from judy’s point of view

toast to health, wealth, and happiness

Updated my site

I was ready for a change,  so updated my site on posterous.  I had grown tired of the old one -  the content was unorganized and the background image looked noisy, fixed to a certain window size .   I've been working on some side projects and had been influenced by how simplicity goes a long way.  Used an Obox Design posterous theme and customized it a bit.   I didn't like how the Mad Men theme looked - although I like the black background it was too dark and that lead the eyes to the content on a narrow white strip.  I wanted content displayed everywhere but collected, ordered, easy on the eyes, and allows flow from one to another.   I changed the background to a dark gray and added a ornate design bordered around the left sidebar.  With that small css change, it looks so much different!  Let me know what you think! 

     
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Updated_my_site_tags_internet.zip (558 KB)

police crime reports plopped on maps

I thought this was a cool example of how data can be visually interpreted. CrimeReports.com gathers crime report data daily from various law enforcement agencies around the U.S. and make it easy to visually see police activity around your area or whatever area you are looking for. Below is a screenshot of my "Cleveland,OH" search. You can filter your results by crime type, date, or distance to name a few.