More Warm Light In There :) .
First impressions are that it looks supposedly dark, gloomy… This was the last straw ;) I don’t want my site to be vampire-like :) . At least this has not been my intention.
Therefore I’ve decided to bring in more light… change the climate a little bit ;) :) . Enjoy :)
⏬
Cynthia Sue Larson’s Golden Thoughts.
I’ve just added over thirty quotes by Cynthia Sue Larson, an exciting author I discovered during recent months (quantum mechanics in respect of personal development/spiritual growth). The quotes are from both “Reality Shifts” the book, and Cynhtia’s blog. There will be definitely another quotes down the road, but currently this is my carefully chosen set :) . You’ll find those quotes among others randomly displayed on the bottom of this website.
A Brilliant Simple Idea for Contemporary Learning a Language - Live.
An interesting and creative idea for learning a foreign language has been recently shared on Vivaldi blog. It incorporates one of the browser’s feature called “Notes”, which allows to write down notes alongside websites You’re browsing. Then, notes are both automatically saved (i.e., no need to click “Save” anywhere) and synchronized throughout Your devices (e.g., between a PC and a smartphone).
This feature has inspired one language teacher to use it as the common ground between him and his student, for interactive learning (read more here » ), which, I guess, therefore becomes much closer to the real-life applications and examples of the language You learn.
I much like creativity and brilliant simplicity of this idea :) .
Dark Mode Still as a Premium Feature, Google-wise.
Google introduced dark mode for its ‘Google’ Android app, but only for Android 10. Why it has been so difficult to apply a single feature such as dark mode for previous Android as well - while it has not been a problem to recently (April 2020) release the whole sophisticated app in a form of the Google’s braille keyboard available for Android 6 or higher (!)?
Re-Design ver.2020.
I’ve began the process of moving the site into new location, alongside with a completely new design.
‘Memories Midnight’.
A glimpse into the past.
One of my fondest memories from this lifetime are years when I’ve been conducting my own e-zine. At the beginning it had been distributed in an off-line form - a few issues later it reaches the Net.
Long story short, the whole thing was an incredibly pleasant, exciting and satisfactory experience. To this day I remember how I forced myself to keep going late into the night to meet the upcoming deadline :) . It was fantastic to create and coordinate various things which altogether make up the final magazine (I was a chief editor, a writer, a web and graphics designer, and a manager).
Among things I liked the most was to write a preface. Each time it was like celebrating a new birth, recognizing and emphasizing its leading traits (each issue had been different, each deserved its own ‘theme’ or tone).
Now, when that time had passed long ago, I am at the beginning of another vision of my website. Wondering about its character I’ve reminded myself of those good times of the past and decided to reflect them at least to some degree, today. I thought: “Why not to apply a magazine-like form to it?” With its own occasional preface, highlights, and maybe even “issues” - although I’d like to treat them more metaphorically than formally, with more flexibility (meaning: no specific boundaries between one and another).
I find it a brilliant and brisk idea which inspires me much. Therefore I’ve decided to take that path and re-design Trail of the Light in this mold.
In the meantime, graphics-wise, it turned out to be nightly... mysterious... and, perhaps, a little bit nostalgic. I came back to my original logotype from That Time - although I’ve been experimenting with other ones down the road, this one (and my very first one, in fact) always managed to show up one way or another, throughout my design. Therefore, I thought, the time is right for it to take the main place again. Back to the beginning, back to things I still highly value - although reborn through all the new experience I’ve gained. Even technically-wise it’s a kind of a come-back: switching from Blogspot to TextPattern, years after I’ve done the opposite.
-
-
How To Easily Memorize Difficult Words Spelling.
There are some words which spelling You may find especially difficult to remember. In my case a few examples out of a sleeve are: “consciousness”, “successfully”, “instantaneously”, “simultaneous”, “exaggerated”.
-
Page Headers Based on Custom Heading.
If You prefer to use Your Own styles within Writer, it’s always nice to have them connected with all the rest Writer’s ‘magic’, like automatically generated Table of Contents or page headers. The latter are especially interesting because they may reflect to which content section (such as a chapter) a currently displayed/read page belongs. However many pages a chapter consists of, and wherever it starts and ends - all its pages may be automatically “signed” within the page header section. Furthermore, all of that can be based on Your Own custom styles :) .
-
Table of Contents Based on Custom Headers.
When it comes to work on a more complex document, I like to use my own styles, mostly because it highly elevates the layout readability - especially if You choose “Applied Styles” within the styles side panel (F11; this way the only things You’ll see on the panel are the styles used with this very document on which You’re working right now - moreover, as those styles are of Your Own making, each and every of them would be named in the best recognizable way for You to instantaneously know ‘what is what’).
-
How to Set Seamless Paragraph Spacing.
When it comes to books or other publications’ detailed design, empty lines as a means of making paragraphs visually-distinguished may cause You a lot of trouble, especially in the long run. The most frustrating example may be causing the content not to begin exactly with the very top of a next page (which looks pretty bad, especially when it comes to chapter titles or sub-headers). Harnessing master and sub-documents concept helps with chapter titles, but there is still much to be fixed.
-
Wanted: Paste as Pure Text.
If You often work with text, there are chances that You might appreciate its so-called plain form. Basically speaking, in a world of computers, smartphones and tablets text can take two forms, depending on what app is used to manage it. The forms are: formatted or plain. Formatted text is the one which allows You to do much more with its appearance (bold, italicize, underline, color, etc.) - whereas plain text is just sole content, which does not carry “within itself” any visual changes performed.
-
How To Easily Memorize Difficult Words Spelling.
