Chapter 4

I have a cold. Having a cold in a computer lab, when physically cold, and with a load of work to do doesn't make for good times.

I completed Chapter 4 this evening, taking a good two hours to care for my persistent sneezing and wiping of my nose while performing the exercises. I uploaded the updates to my personal website as well, figuring out how to link the lessons to the files in my jump drive. I wasn't sure if that was what we were supposed to do as opposed to simply providing the directions to where the file is at, but I linked them. I'll probably ask Professor Howard about it Monday if I can remember. My group and I still have a lot to do for our group project. Actually, we really don't, but considering my personality and perfectionist urges, I have a feeling we're going to be working on it a lot more than initially thought.

Anyway, I digress. As I was saying, I finished Chapter 4 and emailed the professor the Chapter 4 study guide. I've also begun thinking of working on a new graphic for my individual site. I think I'll simply provide a new header image and perhaps change the background color... and maybe the font. I really wish that I had all these programs on my computer so I could work on them at home... so I can keep my germs to myself. -_-

I considered starting Chapter 5 but after flipping through that section, I noticed that it was going to deal with images and I figured that that was going to take me some time... time that I really didn't want to spend just then. I'll work on it tomorrow. I think they're all due... the 5th... 8th...?

Chapter 3

During class and even for an hour after class on Wednesday for the past three weeks, my group and I have been meeting to work on our group project. For the first meeting, we discussed what we wanted to do for our website. We decided on some type of catering company and with Bradley's connections with the Radisson, it was decided that we would create a website for Radisson's catering. The next couple of meetings, we determined the color schemes, layouts, and content, including text and graphics. As of now, we have created the templates for about 5 pages on the site with images and tables. This Wednesday, we plan on finishing the addition of images and adding texts as well as linking the pages.

Today, I worked on the lessons in our textbook's Chapter 3 for about two hours. I found it a little annoying working through the differences between following the directions for Dreamweaver 8 and using Dreamweaver 9. I know it's not something that could have been avoided, but it was a slight annoyance.

I regret not finishing the Lessons consistently. I had to skim through the last chapter to remember what I was doing because it had already been about a month since the last chapter I worked on. My schedule isn't exactly a desirable thing, much like any college student, so I often found myself pushing the Lessons back, thinking that I could simply work on them at a later date. While not a pressing exercise, it often took the backseat to other more pressing assignments from other classes like papers and other group projects.