Today, I set up my double monitor computer system (it had been stowed in my closet while I was in Manila). Before I left to Asia, it was unable to maintain a steady wifi internet connection on it, and since I thought this was going to continue to be the case, I actually spent most of the day researching laptops (to purchase one), and when I finally decided on which laptop to purchase at Best Buy, the salesman informed me that all the Best Buys in the city were out of that model and that he could not sell me the floor model because that computer was not discontinued yet.
So, I went home and decided to set up my double monitor desktop system and give it a try, just in case, by some miracle, the previous wifi connection stability issue was gone. Now I'm glad I did, because once I set the system up again, the connection has been very stable, which is the first time that has happened since I purchased to computer.
Fantastic!
So I've got a great setup and I'm ready to go! For now, I'll just keep using my small notebook when I'm at the coffee shop and my double monitor setup at home (instead of purchasing a large laptop to use at home and at the coffee shop). This will save me some cash, and that's great, because right now I'm in starving student mode, haha!
I woke up at 6:30 a.m., did some coding, then headed over to the coffee shop and coded until about 10, but because of the drive and breakfast, that period only resulted in about 2.5 hours of coding. I went to the coffee shop later in the day and I did another two hours or so, for a total of about 4.5 hours of coding today, but I did not earn a badge. I had two issues that slowed me down (although I still made progress). The first issue was that I deleted my html file by accident. This taught me the importance of saving my work, and I soon as I learn the best way to save my code, I will implement strong practices to prevent any accidental deletion from becoming more than a minor inconvenience.
The second issue was that there was a bug in Firefox that created an issue with the way the lesson displayed, and I thought I had caused the problem, so I spent quite a bit of time chasing after an issue I did not know was caused by the browser. Finally, I found a note in the lesson notes stating that the Firefox browser created an issue with this particular lesson, and showing the code to enter to get around the bug.
Some things I learned:
1
em is 16 pixels (16px = 1em)
So,
an "em" is equal to the default font size, which is usually
16 pixels
In
regards to headings, if you set font-weight to normal, seen as
font-weight: normal;
what that means is that you are changing the font weight to
normal, which basically means to un-bold it, because the default
font-weight for a heading is bold.
Using
the command ctrl + / will make the highlighted area a comment. You
can then just use ctrl + z or ctrl + / to undo the change after you
check to see the effect removing the piece of code. This seems like
it could come in handy in many situations.
Badges Earned Today:
None
Hours Spent Coding Today: 4.5
Total Hours Coding: 14
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