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nirak.net is the personal and professional web home of Karin Dalziel. I am a Digital Resources Designer in the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (Located in Lincoln, Nebraska). On nirak.net you’ll find posts on the web, technology, and libraries. If you’d like to peruse my resume, head over to karin.dalziel.org.

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A Short Review of Espresso 2, a replacement for CSSEdit 2

I have been using CSSEdit 2 for a while – it is my go to program for writing CSS. In fact, it has so completely changed how I make websites that I don’t start with Photoshop anymore – I write … Continue reading →
First Reference Shift

This semester, I am very excited to be doing a job sharing stint with the reference department. This means I get a weekly 2.5 hour shift at the reference desk, and will likely also pick up some web reference responsibilities. … Continue reading →
Library day, er, week, in the life.

I wanted to participate in Library Day in the Life this year even though I am not, technically, a librarian. So, um, I am. This week was a weird one- I had very few meetings and could concentrate mostly on … Continue reading →
Current Design Process for Digital Humanities

Over the last year, the way I design websites has changed pretty dramatically, and I decided to write about my process here. This isn’t a complete start to finish write up on designing and developing for the Digital Humanities – … Continue reading →

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Still working on migrating the one site I ever used 960.css for out of it. Fine for prototyping, bad for final site. #css about 8 hours ago from web
Spent an hour finding an embeddable font that looks like another font I used AND supports small caps. Soooo worth it. 09:55:04 PM February 02, 2012 from web
Re-writing some old HTML. Maaaaan I have come a long way in 3 years. 08:50:55 PM February 02, 2012 from web
I can never figure out grammer using twitter handles. 07:45:29 PM February 02, 2012 from web
There's an uproar here in the CDRH because they discontinued @lweakly and my favorite pen. 07:39:31 PM February 02, 2012 from web
I just ate Runts for breakfast. They're shaped like fruit, so they count as healthy. 03:55:47 PM February 01, 2012 from web
For other people asking re: email, see: https://t.co/4EqMmkvQ and https://t.co/OVsYQWng. Will write up my experiences if I move from Gmail. 07:22:43 PM January 31, 2012 from web
When I start to think about moving away from Gmail, I look at my 100+ email filters and sigh. Still doable, but ick. 04:21:10 PM January 31, 2012 from web
Sitting on the porch with the cats in a tshirt. Two days till February. Can't get over the weather this winter. 09:33:54 PM January 30, 2012 from Twitter for iPad
Hey, I made a gallery thingamajig: http://t.co/hBkfd5kk 02:27:19 AM January 25, 2012 from web
So where does one go to print postcards/bookmarks/brochures nowadays? 09:15:55 PM January 24, 2012 from web
I managed to cut myself while typing. No clue how. The new macs are sharp, but I didn't think they were that sharp. 06:52:21 PM January 24, 2012 from web

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