Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Happy Halloween!

I love Halloween. Not because of the candy, or because Thanksgiving and Christmas are just around the corner.

No, I love Halloween because it's one of the few times I get to show off. Between the decorations in the library, the candy I give out, to the "Haunted Mansion" PowerPoint presentation I show in the library complete with sounds (for some reason, I have a drop-down screen in the library), but mostly because of the costume I get to wear (that I made, btw), I get to surprise folks (love the double-takes) and be someone weird and get away with it.

I think it's appreciated, too. Oh, I get the usual, "nice costume", but today, I actually had a student hug me for "getting in the spirit".

Enjoy the Holiday!

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Am I wrong?

I figured anyone involved in computers, like those in an IT department, would know about CSS, aka Casscading Style Sheets. Even if they've never done CSS, I'd think they'd have heard of it. I've done it, but only for a professional profile site, and I haven't touched that since I got my current job.

And yet, both the part time IT lab facilitator and, as I just learned, the full time IT lab facilitator don't know much about CSS. In fact, the part timer had never heard of it.

Am I wrong in my assumption or do I live in the Twilight Zone?