What's Going On ...

And so, yes...I was actually WORKING last night...its not all troubleshooting all the time here at Blackberryworld...whaddya think? I can't believe how much these match my website color scheme! I was going to call them something boring like 'Blackberrybeads Website Color Scheme", but I think 'Godiva Chocolates' is more appropriate, seeing has how they are wrapped in a gold box...and are they not the most wonderful chocolates on the planet (the candy, not the beads)...I have to walk extra fast past the displays in the mall, or I will be drawn like a magnet to them...

8:56am Wellllll...I've just installed 1.0.7 Firefox and I'm NOT getting popups on Kandice's site...but then I wasn't when I used IE either...and some of ya'll are saying the same thing, but others are saying you ARE getting popups...

SO, my next assumption would be that there is some other piece of software on your computer that I don't have that is causing the popup..Brian told me it was kinda like a flash window that disappeared, not like a typical popup...I wonder what is causing it...I'm not seeing it for anything...so I guess the next question is - do I put the poll back up or no? ultimately I'd like to gather info w/out it being a pain for ya'll...that's what i'm trying to do here, believe it or not...

7:04am Look at me, updating at 7:04am! (look at me, Anne!)...Course, my body thinks its 8:04 and well, we just won't tell it what's what...

Thank you for the feedback regarding the popups, I didn't realize so many of ya'll were getting them, but I think I've found a common thread...

Most everyone who was getting them seem to be using Mozilla (Firefox) as a browser...I'm using IE and Netscape (although I like Firefox, Brian took it off my machine?!?) and haven't received the popups, but I spoke to some of ya'll yesterday who told me the browser you were using was Firefox...I don't know how prevelant FF is as a browser, I think its a cool one, but thought it was obscure, since MS dominates so many computers...(I'm not a MS fan, if you were wondering, just the opposite actually)...

So, what does this mean? Well, I may go ahead and put the poll back up, cause I like getting the feedback, but I can leave it down as long as ya'll are willing to email me your feedback if/when I ask a question in my blog...I was getting some decent responses to the poll, like 50 votes in a week, which was great...Anyway, I feel better knowing it was an isolated browser incident (unless Anne and Kimberly tell me differently, i haven't had a chance to quiz them yet) and that it wasn't happening 100% to everyone but me...

I made a fumed set of beads last night and am going to run an informal experiment on them...I know that silver or gold fumed onto a bead will wear off over time, but what I don't know is how long it takes for the wearing-off to take place...is it immediate, how noticible is it, does it happen against clothing as well as skin, if I wear the bracelet in water will that quicken the process, etc. etc...Man, am I in troubleshooting mode or what? Its what I did in the computer game industry for 8 years and in the software industry for another 5, so I'm kinda wired to troubleshoot by nature...so I'll feel better about selling fumed pieces once I know what to expect...Not many other folks are selling fumed stuff from what I can tell, course I'm not exactly 'in the know' when it comes to what others are doing, so that statement could be wrong...bzzzz...I'll take some pics and show ya what I've got going, tho...

And on another metal note, i ordered all the electroforming stuff yesterday and its already shipped and on it's way...I have some big lentils that i'm gonna practice on and see what happens...stay tuned for that...

And I've declared that this weekend I'm going to do a Mission: Organization on the studio...I can feel it in my bones that it's coming..I'm going to get boxes for 'donate', 'toss', and 'sell (or keep)' and lets just see what happens...We have lots of Powerpuff Girls and Star Wars stuff we're going to donate to a local Santa organization for toys this Christmas, so some little girls and boys will have fun this year...unopened puzzles, toys, dolls, stuffed animals and all sorts of goodies will be leaving the studio this weekend...rock and roll!

Ok kids, if you are got popups with the poll and AREN'T using Firefox as your browser, lemme know which ones you ARE using...and to test it, go visit Kandice Seeber's site, cause she's running a poll right now and I'm not getting popups when I visit...this is a good test...go be a quality assurance tester for me, make me proud...(Howdy Kandice!)...