Still breathing...

[teyrnon]

Well, I'm still breathing. It's a new year and I'm feeling hopeful this will be a better year than the preceding couple years have been. I'd make a new year's resolution but as the year is new it's hard to say where things are going so any specific resolutions I might make are out and I'm not inclined to conjure up any generic ones for the moment. Not much new to report, I still have this odd feeling that a large chunk of my life is on hold and waiting for something. What exactly I've yet to discern.

I'm going to attempt to be down in Atlanta in the near future to visit a couple libraries. Among other things I need to get to somewhere that has an OED. If I do get to do this it's going to have to be an all day thing since for all intents and purposes I'm going to be stranded in the area from morning to evening. Hopefully nothing goes wrong. I figure after I get the little research done I'll visit a few old haunts. Is Oxford Comics still where it was? I haven't been there since 2004 or so. I know Sword of the Phoenix closed in 2005 sadly.

I haven't been on MARTA since about the middle of 2004. I find myself wondering if there have been any significant changes with MARTA in the last three years. Hmm...What's a Breeze Card? Hmm, and what's the current fare rate I wonder. I believe it was $1.75 the last time I rode. I still have a token or two from the last time.

In other news I'm still trying to decide whether I want to go ahead and redesign the top page of my web site or not. I like it as it is but I realize others might find it dull and boring in the layout and graphics. Oh well. I posted a request for feedback but only one person responded, I really don't know how to take that, Could be a sign of whether anybody much reads my posts. :)

Comments

[turdburgler.livejournal.com]

Oxford is still there, although it's been about 4 months since I've been there.

MARTA has been slowly phasing in new cars, and the stations are supposed to have scrolling marquis to give you info updates about the trains but they have so far not been too useful.

The breeze card is their attempt to phase out the tokens. It's $1.75 for a refill on a card you already have, but if you get a new card it's marked up to something like $2.00. They theoretically take credit cards to pay for fare, but I have yet to see a machine work with one. Still use cash. :)

As far as the website top page goes, tell me what you are trying to convey with it (and what kind of site this is supposed to be -- personal, professional, or both?) and I'll try to give you feedback about it based on that.

[cybermystic.livejournal.com]

Have they done away with the monthly and weekly transcards then? How successful have they been at phasing out tokens? I'd rather not have to get a breeze card as I'm unlikely to do this but once this year. I'm assuming it works along the lines of a debit card which strikes me as an extra hassle more than anything else. I think I'll make a point to carry lots of ones and quarters that day.

The website? I'll call it personal, although my portfolio when I finally get around to getting it online will probably be on a subdomain. Well, temporarily anyway.

[jigsawdiva.livejournal.com]

We have the OED at my school, but MARTA doesn't run up here, and this would be a REALLY dull place to hang around for a day ;)

You know most academic libraries may well have the OED linked online. Although it would be more fun to go out. Besides, I enjoy the sheer textiness of the hard copy.

[cybermystic.livejournal.com]

The last time I checked the online OED was a subscription service with a hefty fee of about $300 a year for a private individual. If I had the money to afford that I'd just go ahead and buy a used set.

We don't have MARTA out here either, my one option for getting downtown, is a GRTA express bus, which may or may not have return trips, the website is unclear due to contradictory statements. Looks like the only way to find out for sure is to take the trip. I'm desperate enough to get access to an OED that I'm willing to chance it, once I sort out a few contingency plans.

[jigsawdiva.livejournal.com]

That's why I was saying you might be able to get there from an academic library's site, if the university subscribes.

[cybermystic.livejournal.com]

Ah. I think I see what you're suggesting. Unfortunately those places are set up so that you can only access the subscription based site if you're connecting from within the University's network or if you have a login and password provided by the institution in question.