On day 3 of oyr home ownership we found a rotten support beam. The 10k renovation of that is schedualed for the spring.
Today is day 6 of ownership. The bastment is flooded, we had to sweap water to the sump pump so the abatment guys could work down there.
the wind and raine is howling at 50mls per HR. Jake went outside to fix a gutter and found that our two ladders were stolen.
Later in the basement i touched the sump pump to switch it on and got zapped, my finger are still tinggleing.
Now the power is out, which means no heat and no sump pump. ... the basement water is getting deeper and deeper...
The joys of home ownership.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Friday, February 19, 2010
Funny FTHB Quotes
After a trip to Home Depo.
"I just bought this, but am i gunna know how to use it?..."
The motgage Lended comes up in convorsation.
"so what is it that he does????...."
"I just bought this, but am i gunna know how to use it?..."
The motgage Lended comes up in convorsation.
"so what is it that he does????...."
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Ftp - IT WORKS!
http://www.blackrabbit-media.com/
Apparently you cannot have a - in any of your folders on the server! Removed the dash and uploaded again, and IT WORKS!
Apparently you cannot have a - in any of your folders on the server! Removed the dash and uploaded again, and IT WORKS!
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Week 7- The FTP server, errrrrrr!
For my blog week 7 post I am supposed to post a link to my website with a coming soon page on it. Sounds easy enough you would think. Well I’ve run into some major issues. I have my black rabbit media site set up as an add on of another already existing ftp.
Theoretically there should be no problem with this, but there is. If I can connect I can’t upload my index page and half the time I cannot connect. I suspect there is some problem with the folder structure for the host directory, but I can’t seem to correct that. I have pulled together the masses and asked for help, I have two people looking at things on the server side, and if that fails, its going to resort to calling customer support at BlueHost.. .
Yikes! I will keep you posted.. .
I've been on hold for 25 min now.. . . .
my url that is supposed to work www.blackrabbit-media.com
the add on that sometimes works. www.nebooking.com/blackrabbit-media
Theoretically there should be no problem with this, but there is. If I can connect I can’t upload my index page and half the time I cannot connect. I suspect there is some problem with the folder structure for the host directory, but I can’t seem to correct that. I have pulled together the masses and asked for help, I have two people looking at things on the server side, and if that fails, its going to resort to calling customer support at BlueHost.. .
Yikes! I will keep you posted.. .
I've been on hold for 25 min now.. . . .
my url that is supposed to work www.blackrabbit-media.com
the add on that sometimes works. www.nebooking.com/blackrabbit-media
Week 6 - Roles
For a team project at school we have been assigned to groups and asked to design a website for a local vet clinic. We are to treat this as a true design project as best we can.
We have broken the team down into 4major roles that we would most likely find in a small design shop or boutique. Project manager, art director, coder, and content manager. Those roles will be fulfilled by the following people.
Project Manager- Mike I
Art Director- Andy
CSS/Dreamweaver Coder- Mike M
Content Manager- Emily
The project manager will be in charge of coordinating the client and team. The art director will make sure that the client’s business is properly represented by the design and he/she will also make sure that the design remains consistent across all of the different pages and media. The coder will take all finished designs and put them into dream weaver and make sure it has all the proper code to be transitioned into the web world. The content manager is in charge of managing all the content. Getting all the necessary information and images form the client and revising and editing it into something that flows with the website.
If any of these roles are not fulfilled on time the project can start to fail via a domino effect very quickly. Most likely if one person fails in one of these roles on of the other people will have to jump in and try and take on two roles inevitably causing the work form both roles to be late. If the work is late than the deadline is not met, if the deadline is not met, the customer is dissatisfied, with to the team if a loss of other potential customers even any profit.
So basically if a project is to be completed as a success, all of these roles must stay on task, and if any of the members starts to get overwhelmed they must speak up at the earliest possible moment so that more work can be delegated elsewhere.
We have broken the team down into 4major roles that we would most likely find in a small design shop or boutique. Project manager, art director, coder, and content manager. Those roles will be fulfilled by the following people.
Project Manager- Mike I
Art Director- Andy
CSS/Dreamweaver Coder- Mike M
Content Manager- Emily
The project manager will be in charge of coordinating the client and team. The art director will make sure that the client’s business is properly represented by the design and he/she will also make sure that the design remains consistent across all of the different pages and media. The coder will take all finished designs and put them into dream weaver and make sure it has all the proper code to be transitioned into the web world. The content manager is in charge of managing all the content. Getting all the necessary information and images form the client and revising and editing it into something that flows with the website.
If any of these roles are not fulfilled on time the project can start to fail via a domino effect very quickly. Most likely if one person fails in one of these roles on of the other people will have to jump in and try and take on two roles inevitably causing the work form both roles to be late. If the work is late than the deadline is not met, if the deadline is not met, the customer is dissatisfied, with to the team if a loss of other potential customers even any profit.
So basically if a project is to be completed as a success, all of these roles must stay on task, and if any of the members starts to get overwhelmed they must speak up at the earliest possible moment so that more work can be delegated elsewhere.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
I have been asked to review two of my classmates' we portfolio sketches. I don't know if I entirely feel comfortable doing so since I'm having the hardest time getting my sketch to where I want it to be. but here goes..
The first skech is done by Matt Allaire, who is really self critical! However it seems to be getting him the results he want, so I wont judge. He submitted two sketches, both of which he is not going to use. He says he will do something like this
As apposed to this
He wants to keep things simple, and I agree. However I think the Ken Rockwell Design is way too simple. Matt really dislikes the Grey text on black background because of its difficulty to read, however I think that is no reason to completely throw out this layout. I think it can be worked with, maybe create a lighter box in the middle for the content with dark text. Something can be done to fix the readability, because I think this is a rally eye catching interesting layout.
The first skech is done by Matt Allaire, who is really self critical! However it seems to be getting him the results he want, so I wont judge. He submitted two sketches, both of which he is not going to use. He says he will do something like this
As apposed to this
He wants to keep things simple, and I agree. However I think the Ken Rockwell Design is way too simple. Matt really dislikes the Grey text on black background because of its difficulty to read, however I think that is no reason to completely throw out this layout. I think it can be worked with, maybe create a lighter box in the middle for the content with dark text. Something can be done to fix the readability, because I think this is a rally eye catching interesting layout.
Rough Website Design.
The header was based on an already existing logo. The i chose the sunset type colors in the background because i want to brighten up the page, and not make it so black and white. The thisle plant to the left of the nav barwas put in just to try and add something else, the nav bar by itself was so boring, i was'nt sure exactly to spruse it up. I don't know if i will keep the plant in the final draft or not.
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