Microsoft is claiming that a working version of IE8 is showing the smiley, and has passed the Acid2 test. Even if Microsoft is lying, this means that at the very least, someone there is using a browser that can pass!
[that, or they stole the screenshot from some place!]
As you might have noticed, I’ve been a bit pre-occupied recently. And likely will be so in the future. So a design for this site has once again been placed on the back burner. I am good for a tweak-ing, however.
Looks fine in Firefox 2 for mac/pc. Opera, has a small problem, I think due to a varied em interpretation (it’s different on each platform). I tried IE6, and of course, things were missing, but the design as a whole stood up. So a few “non-lazy” changes should do the trick. Having only spent 30 minutes and using :before and :after pseudo attributes, I was surprised IE didn’t send my PC up in flames.
It just occurs to me, it would be nice if I could add a little javascript (for fun, not practical usage). Not sure what I would add it to, however. Oh well, placed on my to-do list after the real design.
Yes, if you happen to see some weird things going on, I am tweaking the CSS on the site. Live. See me work, or become annoyed and return when I’m finished. 🙂
Washington Post – Obituaries
Friday, December 14, 2007; Page B07
Jean Edward Welker – NASA Physicist
Jean Edward Welker, 72, who spent 50 years as a physicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, died Dec. 5 of heart disease at Washington Hospital Center. He lived in Laurel.
Mr. Welker was a specialist in examining climate patterns in Russia and Eastern Europe. He worked at NASA until his death.
He was born in Mineola, N.Y., and received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in physics from Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. He received a doctorate in history from the University of Maryland in the early 1990s.
He was a member of St. Louis Catholic Church in Clarksville and sang in the choir. He had also sung in the University of Maryland choir.
His wife of 23 years, Joan M. Welker, died in 2000.
Survivors include three children, Edward Welker of Kensington, Catherine Welker of Washington and Tania Welker of New York; one sister, Nancy Frenze of Philadelphia; and three brothers, Paul Welker of Providence, R.I., Robert Welker of Arlington and Kenneth Welker of Oslo.
Jean Edward Welker
72, died at Washington Hospital Center on December 5, 2007 from heart failure. Beloved husband of the late Joan Mary (Minko), he is survived by his three children Edward, Catherine, and Tania. Dr. Welker, who spent 50 years working for the government, was a physicist for NASA in Greenbelt, MD. He received his doctorate in history from the University of Maryland. All are invited to graveside services Mon., December 10th at 10:30 am at Glenwood Cemetery, Great Rd. (Rte 111), Maynard, MA. Martin & Doran Funeral Home.
Published in the Boston Globe on 12/9/2007.
In an effort to keep my mind occupied elsewhere, here are a couple of distractions to share.
The Magical Minimalism of Microformat – The New York Times tipping their hat to Microformats
Internet Explorer 8 – Please don’t be lying, please don’t be lying, please don’t be lying…
Email Standards Project – Please turn out to be relevant
Odiogo – Convert RSS feeds to podcasts. I rarely ever listen to podcasts [ok, fine, I never listen to them], but I still like the idea.
