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8/09/2002
8/07/2002
So to get things started on the homeschool front, we've been playing Kismet in the morning. Similar to Yahtzee, it's a dice game yada yada. The kids have fun: the younger learning to add, the older helping out and also writing various number sentences, one for each turn, based on the roll of the dice. Fun. A nice way to warm up to the math after a 3 month break. After two days, the older is starting to get bored, but likes it better than straight math, which is coming real soon. We'll work a bit more on reviewing/memorizing the multiplication tables, and then it's back to the book - oh division his fav. Not. He is so funny. On the one had he hates starting something new, gets so intimidated, but then is so proud that he's moved on to the next thing. Kinda funny.
On the designing front - found a great css tutorial. I am gonna larn thisun soon. I'll just add it to the list of half-finished web projects I've got going on. Yuck-yuck.
On the designing front - found a great css tutorial. I am gonna larn thisun soon. I'll just add it to the list of half-finished web projects I've got going on. Yuck-yuck.
8/05/2002
Sickie-poo notwithstanding, I managed to upload some of the new Rigdonia Graphics layout - take a look-see!
8/04/2002
Feeling a little under the weather right now, but had to blog this: I am now an official Graphic Addict!! Woohoo I am having some fun now!
In addition, we are starting our homeschool back up tomorrow. I regret having taken such a long break, and the kids watched WAY too much tv over the last few months, but it is going to be a bit tough to get back into the groove. We are using the Robinson Curriculum which is a self-teaching style - I am modeling the self-teaching thing with my web design. (Fun and a good example - great, now if I can just show a little self-discipline by not sitting here all day!!! We'll call that devotion to responsibility, right? ;-P) WE have already seen this work, but we are not doing all of the no tv, no computer, no sugar route. Maybe we should, but I just don't see it. I do try to limit these things, but I'm not sure they need to be completely eliminated. Boy this turned into a long post - I need to move this over to my homeschool blog. What blog, you say? Well I am planning on starting one. Watch for the link if you are interested. This will be a better managed extension of my homeschool notebook. You can see I am a bit behind on that puppy!
In addition, we are starting our homeschool back up tomorrow. I regret having taken such a long break, and the kids watched WAY too much tv over the last few months, but it is going to be a bit tough to get back into the groove. We are using the Robinson Curriculum which is a self-teaching style - I am modeling the self-teaching thing with my web design. (Fun and a good example - great, now if I can just show a little self-discipline by not sitting here all day!!! We'll call that devotion to responsibility, right? ;-P) WE have already seen this work, but we are not doing all of the no tv, no computer, no sugar route. Maybe we should, but I just don't see it. I do try to limit these things, but I'm not sure they need to be completely eliminated. Boy this turned into a long post - I need to move this over to my homeschool blog. What blog, you say? Well I am planning on starting one. Watch for the link if you are interested. This will be a better managed extension of my homeschool notebook. You can see I am a bit behind on that puppy!
7/31/2002
I am so excited! I got my first Amazon Referral Check today. OK - never mind that it took nearly a year to get it. It's just cool to get a check for basically nothing but a couple of cool links that flesh out my homeschool site nicely. I'm smiling. I also came up with a neat unplanned re-do on the graphics section of my domain. Watch for the unveiling soon.
7/29/2002
Well I am a big hairy copy cat - Miss Kitty mentioned this in her blog and I thought it sounded like a hoot, so here it is: My very own Rigdonia Cafe Shop (Powered by CafePress.com) Come one come all!
7/27/2002
Just a little note to say:
I FIGURED IT OUT!!!!!!!!
Not the meaning of life, but rather how to make a portion of a created graphic transparent in Paint Shop Pro 7. (Almost the meaning of life.) It's so dumb and when you see the set you're gonna say, so where is it?!? It is a very small little touch and for some reason I just couldn't let go of it. But anyway, it was pretty easy, but it did take me what, nearly two days to figure it out? Turns out I knew how to do it all along, but forgot, or rather didn't know how to apply the knowledge to my particular situation. Oh well, in the process, I found some great tutorial links for PSP7. Cool. (I may post these to my website someday. Meanwhile, you'll just have to imagine. :-P )
Oh, and I also figured out how to add a border to a graphic. Simple. In Microsoft Image Composer, I had to create a box (X) pixels smaller than I wanted, where X is equal to the border size times 4
(times 2 for the x and y axis). Then I would apply a border effect and hope I did the math correct. Even then, the msic couldn't manage to fill in the corners and I had to do that myself! I was feeling like Fred Flintstone, carving out my graphics with a hammer and chisel! Yaba-daba-doo. Wilma, where's my brontosaurus burger?
I FIGURED IT OUT!!!!!!!!
Not the meaning of life, but rather how to make a portion of a created graphic transparent in Paint Shop Pro 7. (Almost the meaning of life.) It's so dumb and when you see the set you're gonna say, so where is it?!? It is a very small little touch and for some reason I just couldn't let go of it. But anyway, it was pretty easy, but it did take me what, nearly two days to figure it out? Turns out I knew how to do it all along, but forgot, or rather didn't know how to apply the knowledge to my particular situation. Oh well, in the process, I found some great tutorial links for PSP7. Cool. (I may post these to my website someday. Meanwhile, you'll just have to imagine. :-P )
Oh, and I also figured out how to add a border to a graphic. Simple. In Microsoft Image Composer, I had to create a box (X) pixels smaller than I wanted, where X is equal to the border size times 4
(times 2 for the x and y axis). Then I would apply a border effect and hope I did the math correct. Even then, the msic couldn't manage to fill in the corners and I had to do that myself! I was feeling like Fred Flintstone, carving out my graphics with a hammer and chisel! Yaba-daba-doo. Wilma, where's my brontosaurus burger?
7/24/2002
Love the Little Sailor sweater!!!!The Creative Cottage -- Little Boys Winter is coming - maybe I'll grab one of these for Ian - probably a 1-2? Anyway, when I see adorable sweaters like this, I miss the cold winters of Connecticut. How did I end up in the desert? All my cozy sweaters just sit in a drawer. We can only wear them maybe one or two months out of the year. The upside? They last forever!
Omugosh - I am having such a terrible case of the wants! Either a celestial painting from Zee, or this: Amazon.com: buying info: Wacom Graphire2 Pen, Mouse & Tablet Set (Steel-Blue) I don't have any cashola to spend, so it doesn't matter anyway. Why oh why do I window shop? Anyway, if you want to see some beauty-full stuff made with a Wacom pad, go see Smalltown Artworks What beautiful work! I wanna be an artist. Waahhhh.