Dresden managed to complete the most important preparations, thus is ready to welcome its guest: Marco.
Marco, however, confirmed not so long ago, a belated arrival of 15 minutes.
Waiting for Marco
September 27th, 2010Working on the preparing part
September 27th, 2010Well, the most important parts of the list are done with. The flat is ready to accept a visitor, unfortunately, that also means the hard part follows: I need to keep it that way, thus flee the area 
Also the menu was submitted and agreed on, thus leaving me to go shopping – which incidentally is great for the flat leaving clean part 
Great plan, isn’t it?
Also a few surprises have been prepared
How time flies,
September 23rd, 2010when you have entered the work force…
I remember quite clearly, what an ad-hoc decision the visit in Mainz was way back when. Yet, we still managed to plan all the important stuff before I even entered the train.
Now the work at home (the daily stuff you ought to do) seems to pile up every day…
Well, now is now, and then was then, lets get back to the present.
Two years after my visit in Mainz, Marco is now coming to Dresden. I still have a lot on my to do list though:
- clean up the mess, I call my apartment
- make a list of what to eat next week – although, there are already some ideas on a page of paper, so Marco most likely will not starve to death here
- go grocery shopping
- comb through the travel guide for interesting tourist attractions in Dresden (some first ideas are already on the list though)
- do the same regarding Bautzen and the suburbs there
- and another reading on Schleswig-Holstein and NMS
That does not sound for too much work, now does it?
Can we make it? YES, WE CAN!!! Let’s get going
It is done
September 23rd, 2010for the time being at least, I bet one or another error will make itself known in the future anyways
However, right now, everything should work out fine.
It took me a while
September 23rd, 2010But now the German web-site works properly and I will now add the adjustments I made there to the English version of the site.
The whole thing should be done within a few hours and then the first posts for Marco’s visit in Dresden will go online too.
So see you in a bit.
It is done :D
August 26th, 2010The new front-page just went online!
Enjoy
It also means, I can step forward to the next changes on the page and continue with my preparations for September the 27th
Small things need a lifetime to get accomplished
August 25th, 2010But sometimes they do not take quite as long. A part of the German front-page is now available and working. So far, it contains a countdown until a good friend of mine will visit me in Dresden.
During the day, I will attempt to finish the front-page and to work on fixing some other minor problems. When done, the plan is to put the English site through the same changes.
Hopefully, this all will be done until the end of today
Problems, problems
August 22nd, 2010nothing but problems.
The next post might take a bit longer to go online then I originally thought, since I encountered some problems coming with the change.
Since, I started to code the front page for the German web-page first, readers of that version are privy to all the steps – and will encounter the same problems as I do.
But as soon as the German web-page runs without problems in the smaller version, the changes will be done in the English version too. Hopefully, solving all the problems in the German part will prevent me from encountering the same or others on this page
Of course, even with the stuff going on elsewhere, I will keep you all appraised of the situation.
Menu panel changed…
August 20th, 2010…to contain Blog as the only option. The main page is still available via the Logo on the top left corner of each page.
Former pages in the menu have been disabled in a way, that you no longer can access them via the navigation, yet referring links are still valid. Thus, the user will not be forwarded to a 404 error, but to the referred page.
Another thing, as of now, the main page still displays the last blog entry in its complete form. This, however, will change with the next post. More detailed information will be given in that post itself.
The Website of a programmer… – 2nd Edition
August 19th, 2010I know, I know, it has been ages since I posted the 1st Edition! I am really sorry, but something totally annoying did happen between then and now: REAL LIFE (as computer geeks call it ).
Thus, lets do a little catching up here: First off, I got a job back in about April (yeah the same month I posted the first Edition ). I figured the job would be exhausting at first, but I would still be able to work on this baby.
Boy was I wrong!
What I did not anticipate though was that it might actually stay that way, rather than getting easier and thus giving me some time after hours to work on my stuff. Being naive enough to think that a 20 hour job actually might take up, if not exactly 20 hours, about 20 hours, maybe a few more…. Well, it takes up more than one or two hours a week than 20. The good News is, it puts money in the bank, the bad News is, private projects pile up at home.
Also my rather close timed visits to old haunting grounds are now by far and few between 
Yet, I figure I should try again to update and redo this site in what little time I have after hours, although, it will lead to me down-sizing the site.
Tomorrow, therefore, most parts of the site will be disabled, the only still working part will be the frontpage and the blog. Old posts and pages will be integrated into the blog over time, thus the articles and co will still be available to the public. Yet, direct links to the German version of the site will no longer be available, only the link to the frontpage. Also translations will no longer be done, which does not mean there will no longer be posts in English and German with the same topics, there will be if they make sense, yet no word to word translations. That is not to say, that translations of posts will not be done later if there is time and it makes sense.