Dan’s Web Spot

IE6 non-compliant behavior

When testing my own blog in Internet Explorer 6, I noticed that the text inside some posts was randomly disappearing. An example of what this looks like in IE6 is to the left.

I primarily use Mozilla Firefox for surfing and development work because it is compliant with W3C valid CSS standards and has a host of cool and useful plugins, such as Firebug. Firebug has an inspection mode where you can reveal any page element’s CSS or HTML code merely by just hovering over it. You can also “inject” CSS, HTML and script statements in real time to see how the content is affected by such changes (my favorite).

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Eli's football photos

Just a quick note here that I have posted Eli’s last football photos on the Photos Page.

Note to view the pictures I have reverted to a password protected page, so logging-in is no longer necessary. For those of you who have had password access before, it is the same; if you would like access, just send me a quick email by clicking here.

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I have often wondered why we need the electoral college in this country.
It seems like an unnecessary step and cost to the taxpayers. Sometimes a state will spend all of its electoral votes on the state’s popular vote results, and other times a state may choose to pro-rate their electoral votes depending on the voting percentages of the popular vote.

Confused? I was (and frankly, I still am).

Seems like although for the most part, in the voting history of the United States, the electoral votes have been cast in accordance with the popular vote. However, depending on the state, there can be rather strict or very loose requirements on the voting practices of the electoral college.

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Well, the football season is officially over for the Green Fighting Irish. On Sunday, the Black Panthers A team took the Championship from the Green Fighting Irish, 22-0. The Irish B team managed a 14-0 shutout of the Panthers B team in their game.

Some of the 12 year olds will continue the season playing in “pro-bowl” games and such…

Samai and I (as well as I’m sure his Mema, Pepa, and Dad) and are very proud of Eli for really improving overall as a player this year, for his commitment to the sport, and for not complaining, even when it was hot out or he was tired. The most impressive thing was the fact that several coaches made positive comments about Eli, and at different times throughout the season.

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Green Fighting Irish Rule!

It was a briskly cold night; the temperature dropped to around 40. My feet were numb, but at least there was no wind chill…

On this memorable evening, the Green Fighting Irish A-team beat the Gold Bandits, 22-0. It doesn’t seem possible that they shut them out, but they did… And what an exciting game both the As and Bs played!

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Eli’s official Green Fighting Irish individual and team photos have just been posted on the Photos Page, under Eli Football - Summer/Fall 2008. Note that you need to be logged in to access the photos.

Enjoy!
-Dan

There are some new photos up on the Photos Page. These include a set from regular season football this summer/fall, a set from Eli’s football jamboree with the Rochester and Dover Youth Football League teams in late summer, and a set from Samai’s birthday celebration at Kyle and Julia’s a week ago.

If you are not logged in when accessing the page, you will be prompted to do so.

Enjoy,
Dan

Samai and Dan

Today marks the XXth anniversary of Samai’s birth… Of course, actual age is withheld to protect the innocent (OK, so I’m not that innocent!).

This day also marks the anniversary of the date that I proposed to Samai.

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Just a quick announcement that the Photos page is up and running. You will need to register and log-in to access the photos.  I expect to update this page soon…

To stay up to date on postings or comments, you can simply use these RSS links:
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For those of you who are unfamiliar with RSS feeds and how they work, they’re basically live Internet bookmarks that update with new content automatically. When a new post appears on this site, your RSS bookmark will automatically update to show you a link to the new content. Pretty cool, huh?

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Click the image above to check out the Calendar

Check out the new Calendar page. Here you can navigate through the months to see what events have been scheduled. In the sidebar, there are also two new “widgets” that list both Today’s Events (if there are any) as well as Upcoming Events…

Eli’s football schedule is now posted in the Calendar. Hover your mouse over an event to see the details.

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Samai and Dan take the Gold in Rhythmics in Beijing!

As usual, I couldn’t resist…

Here are links to the previous videos:
Snowball Fight! | Breakin

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Click on the link below to view or save the full size image. Photo from the 2008 Cal Ripken Small Minor League, team ZMJ Advertising.

Enjoy,
Dan

Eli 2008 baseball MVP photo with team

OK, so the date has officially been changed to May 16th, 2009. With all the church paperwork, counseling and retreat, etc., as well as planning everything for the reception, we wanted to allow enough time so that we weren’t rushed.

The wedding will either be a St. Joseph’s or St. Charles’ church in Dover, with a reception afterward (with a DJ and dancing) at the Dockside Restaurant in York Harbor, ME. It should be a great time!

-Dan

Breakin’ is baaaaaaack!

Snowball Fight was baaaaaaaaack!

Well, it was at one point, but now the faces are gone…. better humor to follow…

-Dan

My nephew Michael officially turned 9 on Sunday December 2nd…

Happy Birthday to you…
Happy Birthday to you…
Uh ba geeba to Michael…
Happy Birthday to you!

- Uncle Dan

We are all (Samai, Elijah and myself) very pleased to announce that Samai and I are now officially engaged to be married! (Yes, former girlfriend, now fiancée!) The date has tentatively been set for October 11, 2008 been set for May 16, 2009…

Thank you all for the kind words and support!

- Dan

In my miniscule mind, I would have thought one of you out there would have something to say here,

as outspoken (ahem) as some of you are

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So I was wondering why all of a sudden I had to refill my new bird feeder on a daily basis. Initially, a refill would last some 4-5 days. Then the squirrels found out about it and the refill frequency dwindled to 2-3 days.

Lately the feeder has been empty each morning. Last night, I happened to flip on the back deck light and peer outside before retiring to bed and noticed a couple of visitors under the bird feeder… rather large visitors, I might add. There were 2 absolutely beautiful does helping themselves to whatever they could, both in and out of the feeder.

At last the mystery is solved, and as far as I can tell, there at least has not been a visit from a bear yet. How do I know? I’m only guessing this because the feeder is still intact and hanging off of the deck.

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