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June 25, 2003 10:45 P.M. The Novice Sometimes I think that I am a little crazy for trying to learn some new tricks, as old a dog as I am. But since I started writing this �journal� page (I use that term loosely, because it is not a �journal� in the truest sense.)�in February or March�I keep trying to learn how to work with html. I could just use the templates and settings which Diaryland has provided, and it would be a relatively simple thing. But I would not be satisfied with that. I have always loved messing around with graphics in table-top computer programs, but have had NO experience with html and web pages�none at ALL. Most people my age either �veg� or come up with some hobby or outside stimulus for an activity. I guess this has become somewhat of a hobby for me. I know that you creative folk with many hobbies in addition to your web pages, are miles ahead of me. I have never been very good with - or frankly�interested in doing - �crafty things�; although I greatly admire others who do, and who are able to put out professional quality products. My �homemade� stuff, just looks homemade! I suppose that if I had known, that the �simple and easy� web page, even at Diaryland, required a smattering of html, I would have balked even longer than I did at getting started. I mean, I never dreamed that I would not be able to BOLD text, or italicize a word, without using html tags. Nor did I know that you cannot type a simple poem with line breaks, without html tags for spacing. Nor did I realize that centering, text wrapping, bordering, etc., etc., etc., ALL require html�even in Diaryland. I guess I thought I would just type, copy and paste. Because I would never be satisfied without �sprucing it up a little�, and without adding some graphics, I am really working at figuring out some of the more simple of these processes. I appreciate that I have had a couple of good friends offer help when I needed it. I just bought a new HP printer/scanner/copier/FAX machine this week, and the picture above is the only �scan tester� I have done so far. It was a Mother�s Day card from my daughter. (Note the black border, - ahem!) And now, I am trying to learn �tables� and bordering. Well, - here goes. TA DA!
Placerita Canyon County Park Recently I read, �Serenity is knowing when to let go. Joy is knowing what to embrace.� Thanks for being there.
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