Save me!

At work. Blogging. Bored.

Someone save me… or kill me. Whatever works for you.

It’s The Little Things

I’m always looking for new ways to improve my blog. Panels of Awesome has been on the net for over a year now and I’ve gone through countless layouts, ideas, plugins and other things trying to make it better and better. That being said, I’ve run into a bunch of issues that I have with my current layout and design that need serious changes. This goes beyond the aesthetic look of the site. It could start affecting the actual readability of the site itself as well as the loading of pages and such. Here’s some of the problems that I have right now:

• Too much flash

There are a number of flash and javascript portions of the site that are really bogging down the overall load time of pages. That needs to change.

• Too much work for each post

I find myself posting less lately because I’ve been somewhat shaken up from some of the recent events in my life but also because, the way that the design is set up, it takes me far too long to insert images, thumbnails and templates for various articles.

There’s more, I just can’t remember it all right now. So, what can I do to fix these issues and get my mind back on track? Break it all down and start from scratch. Build it all back up but keep things simple. I think that I’ve been trying to turn the site into something that it’s not. I’ve been trying to inflate the site and, in the process, have been making the workload much to hard on myself.

Need to rewind and get things back in control.

More soon.

Rest In Peace

It’s been a rough couple of weeks. My dad passed away on the 29th of June and I’m still in shock from the entire thing. He was a healthy guy, aside from enjoying the occasional 4L tub of ice cream and having a cigarette every now and then. I don’t know if it’s really hit me yet that he’s actually gone but I’m sure that the first time since his death that I go visit his cottage in Ontario, arguably his favorite place to be and the place that was home to many of my favorite memories of him, it’ll hit me in the face like a half-ton truck.

Needless to say, it’ll probably be a pretty painful experience that will be a repeat of the couple days before, during and after his passing.

~ R.I.P. Dave Haynes ~