Gabe Harris

Times are changing

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

And so is my site. Don’t try to use the contact form in the footer yet, it won’t get you anywhere. The contact form should work now! I’m using some CSS3 and HTML5, and Wordpress (still), and jQuery (still), and the 960 Grid System. I have also drastically simplified the site, and cut out a lot of garbage. Most of the garbage is still available if you dig around, it’s just not blasted in your face like it was before. I got tired of all the nonsense I see all over so many sites, I really wanted to let content be the focus of the new design. Additionally I decided that font-replacement JavaScript is trash, so I’m using the @font-face technique. And I have completely abandoned trying to make the site look the same in all browsers. I have a script that should do some magic if you’re running an older version of IE (but I’m not checking what it actually does), the site is really designed for Chrome or Firefox (I’m guessing Safari looks similar to Chrome.)

BTW, if you want to “social bookmark” anything, you know how to do it, I’m not putting 497 icons all over the place to do it for you.

I like the new design, I was looking for something more “serious” feeling (maybe an effect of the 73 feet of snow we got this winter?)

Also left to do is to make some sense of a mobile version of the site. I haven’t looked at it on a mobile browser yet, but I’m guessing it could use some help.

I hope you enjoy the new site!

• tagged: clean, dark, new site, redesign
• categorized: blogging, css, design, personal, site
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Flip Flop Social Media Icons

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

I like downloading free stuff, so I wanted to give something back. Here are 10 social media icons. They are flip flops, naturally. Use them however you see fit. The .zip file includes .png’s and psd’s in 2 sizes (I don’t know how well they’d work if you made them smaller than 128px wide). You are welcome to modify them and/or create new ones. If you have an extreme emotional reaction (good or bad) leave a comment. Here is the preview:

I hope you get some use out of them. It would be great if you credited me (via GreenFlipFlops.com) if/when you use them, but if not, you will have horrible things happen to you. If you’re not following me on Twitter, you should.

Finally, here is the download.

• tagged: downloads, freebies, icons, psd, social media
• categorized: design, personal, photoshop
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New j-o-b

Friday, August 14th, 2009

Took a look at my site and noticed I hadn’t posted anything in pert near 2 months. Saw that I’ve only tweeted about twice in the past month, too. Busy guy. Or has it lost some of it’s luster? Keep reading…

• tagged: job, professional, work
• categorized: asp.net, css, development, javascript, personal
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Monster Bass

Monday, June 15th, 2009

I caught a hawg! I love fishing top water, and I’m fortunate that my parents have a nice pond with lots of vegetation and fish in it. Everything came together on 6/13 for this pig to get hauled in. I didn’t have a scale, and I didn’t measure it, but I’m guessing it’s in the 6-7 pound range and about 22 inches. She was really long, but not too thick since it’s after the spawn. Cocoa the dog was not harmed in the fishing expedition, but she loves to get a close up look when a fish is landed.

Keep reading…

• tagged: bass, fishing, topwater
• categorized: personal
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Pardon the absence

Sunday, April 26th, 2009

My wife had a baby! Keep reading…

• tagged: daughter, family, fatherhood, kids
• categorized: personal
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