Oh yeah, I have made loads of changes this past weekend. Besides moving content to the right, I have also decided to start removing some of the table I used for layout. I am attempting to use CSS instead. Weee, fun eh?

I also did some work on the profiles section. You can now only view other profiles if you are currently logged in to this site. If you are not logged in, you can’t even see the link to the left. Furthermore, I have removed the displaying of email addresses, and instead created a small form for sending email. Much nicer. I am extremely sorry to anyone that received spam on account of being signed up here.

http://www.aspalliance.com/nothingmn/help101.aspx

http://www.tagconsulting.com/Show.asp?Id=1005 – a GUID generator

http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?lngWId=4&txtCodeId=6450 – a nice UID script

Burton and Apple have teamed up to create a snowboarding jacket with integrated controls for an Apple iPod.

As the good folks over at Gizmodo said: “Just make sure you do not land on the volume button when you wipe out.”

I mainly re-arranged how each post is displayed. All the same info is being displayed, but now it is cleaner. I made some changes to the underlying CSS page too.

So far I like the changes. Let me know what you think.

http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/css/
http://archive.devx.com/projectcool/developer/dynamic/css5min.html

http://www.pageresource.com/dhtml/indexcss.htm

http://www.pageresource.com/dhtml/index.html

http://www.pageresource.com/

http://www.glish.com/css/ – some example css layouts

http://www.glish.com/css/blogger/ – something to implement here

I stumbled across these online tools over at GeekLog.net.

There is a Lynx simulator, and a search engine simulator that are good resources to test with when developing web pages.

Well, this little gem is very simple, not really a lot of fun, but still horrbily addictive.

Prepare for Ant War!

You control the destiny of a colony of ants. Each day you choose their activity, and attempt to create the largest colony that you can.

Warning though, you do have the option to save your game, but you must first sign up with the site, then Pay $0.50 per save using PayPal. I am not sure how much it would cost to load a game (if anything).

It was time to get a new Cell Phone. My trusty tri-mode StarTac was really starting to bite. The case was cracked, the antenna broken, and the buttons made these awful sticky, crackly noises.

I did a little shopping trip last night, and picked up a new LG TM520 from Future Shock.

So far I really like the phone. I has a lot of nice features, is small, light, and pretty easy to move to.

I really like the voice activated dialing.

I love west coast storms. The power behind them is humbling. I couldn’t begin to count the number of times I have walked on a beach during a storm. The pounding surf, the howling wind, the relentless rain. They remind me of how powerful nature is.

It is humbling because no matter how strong you are a good storm can still push you around.

I awoke this morning to an excellent wind storm. Hearing the gusts pick up, hearing them hit the house, feeling the house shake ever so slightly. Amazing. It makes me feel good to be alive.

The rain tends to sting when it hits my face during a good gust. My legs feel really light when there is a tail wind. Walking is such a chore in a good head wind.

Storms are so dynamic, ever changing, chaotic. Maybe that is their appeal.

Doesn’t really matter. I almost always enjoy them.

I just wanted to take some and wish the readers Happy New Year. 2002 was a great year for me. Lots of excellent changes in my life. I hope 2002 was as good to you as it was to me.

Here is hoping that 2003 is even better.

An update on my holidays. The whirlwind tour of BC is over. Dec 24 Sue and I headed to Nanaimo for Xmas. It was great to be at mom’s relaxing and eating goodies. On Dec 27 we got up early (5 am) , and started our marathon trip to Nelson. Driving through horrendous conditions, we arrived sometime around 9 pm tired and weary, but in one piece.

While in Nelson we spent time with Sue’s family doing many cool activities (no pun intended). On the 28th we went to a lake just outside of town. I went tobogganing (sp?) while others went skating on the lake. Later a game of hockey got started. The whole time Yoshi ran around through the snow.

On the 29th I got to go snowboarding. This was my first time in interior powder. It was delicious. There must have been 30 cm of fluffyness covering a good base. The first couple runs were amazing, and after that the pow started to get tracked out. We had to head into the trees to find the good stuff. What an amazing day.

On the 30th, I went tobogganing again, but in town this time. Later in the day Sue, Sue’s mom, Yoshi, and I took a walk through the town Cemetary. Very neat. There was a large section of soldiers that had died near the end of WWI. After that walk, Sue and I then took a stroll through the town poking through some of the shops. Great fun!

Dec 31 saw us on our return trip. We left Nelson around 8 pm, and got to Tsawassen around 6:30 pm. The return trip was much better since the roads were in really good condition. We hit the buffet for dinner of course, then hit the hay around 10:30. We were woken up at 12:00 and heard the partiers in the ‘hood banging pots and pans, bringing in the new year in style.

Jan 1 was a much deserved rest day, and now I am back at work, attempting to resume a normal life.

That pretty much sums up the last week.