Practicalmadness

This just in:

Some of you may have already noticed that the performance of our
connection to the Internet is sub-par today. We are currently
experiencing a number connectivity problems with both of our ISPs and
are actively working to resolve them as quickly as possible.

Thank you for your patience.
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Network Services
The Art Institute of Chicago

Today (Tuesday, 26 Feb) was/will be a slow day for updates as the Art Institute's network provider is busy demonstrating how to make hundreds of college students squirm. Our internet access has been spotty or just nonexistent since yesterday evening, so to kill the time I'm working on perfecting the new Practicalmadness homepage and browsing through a couple years' worth of old work.

I just ran across the last Demaree's World homepage I did before Practical came out in Fall 2000; it was actually pretty good, if self-absorbed, and had a better focus on content. (Of course, I had a better focus on just about everything 18 months ago. People, I need help.)

When the internet comes back, I think I'll take a bunch of my old homepage designs and post them so everyone can see what a talented little shit I was. (I did also find my favorite picture of myself. As a baby.)

Looking through these pages, I realize that all the incredible new things I'm wanting to do to Practical -- things so original, so daring -- have not only been done before, but by me. Every single element of Practical 2.0 appeared on this site in some form, at some point. (Well, except for user registration, but really -- what is the point of that?)