9 Stitches
June 23, 2011
Just had 9 stitches between my pinky and ring toe of my left foot. Ouch.
Continue readingBlog Boredom
June 10, 2011
Boat The boat is running. We spent the entire afternoon yesterday cleaning inside and out. A test drive showed no serious leaks and the drive train runs smoothly. The engine stalled a few times before it was warmed up. Rolling Ball Sculpture I am still working now and…
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June 3, 2011
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 readingBoat Repairs
June 1, 2011
I 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 readingNew Blog
May 17, 2011
I’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 readingBuilt a Table
May 16, 2011
I 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 readingEmbedding JavaScript in a Blog Post
May 6, 2011
My 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 readingCondensed Version of Tahoe Temperature Form
May 6, 2011
I 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 readingKayaking Trips
April 29, 2011
In 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 readingRSS Test
April 29, 2011
I 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…
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