The Headliner.net news feed apparently died while we were gone over Christmas. Currently I am trying out the Moreover.com feed. If you have any input on this, let me know. And since they have an ungodly number of feeds, I will be putting those on other pages, including the computer support type pages. Basically, there is a wealth of information out there and I’m willing to set up as many of these as you’d like (on various other pages of course).
Happy New Year
Hope your new year is healthy and happy. Just got back from the Houston area a day or two ago and am reluctantly getting ready to go back to work.
Oops
Didn’t get any of those updates done as I had promised. Sorry about that. Merry Christmas to all of you and we’ll see you next year.
Be very afraid…
Yep, it’s Friday the 13th again…for whatever that’s worth.
Just for your entertainment, I found a page that gives a little history on this day. Enjoy.
Rest and recuperate
Leslie and I have been down a few days with a wicked stomach flu. We both seem to be on the mend though.
Coming soon to the message board, a blurb on our trip home for Thanksgiving. Or not.
For your entertainment or embarrassment, an image submitted by Dan Vandiver in Japan showing yet another reason the world laughs at us sometimes:
Happy Thanksgiving
Well, I have managed to convert most of the old site pages over and have some of the rudimentary new pages online too. More content work to come of course. Have heard little or no comments about the redesign though most people probably haven’t seen it yet.
Leslie & I are heading out to Illinois to spend the week with my family so expect no updates until we get back. Hope you all have an enjoyable and relaxing holiday.
New site layout
And now we try again. New layout, less dependance on fonts you may or may not have, and hopefully some neat features.
A couple things I have noticed right off the bat:
1. The headline gathering script is sloooow. If I can find a new one I will load it in quickly.
2. Netscape really hates the table I have the text in. I’ve tried forever to keep a format that works across all browsers so I’ll either try to fix it or just learn to live with it.
3. Netscape also hates the menu system. Do NOT resize the page until the menu loads or it will crash your browser window.
4. Half of the links go to really, really dead or non-existent pages. I actually have content for most of them. I just have to convert it over. In the meantime most of our “friends” pages are working.
Links in lieu of content
A couple links to pass along from friends and the like:
The Belief-o-matic, a way to see what religion your beliefs may concide with. Kind off an odd way to check your head.
Slate brings an alternate view of Harry Potter.
An one of those articles I keep going back to which is one man’s view of how we could be planning to combat terrorism. Can’t say I agree with all of it, but it does give some food for thought.
Some quick notes
Looking forward to making it home for Thanksgiving in a few weeks.
Tom should be making it home in a couple weeks too.
Jason and Ruth are expecting. I figure I can announce this as most people who would know them probably already know. And for those who didn’t…consider yourself informed.
May have a new site design coming up too. (Hehe, already did that.)
A couple notes
Not a whole lot to update other than a couple of notes:
Having fun playing fantasy football against the Millers and their friends on Yahoo.
Learning quite a bit in my Network + class; as well as learning that I already know a lot of this – so that’s nice.
Tom has gotten out of Basic (congrats bro) and is now stationed at Fort Lee, VA for the next couple of months. If you have his address, find the time to write him (we owe him a couple of letters). Sorry about missing your call on Sunday morning.
Saturday, Leslie and I took a mental break and ran up to Lawrence, KS to pick up some wonderful Jimmy John’s sandwiches. If you haven’t had one, try to find a franchise in your local area and try it. Had a nice day walking around and just getting away from Stillwater for a bit. Could’ve made more of a trip of it, but we really had to get back and do homework and housework. Maybe next time we’ll really get a chance to relax.