Site Progress #1
By Kate Freeman | Posted on: 10/21/2022
Slowly tweaking the look of this front page as I learn more HTML5 and CSS. Onward and upward!
Welcome to my site!
I have been using the internet since 1996. I've seen a lot of changes to the web during that time. I became really interested in the websites people made about any topic under the sun, using just HTML 4.0 (old stuff!) I began tinkering with it off and on, eventually finding sites like Tripod, Bravenet, and Geocities, where you could set up a pretty nice looking page. The pages looked a lot like this one.
Time went on, and I got really busy with life, but the internet and how it worked kept on growing, changing, and morphing into what we have now. Personal HTML sites became Myspace, which gave way to Facebook, which led to Twitter, which led to Instagram. And of course, YouTube (You can learn all the new coding stuff there!)
So, welcome to my re-entry into the world of web development. Enjoy. If I can do this, you can too.
Important Announcement
By Kate Freeman | Posted on: 6/26/2024
It's come to my attention that my favorite website, Open Library, which is a part of the Internet Archive, is in a spot of trouble. Not that they've done anything wrong, but apparently "Big Publishing" sees them as a blockage in their way to world domination and massive profit.
It seems to me that we as folks who care about web development done the old-school way might be concerned about websites that help preserve old-school information, such as books that anyone can check out and read at any time of day, about any topic they want, on any device they want, so long as it gets wifi.
Open Library is seeking folks to sign a petition and if possible make a contribution towards a court appeal to have permission to check out books again. I'm hoping everyone within the sound of my rant will at least check out OL's blog for more information. Thanks for humoring me.
