Internet Brain

So I got tired of the old design and did this over the last 2 days. I’m not sure I like it so be prepared for further changes.
Update:I saw the site in IE6 and was appalled. Here’s what it’s supposed to look like.

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CSS Filters (dithered.com)
Ways to select which browser sees what styles.

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I’ve just been really busy. I do have a new template for you though, it’s Nice and Clean. It’s my first fixed layout and I’m pretty pleased with the result. There are definite advantages to that style. I’m not ready to give up liquid though. The inspiration sites are linked in the top navigation bar.

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I’ve figured out why so many people post cat pictures.

Dogs just don’t do things like that.

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I actually learned something in a staff meeting, wow! Lois, cool Electronic Services Librarian, is writing a job description for a staff position as webmaster.
Lois likes me and believes I know what I’m doing.
I could get out of Priscilla’s range of authority and away from the reference desk. My stress level would drop considerably. [...]

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CSS Shadow

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How to Make a Faceted Classification and Put It On the Web

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metamodel.com – What are the differences between a vocabulary, a taxonomy, a thesaurus, an ontology, and a meta-model?

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How to Develop with CSS

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You are a PHOENIX in your soul and your wings make a statement. Huge and born of flame, they burn with light and power and rebirth. Ashes fall from your wingtips. You are an amazingly strong person. You survive, even flourish in adversity and hardship. A firm believer in the phrase, ‘Whatever [...]

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Black Widow Web Design: Common XHTML Validation Errors

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I went to Best Buy to spend the gift certificate I got from Bill for Christmas and bought the new NeverWinter Nights expansion. It is so cool. It’s set so that you go up to level 15 when the game starts so instead of wasting half the game trying to get up to the prestige [...]

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Mom just fell in the dining room. I had to help her up.
She seems fine. Her ankle is like 3 times its normal size and her thumb is almost black. Her shoulder and wrist might be sprained too.
I’m not sure how long she would have lain there if I hadn’t been in the [...]

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Boxes and Arrows: The Design behind the Design
Boxes and Arrows is the definitive source for the complex task of bringing architecture and design to the digital landscape. There are various titles and professions associated with this undertakinginformation architecture, information design, interaction design, interface designbut when we looked at the work that we were actually doing, [...]

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The Creative Librarian
The Creative Librarian is a hub for matters important to librarians/information scientists of today. There is a definite lean towards electronic issues, however is isn’t restricted to only those. Hopefully this site will also be useful for informing non-librarians on these issues as so many of them affect us all.

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