{"id":655,"date":"2005-09-09T07:59:00","date_gmt":"2005-09-09T11:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vmalt\/?p=655"},"modified":"2005-12-05T21:55:17","modified_gmt":"2005-12-06T02:55:17","slug":"cover-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/cover-page","title":{"rendered":"Cover page"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the interests of making this site a little more interesting to look at, I&#8217;m trying to teach myself some web-design stuff. This means there&#8217;s a strong likelihood that the blog&#8217;s going to get overhauled in the next week or so. It&#8217;s really two processes in one: learning technical aspects of design and developing the aesthetic (the look-and-feel) of the site at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>In a sense, they feed off each other. If I get an idea for what VM (and <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/mm\" target=\"_blank\">Mad Mix<\/a>) should look like, I have to go off and learn how to implement it online. So that&#8217;s taking up some of my time that I should be devoting to writing. Fortunately, we hired a really good webmaster at my office, and he&#8217;s been able to give me some good leads for tutorials and <a href=\"http:\/\/alistapart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">far more advanced stuff<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, I put up a new &#8220;cover&#8221; page to the site, at <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.chimeraobscura.com<\/a>. Enjoy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the interests of making this site a little more interesting to look at, I&#8217;m trying to teach myself some web-design stuff. This means there&#8217;s a strong likelihood that the blog&#8217;s going to get overhauled in the next week or so. It&#8217;s really two processes in one: learning technical aspects of design and developing the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/cover-page\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Cover page&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-az","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1490,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/diss-cover","url_meta":{"origin":655,"position":0},"title":"Diss cover","author":"Gil","date":"May 5, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"People actually bought books when they had covers like these?","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Design&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Design","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/design"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2018,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-april-25-2008","url_meta":{"origin":655,"position":1},"title":"Unrequired Reading: April 25, 2008","author":"Gil","date":"April 25, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Get your link on, dear readers. Just click more! I never understood the \"at least two villains per sequel\" rule. * * * Add it up: Khoi Vinh, the guy behind Subtraction, is also the design director for the NYTimes website. Here's a neat reader Q&A with him. * *\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Architecture&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Architecture","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/architecture"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1602,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-july-27-2007","url_meta":{"origin":655,"position":2},"title":"Unrequired Reading: July 27, 2007","author":"Gil","date":"July 27, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"It's a fresh batch of links, dear readers! Enjoy! Tom Spurgeon keeps us up-to-date on happenings at Comic-Con International in San Diego! * * * Azar Gat gives a name to a model I've been trying to analyze\/wrap my brain around: authoritarian capitalism, as distinct from the democratic version. 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Here, on the other hand, are some really intricate miniature models. * * * Would Orwell have been\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Architecture&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Architecture","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/architecture"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1984,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-apr-4-2008","url_meta":{"origin":655,"position":4},"title":"Unrequired Reading: Apr. 4, 2008","author":"Gil","date":"April 4, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"A whole passel of links await you, dear readers! Just click \"More\"! When I was single and meeting girls through the internet, there were certain questionnaire-responses that were dealbreakers. 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