I have been working on several projects over the past month and have been making some progress with the Ancient Numismatic/Cultural Heritage FAQ as well as the backend “admin” site for the Journal and I have also been editing the next issue (some EXCELLENT submissions, I think that everyone will be pleased with the March issue!)
The FAQ project is exciting and I hope to have something to share within the month. In the meantime, you benefit from the occasional blog entry which is a FAQ subject “draft”.
Because of the FAQ project I ask everyone to please take the opportunity to send me any corrections to any of my “cultural heritage/property” or numismatic topics/theme entries or to send me potential posts of interest that deal with cultural heritage/property and ancient numismatics.
As for the admin site… Hopefully it will save me a few hours per article in laying out the text, illustrations, captions and citations/footnotes. I am NOT the most artistically inclined person and all of the nice layouts and illustrations that you have seen have taken me ten times the time it would take someone with with an ounce more of skill to finish. Not to mention that I am still a bit clumsy when it comes to working with my HTML editor (DreamWeaver)
Of course, life likes to throw you a curve-ball every now and then to keep us on our toes. The past two weeks has been one visit after another to hospitals and doctors. Between my wife being eight months pregnant and some recent health issues of hers and my own, we have come to know our doctors rather well. All is well, but today certainly was a bit on the scary side- Erica (my wife) was having contractions and was hospitalized until late this evening. Turns out she has gallstones.
Why am I sharing all of this? Well, I beg the indulgence of my friends, customers and everyone else if I am a little slow at responding to email or returning a call. I also may not have the opportunity to write a blog entry daily as I have been shooting for. Finally, I usually follow several dozen news sources and blogs a day, but may not have the time to do so. If you run across anything that is particularly interesting please keep me in mind and shoot me an email at: delafe@imperialcoins.com.
Tags: FAQ project, JAN, Personal life, Rant