Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:38:38 -0800WeeblyWed, 03 Mar 2010 18:04:30 -0800http://www.kimberleefoster.com/1/post/2010/03/post-title-click-and-type-to-edit1.htmlThe PC is NOT a typewriter (neither is the MAC!). What that means is that you don't have to type two spaces after the end of a sentence.  Here's why:

Two spaces were used after a period during the 'typewriter' age because original typewriters had MONOSPACED fonts (all characters had exactly the same width). The extra space was needed to make it easier for the eye to pick up on the beginning of a new sentence. Today, with electronic typesetting, fonts have PROPORTIONAL spacing (characters don't have all the same width), allowing for the eye to easily pick up the end of a sentence.

With two spaces, you get "rivers" of blank spots throughout your written piece. To the reader, this is distracting and uncomfortable.

Also, most web browsers/website builders don't even allow for two spaces to be added at the end of a sentence (well, ok, you can "force feed" them in the HTML code but you better be doing that for a darn good reason!).

TIP: As you read professionally written pieces, take  note.

RESOURCE: "The PC is Not a Typewriter" by Robin Williams. It's quite dated but the concepts are not!
]]>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:31:29 -0800http://www.kimberleefoster.com/1/post/2009/09/star-messages.htmlWhile walking Karli tonight, I looked up into the beautiful, starry sky and was immediately brought back to the night, just a mere 2 months ago, when I paddled out to the middle of Brown's Tract Pond and watched the stars and moon come out.
 It was one of those moments I'll never forget. One of those moments that touched my soul in a way for which there are no words. Humidity and bugs aside, the Adirondacks (in Upstate NY) reach a part of my soul that nothing else does. And as the yearning for "my" mountains intensified, I surrendered to the calling, vowing to be there again soon ... guided only by the stars and the knowledge that I'm home.
]]>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:23:59 -0800http://www.kimberleefoster.com/1/post/2009/09/post-title-click-and-type-to-edit.htmlThis is my very first entry on my very first blog. Ever. I'll begin by saying that I would prefer a sans serif font for my entries but Weebly gives no choice of fonts! grrrrrrrrrrrr. Steppin all over my value of FLEXIBILITY!
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