inbetween

I've been studying like a fox. Yes! Like a fox! And apparently I've been mixing metaphors like a mad man. Yes! Like a mad man.

Finals have descended upon me like a storm, so of course my kitchen is clean, the laundry is done, and the fish tank is sparkling. Yes! Sparkling like a fish tank.

These are the highlights from my adventures in studying. Yes! Like an adventurer who should be doing something else.

I've started reworking the negativespace.net page. Its ugly, based on tables, and doesn't work. I don't think that cascading style sheets will work for it, the layout is too complex, and CSS is a real pain in the wazoo. And don't even get me started on the crashy-monster called Dreamweaver. I'm not doing anything that it shouldn't be able to handle, but it can't handle it. Hello? Negative margins are a standard element of CSS. Even Internet Explorer understands them.

I've been contemplating a photo-blog web application (hence the previous post) but I still don't know about stuff. It will be written in Perl (not perl and not PERL and certainly not P.E.R.L.), and object oriented. It is a learning experience for me. I might put up a public repository for people to follow along (and maybe even contribute), and maybe even start a blog just for dealing with it.

Last night, I cooked. I cooked like a mad man. Baked smoked salmon, with garlic and red onions. Yummy. Sticky rice on the side (I always make twice as much as I need), and roasted vegetables. I think we went through two bulbs of garlic. Yikes, that's a lot of garlic, and the house still has the sweet odour of roasted garlic.

And! Chez Dukay's latest vintage is already drinkable. Its been in the bottle for less than a month, and its already good wine. I'm surprised. It is a medium sweetness Reisling, with just a little bit of spicyness. Very surprising. Twenty-nine bottles remaining.