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June 22, 2020 9:10 PM

Responsive design

Because it's 2020, I need to make my site look a little better on mobile devices. When I first started working on my Teochew site, I used Bootstrap to make it responsive, since that's what I've used at work. That works well enough, but for this personal site, I didn't want to have to rely on a framework. So, I read up on media queries, and I made the width of the content be dependent on the size of the screen. Amazing.

#site-update

July 5, 2020 9:39 AM

Vacation

I'm on vacation! I've been super super busy at work lately, so I'm taking a much needed break before work gets even busier than before. It's fourth of July weekend, which means seafood is on sale. I had lobster two days ago and crab legs yesterday, so I am all shellfished out.

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    I made an ascii art flag! The dimensions might be off,
    but I have the right number of stars and stripes! Also,
    this was a pain in the butt to color.

During this vacation, I'm just trying to relax and work on some fun little projects. I'm very close to finishing a cross stitch I started over 15 years ago (!!) and I've even gone back to editing some code for my Teochew website. So hey, you might be seeing an update sometime soon.

#personal #ascii-art

July 6, 2020 7:36 PM

15 years in the making

When I was about 12 years old (okay, I don't really remember how old I was since it was so long ago) I received a cross stitch kit from my aunt (at least I think that's who gave it to me) for my birthday (once again, maybe it wasn't my birthday. maybe it was Christmas, who knows). But anyway, it was a long time ago, and I had never done cross stitch before. Turns out 12 year old self did not have the attention capacity to do a cross stitch. This was also a kind of complicated cross stitch. Definitely not a my-first-cross-stitch cross stitch. It said WELCOME with a bunch of flowers around it. I think I got the WELCOME part done at 12 years old.


    X X X  XXX  X    XX   XX    X X   XXX
    X X X  X    X   X    X  X  X X X  X
    X X X  XXX  X   X    X  X  X X X  XXX
    X X X  X    X   X    X  X  X X X  X
     X X   XXX  XXX  XX   XX   X X X  XXX
     A very very simplistic picture of what I was
     able to do at 12 years old. The actual cross
     stitch has more crosses than this.

At some point, I got bored, and the cross stitch kit sat in storage. Years later I would take it out and add more cross stitches to it. But I still didn't get very far. I did this again years later. And again. I probably had 4 or 5 attempts to actually finish the dumb thing. But I always got bored. So bored. My eyes would glaze over the crosses and I couldn't focus...

Until now! Because staying at home this much means I now have time to finish all the things that I've started years ago. And this cross stitch is the oldest of those things, so I was determined to get this done. And somehow, I've finally been able to get into the right mindset. And it's done. I FINALLY FINISHED MY CROSS STITCH.

15 years in the making.

Next up, cleaning it, ironing it, mounting it, framing it, and putting it on a nice spot on my wall.

#personal #accomplishment #ascii-art

July 8, 2020 12:04 PM

Hashtags

I added hashtags to my blog! I have a lot of things I want to add to this blog and being able to link each entry with a tag seemed like one of the easier things to knock out. Right now they just appear at the bottom of each entry, but eventually I'll link-ify them and display all the tags somewhere on the page.

#site-update

July 12, 2020 11:55 AM

End of Vacation

It's Sunday, which means we're nearing the end of my vacation. I visited family, but overall it was a pretty chill week, and more like a staycation than a vacation. I think it was a successful week, though! I managed to do a decent amount of things.

And plenty of other things that I just don't feel like mentioning.

#personal

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