tr { overflow: hidden; } is bad. It turns out that this simple CSS option causes rows cells that span rows to overwrite or hide content in the cells that they span. Unfortunately, I can’t create a simple example. The page where I saw this uses an external…
Continue readingI did a quick inspection of the boat last year and decided that the boot, or bellows, that surround the drive shaft has a hole in it. I also estimated that the bearings and u-joint on the shaft are all bad and need to be replaced. I also…
Continue readingI’m in the process of moving my old blog from it’s previous location to a new location. The address should stay the same but now I’ll have full control over all of the content, styling, and plug-ins. I had been using the 1&1 built-in blog feature but it…
Continue readingI started using my new table without getting any pictures of it. Woops. I was shopping for a small table about 2’x2′ to go at the side of a futon. Bailey and I visited at least seven furniture stores and found that a table about 2/3 that size…
Continue readingMy previous blog entry has a link to another site. It is not just a link but is actually a form that is submitted to the other site. This caused an interesting problem during implementation. These blog entries have HTML enabled so I can do some formatting and…
Continue readingI know of a site where I can get a chart that shows the temperature of Lake Tahoe taken from a few different research buoys in the lake. It’s a great resource but it’s a bit painful to use. I have created a form in this blog post…
Continue readingIn the process of copying content from www.rectorsquid.com, I decided to include a link to my kayaking trip map page. The image below is a snapshot of the page but is not up-to-date. Click on the image to go to the map page and see the most up-to-date…
Continue readingI was interested in RSS so I configured Microsoft Outlook to get the RSS feed for my blog. It seems to be working and this post is a test to see how some configuration changes in Outlook work. Sorry that there is no other interesting content. Other than…
Continue readingI have a web page www.rectorsquid.com where I had been adding pictures of various artwork and other things. It seems like this blog is more easily parsed by search engines and I am going to start placing links to various pictures here because of that. I think that…
Continue readingI built this small ring bender this weekend. It doesn’t have a crank so 3/16th rod is about the biggest material that can be fed through it by hand. It’s really made for bending rod that is part of a large rolling ball sculpture while the rod is…
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