It's a cut-down version of the one from http://www.vatican.va (http://www.vatican.va). Mine's a tenth of the size of the Pope's, though (which meant a lot in 1997, when I started the first page I used it on.)
And I trust you realise I have no idea what all that HTML (assuming it actually was HTML) stuff was, I'm still proud of myself for managing italics at all.
WHAT'S A NICE JEWISH BOY LIKE YOU BORROWING BACKGROUNDS FROM THE POPE FOR?
*giggle* It's the first step down a slippery slope. Next think you know I'll be writing him new websites.
And I trust you realise I have no idea what all that HTML (assuming it actually was HTML) stuff was, I'm still proud of myself for managing italics at all.
<i> for italics; <em> for emphasis (the idea being you let the web-browser or stylesheet decide how to represent emphasis (italics, underlining, bold, etc).
Can I ask how you did manage italics, then, if not with <i> tag?
Just because I now want to see what the < em > tag does.
Yes, I was using the < i > tag, and I don't even know how to put it in the text in such a way that it isn't taken as a command. Another reason for holding out against a LJ (the main one is a) I think I'd spend too much time on it and b) I've kept diaries before and I end up thinking in the past tense), since someone would have to set the thing up for me.
I think I'd spend too much time on it You'll probably still spend too much time on it even if you don't get an account, it'll just be less convenient. At least on the evidence of how you've been acting up till now!
I've kept diaries before and I end up thinking in the past tense If this is a problem for you then I suppose it's a reasonable excuse. I tend to do that anyway, so getting an LJ made no difference.
someone would have to set the thing up for me Actually no; LJ is set up to be usable by people who are far less computer-literate (I hardly need to mention far less intelligent) than you are. It has the functionality if you want to mess with HTML or even programming, but if not, the basic structure is all web-based forms with little patronizing messages saying, don't worry if you don't understand, most users can ignore these options.
There's been a lot on the news recently about the Pope and how Popes are chosen, it being the current Pope's silver jubilee, and there having been worries about him dying recently.
Someone at work said when they come to choose a new Pope, they'd have to do it on TV, with Pope Idol. To which I replied (plagiarising Nicky Campbell) the new one would then presumably be Pope John Paul George Ringo I.
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Top of the Popes
Date: 2003-10-14 06:13 am (UTC)EM wrote:
It's a cut-down version of the one from http://www.vatican.va (http://www.vatican.va). Mine's a tenth of the size of the Pope's, though (which meant a lot in 1997, when I started the first page I used it on.)WHAT'S A NICE JEWISH BOY LIKE YOU BORROWING BACKGROUNDS FROM THE POPE FOR?
Date: 2003-10-14 09:56 am (UTC)EM
Re: WHAT'S A NICE JEWISH BOY LIKE YOU BORROWING BACKGROUNDS FROM THE POPE FOR?
Date: 2003-10-15 02:53 pm (UTC)*giggle* It's the first step down a slippery slope. Next think you know I'll be writing him new websites.
And I trust you realise I have no idea what all that HTML (assuming it actually was HTML) stuff was, I'm still proud of myself for managing italics at all.
<i> for italics; <em> for emphasis (the idea being you let the web-browser or stylesheet decide how to represent emphasis (italics, underlining, bold, etc).
Can I ask how you did manage italics, then, if not with <i> tag?
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Date: 2003-10-16 02:48 am (UTC)Yes, I was using the < i > tag, and I don't even know how to put it in the text in such a way that it isn't taken as a command. Another reason for holding out against a LJ (the main one is a) I think I'd spend too much time on it and b) I've kept diaries before and I end up thinking in the past tense), since someone would have to set the thing up for me.
EM
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Date: 2003-10-19 05:41 am (UTC)You'll probably still spend too much time on it even if you don't get an account, it'll just be less convenient. At least on the evidence of how you've been acting up till now!
I've kept diaries before and I end up thinking in the past tense
If this is a problem for you then I suppose it's a reasonable excuse. I tend to do that anyway, so getting an LJ made no difference.
someone would have to set the thing up for me
Actually no; LJ is set up to be usable by people who are far less computer-literate (I hardly need to mention far less intelligent) than you are. It has the functionality if you want to mess with HTML or even programming, but if not, the basic structure is all web-based forms with little patronizing messages saying, don't worry if you don't understand, most users can ignore these options.
Re: Top of the Popes
Date: 2003-10-19 05:35 am (UTC)Re: Top of the Popes
Date: 2003-10-19 01:26 pm (UTC)Someone at work said when they come to choose a new Pope, they'd have to do it on TV, with Pope Idol. To which I replied (plagiarising Nicky Campbell) the new one would then presumably be Pope John Paul George Ringo I.