Author: James

CSS for “Terminal Screen”

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Here’s some CSS that I used to make a pretend “Terminal Screen:”

You can see an example here. 

/* my [typed] Piece of Paper CSS */

html{height: 100%;} 

body {
  font-family: terminal, sans-serif;
  color: #00FF33;
  padding: 20px 20px 20px 20px;
  margin: 0px;
  background-color: #4682B4;

}

/* The Terminal Window */
#main
{ width: 640px;
  height: 480px;
  padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px;
  margin-left: auto;
  margin-right: auto;
  background: #000000;
  color: #00FF33;
}

#top {
  position:absolute;
  padding: 50px 50px 50px 50px;
  margin-left: 3cm;
  margin-right: auto;
  background: #FFFFFF;
  color: #000000;
  width: 780px;
  height: 150px;
  top: 50px;
  bottom: 100px;

}

a:link {color: #ffffff}     /* unvisited link */
a:visited {color: #ffffff}  /* visited link */
a:hover {  /* mouse over link */
  color: #FFf0FF

}
a:active {color: #0000FF}   /* selected link */ 

/* positioning - left, right and center */
.left
{ float: left;
  padding: 0px 8px 0px 0px;
}

.right
{ float: right;
  padding: 0px 0px 0px 8px;
}

.center
{ display: block;
  text-align: center;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

Typed Paper CSS

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Did this CSS to make a page look like a “typed” piece of paper.


/* my [typed] Piece of Paper CSS */

html{height: 100%;}

body {
font-family: "courier new", courier, terminal, sans-serif;
color: #ffffff;
padding: 20px 20px 20px 20px;
margin: 0px;
background-color: #404040 ;

}

/* The Piece of Paper */
#main
{ width: 780px;
height: 800px;
padding: 50px 50px 50px 50px;
margin-left: 3cm;
margin-right: auto;
background: #FFFFFF;
color: #000000;
line-height: 1em;
letter-spacing: .05em;
word-spacing: .2em;

}
#top {
position:absolute;
padding: 50px 50px 50px 50px;
margin-left: 3cm;
margin-right: auto;
background: #FFFFFF;
color: #000000;
width: 780px;
height: 150px;
top: 50px;
bottom: 100px;

}

a:link {color: #000000}     /* unvisited link */
a:visited {color: #000000}  /* visited link */
a:hover {  /* mouse over link */
color: #FF00FF
text
}
a:active {color: #0000FF}   /* selected link */

/* positioning - left, right and center */
.left
{ float: left;
padding: 0px 8px 0px 0px;
}

.right
{ float: right;
padding: 0px 0px 0px 8px;
}

.center
{ display: block;
text-align: center;
margin: 0 auto;
}
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Internet Explorer -vs- Firefox

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Ok, I see a big difference when viewing my website with Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox.  The formatting is totally different.  It seems that in Interent Explorer (IE) Some of my widgets doesn’t show up.  I’ve been playing with different “themes” to see which one is best viewed with both IE & Firefox.  I thought the current theme was, but apparently not.  Now at the house I do not use IE because I use Linux, but I do get to test out my css, code, html, and whatever at work using IE.  Wish I could use Firefox at work, but it is banned from Government Computers.  Anyway, guess this is a plea for those of you out there still using Internet Explorer, there is something better out there.  Please visit http://mozilla.org/firefox and download your copy today.

Get Firefox

COLD

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Man, it was cold out this AM.  37 degrees.  Just 5 more degrees to freezing.  There’s no heat on in our building yet, and it’s seems even colder in here.  It’s blowing cold air!  I’ve got my Jacket on sitting here typing this and I’m still cold.  Brrrrrrrrrr…  I don’t get paid enough for this.

Novembre

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Greetings all:

Halloween is finally over.  I decided to have a little “get together” at my house halloween night, but didn’t seem to work out.  I bought 4 racks of ribs (2 pork/2 beef); my wife made loompia, I cooked backed beans on the grill, burgers, sausage, & dogs.  My wife made some extra filipino dishes.  I invited a bunch of people from the shop, all the girls from Pegasus in Hatch plus a few more.  Only one person from the Shop showed up, 3 of cathy’s friends from Hatch (none from Pegasus), and I had enough food for an Army.  Ended up giving a huge pan of Ribs to the shop so Hastings and the Japanese can eat them, to keep them from going to waste. 

On top of all that, I felt like krap.  I was getting sick, I knew it, I felt it coming on.  Needless to say, the next morning when I had to be at work at 4am, I felt it even more.  I felt extremely thursty, and nausious.  I started throwing up once I finally got to work.  I didn’t even shave, I probably looked like shit.  Once 7am arrived, I called the appointment hotline and made myself an appointment, Cathy took me to the Doc at 9am and they gave me an IV, with 1 bag saline & 25 mg Phenegran.  I felt better, but it wasn’t over.  I’m just now starting to feel better.  My nose is still a bit runny, but other than that, I’m better.  The Doc did put me on 48 hrs quarters, so I didn’t have to work the remainder of Thursday or Friday, which was awesome, but in retrospect, I’d rather be at work.

Ok, in the middle of typing this (or after the last save, my website crashed, so I lost the other stuff, and I don’t feel like re-typing it…. mainly because I don’t remember what the heck I typed.  It was down for a good 30 mins.  Maybe it will come back to me later.

Halloween

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Another month is almost past.  Tomorrow is Halloween.  It doesn’t seem like it has been a year since the last Halloween.  This year we’re having a Halloween Party at the house.  Inviting some girls from Hatchinohe and some people from the shop.  Planning on burning some stuff on the grill, handing out candy, etc…  Cathy will walk the neighborhood with the kids so they can trick-or-treat.  This year, I’m staying at the house handing out candy.

Better

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Today was better day, when I got home from work, my head wasn’t pounding.  It’s now 7pm and I’m about to go to bed and get ready for another fun day at work tomorrow.