Crumpled Thoughts

Here it is. Blog 2.0. Needed a place to post random thoughts, rants, and nuggets of sage wisdom.

This is going to be a real “grab bag” of stuff. Nice to have my soapbox back— Let’s see how it goes

I’m really struggling with the design of this site. On one hand I really appreciate clean, lightweight web designs. I also like enjoy some eye-candy for visual interest. The photo at the top of this page (at time of publishing) is a picture I took of the submarine I was stationed on in the Navy. It was an early morning and we had stopped in Alaska after doing sound trials in the Puget Sound. I can’t remember why we were running the diesel generator. The billowing white smoke is the exhaust from the diesel. So much for nuclear submarines not contributing to greenhouse gasses.

Anyhow— That image takes up a bunch of screen real estate. Hopefully it’s worth it. Let me know your thoughts on it. I’ve modified the Falling Dreams Wordpress theme for use here. I dig the concrete background. Oliver Russell uses a very similar background on their web site. Since I generally think that Oliver Russell does some of the best design work around, I’ll stick with it. Immitation is the most sincere form of flattery after all.

-Chris