.
17. Favorite color combination? I like blue with pretty much anything except orange.
18. Read all your comments? If I have time, usually.
19. Comment back? If I have time, don’t take it personally if I don’t.
20. Do you think returning comments is a chore? Sometimes.
21. Do you skim a lot when reading, especially articles? Yes.
22. What bothers you the most about some websites (Text, Background music, Color quality, Text quality, Hits counter/number of people online, Poor interaction ( do not comment back), Overall organization) Definitely colours that are hard on the eyes, and really tiny fonts.
23. What helps you relax? I love playing Wii.
24. What is the most stressful thing about web design? Nothing really, that’s why I like it, I can do things on my own time, when I want to, there aren’t really any deadlines.
25. Most important technological inventions (2 things)? Definitely my iPod and my HP Pavilion laptop.
26. What did you wish you had more time for? To update my site.
27. What is the coolest thing you know how to do, pretending to web design? I guess PHP, if that is considered cool?
28. Is your typography (text on layouts) fun and interesting or simple, and do you think it matters? I’d say so, and yeah I agree, it definitely matters, bad font can ruin everything for me.
29. Do you think not linking affiliates on every page is fair? When would it be unfair? I think it’s somewhat fair, I don’t really see how it would be unfair.
30. What is your stance on celebrity images? I hate them, it has copyright infringement written all over it.
31. Although they are aware of copyright law, why do you think people use celebrity images anyway? I think that it is simply just another fad, like glittery images once were.
32. Minimalist or flamboyant design? I like both, but simplicity is always awesome.
33. How old are you? 15
34. How old were you when you started web design? 11.
35. What is your favorite website? Please name one. Mine (hehe) oh and Facebook of course.
36. Web designing takes brains or imagination? Both.
37. Coding takes brain or imagination? Brain.
38. Is originality important or content? Both, I like sites that are different in their own way but also have decent content.
39. Do you have any flaws in coding? Yeah, probably.
40. Everybody hates spam. How do you fight it? I just keep on deleting.
41. Do you wear glasses or contacts? Glasses.
42. Fast typer? Is it because of typing classes? Yes, and no it isn’t.
43. Interact with people online? Yeah, my friends (hah)
44. Interact with website visitors beyond returning comments? Not really, no.
45. Estimate how many people you interact with online (messenger) that you do not personally know. One.
46. Most useful site content? Definitely Photoshop brushes.
47. Ever struggle with getting hosted? Yeah.
48. Prefer a sub-domain or domain? Domain, but until I have enough money, sub-domain is my best bet.
49. Host anyone right now? Nope.
50. What is a reasonable hosting fee per year? 7-10 dollars seems pretty good to me.
51. Who is your current host? Zack @ Consciousmind.net
52. Cool or awkward to meet up fellow with bloggers? What about bloggers in your area? Awkward, in my area, I don’t mind.
53. How often do you back up your website? Not as often as I should..
54. How do you feel about advertisements? Don’t like them.
55. Is it worth charging for advertisements or site content? Why? I don’t think it’s worth it, not sure why.
56. What is the most annoying thing? Tiny tiny font.
57. What do you look for when visiting a website? A great layout that is original (no celebrity images), colours that are easy on the eyes, and font that is big enough that I don’t have to squint to read.
58. Your site content a few years from now, how important will it be to you? Not that important, because it sucks to be honest.
59. Requiring a link back for certain site content fair? When is it not? I think it’s fair, it’s not fair when celebrity images are used.
60. Ever get bored? Yes all the time.
61. More important to clean your room or clean computer data? Room.
62. What type of antivirus do you have? AMG.
63. Ever had your computer crash? Yes
64. Are you good at math or reading? What about writing? I’m good at all three.
65. Is Photoshop the best or what? I’d say so.
66. Name the program most often used on your computer. Windows Live Messenger.
67. Internet Explorer or Firefox? Why? Firefox, I just like it better,
68. What do you recommend to someone not getting enough visitors on their site? Comment on other websites.
69. Are visitors who own a website just as important as those who don’t? Why? Yeah, not sure why though.
70. Ever think about quitting? Yeah, sometimes.
71. Want to be famous or rich? Rich, yes, famous, no.
72. What is your ambition as a webmaster/web designer? To get enough visitors.
73. How much do you know about computers (a lot, little, just enough)? I know quite a bit.
74. Do you think learning how to use Microsoft Office is important? Yeah.
75. Know any webmasters in real life? Yeah.
76. Can you troubleshoot a computer? Yeah.
77. Are you organized? Sometimes.
78. Ever joined a forum/message board? Yeah.
79. Sold anything online? Yes.
80. How often do you check your e-mail? Twice a week.
81. How often do you use the phone? Not that often, once a month maybe.
82. Have parents who like to minimize your time on the net? They want to, but they don’t.
83. Number of people that know about your website that you personally know? None.
84. Eat junk food a lot? Not really.
85. What is your favorite junk food? Health food? I really like cheetos, as for health food I don’t know.
86. How often are you outside? Are you an outdoor or indoor person? I’m outside not that often, but I love being outside.
87. Do you or would you like to travel? I’d love to travel.
88. How long does it take for you to reply to comments? A long time, I’m slow.
89. Self-taught web designer? Yeah, I’ve had some help a long the way though.
90. Ever receive help from a person on messenger? Yes.
91. What type of web messenger do you use? I don’t use web messenger.
92. Do you know what Maya is? I think so, O.o
93. Do you think 3D webpages are in the future? Maybe.
94. How often do you update? Not as often as I should.
95. What is your ideal career? Graphic designer, law clerk.
96. Are Flash pages annoying? Sometimes.
97. Do you know how to use excel? Yeah
98. Do you like math? Not at all.
99. Are paid online surveys a waste of time? I think so.
100. What are you planning for today? My day is pretty much done.

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Posted on: December 8, 2008 | Filed Under: Life, Me, School, Site
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Wow! It has been about a month long hiatus, just thought I should say that I have been well, just very very busy with school which is why I haven’t been able to update. Sorry about that, I will be updating shortly!

Swamped

Posted on: November 9, 2008 | Filed Under: Friends, Life, School, Site, Updates
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My apologies for not being able to return comments, and for not commenting on blogs in a good while. I really have not been a great affiliate, and I am really sorry for that. I have been so swamped with school, friends, and just life in general. I’ve had so many projects in the past few days, it has been crazy! I will try to comment within this next week, hopefully.

As for school, I’m starting a new project in art class, 2 point perspective, involving drawing buildings. I’ve also finished a clay cityscape, once it has been fired into the kiln I’ll get a picture and post it on here. I can’t wait to see what it looks like. I just got my report card and did a lot better than I expected, which is good. Parent teacher interviews are also this week, not really looking forward to what a few of my teachers might say about me, aha.

Despite myself being overloaded, I have gotten a colour pallets page up, go check that out if you can.

Short blog today, bye!