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CSS does not suck, but it can be a bit frustrating…

On a recent project, I started building a pure-CSS drop-down menu system. It worked… Sort of… In some browsers… Almost. In total, I probably spent two days reading, testing, tweaking, and reload and at the end I gave up, because as much as I love CSS, and wanted a pure-CSS solution to work for this particular project, I just couldn’t spend any more time on it. I ended up deleting the 50 or so extra lines of CSS the menu system needed, and went with the gMenu system, which uses a combination of CSS (yay!) and Javascript (ugh!) and works. Oh, it’s also open-source.

I’m still not 100% set on gMenu, so if you have another suggestion, please let me know. I would prefer a pure-CSS solution without Javascript, but I don’t think that will work. What do you use for drop-down menu systems?

Ok folks, if you are interested in BarCampMilwaukee, check out the wiki page: BarCampMilwaukee…

I’m hoping barcampmilwaukee.com shows up soon (and I’d be happy to host it) but for now, let’s get moving using the BarCamp resources we have available. Who’s with me? Justin? Jordan? Jeremy?

I found the paper edition of JobDig at the grocery store, and read it while waiting for an appointment, but lo and behold, there is also JobDig.com, and since I am still searching for a “Job that I Dig” checked it out…

I didn’t find anything that quite fit my skills or career goals, but I did stumble across the JobDig Podcast, which I thought was well done. Some of the podcast titles include: “Three Common Deadly Interview Mistakes” and “Exceptions for Exceptional Weirdos.”

So at least I’ve got some podcasts to listen to while I wait for all the offers to roll in… :)

It’s been a few months since I got the Buried songs online, and since then I got two songs from Patrick Hotlen, but never got to upload them due to Ourmedia problems. Well, they are finally up, and on the MilwHC Natural Cause page.

“Hell Bound” is one of my favorites, and “Death of a Miser” shows the musical abilities of Natural Cause at the time. I’m glad these are up now, as the whole idea behind the Milwaukee Hardcore project is to make our history available. Do you have something to contribute? Please do…

I’ve pretty much given up on the idea that this blog will help me get a job… (Unless someone wants to prove me wrong.)

I’ve also learned that looking for a job is a lot of work. You spend time on the job boards, and time writing (and re-writing) your resume, and talking to recruiters, and going to interviews, and you might even try a bit of networking, hoping you meet someone who might know someone who is hiring.

Anyway, I am a web geek for hire! I do open-source stuff, Perl, PHP, Apache, Linux, MySQL… Mac OS X, blogging, podcasting, videoblogging, wikis, Microformats, Sematic Web, XHTML/CSS, etc… And even though I’m a techie-nerd, I come from the publishing world with a graphic design background. I love the web. I want to help build it, and improve it, for a company I like and respect. Is that so much to ask for?

Do you know of something in the Milwaukee/Madison area, or something with a company that doesn’t care where I live? Let me know…

Hey, in the meantime, I’ll just be hopeful that PayMeToBlog.com takes off and pays me enough to live my extravagant lifestyle.

(P.S. I don’t do .NET or Java…)