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David is an occasional blogger, software engineer, Nintendo fanboy, liberal, news magazine addict, voracious TiVo user, and bibliophile. He was born in St. Louis, grew up in southern Indiana, and returned to St. Louis to attend Washington University. He hasn't managed to escape yet. He's a fan of free wine tastings, too many tv shows to name, and eating out. David makes his living developing web applications used internally by his employer. He doesn't blog about work because he's heard too many stories about that causing workplace troubles. There's more on the about page. |
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27 July 2001 - 8:28 am
I should clarify my position on the hornygoat redesign, especially now that he has linked to us. First, let me say that I don't dislike the design as a whole, I just don't like it as ch as I liked its previous incarnation. I also happen to have a rather odd disliking for the MS Trebuchet font, a dislike that pre-dated said font's use on hornygoat.org. I belive this dislike is related to being forced to read a paper in my technical writing class that used the MS Trebuchet font. I didn't like the author or his rather pathetic paper very much, and I have since come to associate the font with all things bad. (Plus, I have trouble reading the MS Trebuchet font when it is rendered very small.) So, in summary, I like the way the redesign looks, but not as much as I liked the previous version of hornygoat. I also dislike the MS Trebuchet font for reasons unrelated to hornygoat.org. I hope my earlier comments didn't cause anyone to cry (I never know what to do when people just burst into tears, so it's always very awkward), or just feel upset or miffed.
Turning our attention away (hopefully for the last time) from the hornygoat redesign, let's discuss answering machines. Or, more specifically, why my friends won't ever use them. Yesterday night I went out to eat with my parents, came home for a bit, and then when to the gym. When I got back, my dad told me that my friend Jared had called to tell me that he and some of my other friends were going to the fair. But they were leaving as soon as they finished that call. They also said they'd been trying to call for a while. All of this begs the question, "Why were there no messages on the answering machine when we got back from dinner if they'd been calling and finding no one at home?" I don't feel like going into great detail on this, but let me just mention that I would be a lot happier if everyone got over their fear of answering machines (or whatever it is that keeps a lot of people, not just my friends, from using them).
Posted by on 27 July 2001 at 8:28 AM
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