While sitting in the Taco Bell parking lot this evening, while eating my chalupa, I realized that I hated the look of my web site. It’s dated and ugly. I want something new, bold, and awesome. And then I realized that was what I was going to do. I also realized that I got chalupas confused with goreditas, and that chalupas suck.

Back to the issue at hand. Starting today, I will begin working on the second version of eligundry.com. This post is less about you, the reader, but more of a mission statement for myself, to remind myself what it is that I am going to do. I will try to blog this whole process, but as the past has shown me, don’t count on it, as I get easily distracted.

My goals for the new site are:

• To be written in valid HTML 5
• To use some CSS3
• Make use of jQuery and more advanced Javascript
• Integrate my Last.fm, Twitter, and blog into the site dynamically
• Be fully compatible with Internet Explorer
• A complete redesign of the blog to match the website
• More advanced uses of PHP

I know that these are lofty goals, but I feel that they are attainable ones. The biggest issue will be finding time to do this as well as my college work and work at Radio Shack. Hopefully, I can get this done fast, but I won’t be supervised if this takes til next year to fully launch.

So, there you have it. This redesign may take time, but then I remind myself that I can get this site out of beta faster than Gmail.