Aaron Adams’s Blowhard Blog

As you’re aware, I upgraded my page last week with a new look. Within minutes, someone had already pointed out a rendering inconsistency that’s just downright annoying.

The problem I speak of is the long description of the site, which is too close to the site banner in Internet Explorer 6. Take a look at these two pictures to see what I’m talking about. The picture on the left is from Safari, my usual browser, and the picture on the right is from IE6 on Windows XP.

Notice the difference: Safari has a 20-pixel space between the words and the banner, whereas IE6 has none.

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As you’ve undoubtedly noticed, the site has changed yet again. Geeklog has been replaced by b2evolution and I’ve added a catchy title to the blog that is sure to generate multitudes of questions I don’t want to answer.

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Take a gander at this page on the Apple site. I answered something like it three years ago and we all know the rest of the story.

Could Apple be reinitiating the campaign? I have no idea, but it’s a distinct possibility.

In case you missed it elsewhere, the helpful developer at this site has created a kernel extension that enables certain older Apple notebook trackpads to behave like the new trackpads on Apple’s recently introduced PowerBooks. I’ve been using it for the past few days on a previous generation Aluminum PowerBook with no problems. I can’t compare it to Apple’s implementation because I haven’t used a new PowerBook yet, but it’s certainly an interesting way to scroll through long web pages or documents.

If your notebook is compatible (instructions are provided on the page to find out if it is), it’s worth a try. Unloading the Apple-provided kernel extension and replacing it with this different one currently requires some Terminal magic, but the page provides very good directions how to do so. The developer states that he’s working on an installer package and a preference pane for future release.

I received a call from my friend Todd last week. He has a customer that wants to set up a secure web kiosk cheaply. He asked if I thought the Mac mini would be a good choice for such a project.

Great idea!

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