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5.6 KiB
HTML
183 lines
5.6 KiB
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<!DOCTYPE html>
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<html lang="en">
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<head>
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<meta charset="UTF-8">
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<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, every-scale=1.0">
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<title>My First Weld — Brandy Meade</title>
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<style>
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:root {
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--neon-pink: #ff00ff;
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--neon-blue: #00ffff;
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--neon-green: #00ff00;
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--dark-bg: #1a1a1a;
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--text-color: #ffffff;
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}
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* {
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margin: 0;
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padding: 0;
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box-sizing: border-box;
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}
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body {
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font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;
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background-color: var(--dark-bg);
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color: var(--text-color);
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line-height: 1.6;
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padding: 2rem;
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}
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header {
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text-align: center;
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margin-bottom: 3rem;
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border-bottom: 3px dashed var(--neon-pink);
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padding-bottom: 2rem;
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}
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h1 {
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font-size: 2.5rem;
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color: var(--neon-blue);
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text-shadow: 2px 2px 4px rgba(0, 255, 255, 0.5);
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margin-bottom: 1rem;
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}
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.content {
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max-width: 800px;
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margin: 2rem auto;
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font-size: 1.1rem;
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line-height: 1.8;
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}
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.content h2 {
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color: var(--neon-green);
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margin-top: 2 rem;
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margin-bottom: 1 rem;
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}
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.content p {
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margin-bottom: 1.5 rem;
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}
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.quote {
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background: linear-gradient(45deg, var(--neon-pink), var(--neon-blue));
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padding: 1.5 rem;
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border-radius: 10px;
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text-align: center;
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font-size: 1.2rem;
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font-style: italic;
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color: var(--dark-bg);
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margin: 2 rem 0;
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}
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.gallery {
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display: grid;
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grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(300px, 1fr));
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gap: 2 rem;
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margin: 3 rem 0;
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}
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.gallery-item {
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border: 2 px solid var(--neon-pink);
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padding: 1 rem;
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background: rgba(255, 0, 255, 0.1);
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border-radius: 10px;
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}
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.gallery-item img {
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width: 100%;
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height: auto;
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border-radius: 5px;
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margin-bottom: 1 rem;
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}
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.gallery-item h3 {
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color: var(--neon-blue);
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margin-bottom: 0.5 rem;
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}
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.gallery-item p {
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font-size: 0.9 rem;
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color: #cccccc;
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}
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.back-button {
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display: block;
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width: 200px;
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margin: 3 rem auto;
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padding: 1 rem 2 rem;
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background: var(--neon-green);
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color: var(--dark-bg);
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text-align: center;
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text-decoration: none;
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font-size: 1.2 rem;
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border-radius: 10px;
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transition: transform 0.3s ease;
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}
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.back-button:hover {
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transform: scale(1.05);
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}
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</style>
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<script defer src="https://analytics.4ort.xyz/script.js" data-website-id="d3ed927c-888a-4a6c-ae5f-0b1c613ddf5b"></script>
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</head>
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<body>
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<header>
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<h1>My First Weld</h1>
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<p style="font-size: 1.2 rem; color: var(--neon-green);">The smell of ozone, the sparks flying like fireflies</p>
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</header>
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<div class="content">
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<h2>The First Spark</h2>
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<p>
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I remember the first time I picked up a welding torch. It was in my high school shop class, and the smell of ozone hit me right in the face. It was like nothing I'd ever smelled before — sharp, electric, alive.
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</p>
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<p>
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The teacher showed me how to hold the torch, how to strike an arc, how to let the metal melt and flow like liquid silver. But when I tried it myself? The first weld was a disaster. The metal warped, the joint was weak, and I burned my thumb.
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</p>
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<div class="quote">
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"Every joint, every circuit, is a lesson."
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</div>
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<h2>The Lessons</h2>
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<p>
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That first weld taught me more than any textbook could. I learned that you have to be patient, that you have to feel the metal, that every spark tells a story.
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</p>
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<p>
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Now, when I'm at the food plant, calibrating instruments and scripting Python for data collection, I think about that first weld. Every machine is a weld, every line of code is a spark. And every mistake? That's just another chance to learn.
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</p>
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<h2>Gallery of Sparks</h2>
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<div class="gallery">
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<div class="gallery-item">
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<img src="https://images.pexels.com/photos/12944718/pexels-photo-12944718.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=2&h=650&w=940" alt="Rusty industrial tank emitting smoke">
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<h3>The Smoke</h3>
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<p>Every weld leaves a cloud of smoke — but it's not just smoke, it's the smell of creation.</p>
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</div>
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<div class="gallery-item">
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<img src="https://pixabay.com/get/gdb99068852a4e198af62b7edf8bc4da50d55ad1f7b1d34ac8a148c9ad3b96b12c4fe91864cd247a871ee5bec4b636552eae422e2bdcaf37f216a0cd1115db28d_1280.png" alt="Factory industrial smoke">
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<h3>The Factory</h3>
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<p>Every factory is a place of sparks and smoke — and every worker is an artist.</p>
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</div>
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<div class="gallery-item">
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<img src="https://pixabay.com/get/g4697b75404a8e640aeb3363f677573fa05c351c5b64b38d966abbb010d7f3de7fe80d850cedfab5fb240f76186b2cd65275c0ae39b2b1b5398b6329e969b22b9_1280.jpg" alt="AI generated electrocoating">
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<h3>The Future</h3>
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<p>Even AI is learning to weld — and every mistake is a step forward.</p>
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</div>
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</div>
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<h2>Join the Spark</h2>
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<p>
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This isn't just my story — it's yours too. Whether you're a welder, a coder, a painter, or a baker, you're making sparks every day. Every time you create something, you're part of the fire.
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</p>
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<p>
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Come see my other pages — from the process design to the radish sculpture that went wrong but became art. Because in this corner of the galaxy, every spark is a masterpiece.
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</p>
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</div>
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<a href="index.html" class="back-button">Back to the Home Page</a>
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