I'M MOVING!!!

I'm now in the process of moving to my brand spanking new account!

Follow me down the yellow brick road to [link]

s for all my friends, watchers, commenters, and just generally everyone I've had the pleasure of meeting on here, hope to see you all on my new account!

Well, it has been a while since I've been active on dA. Actually, judging from the dates on my journal entries it has been about eight months since I was really active. I am buried so deep in messages and deviations I don't think I'll be able to dig my way out. I'm probably just going to have to delete a bunch of them and start fresh.

I hope the holidays were good for everyone, and I wish you all a happy 2009.

Tis the season to be jolly, and busy...

It may be obvious, but I haven't had much time for dA lately. With the holiday season among us my days are filled with shopping (mostly window ), errands, and usually unsuccessful attempts to spread the holiday cheer. There is also a new addition to my family, making me a first time uncle. I try to spend as much of my free time as possible with my new niece, Grace. Also, I have taken up trying to learn ActionScript 3 by hand, since I can't afford Flash CS3. Having said all that, dA has been a little beyond my reach. I figured I should write a journal to point out that I'm not ignoring anyone, I'm just not around and when I am it's usually only for a few seconds.

Cheers and Happy Holidays!
~Me

Collection Reorganization

Looking through my faves I've come to the conclusion that the type of art I fave varies widely. It must have something to do with my mood, the season, astrological alignment, current AL East standings, and my endless pursuit of a perfect number who's proper positive divisors can be divided by zero.

Anywho, I have realized that I need to reorganize my faves and collections because of that. I have been neglecting adding faves since I didn't have any proper collections to add them to. I'm going to cut my collections down to their most basic categories as defined by dA. Namely Traditional Art, Digital Art, and Photography. I will also have a few other select subject specific collections like Aviation, Maine, and my all time favorite FU. That will make it easier for me to add new favorites to their proper collections as determined by the category they are submitted in.

I also need to remove all the CSS and HTML I have in my collections, I don't think I'll be renewing my subscription anytime soon.

Well, that's enough rambling for now. I just wanted to put this out there since I'm not sure if deviants are alerted when you move a fave from one collection to another. If you're getting a bunch of alerts about me adding deviations to collections, that is why.


Random Thought
2^n-1(4ⁿ × 8) - (n² ÷ (n × n³)) = The meaning of life

2% market share for Google on dA
Has anyone read Spyed's (aka Angelo) journal? Apparently Google's new browser, Chrome which is still in beta, was in use by 2% of the deviantART visitors on the day it was released. I would be among that 2%. I downloaded it and tried it out. Google definitely has a really good thing going. Some of the features under the hood are, dare I say, revolutionary. Most notably is that each tab in Google Chrome is it's own separate process which means if one web page is slow, the other tabs don't have to wait. Also, if one tab crashes the other tabs remain open and the crashed tab shows a frown. Another big thing is it's approach to javascript, using a JIT (Just In Time) compiler type approach, known as V8, to make javascript run faster. It's about time a browser was released that is built for the Web 2.0 world. All that being said, Chrome still will not replace Firefox for me in the foreseeable future, but if developers start making some of the add ons I rely upon in Firefox for Chrome before Firefox adapts some of Chrome's technologies then I may consider the switch.
Spyed's journal: [link]
On another note...

How many people does it take to change a light bulb?
The answer: More than it should if it's a headlamp in a Chrysler 300M. I just went through the pain staking process of replacing a headlamp in a Chrysler 300M, and I feel like I've accomplished a great feat. Open hood, remove old headlamp, insert new headlamp, close hood, good to go, right? No. Changing a headlamp in that car requires removing the bumper, well technically it's called the "front facia" but it is definitely a PITA.

More personal news
Had a wedding in the family last weekend. It was really good to see some of the people in my extended family that I don't get to see too often. They're spread out all around the country. My cousin is living in Virginia and plays guitar for a band called "ShugaBlam! and the Purple Pumps" [pauses for laughter]. You can see them doing a song that he wrote the music for here: [link]
Anywho, the wedding was on an island and the reception was on a chartered party boat with an open bar. Of course, the party didn't end after the cruise since the boat docks right at the foot of the Old Port which is known for it's bars and night life.

^{Seems most the people I know here on dA have gone AWOL but I'll keep the talkback section going anyways since I like hearing from you.}
Talkback
Have you tried Google Chrome yet? If you have then what are your opinions? If not then why not? Is there room in the browser market for yet another browser? Do you think Chrome will influence any of the other browsers? What about Microsoft, will they finally decide to make a decent browser out of IE9?