The Women and Tech Blog Prom

Saturday, November 14th. Still in progress...

By invitation only. You may invite one (or two or three).

Leave invitation and link in the comments

Halloween It was a dark and scary night...

The Paranormal Research Society of Texas enlightens people about the use of the Quija Board (often misspelled as "Quigi Board") and identifies its meaning.

We thought it was just a board game.

MANDARINPUMPKINPATCH

We borrowed the pumpkins from Euan Semple, cutting squares from a perfectly balanced photograph. You are welcome to take a pumpkin with you.

Copy and paste this in your Blog or Web page.

<img src="http://www.mandarindesign.com/images/v268.gif" alt="Pumpkins borrowed from Euan " width="100" height="100" style="border:1px solid black">

It will look like this.

Notice that the pumpkin image name is v268.gif. If you want a surprise pumpkin image change the number to 269, 270, 271, or 272

Halloween Decorations

We just saw what KandyDish did with Gary's tutorial on the glow filter with the Halloween cat. Now that's a classy cat.

And this is too funny. Before we even finish this post we see the pumpkin at 2flower. Got Pumpkin?

CSS Tips and Tricks

We found these links at Dave's Blog.

CSS Creator
Select different CSS properties from the page on the browser, to select any display of color, look for the HTML tag you like to make this, and generate this into CSS code, copy and paste into your website.

Slants
It�s a hack. A trick. It is a way to make pure HTML and CSS draw something that is neither vertical nor horizontal. Do you want a slant of the heart?

Slide Show
Fade Images JavaScript Slide Show

Easy Instructions

The JavaScript Slideshow instructions are easy to follow and it works well. You can compare and select either slide show for your pictures. You will probably want to use the JavaScript Slideshow.

Pictures

We took three pictures today of the backyard birds feeding, then compressed the images (or sucked the life out of them as Brykmanta would say) for faster loading.

Accidental change of this post made January 2003

ACCIDENTALTECHIES

Misbehaving.net has an interesting post about accidental techies. Are you an accidental techie?

Colin, did you land in the IT world intentionally? How about you Gary? You are in the IT field, right Sarchi? Frank?

We know that Justin and Brendyn aren't accidentals. Both are from RIT. How about you Jen? You are accidental LA, right? Leslie?

And we know that Bill is a web hack, but was that accidental? And Riri, you are a software developer. Was that your intended career? Colleen did you choose to manage an office for an Internet Service Provider or did you just land there?

We'll be visiting Misbehaving.net to see how the comments play out.

Submerging Technologies:
Five That Are Sinking Fast - Computerworld

1. Windows 9x
2. Client/Server Computing
3. IBM SNA/Proprietary Networks
4. Tape Backup
5. Visual Basic 6

Google Bar Blogging

Did you know that when you are using the Google Toolbar and Blogger you can click on the orange B to automatically blog about the page you are reading? It hyperlinks and automatically inserts the title for you.

Linking Syntax

Yo Stu. If we look funny when you land here it's because the link points to http://www.mandarindesign.com/blogger.html/. There's no slash / at the end. It confuses the browser and the style sheet doesn't load.

It should look like this http://www.mandarindesign.com/blogger.html

Blue Borders?

We just got back from a four-day convention in Carmel and took a few pictures in the area. Here's a picture of a restaurant in Monterey. We named the picture v267.gif. The image is hyperlinked to a Gallery page named carmel/index.htm (click the picture to see the hyperlinked page).


Image: v267.gif
HTML Page: carmel/index.htm

Do you see a blue border around the image? The problem with blue borders around hyperlinked images is that we never see our own. By the time we see an image on our page we are looking at the visited link color.

How do you remove the blue border around images?

We can't see the blue border on the last two images. Do you see a blue border in your browser?

Getting to Know You

Still in progress...updated Thursday October 30, 2003

Here's some graffiti from earlier this month that you can add to today. You tell us in the comments who you are, where you live, what you do, where you've been, or where you are going. Or, just say hello. Leave your mark, read some good blogs, and have a great weekend. We'll be back on Sunday.

Darkly35 Michelle(careful if opening from work) Hi! I'm a chef and obsessive book reader. I have a dog a cat and many pairs of socks. I have a thing for art, indie music and film noir. In two days I'm moving back to Seattle from California and I am so glad.... Michael (Grillboy) Am I too late? My name is Michael and my blog used to be popular with at least 10 people about a year ago. Then I had a baby (well, my wife did most of the hard work), my life got complicated, and my blog suffered. I am posting more now and hope to not only get my loyal following back, but maybe get up to 15 readers! (Dare I dream?) Keri I'm Keri, and Mandarin has totally trashed my blog (Buck Up, Little Camper) in the best way possible. sarchi I just did this with your M4SIZE thingy, it's JUST great so anybody could do it - and MORE Can't see me doing C O L O R yet, or I M A G E S even tho., I have, and are READY! to go.... BLOGGER please let me upgrade... WE HAVE TO BE TOGETHER - FOREVER... rieke I want to do this thing (add thing) in my blog, but who's want to visit mine .. nice work.. sedgwick Sedgwick Hi. I'm a little teapot short and stout (sorry that's a lie, I'm like every red-blooded Australian male, a tall, bronzed Adonis from whom young maidens have to avert their eyes for fear of swooning.) Here is my handle ... theferaleye Here is my spout ... sedgwick easybakecoven I'm Susan, an long time visitor and I'm stopping in to say Hello from Asheville, North Carolina. This is a good idea, meg, as I've met many nice folks this way (Brendyn, Gary). And now I'm off to randomly visit another great MDD recommended site. PunkClown Terry, how true, your description of the Aussie male! ...now if I could just stop snorting coffee out of my nose... sarchi, blogger are in the process of upgrading (or changing) their billing system, (I asked a while back)..hopefully it won't be too long before the upgrade options are back on line. BostonBlueEyes Colin Hi ya. Meg. I used your photo border & dodgerblue color to encase my graphic of: "I survived the Blizzard of '78 - 25th Anniversary". Cool -- thanks for the code. Laura Hello...I am Laura from Canada. I am still kinda new to blogging. Right now I am a Certified General Acountant student (and unemployed). I'm Rieke, my main job is an architect ,and my hobby is web stuff,and I like to look and steal what ever I can to improve my web skill ^_^. hi Meg how are you Indonesia Dipta halo ibu Meg,saya Dipta dari Indonesia, anda membuat saya terkenal, karena ada di Mandarin Quigi Board.terimakasih ya.. brykmantra I'm in Dallas, I'm an office drone, formerly done some freelance writing, dabbled in standup comedy for a while (including co-founding a regular comedy showcase), now dabbling in web graphics and weblogging ... Shirl Hello. Go Green. Great to see BloggerNoCon sprouting up here. You Rock! Shirl reminded us that today is Susan's birthday. PunkClown Hi! I'm Cameron, a newbie blogger. I am a husband, father and registered nurse working in the Emergency Department of a local hospital. I live in Melbourne, Australia, where I dabble in amateur photography, graphic art, web design and various forms of absurdity. Sincere thanks to Mandarin design and all who sail in here for all the help and friendship!

Hi, I'm Gary Williams, an unemployed programmer, former newspaperman and sometime pizza cook. Right now I'm in upstate New York (the hills outside of Binghamton) but, since there aren't any jobs here and a friend of mine suggested I go back to Calfornia and help her move into her new house, I think I may move back to the Bay Area sometime this month. (I'll let you know, meg, if this works out.) I like the stuff meg teaches us, and I steal some of it and fiddle with it (in true programmer style). As a consequence, sometimes meg steals it back! (Yay, meg!) sarchi I'm presently timing-out with my server but I go any-where do anything, and go absolutely mad about MD tricks. Are trying to sort a comments heavy weight. Can't for the life of me stand-up-and sprout-comedy, probably shy. I have bills to pay and can't get a desk job with a classy broad? UK garden of England Otto here, from mid-Michigan! I spend way too much time on the computer; latest obsession - blinkie calendars. I'm a secretary at a church. Can't get rich there but I love my job! I've found so many cool things here! Thanks Meg!! loowho Hi I'm Cindy. I hope it's not too late to join the party! I'm from Toronto, Canada. I'm unemployed, and am taking one course at a seminary. I like to blog, but have been lazy lately, because I've been dabbling in a new interest - magic. Justin as swimPC Hi, I'm Justin and I just graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology with Bachelor's degree in Information Technology. Right now, I'm an independent IT contractor for three deaf companies at the same building here in Rochester. Also, I'm seeking a permanent IT position as well. If you know anybody who needs an IT position, let me know!!! I need a job!!! I'm deaf and involved with an deaf organization that provides many types of fun events, such as recreation, for the deaf, hard of hearing and hearing people where there are opportunities for them to socialize. Kathryn Hello, I'm Kathryn. I'm a professional counselor who is trying to build a private practice in Austin, TX. I used to keep a blog called The Hestia Chronicles, but had to retire it because my name was too associated with the personal nature of that blog, making it incompatible with starting a therapy practice. I did start up another personal blog with a pseudonym, though. I tend to be a homebody, though I went up to my hometown (Syracuse, NY) in June for my 40th birthday, to visit my folks. I'll be returning for Christmas. I'll be attending something like BloggerCon, only it's called the Webwriters Convention, or JournalCon, and it's being hosted in Austin!

Michael O'Connor Clarke Hello, I'm Michael. um... Well I had a job just a second ago... now where did that darn thing go? Sheesh - ain't it always the way? One minute you're a senior VP at the world's largest PR firm - the next you're wormshit. Hi, I'm Jen in Atlanta, GA. I'm a web producer for major market television stations around the country. I frequently work on weekends. I'm grateful to have a job. I have grown discontent with my blog, and yet am too pre-occupied to do anything about it. BMO Hi, I'm Brian. I live in small cottage in a small town in a big country. I do as much as I can in the little time that I am given. I've been everywhere (Including West Sacramento!) and am presently going nowhere. Hola. Martie I am grumpy cuz my site is down but this is fun. I am Martie, married, no kids. Two cats. I live in California. I have two jobs: Pediatric nurse (job that pays) and office manager for our business (hardly pays, I love learning and your site has taught me a lot. Susan Hi, my name is Susan and I'm an alcoholic. What? Oh, wrong room. I now live in Asheville, NC, but am from Atlanta, GA. And today is my birthday. Frank Paynter Hi! My name is Frank! I'll be your curmudgeon today. I'm fortunate enough to have some paying work right now, and I spent some of the money to attend BloggerCon. Maybe some of the brilliant young people there will need a curmudgeon to help them with an implementation project some day! Maybe I will be that curmudgeon! They announced the MacArthur genius grants today and I didn't get one. Again. f (curmudgeon) p

LA HI I am LA. I am a mom to 5 boys living a new place with a new outlook on life and it is great! I am even finding myself in love again and that is even better the second time around. As for work, I am a web-developer wanta-be and after hanging around here with meg for almost a year now...as I have said before..and will say it again...MEG you rock! STU I'm located in Germany, but blogging in English (with a little Swedish, German, French and Latin occasionally, as a puny effort). Ciao4now, Stu Plato-Shrimp Hey, all y'all. Ann C. checking in. I'm another person looking for a job, looking for answers to impossible questions, wondering who I am here. Just like you guys. I've lived in Western NY, SLC, UT, Dallas, TX, San Francisco and now Seattle. I'm 40. I like outside sales in air freight/transportation, Ratatoulie and a guy named Michael. And I can't seem to get back to sleep.

grlinabox I'm Leslie. I live in Bedford TX, which is right in between Dallas and Fort Worth. I am a slave to a the largest wireless company in the country and am a single mom of a beautiful 6 year old boy. One day I plan on being a full time artist (getting out of the slave business. I just haven't figured out how to get there yet. Any ideas ThatBigDog I'm Brendyn, and I'm an IT student at RIT (Rochester, NY). My primary job is not failing my classes (and reading other people's blogs!) WildRoseGraphics Hi! I'm Lisa, I live near Baltimore in Maryland. I'm a graphic designer/print shop manager and in my spare time I'm a web hack of the first degree with an inhuman passion for the NHL. I'm also in the midst of planning a wedding...while in the middle of finalizing my divorce! Fun times! VLCA Hi, I'm Bill. I live in Moorhead Minnesota. That's right across the Red River from Fargo, North Dakota. I am a stay at home dad to a wonderful little girl and sometimes web hack for a few different non profit orgs in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area Hello,I'm Threeksthefreak LA's son I live in Michigan with my mom and I also a wannabe web-developer. I come to this site every few times a week but its always under the name of my other site Dawne (Ouch! Watch for pop-ups) Hi, I'm Dawne from VA, I'm a writer and web addict. One will pay someday, but the other is taxing! :P my-expressions Ya'at'eeh (Hello in Navajo). I'm Vernon and I started blogging in February of this year. Everyday I seem to learn something new about the world of blogs. Oh, I'm a physician from New Orleans, LA. Riri Hi, my name is Irina (aka Riri) and I live in Toronto. I am a software developer and blog-addicted. Being a rookie in HTML and website design, I come here every once in a while to upgrade my lonely neuron. Thanks for sharing your graymatter, Meg! Dee i'm waiting to join the Peace Corps for two years in Central Asia, after quitting the corporate ranks of investment banking. just discovered typepad (am i allowed to say that here?) Gail Hi. I am Gail from Northern Virginia. I have three children - aged 19, 14 and 12. I used to work as a registered nurse, then I became a middle school science teacher. I usually come by Mandarin Design often because I make use of the dotted line boxed thingy on my site, and I keep coming back to get the code for it. Yes, I know I could copy onto notepad. I just LIKE coming here. km i'm km and i live in baltimore maryland. i currently work full time for the discovery channel's consumer products division and love it about 49.75% of the time.. i love .css and flash and winamp's "di-chillout" channel. i consume massive quantities of caffine and freelance my design talent to anybody who will pay.. life = good Laurie Hi Meg, I'm Laurie and I've loved you for so long. Um, I mean...your site, you know, and what you do here. It's great. I'm a drifting dreaming freelance photo researcher with a heavy lack of ambition who is also a part-time small-town librarian. I'm a transplanted Chicagoan living in southern Wisconsin Great Lakes country where cheese is king and everything's better when you've slathered it with butter. Go CUBS!!!!! Colleen Hi, I am an office manager for an Internet Service Provider in Alberta, Canada. I have been reading your articles and how to's for quite some time. I am married, no kids at home thank heavens, and I am addicted to blogging. Angie Angie here in gorgeous Missouri. I have 5 children, and am currently baking #6. I used to work as a General Mgr for a restaurant, but now I stay home and try to raise this crazy brood of mine. I'm a computer fiddler, and was first drawn to MDD because of the wonderful tricks and tips. I keep coming around because sweet Meg gets under your skin. Heather Hi Meg. I'm just signing in even though I'm a bit late. I live on the Monterey Peninsula, but grew up in Davis and Woodland, so I know your area well. One of my goals is to learn much more about CSS so that I'll actually know what I'm doing! I hope you're having a great week. next comment goes here...

Wi-Fi

Wireless Fidelity
Do you ever wonder why only three channels don't overlap on an 802.11b access point with a total of 11 channels? You do? OK. You are looking for The Wireless Wizards.

Small Boxes

We make boxes here. Today is box day. And we found an interesting implementation at Noded. It's a little ditty that goes like this.

"Weblogs should give you the freedom to use alternate methods to emphasize what you're trying to say."

Copy and paste this in your Blog or Web page.

<blockquote>
Weblogs should give you the 
freedom to use alternate methods 
to <span style="border:teal outset 1px;">emphasize</span> 
what you're trying to say.
</blockquote>

It will look like this.

Weblogs should give you the freedom to use alternate methods to emphasize what your trying to say.

What does this code do?

• <blockquote> indents the block of text.
• <span style="border:teal outset 1px;"> says put a teal colored border outset style, 1 pixel wide around the text that follows.
• </span> end the bordered (or boxed) text.
• </blockquote> ends the block of indented text.

Can you show me how
to use CSS Inline Style?

YOUR TEXT GOES HERE

Copy and paste (or type) this in your Blog or Web page.

<p style="font-family:papyrus;
font-weight:bold; 
font-size:22px; 
color:brown;"> 

YOUR TEXT GOES HERE

</p> 

Or copy and paste from here.

<p style="font-family:papyrus;font-weight:bold;font-size:22px;color:brown;"> YOUR TEXT GOES HERE </p>

It will look like this.

YOUR TEXT GOES HERE

Fun With Colors

Change the color brown to any color in the color chart. Let's try a few named colors without opening the color chart. How about some color names that we might remember like coral, darkred, darkorange, darkslateblue, and sienna.

While we are peeking at the color chart anyway let's see if the funny color names work.

Funny Color Names

tomato
saddlebrown
indianred
dodgerblue
chartreuse

So why is it named dodgerblue?

Do you want to make one word in a sentence a color?

This is dodgerblue.

Copy and paste (or type) this in your Blog or Web page.

 
This is <span style="color:dodgerblue;">dodgerblue</span>. 

Making Images Glow
by Gary Williams
October 2003

Gary's article is perfect if you want easy cut-and-paste code. We just cut the code to insert the cat but you can use the code and then insert your own image.

Colorizing Images
by Lynn Rockwell
September 2003

This short tutorial is growing in popularity. Lynn includes step-by-step instructions; first on how to make a photo black and white, and then how to add just a touch of color back into the picture.

I colorized the red car on Rob's T-Shirt. The instructions were easy.

In a bonus round Lynn showed me how to put a thin black border around the photograph. Off to find that code now.

The Power of the DIV
by Michelle Goodrich
October 2003

Using a DIV instead of a TABLE to serve dynamic pages can speed up the page load time from minutes to snap-of-a-finger fast. Read this one on Monday from work.

Note: Fellow blogger Anita Rowland is home from the hospital.

Steal This Code!

Euan Semple set up a PayPal fund if you want to send cash to Chris Locke. Give whatever you can (if you can) and spread the love.

Copy and paste this in your Blog or Web page.

<img src="http://www.mandarindesign.com/images/v19.gif" width=50 height=50 align=left hspace=5 border="1"> Euan Semple set up a <a href="http://www.theobviousblog.net/blog/">PayPal fund</a> if you want to send cash to <a href="http://www.rageboy.com/blogger.html">Chris Locke</a>. Give whatever you can (if you can) and spread the love.

It will look like this.

Euan Semple set up a PayPal fund if you want to send cash to Chris Locke. Give whatever you can (if you can) and spread the love.

Slake is selling calendars, T-Shirts, and more. All proceeds go to the Rageboy fund.

STYLEWARS

Make a box.

Cheats are in Boxes, Text,and FAQs. Add images, make it with wild colors, make it classy or sassy.

Here's our box with an outset border.

YOUR TEXT GOES HERE

Copy and paste (or type) this in your Blog or Web page.

<p align="center"> <span style="border:#ff6600 outset 5px;padding:5px;">YOUR TEXT GOES HERE</span> </p>

It will look like this.

YOUR TEXT GOES HERE

Point us all to your box, however humble. We'll like it.

TWOCOLORS

Make headlines in color using the SPAN tag.

We like the two-color headlines that we see in magazines. Here's a quick cheat for a Web page using the head tag <h3>.

TWOCOLORS

Copy and paste (or type) this code in your Blog or Web page.

<h3><SPAN style="color:firebrick;">TWO</span><SPAN style="color:black;">COLORS</span></h3>

It will look like this.

TWOCOLORS

Image from Tack-O-Rama Clip Art

Have you read Stu's blog lately? There was one post in particular but I'm off to buy a new car right now. Actually, there's a lot going on in if you click on the icons below.

Well?

A Few Good Blogs...

new icons in progress...

Gone Swimming

That was refreshing. I sat in the sun and thought about the DIV and my friend, the genius.

Performance Tuning Tip:
When you think of Web application performance, don't forget the power of the DIV.

Using a DIV instead of a TABLE to serve dynamic pages can speed up the page load time from minutes to snap-of-a-finger fast. After some quick changes and a couple of DIVs the page with thousands of rows of data populates instantly. We're finding that the power of the DIV can be measured in thousands of rows, not hundreds of rows like the TABLE.

More? The Dynamic Div...

Webdings
in Internet Explorer (continued)

Here's what Gary made. The code is on his blog today.

B

It looks better at his place, our style sheet gets in the way.

More?

3Backward      Forward 4
Webdings in Internet Explorer

Here's another example of someone creating an example that made more sense than our example but credits Mandarin. Thank you ...<insert blog name here> who was that?

Webdings Cheatsheet

The webdings font displays an image for each letter and number on the keyboard. You tell the browser you are using the font-family:webdings and a graphic will be substituted for the letter or number you key in.

Copy and paste (or type) this in your Blog or Web page.

<SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold;FONT-SIZE:36pt;COLOR:black;FONT-FAMILY:webdings">b</span>That is the letter b.

The letter b in Webdings font will look like this.

b

That is the letter b.

Change black to green and it will look like this.

b

Decorate the B for Halloween

This is not an image, it's the Webding font.
Wrap the SPAN in a DIV with a defined width and a glow filter. And for those of us who use the Mozilla browser we are making the background black so that it looks like Halloween (Mozilla doesn't glow).

The letter B color is chocolate.
The glow filter color is darkorange.

Copy and paste (or type) this in your Blog or Web page.

<div style="width:50px;filter:glow(color:darkorange);padding:10px;border:1px solid black;"> <SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold;FONT-SIZE:36pt;COLOR:chocolate;FONT-FAMILY: webdings;background:black;">B</SPAN></div>

It will look something like this.

Dude, I need an image

Free images are in the Gallery. Easy copy-and-paste code is included.

 

Where is the button maker?

Free Graphic Buttons On-the-fly (quick and easy). Go to Kalsey to make your own free buttons. No strings, no reciprocal link required! We made this button.

 

What color names can I use?

The Named Color Chart lists all of the web color names.

 

Favicon

If you bookmark our site you see next to the bookmark. You can make your own at Favicon.co.uk. It's free.

 

Free Tag Board?

Interacton is Free lets you see Zonkboard and a free Tag Board running on the same page. Zonkboard is charging now, Tag Boards are still free.

 

Free Banners

Make an Instant Logo or Banner. More free banner generators.

 

B&W Photo with Color

If you want some color in your black and white photo Lynn tells you step-by-step in the short Colorizing Images tutorial.

 

CSS Glow Filter

Gary shows us how to make strong Glowing Images. Use the free image or your own photograph (if you glow your picture let us see it). Spooky?

 

How do I put my picture in Technorati?

What is Technorati? Here is a short Technorati Picture Instruction page and a few blanks. VLCA let us cut out some lighthouses. Someone else offered some original images. Was that you?

 

Where is the Time Magazine Template?

The Time Magazine Template comes with copy-and-paste code and includes an image. Check out Colin's Time Magazine Cover (yo Colin, your site is down?).

 

Where are the Webdings?

The Webdings are in the Frequently Asked Questions.

 

Cheap Shadow Filter Trick

Halloween Are you spooked yet?

Copy and paste (or type) this into your blog or Web page.

<TABLE width="300" align="center"
STYLE="filter:shadow(color=gray)">
<TR><TD> 
<big>

YOUR TEXT GOES HERE

</big> 
 </TD></TR> 
</TABLE> 

It will look like this.

YOUR TEXT GOES HERE

What does this code say?

Extras that you don't need to know

1. TABLE says we are using a table for our layout.
2. COLOR="gray" says use the color gray for the shadow.
3. TR and TD say that we are starting a new row and a new column.
4. BIG says make the text that follows big.
5. </BIG>says close the big text.
6. /TD and /TR say to end the table column and the row.
7. The /TABLE says end our table

FAQ:That asshole, Dave Winer. I love him. Is Dave Winer an asshole?

Blogs That Rock!

Here's our collection of Blogs That Rock!. It's two snapshots in time.

We just found this place over at Michael O'Conner's blog. Move your mouse. You'll say "wow".

CSS Boxes
We're trying to answer a combination of recent questions with the boxes demonstrated on this page. If your question hasn't been answered then we may have missed it, especially if it was sent via email. Questions? Answers?

href="http://www.truthlaidbear.com">I tawt I taw da bear. I did I did. I fixed his numbers! Oh, Nellie, why du do dat? Dat bear not 'mart. Bad bear.

A New Governor

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
In the next few weeks we will have a new Governor -- Arnold Schwarzenegger. Governor Davis is on television asking that we all do what is right for California and offered his full cooperation and support of our new Governor. All of the candidates have been gracious, polite, supportive, and accepting of the voters of California.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Shall GRAY DAVIS be recalled (removed) from the office of Governor?Live Election Results.

Election Day in California

If we were the Mickey Mouse club then Tuesday would be guest star day. If we were in a Popeye cartoon then we would gladly pay you today (on Tuesday). But, this is California.

Getting to Know You

Here's some graffiti from earlier this month. You tell us in the comments who you are, where you live, what you do, where you've been, or where you are going. Or, just say hello. Leave your mark, read some good blogs, and have a great weekend. We'll be back on Sunday.

I'm Rieke, my main job is an architect ,and my hobby is web stuff,and I like to look and steal what ever I can to improve my web skill ^_^. hi Meg how are you Indonesia Dipta halo ibu Meg,saya Dipta dari Indonesia, anda membuat saya terkenal, karena ada di Mandarin Quigi Board.terimakasih ya.. brykmantra I'm in Dallas, I'm an office drone, formerly done some freelance writing, dabbled in standup comedy for a while (including co-founding a regular comedy showcase), now dabbling in web graphics and weblogging ... Shirl Hello. Go Green. Great to see BloggerNoCon sprouting up here. You Rock! Shirl reminded us that today is Susan's birthday. PunkClown Hi! I'm Cameron, a newbie blogger. I am a husband, father and registered nurse working in the Emergency Department of a local hospital. I live in Melbourne, Australia, where I dabble in amateur photography, graphic art, web design and various forms of absurdity. Sincere thanks to Mandarin design and all who sail in here for all the help and friendship!

Hi, I'm Gary Williams, an unemployed programmer, former newspaperman and sometime pizza cook. Right now I'm in upstate New York (the hills outside of Binghamton) but, since there aren't any jobs here and a friend of mine suggested I go back to Calfornia and help her move into her new house, I think I may move back to the Bay Area sometime this month. (I'll let you know, meg, if this works out.) I like the stuff meg teaches us, and I steal some of it and fiddle with it (in true pr