Two Things
Where do all the big pairs of scissors go once they've cut the ribbon?After many hours spent tinkering with a programming language that I didn’t really understand, I finally created a template worthy of The Gist of It. Consider it a new look for a man entering the second half-decade of marriage; a mid-decade crisis, if you will. However, rather than going out and buying a shiny new sports car (those new vintage-looking Thunderbirds spring immediately to mind), I decided to save money and settled for a new template design. I was even too cheap to have someone design it for a small fee. No, I decided to do things the old-fashioned way, with sweat and elbow grease (and typing).
The real question is what you guys think of it. Is it too daring, too garish, too distracting? Or is it the most beautiful thing you’ve ever seen? Of course, you can feel free to say that it is something in between these extremes.
The interesting thing, and you can consider this a segue way into the second topic of discussion, was that even though I have an extremely limited knowledge of programming, I was able to tinker around with the language enough to suit my desires. By comparing my new template with the old, by trial and error, by prayer and fasting, I came up with a template that I am relatively proud of (it being my first and all). I didn’t create the cool ball thing on top, nor the very basic layout, but the tweaking is of my own creation.
My point is, even though I didn’t really understand what I was reading or looking at, I was able to piece it together in my head well enough to get by. While part of me did not comprehend it, another part of me did comprehend it.
Confused? Here’s an example:
(Courtesy of Paul Jerome Legge)
(By the way, don’t pass this by because it looks weird. Believe it or not, you can read it…)
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd what I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid. Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch taem at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in what oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Such a cdonition is arppoiately cllaed Typoglycemia :).
Amzanig huh? Yaeh and you awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorantt.
Confused? Here’s an example:
(Courtesy of Paul Jerome Legge)
(By the way, don’t pass this by because it looks weird. Believe it or not, you can read it…)
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd what I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid. Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch taem at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in what oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Such a cdonition is arppoiately cllaed Typoglycemia :).
Amzanig huh? Yaeh and you awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorantt.
Welcome and Good-bye from the New, Improved Gist of It.
posted by Team Kerbel @ 12:00 AM
24 Comments:
Oooo, I like it! Nice job!
At your urging, I have posted a couple of my stories on my site. BTW, when I mentioned Hemingway, Steinbeck and Hawthorne, I wasn't comparing myself, LOL!
Whoa.
That was neat. That weird spelling thing. I bet children couldn't do that--like Natalie.
I always wondered what happened to the huge scissors too...
Hey Simon, great job on the redesign! Looks really good...I like the shade of blue especially.
You would have to be able to spell the words right to be able to jumble them up like that.
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Good Job, Simon. I'm very impressed at your skillz.
Test...
Jana - Very courageous of you to put your stories on the blog for all to see. I haven't had time to read them yet - but I'll be over there soon to check them out.
Sadie - We shouldn't speculate. Have Natalie try to read it and see if she can follow it. I think we would all agree that it is our "assumptions" that allow us to read the piece so fluidly, which makes for a very interesting conversation.
Bill - Thanks for the awesome compliment! I took a chance and I think it paid off.
Sparkling - You're probably right, but I wonder if someone who couldn't even spell could read it if someone else created it.
Levi - Anytime someone removes their own comment, it makes me extremely curious. Tell me, in your first post, did you say what you really thought about my redesign? I can see it now: you're in mid-rebuke and then you're struck with this odd feeling, that maybe you shouldn't be so brutally honest because Simon's an nice guy and he doesn't really know much about programming, and so with a bit of disappointment you delete your honest post in favor of a more muted one. Or am I putting too much thought into this?
Simon - Test? What's that mean?
I should probably tell my boyfriend it doesn't matter if you mess up your spelling. He's dyslexic and rather embarrassed of it at times, hehe.
I never saw the old design but your site looks great. Good colours, though I'd change the colour of the date and time stamp at the bottom. Minor detail but that's hard to read.
Hmmm...to be honest, I'm not sure what to think of your blog - the content, I mean.
Do most of your readers typically enjoy your blog immediately, or do they usually need to "warm-up" to your writing?
Just curious.
i've always wondered about those giant scissors too. like where do you buy them from, and what do you use it for once the ribbon's cut? obviously not arts and crafts with the kids.
Phoenix wrote:
"Do most of your readers typically enjoy your blog immediately, or do they usually need to 'warm-up' to your writing?"
Um, well, I'm not really sure if that is the case or not. I suppose the readers would be a better judge of that, and hopefully some will throw in their two cents. Of course, I think everything I write is fluid and easy to read, but that's because I am the one writing it.
So, hopefully some readers will respond. Go ahead, be honest. I won't get hurt.
Phoenix is reluctant to give in to the lure of Simon's blog. When he opens the site there's feelings in his bosom that he doesn't quite understand. He's not sure what to think (about the content, that is). What will happen when he warms up to Simon's blog? Euphoria? Death? Eternal life? Pheonix is curious... His mind is saying that he should run away and never visit Simon's blog again, but his heart... His heart is saying, "Stay... Stay Pheonix... You will warm up to Simon's writing..."
But what then? he wonders. What then?
Great new site design.
Levi,
Euphoria? Death? Eternal Life?
Um...nope.
Thanks for playing, though!
Well--
I guess me and Levi couldn't convince the Phoenix of the inherent qualities of my content. It was a wonderful try, Levi. I couldn't have said it better myself. I admit (rather tongue-in-cheek) that there is a certain mystique to the content reflected in Levi's pontifications. However, like some strange euphoric drug, some are immune to its effects.
Ah, well.
Levi and Simon,
You guys are funny...
I will continue to survey the "inherent qualities" of your content.
Take care!
Looks awesome, good work!
I'm hanging in there for the answer to the scissor question.
The Really Big Scissors go into the Really Big Kitchen Drawer.
Oh Mike! You took my answer - I was coming to post and say that the go in the very big junk drawer, as we call it in my house. So I guess I will just leave my comment about how big the sharpener must be to sharpen those babies. :)
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Interesting Blog. Thanks.
Sincerely,
Pat
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