I was doing some work today updating a web site, and i just about threw up doing it. The HTML code had Frontpage 97 written all over it and the use of font tags and extraneous markup literally made me feel sick. It reminded me of when my parent's dog got sick and left an awful mess on the floor and i was the only on there to clean it up. In that situation, I tried to keep my eyes from looking directly at the mess taking full advantage of my less detailed peripheral vision. I took a break every now and then so the smell wouldn't trigger a vomit reflex. I used the exact same strategy with this website clean up. I had to walk away from my computer because i couldn't stand it any more. I deleted a bunch of lines but the page isn't exactly perfect. I decided to leave a tables and some crazy text formatting because the worst of it was out of there and i just couldn't look at it any more. I'll come back to it at some point to get rid of the rest just like i got rid of any trace of brown discoloration on my parent's white carpet.
Posted by Matthew at July 1, 2004 11:04 PM