paddedwall.org

where your opinions are noted, and then summarily ignored

Introduction

Me, circa 1977

So, what! Yet Another Web Page (YAWP)! I have to agree. It seems like everyone wants a piece of the internet, taking up valuable bandwidth in the search for virtual fame and graphic stardom. I don't particularly care if this page makes it onto anyone's "site-of-the-month" list, so don't expect a multimedia extravaganza. It's actually pretty simple (and painfully obvious) - I just don't have enough to do with my spare time.

The existence of this web page proves that just about any idiot can setup a decent looking graphical presence on the internet without a lot of effort or knowledge concerning HTML. And you certainly don't have to pay someone to do it.

The existence of this web page also proves that just about any idiot can setup a decent looking graphical presence on the internet without a lot of effort or advanced knowledge concerning HTML, CSS, javascript, or PHP. And you certainly don't have to pay someone to do it.

Finally, you may have noticed the box in the upper left corner of the page. Every day of the month, a different patriotic quote (mostly from the country's founding fathers) will be displayed for your consideration. The quote is dependant on what day of the month it is. I hope you enjoy the distraction.

Disclaimers

I felt it was only fair to enlighten you about this web site:

  • There is no text-only version of these pages (at least, I didn't go to any length at all to make sure it would work in a text-only browser). If you're not using a graphical browser, you're on your own. I also didn't make any effort to make sure this page plays nice on your phone or PDA. If it does, great - if it doesn't, don't bother me with complaints.
  • I designed these pages for a display set at a resolution of 1024x768 pixels. If you're running at.on anything smaller, you probably won't be happy, and I won't be sympathetic. If you have a crap-load of toolbars or the IE side search-bar turned on, a considerable amount of screen real estate will be consumed. I tried to account for the vertical stuff (toobars), but the side search bar consumes a LOT of screen area, and I'm not willing to give that up.
  • These web pages are designed to be viewed with a reasonably modern browser - (I used FireFox 1.15 and IE 6.0 for testing, but the latest version of Opera and Netscape should work fine as well. If you're not using one of these browsers (or if you're using Safari on a Mac), I have no idea how these pages will look to you. Actually, if you're not blind, I can't guarantee what this site will look like in your browser. For Windows, Mac, and Linux users, I cannot recommend using FireFox strongly enough.
  • Many of the following pages are graphic-intensive (we don't need no stinking low-rez images here), so depending on the speed of your connection, you could be in for a moderate wait. No apologies are offered, and no apologies should be expected.
  • 9/25/2005 - I've converted the site to use sytle sheets, javascript, and PHP. I'm still not convinced this has been a good idea because every browser appears to interpret the standards a little differently, with Internet Explorer being the most troublesome (and we all know why, don't we). I had to break down and use some javascript on this web page, and for some strange-ass reason, IE6 (on Windows XP SP2) insists that I'm trying to pop-up a window, but rest assured, I'm not. (I think it's a side effect of how I built my dropdown menus, but since I'm using FireFox, and it's un-affected, I'm going to ignore it.)
  • 01/29/2006 - I found what I think is a better menu system. It's still javascript, and it appears to work very well in both IE6 and FireFox 1.5. Once again, I have no idea how it will look in other browsers, but Safari might be a problem.