{"id":1318,"date":"2008-11-17T03:08:59","date_gmt":"2008-11-17T08:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gadgetgypsy.com\/wordpress\/yes-0-i-do-still-exist-8-d\/"},"modified":"2008-11-17T03:08:59","modified_gmt":"2008-11-17T08:08:59","slug":"yes-0-i-do-still-exist-8-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gadgetgypsy.com\/wordpress\/yes-0-i-do-still-exist-8-d\/","title":{"rendered":"Yes! &#8230; :-0 &#8230;I do still exist 8-D"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>I recently experienced a &#8216;wild hair&#8217; and decided to learn some Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) Web Design &#8230;Now&#8230; if you know me&#8230; you KNOW that I HATE programming even though I can usually puzzle it out <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s.xanga.com\/images\/shocked.gif\">; but some how I have taken new interest in Web Design since I started my first Blog on Xanga and after seeing what was possible from viewing AND reading the posts at <a href=\"http:\/\/darkerview.com\/darkview\/\">Darkerview.com<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>I WILL NOT, however, call CSS, &#8216;programming&#8217; any more than I will give in to the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">construct<\/span> that <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Pluto <\/span>is no longer classified as a planet!!!! <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s.xanga.com\/images\/laughing.gif\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s.xanga.com\/images\/bitter.gif\">.&nbsp; Because, to me, CSS is not as abstract and confusing (<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s.xanga.com\/images\/confused.gif\">) as the programming (&#8216;C&#8217; language) that I had to take for my Management Information Systems\/Operations Management (MIS\/OM) Bachelors of Science (BS) degree at the University of Arizona with all the &#8216;for&#8217; and &#8216;if then&#8217; statements that usually ended up in a nasty looping mess <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s.xanga.com\/images\/censored.gif\">!?!?!?.<\/p>\n<p>So&#8230;I asked Andy, my husband and best friend, to teach me the basics (and I continue to request help when I get stuck) on setting up and configuring my own blog with my own domain where I have more extensive room for creativity <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s.xanga.com\/images\/stunned.gif\">.&nbsp; Thus, my new Blog of my own domain was &#8216;born&#8217;:&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/gadgetgypsy.com\/blog\/\">GadgetGypsy.com &lt;http:\/\/gadgetgypsy.com\/blog\/&gt;<\/a>!&nbsp; Andy is an excellent tutor; but please don&#8217;t tell him that I said so <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s.xanga.com\/images\/shy.gif\">.<\/p>\n<p>You are invited to drop on by and check it out often; but be warned, I am and will be learning the intriqacies of CSS for quite a while as I get GadgetGypsy.com configured to my liking so please don&#8217;t let the constant changes over there scare you away or keep you from providing me constructive and valuable feedback and comments <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s.xanga.com\/images\/winky.gif\">.<\/p>\n<p>I like the community here at Xanga still, as well; and the Photo Contest at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xanga.com\/iliveinmycamera\">iliveinmycamera<\/a> is, to me, a &#8216;not-to-be-missed&#8217; blogger-tunity! <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s.xanga.com\/images\/laughing.gif\">&nbsp; So, I will still keep this blog open and active.&nbsp; I will just not be using it as much as I was and other than the occasional posting here and there, about or to, the Photo Contest or something related to my Xanga friends, I will put my Picts, Vid Clips, and main postings on GadgetGypsy.com.<\/p>\n<p>See you over there (<a href=\"http:\/\/gadgetgypsy.com\/blog\/\">GadgetGypsy.com<\/a>) AND over here (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.xanga.com\/GadgetGypsy\">xanga.com\/GadgetGypsy<\/a>) <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s.xanga.com\/images\/pleased.gif\">!&nbsp; And they both are RSS feed capable so you can subscribe to them in your RSS Reader <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s.xanga.com\/images\/cool.gif\"><\/p>\n<p>Aloha and Happy Blogging!<br \/>GG<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;I recently experienced a &#8216;wild hair&#8217; and decided to learn some Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) Web Design &#8230;Now&#8230; if you know me&#8230; you KNOW that I HATE programming even though I can usually puzzle it out ; but some how I have taken new interest in Web Design since I started my first Blog on Xanga and after seeing what was possible from viewing AND reading the posts at Darkerview.com! 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