CSS based redesign done 
I've finished redesigning the theme of this blog with CSS layout instead of table layout. Thanks to my daughter, Erin, for her artistic advice on color scheme and layout. Any deficiencies in the design are, of course, my fault and probably due to my limited CSS skills. I am improving though.
Howto use a CSS stylesheet with OPML blogs
- Select the menu item Community>Your OPML Weblog>Open template>
- Add an outline element under the line that reads:
<title><%title%></title> that looks like:
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://hosting.opml.org/your-subdomain-name/blog/decorations/opml-blog.css" /> - Substitute your subdomain name where indicated above. For instance, my subdomain is javajini .
- Create a file containing CSS style rules named opml-blog.css and place it in the directory www/blog/decorations/ in your OPML directory. It will be reflected to the server as will any files you place in your www directory.
I'll document other tips on using stylesheets as I discover them.
Scripting theme
I am noticing a theme in my computer related interests. Let's see, Ruby, Frontier, Python, Guile, Konfabulator, Javascript... hmmm. Can you say scripting languages. I knew you could. It all goes back to my interest in Lisp and Lisp related languages.
And when you get right down to it, Java is essentially a scripting language. Byte codes are a neat hack but at heart, Java is just a peculiarly static scripting language. After Guy Steele got a hold of it, it became a lot less static and a lot more powerful.
Enough philosophy. These kind of ramblings are more appropriate to the style of Occasional Comment.
Back in black
I spent the day yesterday reading up on how to build Konfabulator, errr... Yahoo!Widgets widgets and dealing with internet outages due to a thunderstorm. Oh, and I admit it, I got majorly distracted by The Italian Job. I finally caught it at the beginning. I keep forgetting I can watch it any time I want with video on demand.
