I got a bag of crap tonight! Okay, that probably doesn’t look that good to normal people, but it is a good thing. Woot.com usually posts a new tech item each night at midnight central time. Tonight I was lucky enough to remember to check the website and there was a bag of crap for sale. It cost $1million but with a coupon came out to be quite affordable. 
Archive for March, 2007
Comments: 2March 31st, 2007 by Ryan Westendorf
Comments: 0March 28th, 2007 by Ryan Westendorf
I could just delete the last post, but instead I’ll reply to it in the form of another post. I was able to modify the stylesheet so that IE seems to like the page when the screen size is small. Now, for anyone who might be searching on what I did, here’s the solution:
The old style causing the problem appeared as this:
#content
{
display: block;
margin: 0 195px 20px 195px;
padding: 1em;
padding-top: 10px;
text-align: left;
background: #FFF;
}
The fix appears to have been to change the display tag to inline-block. The resulting style now looks like this:
#content
{
display: inline-block;
margin: 0 195px 20px 195px;
padding: 1em;
padding-top: 10px;
text-align: left;
background: #FFF;
}
According to the page I found about the display tag at Quirksmode.org this shouldn’t really be working quite right in Internet Explorer. I’ve tested it, though, and it’s working how I want it. Also, it says it is not supported in Firefox 1.5, but really, you should have upgraded by now.
And that is how I saved the world fixed my webpage.
Comments: 0March 28th, 2007 by Ryan Westendorf
I discovered another reason to be annoyed by Internet Explorer tonight. Apparently anyone visiting my webpage using IE and a screen less than 1280×1024 have a redrawing problem with the center page. Well, that just sucks. So, back to the pseudo drawing board. I’ll poke around a bit tonight to see if I can find in the CSS where it’s freaking out IE. Otherwise, I’ll be looking at another new site redesign….great….
Comments: 4March 20th, 2007 by Ryan Westendorf
Hmm, that title sounds familiar… Goodnight Mr. Sinclair (January 7, 2007) Oh yeah, I remember now. I was on Mediacom’s side for the whole Sinclair ordeal and said I wasn’t going to change just because KDSM had disappeared from the lineup. Now, however, I’m jumping ship. Actually, running from a flaming car might be more like it. After a $3/mo increase in my internet last month, beginning next month the cost of TV will be going up $4/mo. That’s $7/mo more on my bill in just 3 months. I don’t even have that complicated of a plan: 2-78 analog and the lowest internet price. Suffice to say I am on my way to Dish Network and Qwest. See ya Mediacom, don’t let the price increases hit you on the way out.
Comments: 3March 9th, 2007 by Ryan Westendorf
I just had an AMBER Alert come through the system from South Carolina. The email alerts and web posting to the website are working once again. To see current AMBER alert information you can visit www.westendorf.us/special/emwin/amber.shtml.
I plan to eventually open up the email alerts for anyone to subscribe to that wants them. Right now, I have them all sent to my cell phone to make sure the system is working. If you’d like to get AMBER Alerts for Iowa, visit the Wireless AMBER Alert System and sign up with your cell phone number.
Comments: 0March 9th, 2007 by Ryan Westendorf
Remember last fall when I was at work waiting for the clocks to fall backwards in time? I’ll be doing it again this weekend, only according to some computers it’s happening 3 weeks earlier than it should. The other difference is that I’m training people this weekend so that should be….fun… As far as I know we’ve upgraded as many of the systems and programs that need it, but I totally have this feeling that one or two things were completely forgotten and will be quite confused about what time it is come Sunday morning. If the power goes out..don’t blame me. If the TV goes out…don’t blame me either, I’ll probably just be swearing at the equipment.