Wednesday August 17, 2005
After having heard from a potential viewer of one of my photo galleries that she couldn't find it from the directions I'd given, I realized that I am so very used to using Firefox that I had quite forgotten that some people still use That Other Browser. You know: the one that released an update with six (count 'em) security fixes that you had to use the buggy browser in question to download.
So today I adjusted the CSS so that IE (excuse me while I cross myself) displays the three column layout that I laboured over as, you guessed it -- three columns horizontally rather than the silly ass two navigational columns stacked on the left and a way too freaking wide main (entry) column. The downside is that the Firefox look isn't as cool as it was. Compromises, compromises.
But not for long! (Oh no! My blogging isn't ugly so.) I have decided it is time for a facelift for this smudge on the web. Yep. I'm letting the whole thing percolate in my subconscious for a while, but I'm going to move to Nucleus (the one I used for Steph's most wonderful blog). There's a bit of time efficient thinking going on as well. I'll be able to use any plugins I end up creating for both of them. Reuse - it's the wave of the future. The pain I went through building and rebuilding this MovableType based one helped remind me of why I went looking for another option, too.
I had another Landlordly Encounter today. Somewhat amusing. Wish I'd had my MiniDisc all set up and recording. You would have been entertained. I'll get all the juicy (and astonishing!) details up soon. (Really, so many things are going to be so much better with the new, improved blog. I can hardly wait!!) What I can tell you is that I think there was a threat in there somewhere as well as one thing you should never do when dealing with me: don't dare me to do something. (Sorry, you'll have to wait.)
Some good feedback from my physiotherapist: I am making excellent progress.
Some liver-related goodness, too. I consulted my liver specialist and found that I am cleared to take anti-inflammatories (Aleve for you folks in the States) which I had been told earlier in the liver adventure I had to avoid. This should help with the tendonitis. Hurray. Hurray.
Finally: so much for recycling. I had thought I'd be prudent and green by finding a used shift boot cover for my 1989 Cherokee. It seemed to me that a wrecker or auto recycler as they like to be called might have one for a couple of bucks. A brand new piece like that would make the rest of the inside look pretty shabby anyway - right? Put the word out through an used auto part finder service on the web and guess what? I can buy the part brand spanking new from the gold-digging dealer for half (half I say) of what the used folks are asking. Doesn't seem right now, does it?
[Hmm... and now that this entry has been built, I see that the font has somehow lost its mind. Tomorrow...]
[Oh, good. I just noticed that the archive pages and the paragraph formatting are all weird too.]
All fixed as of early morning the next day!
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