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A Pink Site

All of the tweaks to make the site look the same across all major browsers has been done. In case you're wondering why the site is so pink. It's pink because I know you're going to wonder why it's pink. I wanted a brighter site than I used to have but I didn't want it to burn the eyes. Blue is an overused color on websites, very cold and corporately [madeupword]. Apparently it means you're serious but I think it means you're boring.  Green is a good 'natural' neutral as far as psychological connection but that's not what I'm going for, I like the warmth of orange but orange (and yellow) are almost too hot. It's like staring into the sun if it's bright. What I ended up choosing was warm and loaded with a more emotional and less sterile feeling. Unfortunately it can also be taken other ways, but my nature to challenge the boundaries or guidelines society gives us only encouraged the decision. So there you go, a pink site.

Site is Now Live

Site is now live to work out any kinks that may be more difficult to find in the testing environment. It doesn't look like it, but it's been a long grinding process to get it to this point. A lot of the time was spent on the Javascript stuff. Figuring out the most efficient layout for various pages was also sometimes a challenge. In the end I like this site a lot better than my older one and based on my previous experiences, the site will get tweaks to be better looking and have more content from here on out. There are a few things I don't quite like about the color scheme, and a few things that I know don't look right across all browsers, the site is completely functional now. My favorite feature is the in-line demo reel viewer that replaces the slideshow and doesn't waste CPU cycles in the background. The slideshow code is completely unloaded to reduce overhead on the visitor/client's computer. So people using Flash on mac won't get completely scre