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I’ve coded and uploaded a new resume in HTML format.  There were some cool features I thought I’d mention:

Microformatted

I used the hResume microformat, which basically makes it readable by any microformat-parsing utility. Very slick. My microformat plugin for Firefox lit up as soon as I loaded it, telling the who, what, where and when of my resume.

Print / Screen stylesheets

Yes, it’s pretty. But if you’re printing it, you shouldn’t need a color printer, so I set up a print-only section of the sheet. Do a “print preview” to see what that looks like.

Portable

The HTML file is written to be portable, so you can save a copy locally, even from the web, without any external resources. Now I can send my resume in HTML format, instead of Word or Adobe PDF.

Searching through Google today I came across something interesting:  a cached version of my old website.

Why is that important, or thrilling?  Because I thought I’d lost those posts when I changed server providers.  Now, I was able to grab at least a few of them and post them back into my blog archives.

That’s why I now have a huge gap in my archive.

Here’s a list of the new… er, old?… posts:

Dear Google Maps

A feature recommendation to Google Maps.

You learn something new everyday…

A snippet of code that caught my attention.

Dear Dan Cederholm…

A question for the great Dan Cederholm after SxSW.

Real Clout…

A comment on the apparent overpowering clout of Google, (back when that could be surprising).

One last thing… you may be seeing some fluctuations in my CSS styles.  I’ve been adjusting them and I’m having a bit of difficulty concentrating with the conference going on…

One should remember not to change things if one doesn’t have 100% thought and time to devote to the changes… even if it seems “really simple”

*sigh* I need a drink.

I just posted more pictures in my Picasa Web Album… Feel free to peruse or steal (you can only steal if you were there… I know how the Internet can be!) 

I just finished restyling the site after several people (actually, just Samara) told me I needed more color on the site.  Thanks to groovy Semantic Markup, switching stylesheets was a snap!  I’m keeping the older one, though; I’ll re-implement my style switcher again and let you guys decide which you like best.

I’ll be posting a couple of blogs in the next couple of days regarding my loss of faith in Internet Explorer and my foray into Google Gadget development.  Until then, check out my Personal Blog if you like!

I’ve been uploading albums to my Picasa web share as requests come in.

Check ‘em out… hit the ‘Albums’ link. Let me know if there are any collections you want to see!

Ok, I’m going to start telling people the design is done… but not everything is going to work right away.

Essentially I’m looking for some feedback on how the site looks.

Some things aren’t going to work. But here’s what does.

The Blogging Software: Wordpress

I’ve jumped head-first into the Wordpress blogging software. Interesting.

A few sample picture albums

Relax: I’ll post the albums all you guys want in the next few days. Just enjoy the fireworks for now.

Show and Hide ‘Introduction’

You can show or hide the introductory paragraph on the main page, and my site will remember your choice. Pretty cool, eh?

Zero Browser Hacks

My CSS design is not using a single CSS ‘hack’ for browser compatibility. Unfortunately, however, I am not sure how this looks in IE 5.5 Mac. I’ve managed to test it in IE6, Firefox and Opera.

Flexible Boundary Layout

This is a bit technical, but… basically I designed the CSS layout to flex between 800 and 1200 pixel widths. This means I can absolutely guarantee that my site will “look right” for 95% of browsers!

Microformats

This is even more technical. I’ve implemented MicroFormats for my identity and blog entries. Essentially, microformats allow browsers to identify blocks of content as being something, such as a person, address, calendar entry or blog entry. My site is now using the vCard and hAtom 0.1 spec, and I’ll be implementing others later.

I know, I know. It’s awesome… but keep in mind some links won’t work. Also, I haven’t really tweaked the sidebar or written the footer yet. It’s taking me some time to learn PHP and the WordPress API.
I’ll be posting more later. Right now, I’m exhausted. Let me know what you think of the new design!

:-)

Wow… welcome back clintandrewhall.com!

… oh, and a hearty “welcome back” to you, too!

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