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Firefox: Oh happy day

To all the Netscape/Mozilla/Firefox users out there, I’m sorry. The most recent version of this site never really worked quite right with your software. I could never get the background layer at the top of most pages to show up in Mozilla. The problem got put aside for a while.

With the recent 1.0 release of the excellent Firefox browser, I decided to have another try at solving the issue. Everything should show up properly from now on.

So now I can say it: If you’re a peecee user and still using Internet Explorer, get your Firefox on, pronto. Come to think of it, there are some minor visual elements of this site that don’t work on IE, and there’s only one solution to that: Don’t use IE.

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Entering radio silence

A week without the internet. The thought gives me chills, but I must press on.

Do you know the way to San Jose?

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Stupid MSIE!

I thought I had ironed out the problem with this page losing its two-column format when viewed on a PC. From what I’m told, though, it’s only a problem if you’re using Explorer. Since that describes about 99 percent of you, I’m still trying to figure out a fix. In the meantime, sorry for all the scrolling.

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A sense of history

While I’m reluctant to characterize this front page as a blog, I guess that’s what most people would call a personal web page with frequent pointless posts.

With that in mind, I’ve finally set up an old blog standby: the archive. At the very bottom of the left-hand column, you’ll find links to all my old posts, a month or a year at a time. I’ve tried to preserve all the old links and media I posted, but if something doesn’t work anymore, well, that’s the web for you.

You’ll also notice that every post now has a “permanent link” in it. Just as the name implies, that link won’t change even after the post scrolls off the bottom of the page. If you want to bookmark an entry or link to it on your site, that’s what you should use.

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New section buffed, polished

A helpful reader pointed out that all the Cabrillo Voice articles I posted were pretty tough to read. Truth is, I don’t have that much experience making pdfs, so I screwed it up a little the first time. The files are now a little larger byte-wise, but they should have much larger type, as well. Keep in mind when you look at these that they’re much clearer at certain magnifications than at others — zoom in and out a little, and you should be able to get very sharp type.

These new versions come straight from the page layout program, rather than from scans, so they should look pretty damn snappy. Well, except for the faculty authors piece, which is still a crumby scan. That should be fixed next week.

My last article for the Voice is posted now.

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New section, new content

Because I’m saving all my stories for the college newspaper in pdf format, I thought I might as well post them here.

None of them are Pulitzer material, but I’m sorta proud of the story that ran today. I worked hard on a photo idea, and I think it worked out pretty well. Part two of the story will run two weeks from now.

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Yeh, I’m still here

And I’m going to graduate in a month. What the hell’s going on around here?

Well, there’s an awful lot of work yet to be done, so I’m not posting very much right now. Obviously.

On the other hand, I have been working on rebuilding this site with leaner, meaner code. It won’t look very different on the outside, but it should load more quickly, and future updates will be much easier to do.

I’m also thinking about making all the images a little smaller, so that the whole page fits on a 1024 x 768 screen without scrolling. Of course, I could accomodate people with 800 x 600 screens … but how many people is that? What do you use? Let me know, why dontcha.

There’s a new mp3 today from Ann Arbor pop legend Frank Allison. There is no justice in a world that ignores him while allowing Counting Crows a career. About this mp3 thing, though: I don’t know if I’ll continue posting them. The lawsuits are telling me to quit, as is the fact that few people apart from Yale students appear to be downloading the songs I put up here. If taking away the mp3s would break your heart, let me know. Otherwise, expect them to fade away soon.

Anything else you’d suggest? For the love of God, let me know.

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Web shockers pt. 2

More weirdness from the traffic stats: At the risk of disappointing these same six people again, here are the web searches that led them to my site:

i am not a number i am a free man

elliott smith wallpaper

fotos de rodney dangerfields

i am not a number a free man you are the new number

Mind you, I have deliberately avoided doing things that would get me listed in search engines, but their persistent little robots found me anyway.

Did you know there’s a .aero top-level domain for the air transport industry? Me neither, but one of them stopped by. Also in my magic mirror, I see … someone in Canada! Making up 0.29% of the traffic! Graham? Nancy? Who are you?

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They’re tops

There are three new desktops available on the Desktops page.

I took my first look at the traffic statistics for this site, and much to my surprise, there are people coming here and looking at stuff. Lots of people. Every day. If I told you how many, you wouldn’t believe me. So who are you? Let me know.

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It’s on

Two new galleries, as promised. I’ve recently taken my Mamiya TLR to Big Creek Lumber and New York, scanned the negatives, and off we go.

There’s now an “About the Photographs” page that offers a guide to the 11 galleries on the site. There’s a link at the top of the third column over there, as well as at the top of every gallery home page. As I think of more things that need explaining, I’ll add them.

In describing the photographs, I found myself needing to explain the cameras, so there’s a page for that too now. It’s linked in the second column of this page and all over the Photographs page.

Want more? There’s more. I’ve collected the few video clips I’ve made and given them their own page. Included on that page is the movie I’ve been wanting to make for seven years.

I welcome feedback. Drop me a line.