About the pages...
The primary purpose of my web site is to provide a
collection of my favorite links for my own
convenience. It's built for
speed - no Flash, no scripts, no
fricking Java, no advertising banners, no shopping
carts, no animations, no sounds nor music files
playing in the background. It's my
default home page on my PCs, and easily
accessible from other PCs' web connections, like
those at work.
It's for me. Me, me, me...
The secondary purpose is for communication with
friends and family.
My new pages, while mimicking some of the look and
feel of my previous frames-based pages, use
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and better table layout
instead of frames, and keep graphics to a minimum
for faster downloads.
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I prefer my navigation menu on the right side
instead of the left:
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I'm right-handed;
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the mouse is on my right;
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and the browser's vertical scrollbar is
on the right.
I think it's a natural for navigation to be
on the right.
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My name in big bold letters is a vanity thing,
but instead of making (and downloading) a huge
graphic that in the end simply says my name,
I'm quite satisfied using text - it downloads
quickly but still looks decent.
I liked the way my old pages looked when I first did
them a few years ago, but today they look
so 1996... I think my current pages
are much sharper!
A good CSS-compatible browser should show off a neat
trick I use on my pages: rolling the mouse pointer
over links highlights it - like a Java rollover -
and yet I do NOT use Java rollover tricks to do it!
It's a CSS trick - specify A:HOVER
background-color to whatever contrasty color you
like in the .css file. It's about 3-5 lines
total in the .css file, far easier than using Java,
IMHO. MSIE 4.0 and later, Opera and Netscape 6 show
this.
I like hand-crafting my HTML, so I use HomeSite.
I've tested my pages in the following browsers:
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Microsoft Internet Explorer v. 5.0,
6.0
My favorite browser, the default browser on my
laptop. The first versions of my pages were
tested against IE 5.0.
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Netscape Communicator v. 4.61
Netscape is the standard browser at work, and I
do access my pages at work, so I needed to test
against Netscape. Had to tweak some things so my
pages would display OK.
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Opera v. 3.62 beta
I wondered how Opera would display my pages -
the initial pages had problems. Between tweaking
for Opera and tweaking for Netscape, I finally
got my pages to display well on all three of the
above browsers.
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NCSA Mosaic v. 3.0
The first popular browser, but no longer
supported. It doesn't support CSS, so I
downloaded it to see how it would display my CSS
pages - I assume other older browsers would
display similarly. I managed to get my right-hand
menu bar to display by putting each item in a
Table Data cell in each Table Row; all other
browsers are OK with putting content in a Table
Row. And Mosaic doesn't understand percentage
widths! What was once THE web browser, Mosaic
looks putrid by today's standards.
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AMSD Ariadna v. 1.3
A freeware browser from Russia - last updated in
July 1998, it doesn't support CSS. However,
it displays my pages quite nicely - certainly
better than Mosaic. (AMSD decided to stop further
work on their browser because of the fierce
browser competition between Microsoft and
Netscape. They're now giving their version
1.3 for free and concentrating on supporting MS
Internet Explorer.)
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Opera 4 Beta 3
Link colors obey local settings instead of style
sheet settings; otherwise OK.
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Netscape 6 Preview Release 1
This beta browser has better compliance with
Cascading Style Sheet standards than Netscape
4.72. One or two display quirks, hopefully will
be resolved when finally released.
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Opera 5.01, 6, 7
OK.
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Mozilla 1.1 - 1.5
OK.
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Mozilla Firefox 1.0 Preview
Release
OK.
Bersalona.com's error pages
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Archived Bulletins
- 2010.07.10 - Changed symbol for CHTRX
- 2010.07.01 - Added links for TDBank
- 2010.06.03 - After 12 years of neglect, finally updated my online resume!
Created my "contact" page in the Gazetteer style
- 2009.12.06 - Finished converting my Digressions articles
to the Gazetteer format
- 2009.12.03 - Converted Chess20030419.html to Gazetteer
- 2009.11.25 - Converted my "newspaper" page to Gazetteer
- 2009.11.24 - Home and
Links tabs now based on Haran's Gazetteer
template
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2005.12.31 - New Digressions...
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2005.12.23 - New Digressions...
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2005.10.29 - New Digressions...
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2005.09.05 - New Digressions...
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2005.05.21 - New Digressions...
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2005.02.23 - New Digressions...
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2005.02.21 - New Digressions...
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2005.02.20 - New Digressions...
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2005.02.19 - New Digressions...
article. Have added separate links to the
Free Cokie! storyline on the home page.
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2005.02.18 - New Digressions...
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2005.02.12 - New Digressions...
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2005.01.04 - Removed Plantagenet
from Quick links.
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2004.12.21 - New Digressions...
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2004.11.30 - New Digressions...
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2004.11.23 - Prototype web pages for SawyersCreek.org
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2004.11.22 - On the Email page,
removed the comment that I can read my home Email
at work. The firewall at work will not let me
access an https page with a disallowed port.
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2004.11.20 - New Digressions...
article
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2004.11.18 - Switching web host from ForceHost to
eMax
Hosting... done.
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2004.11.08 - New Digressions...
article
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2004.11.04 - Added links to Bersalona.com error
pages in Notes
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2004.10.31 - New Digressions...
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2004.10.10 - Updated the Digressions...
article on Mom's
PC.
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2004.10.09 - New Digressions...
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2004.09.22 - New Digressions...
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2004.09.12 - New Digressions...
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2004.06.18 - New Digressions...
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2004.03.28 - Added Pearls
Before Swine to Quick Links
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2004.03.22 - Tweaked Digressions...
articles to XHTML 1.0 Transitional compliance
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2004.03.21
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Tweaks to my web pages and the prototype DelVal USABDA
pages for better XHTML Transitional
compliance.
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Menu selections now highlight the entire
cell.
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2004.03.17 - New Digressions...
article
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2004.03.16 - Deleted links to web pages created
by MS Excel of Excel charts; charts posted in a
Digressions...
article.
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2004.03.13 - Experimental posting of MS Excel
charts - graphics with VML (requires MSIE 5.0 or
later)
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2004.02.26 - New Digressions...
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2004.02.22 - New Digressions...
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2004.02.19 - Deleted
FGRIX from list of retirement mutual funds
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2004.02.15 - New Digressions...
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2004.02.14 - Added list of retirement mutual
funds,
AVLFX,
FFFEX,
FGRIX and
VWNDX, to Quick Links
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2004.02.10 - Added LLL
(L-3 Communications) to list of non-retirement
investments
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2004.02.07 - New Digressions...
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2004.01.04 - New Digressions...
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2003.12.29 - New Digressions...
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2003.12.27 - New Digressions...
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2003.12.18 - New Digressions...
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2003.12.14 - New Digressions...
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2003.12.13 - New Digressions...
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2003.12.07 - New Digressions...
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2003.12.06 - New Digressions...
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2003.12.05 - Revamped My Web graphics page,
to place the graphics within my current web page
template.
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2003.11.29 - New Digressions...
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2003.11.27 - New Digressions...
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2003.11.25 - Created my own weblog pages, titled
Digressions...,
plus HTML and CSS templates for support.
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2003.11.16 - Edited Friends and
Family section in Links page
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Removed inactive links for: Ren and Arlene
DeMarco; Victor Cornejo; Nancy Broz
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Added Empowering
Enterprises at least temporarily
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2003.05.08 - Removed Quicken.com
from Quick Links
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2003.04.27 - Added page for chess game of 2003.04.19
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2002.12.28 - Added new first-time visitors to Visitors'
Highlights; all on Christmas Eve
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2002.10.03 - Added Uncle Ric, Aunt Ofelia, Rose
to Visitors'
Highlights
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2002.08.16 - South
Guest now has 2P/2B capability
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2002.07.01 - Modified WWE
listing to reflect ticker symbol change.
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2002.04.19
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2002.02.25 - Updated My new house page -
30-day items resolved; decorating ideas
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2002.02.04 - Created virtual tour page of kitchen
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2002.02.03 - Created virtual interior tour page
of foyer
and half walls, though with temporary images
(shot on old roll of Kodak Gold 100).
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2002.01.25 - Deleted Stroud's CWSApps
List and PalmPower
Magazine from Quick Links.
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2002.01.20 - Corrected house construction pages
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2002.01.19
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2001.12.18 - Added commentary to My new house page.
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2001.12.09 - Restored
TBGVX to current investment list. Removed Motley Fool from
Quick Links.
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2001.11.06 - Updated My new house pages,
added representative pictures of all slides to
date.
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2001.11.05 - Updated My new house page
and expanded to separate pages.
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2001.11.03 - Updated My new house page.
Although I settled on 2001.09.28, I haven't
posted all the pictures yet. When time permits
I'll revamp the section to separate Phase 1
(construction) and Phase 2 (making the house a
home) plus summary pages.
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2001.06.17 - Updated My new house page
with pictures of ducts and shingles, plus update
on siding
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2001.06.11 - Updated My new house page
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2001.06.10 - Updated My new house page
with many pictures and comments
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2001.06.03 - Updated My new house page
with pictures of frame with OSB sheathing
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2001.06.01 - Updated My new house page
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2001.05.31 - Updated My new house page
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2001.05.30 - Updated My new house page
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2001.05.27 - Updated My new house page
with first pictures of the framing
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2001.05.25 - Updated My new house page
with pictures of the foundation and garage floors
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2001.05.20 - Updated My new house page,
with lots of new pictures
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2001.05.16 - Updated My new house page
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2001.05.15 - Updated My new house page
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2001.05.13 - Updated My new house page
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2001.05.11
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2000.12.15 - Replaced DD
with GE
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2000.11.23 - Happy
Thanksgiving! Added and modified a
few links.
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2000.10.25 - Modified WWF
listing since WWF moved from NASDAQ to
NYSE.
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2000.10.21 - Removed MSFT
from list of stocks.
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2000.10.10
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Added SaturnFans.com
to Quick Links
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Added additional candidate links, mostly
auto and government.
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Added a paragraph in Notes describing the
link rollover technique I use in my pages.
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Changed color scheme from
"MarkBersalona2000" to
"MarkBersalonaDesert".
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2000.08.30 - Removed
ARTSX from list of non-retirement
mutual funds.
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2000.07.08 - Added additional links to
Financial section of Links
page.
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2000.07.03 - Added DD
to stocks
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2000.07.01 - Added Motley Fool
and Quicken.com
to Quick Links and
grouped the financial links together.
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2000.06.22 - Added additional links to
Financial section of Links
page.
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2000.06.17 - Added links for my stocks in
Quick Links
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2000.06.11
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Added
Financial section in
Links page
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Removed
TBGVX from list of non-retirement
mutual funds.
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Added Datek
Online to Quick
Links
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2000.04.29 - Added links for my mutual funds in
Quick Links.
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2000.04.21
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Added, updated and rearranged some links
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Added sections for
Local and
Squirrels in Links
page
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Created a new "newspaper"
page from scratch
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2000.02.26 - Replaced My
Stuff section in Links page with
Friends and Family section.
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2000.02.26 - After further HTML tweaking,
right-hand menu bar now displays similarly
in MSIE 5.0,
Netscape 4.61 and
Opera 3.62 beta, and the
menu bar even displays in Mosaic
3.0. Removed the redundant
horizontal bottom menu bar.
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2000.02.19 - My new pages no longer use frames
but use Cascading Style Sheets
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