| Vacation Recap - Part 2 |
[Apr. 27th, 2009|05:02 pm] |
After arriving at the Disneyland Hotel (henceforth known as the DLH), we were of course very tired. The kids were in a bit of shock, I think... and the coolest thing that could have happened, was while standing in the lobby waiting for me to check in, Goofy came wandering by. So immediately upon arrival, they got to meet one of the Disney characters. Sam attacked him with big hugs and they got pictures - click the link under the above photo to go to the album to see the photos.
From there we headed up to our 9th floor room. We brought in all our stuff, changed our clothes and got cleaned up (too many hours in the car!), and then headed down to explore Downtown Disney. Downtown Disney is just a giant outdoor mall, with the centerpiece being the most enormous Disney Store. We had dinner at the ESPN Zone, then walked around looking at the various shops. We closed out the night with a swim at the hotel swimming pool (Neverland Pool, complete with Captain Hook's pirate ship). Then it was off to bed to get ready for the next 3 days of theme park fun and over-stimulation.
Next chapter - first day at Disneyland.
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| Vacation Recap - Part 1 |
[Apr. 27th, 2009|02:20 pm] |
So I gave up on live-blogging the trip because the whole process of photo-sharing and such was going to be a nightmare. So you can get it all in post-trip installments. Click the link above to check out the photo album from Day 1 of our trip.
On the way home from church Sunday, I called a very serious Family Meeting. It was in this meeting that I sent the kids all over the house finding clues, which ultimately led them to a stack of Disney Admission passes. They were having a hard time getting the clue - until I finally broke and yelled "We're going to Disneyland, and we're leaving today!" Zoe actually did not believe me. Her exact words were, "That's so not true, Daddy". I was dismayed that my words were so easily brushed off as lies, but pleased that the surprise had been pulled off so well. I showed them the hotel reservation, the tickets, and then ushered them up to their room to pack their bags. At this point, they finally began to believe and much squealing ensued.
We got the car packed up, and headed up the mountains to have dinner with our friends in Gypsum. It was wonderful to see them again, and to spend some time chatting. As it got dark, we figured we should get going, and then proceeded down the western slope of the Rockies and into the desert. This is where having 3 drivers came in handy. I drove to Grand Junction, then Priscilla picked up there and drove to somewhere in Utah, then Nick took over and drove the rest of the way into Vegas. We were crossing the Nevada stateline at Mesquite about sunrise.
With the sun to light our way, we pushed through some Monday morning traffic and drove down the Vegas strip at 7am on Monday morning. The Strip is a quiet place that time of day. We found a place to park (illegally, I think, but suffered no consequences) and went into the Paris hotel where we ate at a little creperie. Nick and I ventured to the sportsbook and considered putting a couple dollars down on the Mariners to win the AL pennant, but we weren't thrilled with the odds, so we escaped Vegas without gambling so much as a penny. We walked up and down the strip for a while to get the wiggles out, gawked at the casinos, and then hopped back in the car where I picked up driving duties again.
We crossed the Mojave desert, and as we approached Riverside (east LA), traffic started to pick up. It took me a few minutes to get my LA driving skills back in tune, but once I did it was bobbing and weaving at 85mph for the last hour of the trip. We pulled off the freeway to discover it was 105 degrees in Anaheim that day - not what we expected! But just as traffic was getting bad, we found our exit and pulled into the parking lot at the Disneyland Hotel.
Stay tuned for the next photo album and recap - checking in at Disneyland Hotel and exploring Downtown Disney.
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| Vacation, Day 1 - Continued |
[Apr. 19th, 2009|02:48 pm] |
There was much squealing, after some initial disbelief.
We are packed and heading out the door in approximately 15 minutes.
Next check-in will be from the Disneyland Hotel.
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| Vacation - Day 1 |
[Apr. 19th, 2009|07:20 am] |
Here's how it begins - I have to make it quick because I'm heading off to church in a few minutes.
When we get home from church, I'm calling a family meeting wherein I'll be informing our kids that we've decided to go to Disneyland. Today. They'll have about 2 hours to get their stuff together, and we're out the door. California, here we come. Will try to photoblog when the opportunity arises.
I can't wait to see their faces.
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| What I've Learned as a Freelancer, Part Two: Who's the Boss? |
[Apr. 1st, 2009|11:36 am] |
The term "Who's The Boss" probably brings up visions of Tony Danza in a hopelessly 1980's northeastern household, or if you're like me and was a junior high boy in the 1980's, visions of Alyssa Milano in a denim jacket start to cloud your brain-- but I digress.
In freelancing, it's important to remember that you are the BOSS!
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| Stop, start. Stop, start. Repeat. |
[Mar. 27th, 2009|07:08 pm] |
I'm the kind of blogger that blogs like someone who isn't really comfortable in a manual transmission car. Lots of hurky-jerky, stop and start. Incidentally, I'm that kind of stick-shift driver as well. Little practice + haven't actually sat behind the wheel of a stick shift in 15 years means I royally suck at it. But enough of me bringing down the manliness quotient of this blog. I feel a blog-splosion coming on... lots of topics on my mind and I think I need to get them out. We'll start with a rapid-fire entry, much like the old "Notes from the Monster Files" feature I used to run in the LJ days.
- Work is good. As in, I have some. As it stands now, I could survive with the work I have booked all the way through June.
- The nice thing about freelancing, is that today I just stopped working to go outside and play in the snow with the kids. It was great... I'll make up for it later.
- We have a big family-palooza coming up in April. I can't really divulge details just yet... mostly because I'm not telling anyone in the family who is under 5' tall what the plan is. So no guessing in the comment section!
- Last week, it was 75 degrees most of the week. Yesterday, we got 18 inches of snow over the course of about 30 hours. Now the sun is out again, and it's melting fast... but a foot and a half of snow (in late March no less!) takes a LONG time to melt.
- Put 4 new tires on the minivan. It's fun to spend 1/4 of the car's worth on tires.
- I'm feeling like I want to move to NW Denver. Just move there and work there and be a part of the 'hood there.
- The Broncos are making me want to throw up at the moment. Ditto for the Avalanche. On the bright side, the Nuggets might win a playoff series, and the Rockies are tied for first with everyone else, at least until the season actually starts.
That's all I have for now.
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| What I've learned as a freelancer, Part One |
[Feb. 12th, 2009|12:37 pm] |
I upgraded to WP 2.7.1 - big jump from 2.5, where I was. Broke a few plugins - I'm hoping the new Live+Press actually works right. Most everything else seems to be ok.
So I've been reading some articles on the InterTubes about "freelancing". Now having done freelance work for many years, but really putting hard effort into making a living at it this last 18 months, I have what I think to be a pretty solid perspective on things. I'm talking primarily about my segment of the industry - web design, development, etc, though it could cross into graphic design, copywriting, and the like. The first thing I have to say to most freelancers out there: It's because of you that I have work. A major source of work for me is cleaning up after freelancers who either have no business being in this industry as designers, or no business being in business as a business owner. Did you hear the work business a lot in that sentence? I hope so, because as a freelancer, that's what you are. So I thought I'd take some time out from the regular BORE of my blog and write something with some hopefully valuable content. This will be the first in a series. The series will be over when I've decided I've written about enough lessons. So it could be a one-part series, or this could continue on into 2012. We'll see how it goes.
The first thing I've learned as a freelancer, is I think the single most important key to success: Communicate with your clients. In fact, every other lesson I'm going to write about are things you can avoid learning the hard way, by simply being a good communicator. OVER-communicate. Don't keep your clients in the dark. Don't try to 'put one over on them'. Don't promise what you can't deliver, and be sure to deliver what you promise.
The worst thing you can do is avoid communication. When you're running behind, and you aren't able to meet a deadline, we tend to build up this gigantic confrontation in our minds (ok, maybe that's just me). In reality, if your client has been in business for more than 10 minutes, they understand. They probably struggle to meet deadlines just like you do. That's the problem of having work to do - which nowadays is a good problem. Most clients will understand if you pick up the phone, proactively, and tell them where you stand and what they can expect. What they don't understand is why they're paying you good money and they can't get a hold of you and your deadline is 4 days past. And let's be honest here - unless the client is paying you so much money that it's worth it, a client that will verbally abuse you for falling behind isn't a client you want. Once you can communicate your status, give an expectation that the client can count on. Then live up to it. If your deadline is today but you can't deliver until Friday, say so. Then DO IT. Don't say Thursday because they want to hear it, just tell the truth, then live up to it.
Your client will respect you, ultimately. And a client that respects you is a client for life - and a client that will pay more to work with someone they can trust. Almost all my business is based on referral. I occasionally hit Craigslist for a gig or two, but that's the exception nowadays. A referral by a client who knows you are up front and honest is infinitely more valuable than any other. The reason a company is hiring a freelancer is because they don't have the expertise in-house to do what you do - they are paying for your expertise. They are looking for a reason to trust you, otherwise they wouldn't be paying the higher hourly rate. So always give clients a reason to trust you. Be open and honest, and you'll set yourself above most freelancers. But if you want to be an incommunicative liar, that's fine too -- keep the bar low, that just means another client that is an easy sell for me. But I'd like for our industry to have a better reputation than that.
So that's the first lesson in Freelancing. Stay tuned for Lesson 2, titled "Who's the Boss?". (rumors of an appearance by Tony Danza have been greatly exaggerated).
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| You’d think the Grammys would inspire me. |
[Feb. 9th, 2009|11:05 am] |
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Originally published at jasonackerman.com. You can comment here or there. Inspire me to use a song lyric as a post title. I know that’s not very original - but I do it quite often and have for most of my blogging life. What’s funny, is that I’ve found lately that using song lyrics as blog titles are search engine GOLD. At least 50% of my blog visitors are results of song lyric search queries. I even have tracking data that a few of them came back later! Fun fun. So thank you, Unknown Visitor #143, for your unending quest to find the correct lyric to “Fix You” by Coldplay. I hope the path that led you here continues to be rewarding.
This is a bit of a funky week in business. Lots of customers, none of whom seem all that motivated to pay me … which would be fine, as long as I knew it would all be in by the end of February. But that leaves this week awful tight, and living on the edge and counting pennies is a surefire way to induce an ulcer. So I’d just be thrilled if one of them would go ahead and cut that check today. On the bright side, the end of February bills shouldn’t be too hard to cover.
That being said, it sure provides a hint of tasteful irony that I’m spending most of this week prepping a sermon on the topic of… you ready?… Generosity. Oh yeah. So while I’m figuring out how to inspire our church to give more generously, I’ll be nervously watching the bank account all week. God certainly chooses humorous ways to communicate with us sometimes.
Church things are good — we are slowly starting to put together the details of what our church planting process looks like. I’ll be writing more details here as I have them. Right now there are no details to be had.
Business is also good — I at least have some projects to work on for the rest of this month. I just “launched” my corporate site - www.webacademydenver.com - I say “launched” because there is still a lot of content to enter, but it was nice to finally get the site live, with most of the structure done.
That is all for now. Call this blogging just for sake of blogging. |
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| Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea |
[Jan. 8th, 2009|02:44 pm] |
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Originally published at jasonackerman.com. You can comment here or there. So the only real meaning in this post title is that it’s from “Dust in the Wind”, and holy CRAP is it windy around here lately. The mountains have seen gusts of 100MPH! Down here in ol’ B-Field, it’s only been sustained winds around 20MPH, but gusts reaching upwards of 50-60mph. The house has been shaking.
So things have been busy enough to curb my already seldom blogging into almost a complete stop. I’ve been blogging now for almost 8 years - since August 22, 2001. So I’ve come to terms with my blogging frequency. It’s remained remarkably consistent. Consistently inconsistent though it may be. That being said, I’m happy that my blog stats continue to stay solid at roughly 125 page views/month. Keep visiting, keep reading, and for crying out loud comment once in a while, eh?
The last month was almost completely overwhelmed with work on a website gig. Between that and just regular life/church/holidays - everything secondary got pushed down the priority list. This site was quite the learning experience. I feel like I learned some harsh lessons in project management. But overall, with Dan’s help, we put together quite the product. It’s a dynamic registration-based site for a national modeling agency based here in Denver - Premier Image Agency. The front end isn’t too much to sneeze at (except the cool little flash flipbook on the media page that Ray did, but the backend is something to be reckoned with. Each model they represent can log on and create their own profile, upload their own photos, and then there’s the whole search and booking engine. It turned into a bit of a time suck - ended up underbidding by probably 40%. But for the first time doing something of that scale, we’re pretty pleased with the outcome.
Now that we’re pretty much done with that, I have a few projects that have gotten backed up on the schedule that I need to wrap up. All of them involve customizing Wordpress in one way or another. Which essentially means that even though I’d really like to finish the redesign and upgrade of this site’s WP install, it probably won’t happen anytime soon.
The holidays were good… very different for our family. It was our first Christmas away from the rest of the family (we travelled back last year - remember?). So we stayed home and had a very quiet, family Christmas. That in and of itself was nice, though we did miss everyone from the NW terribly.
We are really feeling the bug to move down closer to downtown. Pending a successful tax season (we’re still too poor to get hosed by taxes, although that’s getting better by the month), we’re looking seriously to get down there before summer - before spring if the right place at the right price comes our way. The whole church planting thing still feels like something of an enigma right now, but what we know is that we want to live in and be a part of that community - what God does in terms of a church plant, if any, will happen then. It sure isn’t going to happen as long as we’re hiding out in Broomfield. Which is too bad, because Broomfield has been good to us. It’s a nice place to hide out.
I came down to Forza to get a little work done because I was having trouble focusing in the home office. That’s a consistent issue for me. Not having a place to “go to work” is nice at times, but it’s a struggle in other ways. I’m discovering that it’s almost as difficult to focus here as it was there, but I’ve made some progress, thus the break to do a little bloggity-bloggity. Though some of the source files I need I left on my home PC, and didn’t put them anywhere accessible. So I can only do so much here anyway. But another couple hours and I should make enough progress to head home satisfied with my day’s work.
So I’ll be heading back to that. That’s the semi-brief update from Monster-Land. |
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| Cold Days, Late Nights, Little Sleep |
[Dec. 5th, 2008|01:09 pm] |
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Originally published at jasonackerman.com. You can comment here or there. I know I haven’t blogged for a time. I’m currently on a break from a training session in downtown Denver. It’s pretty laid back, so I’ll post quickly, then grab a quick bite for lunch, then back at it.
It’s been crazy cold for a day or so. A few inches of snow (4? 6? I don’t know exactly), and last night it got down to 2 degrees in Broomfield, 5 below 0 at the airport. So warming up the car has been fun… as in it takes halfway to my destination before it’s really warm.
I was up late last night… after a busy day, I was working on a quick turnaround freelance project until 1:30am before I gave up and went to bed. Put an hour into it this morning before coming downtown, but couldn’t get it done. It had to be delivered to the client today… or, I should say, I was contracting with another company who needed to deliver to the client today. I feel bad that I couldn’t complete it, and this will probably jeopardize my chances of getting work from this company in the future, but I can only do what I can do. My instinct is to take it personally and get really worked up about screwing the thing up, but I am trying to just let it go, knowing I did what I could. Even the lost future work isn’t that huge of a deal in the big picture… but it sucks when my whole business is built on reputation to not complete something like that, well done and on time. This time is was neither.
So as a result of staying up late, I was up until almost 2, then Sam woke up after a zombie dream at 4:45 - which means I got just under 3 hours sleep, then another hour after that until I got up. That leaves me with no energy, and tonight’s show at Forza will probably happen primarily on autopilot. Ugh.
Saturday will be busy, catching up on some church stuff, maybe getting a Christmas tree, stuff like that. But Sunday… oh, Sunday, how I relish the thought of sleeping all day. Or at least until the early football game. I still will probably bust out some code for the big project Dan and I are working on, but nothing too crazy. It will be a mellow day I hope.
That’s all. There’s a chicken burrito at the place next door calling my name, then back to teaching CSS … which feels really weird to be teaching after what felt like a massive failure on that project, but enough wallowing.
I’ll blog properly very soon. I promise. |
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| it’s my job, it’s what I do. |
[Oct. 29th, 2008|11:55 am] |
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Originally published at jasonackerman.com. You can comment here or there. 
Zoe was asked during her schooltime the other day to draw a picture depicting her Dad as “provider”. Even though it feels like the picture should be a blank piece of paper sometimes, I know that is just beating myself up for some very untrue reasons. And that is reinforced by Zoe’s drawing. That’s a picture of me, with my guitar, leading worship at church - it’s conveniently labelled for your benefit. What made me laugh was Dan, off to the left … mohawk and all. If you’ve ever met Dan, you’d find that highly entertaining.
Thank you Zoe for painting me in the light you see me. I hope I can be all that you expect. But with a less blue head.  |
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| got a short little span of attention, oh my nights are so long. |
[Oct. 27th, 2008|11:38 pm] |
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Originally published at jasonackerman.com. You can comment here or there. Waiting on a crazy huge upload to complete, figured now is as good a time as any to throw down a little blogging, quick update style.
I’ve been trying to make progress on a couple different web projects, mostly so I can get them invoiced so I can stop the avalanche of utility disconnections that are soon to come my way. It’s a finely orchestrated dance, the freelance gig. Sometimes I love it… times like now, I really don’t love it so much. But, progress is being made and work is being completed.
I’m working on a sermon for next weekend about the church… that’s it - just, “The Church”. It’s part of a series that is covering some doctrinal basics. I’m really excited about this one, and I think the main thrust of it is going to be - “Does your heart beat for the church?”. See, because, the thing is… mine does. Not turning blindly from the errors and miscues and lapses in judgment and excesses in judgment and vile atrocities done in the name of the church, but in spite of them. Knowing that the church is filled with disgusting, messy people that have created a disgusting, messy history. Still, I can’t get past - none of us who are a part of the church should be able to get past - the reality that the church is the Bride of Christ, presented to him blameless and holy.
I’ve had a few friends in the past who have said that after growing up in the church, they remain spiritual and still seek God, but no longer find the church relevant. Apparently, they think it is so messed up that not even God is interested anymore. This saddens me, because if God so easily gave up on the church, then who’s to say He won’t give up on me? It just doesn’t jive to me that someone could so coldly turn away from that which God so clearly loves, and yet still try to sneak in the back door and claim a deep love for God. It’s as if someone walks up to me and says, “You know, I like you. I enjoy your company. I want to get to know you better. But I really don’t see the relevance of your wife. She doesn’t belong, doesn’t really reflect the same values you do, and to be frank, she’s pissed me off one too many times. But enough of that, shall we go grab some dinner, maybe a movie?” How fast does Jason call BS on that? Really. Freaking. Fast. Because it’s not just a ridiculous thing to say, it’s downright offensive. And hurtful. Imagine the hurt God feels when we disparage the church so brazenly. Critique? Yes. Call to the carpet when something is obviously wrong? Heck yes. But turn our backs and reject her so callously? No way. Not a chance.
So I’m looking forward to the talk. It will be fun to take a look at how the church began, and explore why God would create an institution that seems so riddled with problems. And to explore what we can do to make things better.
Well, I thought a little blogging would use up the time, but this upload is taking way too long. I guess I’ll go to bed and clean up the mess in the morning. Peace out. |
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| my theme broke. |
[Oct. 16th, 2008|02:40 pm] |
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Originally published at jasonackerman.com. You can comment here or there. I’m not sure what happened, since I didn’t change anything, but something went wonky with my Wordpress theme, so I switched back to the previous one until I have some time to get it fixed.
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| the one where we get downtown before sunrise |
[Oct. 7th, 2008|11:42 am] |
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Originally published at jasonackerman.com. You can comment here or there. 
Yeah, it was still dark when we crept into downtown with 60K+ other people Sunday so Priscilla could run the Race for the Cure. She ran, we parked the car then walked to the finish line (a much shorter route than the race) and waited. Then we all got coffee, enjoyed downtown for a bit, then headed home for some football-watchin’. It was a good morning to be out. The weather was nice, and it’s always fun to be in downtown when it’s crawling with people. This time, the pink level was a little off the charts for my personal tastes, but it was fun nonetheless.
Work stuff feels really scattered this week. Part of it is that I get in these crappy little de-motivation cycles, and I’ve been in the worst one yet the last couple weeks. I’m powering through to get some stuff done though. I have one major project in progress, plus all the church stuff. Then the little things hang around, and it’s too easy to focus on those. I just lost a proposal that I thought I had in the bag… I was really thinking that would make a good November for me. So now I’m back to marketing like crazy for November work. Running a business is it’s own kind of stress. I guess it beats working for someone else, but along with the freedom comes all the risk. And by risk I mean poverty.
That’s all for today. I’m at Forza and my cup is empty, so more coffee for me, less blogging for you! |
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| break it down, help me up |
[Sep. 24th, 2008|09:17 am] |
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Originally published at jasonackerman.com. You can comment here or there. 
I feel like I’m slipping into some old habits… namely, seeing a long list of projects to progress on as a reason to let all motivation slip away and just sit around doing nothing. Last week, I was sick, and honestly didn’t feel like doing anything, and I don’t really feel bad about that. There’s something nice about the forced relaxation of being sick. But now that I really have no excuse, I’m having a hard time diving into anything and getting it done, and I’m not really sure what the deal is. I’m not even sure if there’s a trigger for it, it just happens every now and then. Thinking back, I used to get this way every 5 or 6 weeks. I haven’t really dealt with it much lately though.
So to put some reality on it, I have one huge project that just needs some progress made this week. I have another smallish project that needs to be wrapped up today, and another large project that needs some major progress by first of next week. And on top of that, I don’t feel anywhere close to being ready to speak on Saturday. That’s why I’m at Forza blogging. Actually, I’m just hoping a change of scenery from the home office will shake things up a bit.
That’s all for now. With any luck by lunchtime I’ll at least be organized. |
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| back to real life, i.e., my sinuses are almost back to normal |
[Sep. 21st, 2008|10:03 am] |
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Originally published at jasonackerman.com. You can comment here or there. 
I’m sure you really wanted to know the state of my sinuses, but rest assured, to me that’s an important tidbit of information. Above is a photo of me leading worship at Jacob’s Well Church last weekend. It’s been a good few weeks there, except for the cold-induced failure of my voice last night. But that’s secondary.
Went to our last Rockies game of the year Friday night… 250 photos to sort through, so I won’t be getting those up for a bit. Priscilla will probably have a gallery up shortly though. There was an epic fireworks show after the game, which was worth the price of admission. I’m not much for fireworks shows, but this was honestly the best I’ve seen. All in all, a good trip to the city. It’s good for these urban monster souls to get into the city every now and then. Hopefully more now than then.
After a few days of being sick and really unmotivated to do much of anything, ready to settle into a nice busy week filled with more work than I probably have time to do. That’s ok though, it beats the alternative.
Consider this the least informative update in a while. But hey… this also beats the alternative, which is no blogging at all. |
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| progress |
[Sep. 12th, 2008|10:54 am] |
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Originally published at jasonackerman.com. You can comment here or there. 
Today is a day of progress. I’m completing some updates on my blog redesign, it should be ready to go in a few days. Once complete, I’ll upgrade wordpress, reactivate some plugins, and should have a shiney new blog.
I made progress on the new design for the church website. Should be ready to go by month’s end.
Some long needed and now finally necessary repairs have been made to our car. Not only that, but I can write the check without worrying about it tanking our ability to provide the basics for our family. That’s progress in 2 areas.
Getting ready to dive into a new project - this will be easily the largest and most complex project I’ve done yet. Very excited about it. Therefore, my business efforts have made progress.
My office is clean. Well, to be fair, cleaner than it was this morning. I still need to reorganize, and probably reset the whole thing. It gets too messy too quickly, and I think it’s a result of poor workspace management. Besides, reorganizing my workspace is the kind of mindless work you can do to take up time when you’re self-employed.
And I blogged, rather than just Twittered/Pownced/etc. That’s progress as well. I’ll be back in a day or two when the blog theme is complete. |
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| Design Change - In Progress |
[Aug. 23rd, 2008|09:41 am] |
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Originally published at jasonackerman.com. You can comment here or there. I’m going to leave this up whilst changing it… so forgive the mess, while I reconstruct.
*Edit - 08.25.08*
Comments welcome. Significant progress has been made. Sidebar still needs work, as does the footer. But we’re getting there.
Still need to do the following in order for it to be complete for release:
- fiddle with sidebar
- footer. don’t like anything about it currently.
- page templates
- comment pages
- cross-browser testing
- generic top image, with room for standard blog header
–j. |
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| Hang one more year on the line |
[Aug. 23rd, 2008|08:17 am] |
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Originally published at jasonackerman.com. You can comment here or there. 
I started a LiveJournal on August 22, 2001… a day before my 25th birthday. Today, I turn 32… which makes this the 8th birthday blog. This also means I’ve been blogging longer than I’ve had 2 of my children. I used to do a rundown of what happened on my recent birthdays, but that takes way too long now.
Today, I’m taking the day off. I haven’t really taken a full day off in a while. I’ve had some long hard days, but I’ve also had some relaxed easy days, so I don’t feel burnt out or anything… but it’s nice to just take a day off and not think about work projects. What’s also nice, is that I don’t feel like I need to think work just to make ends meet. Ends will meet just fine, whether I work today or not. Even thought it sounds suspiciously like work, I might toy around with a new site design for this blog today. It’s not work, I promise. We’ll head downtown tonight, check out some of the pre-party festivities for the DNC… maybe we’ll see a movie star! Barack won’t be in town today, so we won’t see him. Although it is funny that there are these little roadside stands with $10 knock-off Obama t-shirts ALL OVER the place.
After checking out the town and trying not to get caught up in some silly protest, we will then head down and try to get Rockpile tickets for the Rockies game tonight. There’s a lot of people in town looking for something to do before the convention starts, so tickets may be hard to come by. If we can’t get tickets, we’ll just go get a table at ESPN Zone and hang out there. That’s a fine birthday for me.
I leave you with this, one of the most brilliant Savage Chickens cartoons ever:
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