Archive for September, 2008

Another Day

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Well it’s been a little while since I last posted. Was keeping pretty busy trying to catch up in my classes (I still am), but less stress now that I’ve the time to do it.  The play that was occupying my time, Einstein’s Gift, is done and over with.  It’s a bit of a surprise to have my schedule opened up for catching up on work, and a certain relief!

edit: the following blurb from the review is about me: “Joshua Corbin is both convincing as General Daimling and chilling as Nazi Education Minister Rust.”

In my assignment 1 I used a link from a website that I want to link here as a technical resource.  I’m a bit behind in such respects anyway! Anyhow, here is the link:

http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/hidden-links/

Have a great day!

In Regards to Assignment 1!

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

Well, here is the assignment page links:

Coded: http://corbinism.net/BASIC.html

Dreamweavered: http://corbinism.net/BASIC2.html

As for the process, here I go:

The first website was pretty standard up until I started hiding the links, and reproducing it in Dreamweaver was a simple enough matter of typing away using the window. One problem I did have was when it came to those hidden links I mentioned earlier. The closest I was able to find in dreamweaver was the “onmouseover” tag. I copied the code from the original website I made and pasted it over into Dreamweavers codeview.

There was one upside to using dreamweaver however, in that it recognized the code and told me I’d missed a ” in my code. It didn’t seem to have an effect on the way the website looked, but I changed it anyway.

As for differences in the code and end result, the main difference was that I use capitals for my tags (<HEAD> for example instead of <head>). It’s an old habit of mine, and I’m not sure it ever made a difference, but I’ll work on changing it to save time (On the other hand, when coding “by hand” it makes tags stand out from the rest of the site more). Dreamweaver also added a few lines of code both before the <head> section and within it as well, I see no difference when I try deleting it in test (I’ve left them in the finished version). Dreamweaver also seems to close all <p> tags where I leave them open, again I don’t see much of a difference beyond a slight spacing difference.

In regards to finished products, the two pages appear mostly identical, except for the extra space at the top of the page in the Dreamweaver version. (Observed within firefox).

New Perspective

Friday, September 5th, 2008

An interesting aspect of new media and Net.Art in particular is the chance to approach common things from a new angle, finding new methods of representation and examination.

A good example of this is the recent surge of movies based on comic books.  What other forms of media can be translated to another medium? Can we paint music? Can we film drawing?

In the meantime, I’ll work on my own projects.

Net.art

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

As part of my class requirements, I must BLOG.

Oddly enough, I’m not positive as to whether or not I must blog everyday, or simply to keep up with assignments. But one of the challenges of this class is that we are to be graded on effort.

I’m lazy. I don’t like effort. So to allow myself the opportunity to be lazy as I want, I’ll challenge myself by maintaining constant effort. Essentially an entry a day. This way I don’t have to increase my effort and can be lazy. Win win!

Well, I’ve been watching various shows, watching for different kinds of good writing (And mostly just to enjoy the shows). Looking forward to some of the newer shows coming out. Also watching older shows, such as Sarah Connor Chronicles, Stargate SG-1, and various Japanese Animes.