This website has been due for a redesign for years. I first registered the domain in May 2003, and used a WYSIWYG web design editor, Namo WebEditor to create the pages. It was easy, but only if you do not strive for coding perfection. Now, I don’t claim to be able to produce perfect code, but the more I learned about coding, the less I liked what I did here at Grump’s Place. Then the problems came…

…and multiplied. I began trying to tweak the code and re-write some of the pages, or portions of it anyway. Oh man, I totally screwed some up so bad I had to get rid of them. You see, as many of these types of “out-of-the-box” web creation products do, they insert a bunch of code that just isn’t your standard fare - especially if you have learned as little as I had at that point. But I wanted so much more.

So, I learned more and I practiced and spent time on great websites and forums like SitePoint, Position Is Everything and of course, W3 Schools Tutorials. The more I learned, » Read the whole entry »

Nestled in the nether regions of My Documents was a copy of the first blog post I ever did. Although this is January 2008, I time-stamped this at the same date and time this file was created. Click the image there on the left to see what it looked like back then. What you see below is word-for-WordPress. The only thing I changed was the email link at the end - it now links to my official contact page. Sorry. I know it’s bad, but remember, this was new to me in 2003 and still new to the World Wide Winternet back then. Enjoy.

It’s an official fad. I read about “blogs” in my daily newspaper, The Sacramento Bee, and thought, gee, I could do that. So, I did. I don’t really know why I did, ‘cept I don’t have nothin’ else to do at this particular time. An’ I know you all are jest jumpin’ at the chance to read my wit and wisdom. Okay, you’re not. But I see you got nothin’ better ta do either.

Le’see, what do I have to piss an’ moan about today? » Read the whole entry »