From the monthly archives: April 2011

A birthday poem

By On April 29, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Yesterday was my 26th birthday. I’ve long-since outgrown a desire for presents or big celebrations (I’m not comfortable being the center of attention for long expanses of time), so we repeated last year and kept it simple: A trip to IHOP for my free breakfast from them, rummaging through a used bookstore, talking while he [...]

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CSS Training in Facebook Chat

By On April 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment

This is lifted from a Facebook chat I had with a friend as I talked him through the basics of CSS.

So, when you’re coding, you can only code down the page right? But your CSS can make images/areas appear wherever on the actual web page
So you need to keep the constraints of [...]

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How I Job Search

By On April 13, 2011 · 4 Comments

An interview I did for a LIS management class at UNCG. I’m pretty driven to find a job before/soon after graduation after being unable to find work when I graduated college in 2008.

1) How many applications have you sent out and what was your general strategy?

I have sent out 36 applications [...]

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What I Pack for Travel

By On April 10, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Inspired by this post.

Since I was leaving on a plane, I knew that it was time to invest in a suitcase. I own two full-size suitcases but they are full of other items for safekeeping. Besides, I wanted a carry-on so I could dash between planes in crowded international airports. I hit up [...]

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Trip to Utah and Back Again

By On April 10, 2011 · Leave a Comment

I left for a trip to Utah on Thursday, March 7th and then returned on Saturday, March 9th. In order to make it across the country, I had to be on the plane before sunrise. This leg of the trip took about 75 minutes. My plane took me to Atlanta for the rest of the [...]

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