I was around 7 years old when I first played GTA: San Andreas on the PlayStation 2. The game came with the console when we bought it second hand, but my mom did not approve of me playing it (for obvious reasons). I played the missions occasionally when she was out, but never finished them, which was likely due to my age. My English was very limited at that time and I probably just didn’t understand the overall gist of the game. I just liked driving around and blowing up cars; the typical GTA kid experience.
You may have noticed the small indicator in the navigation card of my blog. It tells you whether I am alive or not. Simple enough.
Morbid? Maybe a little bit, but also fun and practical I would say.
In this post I will explain how I set up an “alive indicator” on my blog, so that visitors can see if I am still around or not.
The idea
I wanted my blog to be more than just a static collection of posts. It should contain something unique, something interesting. Sidestep - I myself sometimes get “eerie” feelings from static, outdated websites. I’ll be browsing some random blog that hasn’t been updated in years, no new posts, images, projects, nothing. It’s as if it was frozen in time, deserted, no one to bother updating it. Maybe they’re no longer around to update it? Will my blog one day give someone that same feeling? - anyways… I figured it would be cool if I could connect some real world, dynamic statistic and display it on my blog.
GTA: San Andreas on the PlayStation 2. The game came with the console when we bought it second hand, but my mom did not approve of me playing it (for obvious reasons). I played the missions occasionally when she was out, but never finished them, which was likely due to my age. My English was very limited at that time and I probably just didn’t understand the overall gist of the game. I just liked driving around and blowing up cars; the typical GTA kid experience.
