http://andybrandt.com everything andy brandt This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site. cool stuff: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:00:08 CST Andy Brandt http://andybrandt.com/news/techno-babble/116-image-resizing.html http://andybrandt.com/news/techno-babble/116-image-resizing.html i finally got around to starting work on the picture gallery. i am just going to get a quick and dirty one working, then i will fancy it up with some neat effects that i have in mind. it is partially working right now, so you can check it out. Fri, 16 Jun 2006 00:32:16 CST Andy Brandt http://andybrandt.com/news/site-news/115-picture-gallery-nearing-completion.html http://andybrandt.com/news/site-news/115-picture-gallery-nearing-completion.html i just got a new bike on saturday, a trek 4900, and so far, i'm liking it. i took it to and from work today (~9 km each way), and really enjoyed the ride. the traffic was surprisingly light and it only took me a few more minutes than it does by car. no complaints here! Tue, 06 Jun 2006 17:59:56 CST Andy Brandt http://andybrandt.com/news/da-shiznit/114-my-new-bike.html http://andybrandt.com/news/da-shiznit/114-my-new-bike.html it seems like such a trivial thing, but i finally got the menu working properly. i decided to completely rewrite the menu code, because i think i was overcomplicating things. it now works in less than half the code i had before. yay for me! Thu, 01 Jun 2006 19:35:15 CST Andy Brandt http://andybrandt.com/news/site-news/113-more-about-the-menu.html http://andybrandt.com/news/site-news/113-more-about-the-menu.html i have added some fx to the site, thanks to moo.fx. however, the menu seems to act a bit funky when using ie6. i'll try and get that fixed shortly. it does work fine with firefox and opera. it also appears to work fine with ie7, however, i think my background is causing ie7 to run really slow. i will look into both issues and hopefully have them fixed soon. Tue, 30 May 2006 19:04:23 CST Andy Brandt http://andybrandt.com/news/site-news/112-the-menu-and-other-fx.html http://andybrandt.com/news/site-news/112-the-menu-and-other-fx.html i am in the process of tweaking the layout a bit. bear with me as i try and find something that i like looking at. any comments would be appreciated. don't be shy now! Thu, 25 May 2006 21:23:20 CST Andy Brandt http://andybrandt.com/news/site-news/111-layout-tweaking.html http://andybrandt.com/news/site-news/111-layout-tweaking.html congratulations taylor on being the next american idol! i knew from the beginning you were going to win. soul patrol! Wed, 24 May 2006 21:38:32 CST Andy Brandt http://andybrandt.com/news/misc/108-congratulations-taylor.html http://andybrandt.com/news/misc/108-congratulations-taylor.html i have switched hosting companies, and the transition seems to be fairly smooth. everything seems to be working how it was before, but i haven't got any of the picture galleries up yet. i am planning on doing the picture galleries differently, but i haven't totally decided what i want to do. anyhow, they should be back up shortly. Wed, 24 May 2006 19:54:11 CST Andy Brandt http://andybrandt.com/news/site-news/105-switched-hosting-companies.html http://andybrandt.com/news/site-news/105-switched-hosting-companies.html i'm sorry, i take it back. i love your webpage.everyone listen up! anybody who needs bobcat work, go to http://www.jkleveling.com NOW! Thu, 11 May 2006 23:30:38 CST Andy Brandt http://andybrandt.com/news/misc/104-sorry.html http://andybrandt.com/news/misc/104-sorry.html this is just an update so jayme doesn't get too bored reading the same old thing. maybe you should think about updating your own site, since i am very bored at looking at that damned bobcat. Thu, 11 May 2006 15:26:34 CST Andy Brandt http://andybrandt.com/news/misc/103-preventing-boredom.html http://andybrandt.com/news/misc/103-preventing-boredom.html well, i really messed up the dates on all the news items. silly me. i will try and recover them from a backup if i can find one. Wed, 08 Mar 2006 21:38:44 CST Andy Brandt http://andybrandt.com/news/misc/102-messed-up-the-date.html http://andybrandt.com/news/misc/102-messed-up-the-date.html wow, almost 10 months since my last update. a few obvious thing, i've switched over to my new layout. the new commenting system is in place and hopefully should work. the rest of the content should slowly start coming over soon too. other things to note, Manutrain Solutions, the company i work for, has changed it's name to uniPoint. we've been extremely busy there, but we finally have a few beta sites running with our new product, and everything seems to be going good so far. Mon, 06 Mar 2006 20:17:55 CST Andy Brandt http://andybrandt.com/news/misc/100-its-been-a-while.html http://andybrandt.com/news/misc/100-its-been-a-while.html ain't that the truth. Wed, 25 May 2005 19:14:55 CST Andy Brandt http://andybrandt.com/news/misc/97.html http://andybrandt.com/news/misc/97.html i've started work on my new design. you can view the ongoing progress here. it isn't much right now, i was just getting the classes and templates working properly. Sat, 12 Mar 2005 20:13:55 CST Andy Brandt http://andybrandt.com/news/misc/96.html http://andybrandt.com/news/misc/96.html this is my brand new desk at my brand new job! i started on monday at Manutrain Solutions. got two nice 19 inch dell lcd's, i have never worked with dual monitors before, and i must say that it is very nice. very handy for coding and debugging and what not. the picture was taken on my fairly new motorola v551, which i am quite pleased with so far. i also made a nibbles-like game for it, which i will make available here to the general public shortly, once i get it working a bit better and some of the bugs ironed out. and yes, i know i mentioned something about a site redesign, although i haven't actually started anything, i am pretty sure that i will be going with the smarty templating engine, just to seperate the code from the interface a bit better. i also have a few ideas that i'd like to try out to make the site a little easier to navigate and hopefully more user-friendly. Mon, 07 Mar 2005 20:12:55 CST Andy Brandt http://andybrandt.com/news/misc/95.html http://andybrandt.com/news/misc/95.html wow, this article, by tim buckley, of ctrl+alt+del, pretty much says everything says exactly what i think, only with better wording. have a read! this is actually the second in a series, the first, has the complete opposite view, so you may want to take a peek at that one too. Fri, 04 Mar 2005 14:56:57 CST Andy Brandt http://andybrandt.com/news/misc/94.html http://andybrandt.com/news/misc/94.html if you are unsatisfied with the usual mapping websites, then check out google maps. simply put, they are amazing. if you're a bit of a geek and want to know how they work, there is a very informative article on the subject. also, i feel it is time for yet another site redesign, i've been thinking about some new layouts and maybe in the next little while you will see some changes here. Wed, 09 Feb 2005 15:35:36 CST Andy Brandt http://andybrandt.com/news/misc/93.html http://andybrandt.com/news/misc/93.html happy new years! wow, it's been a while since i've written anything here, so i'll give you a quick re-cap of that last little while. i finally graduated from red river college in the ist program (with honors!), and i am now working at the same place where i had my summer co-op, deloitte & touche. i also finally moved out of my parents basement around the middle of december. other than that, nothing much else is new. i hope everyone has a great 2005! Mon, 03 Jan 2005 17:28:29 CST Andy Brandt http://andybrandt.com/news/misc/92.html http://andybrandt.com/news/misc/92.html i was in brandon on saturday for my cousin tyler's wedding, and i put up some pictures from it. enjoy. Tue, 17 Aug 2004 09:40:41 CST Andy Brandt http://andybrandt.com/news/misc/91.html http://andybrandt.com/news/misc/91.html i will be heading back to red river on august 30th, to finish off my last term. i'm looking forward to it, in that i'll be completely done school around the end of november, and hopefully i will be able to find a good job that i can enjoy. Fri, 13 Aug 2004 13:36:37 CST Andy Brandt http://andybrandt.com/news/misc/90.html http://andybrandt.com/news/misc/90.html