So it’s been a while since this site has seen any love but now I am dusting the covers and will try to not neglect it as much in the future. As I return I’m looking at how this site looks and think it’s time for a new dress. I’m thinking on what direction to go as well as actually complete the things I intended to add originally – like the project page. Working with Drupal more and more has opened my eyes to many new features and module which I’d like to use, not to mention a lot of cool javascript wizardry like Processing.js.

I thought today I would be a little different today and not have a bitchfest but instead reward those that have put up with that dribble (and use rails, bad luck if you don’t).

I present to you a couple of helpers that actually are very handy to have. I don’t know about you but I like to break things down to small and management bits, with code and especially with stylesheets and javascript. There’s no need to have one cosmic-sized stylesheet that even contains the kitchen sink (I hate that pun) which is why I break things down to smaller elements, a file for forms, a file for layout, etc.

What is it with companies and not planning? A software project needs to be planned to meet the requirement set out for its existence but somehow companies think you can wing it, creating the perfect incarnation of they’re envisioned imagination of miracle machine. I tell you no, I do not know what you want me to create, maybe if I can take a power drill to your head I can see what exactly you have in mind. Planning is important to everything, from weddings, funerals, school plays and yes of course, software applications.

It seems more and more people are jumping onto Twitter – well most of my friends are anyways. For me I seem to move from one social network to another, I’ve gone from Spaces to MySpace to Facebook and to Twitter etc. I’ve given up Spaces because it’s friends network wasn’t strong and was too integrated into Microsoft’s own technologies – this at a time I despised Windows Media Player. So MySpace was my drink and I was sipping it much like a fine wine, I don’t drink wine.

Let me begin with saying fuck you. Yes you! The reader. Why? I figured everyone starts a post being relented in his or hers avid followers and thought I'd be a little different. It may seem harsh but as you continue to read the wounds inflicted by my former words will dissipate and eventually be forgotten. Let me soothe your troubled feelings with my ramblings.

I went out to The Zoo in Brisbane friday night to see a band called Melodyssey - great band, awesome music - and they're supports. Listening to them got my thinking on a concept I've mulled around in my head for a while that is predictable music. So what exactly is it? Well listening to the two support bands This Collision and the other I did not pick up, goes to show how enthralled I was by they're performance; I was not impressed by they're music as such it was just plainly predictable.

I started to write this post full of malice against IE6 but realised I was only reciting what many already know and suffered. If your of the ignorant persuasion and are still using IE6, no doubt you are having difficulty viewing this site and I have no sympathy for you. Why, you ask? Well it is a dated piece of software – I like to think of it more as a pile of miscellaneous code that miraculously functions to have a purpose – that is plagued with issues and bugs, more like Paris Hilton. Yes, the Paris Hilton of web browsers.

I find creating a blog is relatively simple and easy but to continue to bless it with attention and fresh content takes considerable effort which I struggle to conjure. I’ve been doing quite a bit of work, on my project Bandalive and on other libraries etc such as jQuery Particles. It’s not that I don’t do much, it’s just that I am not a talker. I find when confronted with a conversation that I prefer to be on the receiving end – whether that is the case is something else, that’s just the way I am.

It’s been a couple days since my last post and already I’m struggling to think of things to say, so much for a blog. I’ve always been more of a listener and observer rather than a talking and doer. In hindsight I think this is a good approach to life, some may differ and argue that I’m not a man of action or of risk but I beg to differ, I rather calculate which coarse of action or risk to take. I’m never one to document my life with journals or photos, the reason being is that it’s inconvenient to do it.

While doing my daily rounds today I noticed that jQuery 1.3 was released, and from what I’ve read it’s a very welcomed release indeed.