Left Justified - messing with the web

Are you using a PowerPC emulator to run OSX on top of XP? If so, I want to hear about it.

I came home to find this waiting for me in shortstat

If you know why that makes me happy, you’re a nerd too

The simple technique of resetting all margins and padding that I mentioned almost a fortnight ago has recently created far more discussion than any previous journal entry. After reading some differing opinions via the original post’s comments, email and the WSG list I think it would be appropriate to take a closer look and cover these points in some detail.

Ever since this site launched there have been elements of my Wordpress setup that I haven’t been happy with. The most notable being:

• Most pages had to scroll far too much to show the content, especially the home page.
• Every post required an excerpt, making quick posts difficult – not to mention the fear of filling the home page with non-design posts.

Yesterday I realised that I had been approaching these problems all wrong; over complication of simple goals had taken control. Today I fixed the problems.

A recent discussion with my friend Jay got me thinking about something – most CSS/XHTML related articles and tutorials are very specialised; they only give you a detailed look at one part of the picture and then it’s up to you to put the pieces together. This isn’t always a good thing though, as it is left to the individual to experiment in search of combinations that not only work, but also allow relative freedom in future development.

I would prefer for this to be a massive investigation with all sorts of graphs and demonstrations, but there’s no way I can find the time for something like that. Instead, I offer a walk through of how I start every new CSS styled site and my preferences for CSS hacks negotiation.

This isn’t going to become one of those political blogs, I promise.
Australia is about to have a Federal election, one which will hopefully see an end to our deplorable foreign policy – a policy which includes our weakest leader blindly following the US’ most untrustworthy President.

This is a brief note to my fellow Australians.
We are not the 51st State, but we could be. Please think about that on voting day.