Hi, I'm Chase Southard. Seduced by computers, I began learning the languages that power web publication and application (XHTML, CSS, PHP, Perl, JavaScript, Ruby on Rails, and XML) along with design and accessibility a few years ago. This site is a result of some recent tinkering where I have made use of JavaScript to provide some interesting (although not critical) features. So, make sure you have JavaScript enabled on your machine and enjoy. This introduction is intentionally informal. The serious stuff can be found elsewhere. My freelance project site can be found at: ChaseSouthard.com
FAQ
- Who is R. Chase Southard?
- Few know for sure. Hopefully, this will help. Maybe not.
- How do you pronounce "Southard"?
- Not South'ard. But, Suh'thûrd.
- Why does this site exist?
- This site exists mainly as an continous excercise in
futility various web programming skills (XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, accessibility, usability, creativity). It's also an outlet for shameless self-promotion.
- Why do the quotes rotate?
- If you're looking for the HOW they rotate. That's someplace else.
The WHY of their rotation is much less concrete. Perhaps, it has something to do with an inability to choose just one. Maybe, it's that one just isn't enough. You decide.
- Why isn't this site pretty?
- Hopefully, it's not a reflection of my creative skills. If you don't like the yellow, use the style-switcher at the top of the page to changes the style sheets.
- "R. Chase" Please, give me a break. What about other people known by their middle name?
- OK. Here's a short list of famous people known by their middle name (in no particular order):
- What's the yellow fade thing about?
- UPDATE: I removed the yellow fade effect in favor of having a style switcher available for users. I hope to combine the two functions. The information below is still interesting though.
Inspired by the amazing folks at 37signal.com, where they use their own proprietary technique of fading yellow to show changes. I wanted to understand how the yellow fade could be accomplished. After some searching, I found an nicely put together explaination and JavaScript code from axentric that allows you to fade anything. Very nice, axentric. Bravo. Fort those of you annoyed by the YFT, I would eventually like to write some code so you can turn that option off.
- That's a very unattractive shade of yellow. Can I change the page style?
- UPDATE:I put a style switcher in place. However, it uses JavaScript so make sure its enabled.
Yes, but not yet. Hopfully, soon. Until then, just ignore the yellow. However, Ignoring the yellow is still an available option.
- What was your first computer?
- An Apple IIe with the two 5.25inch floppy drives, color monitor, and color Apple printer.
