The new web design is undergoing testing at the moment. This is the CSS, table free layout, that will be fully W3C XHTML certified. I made some changes since I certified it, but when it was certified it was XHTML 1.0 strict, though at the moment I am just trying to certify it at XHTML 1.0 transitional. The CSS will be certified as well.
Anyhow, I have to head off to work.

I finally get to Advanced Computer Programming next week… of course Advanced is a relative term here, and is what I would call Basic C++ Programming Part 2. I learned more from my Deitel/Deitel book then I did from the class. This isn’t to fault the teacher, who did really well, but the format of the class and the book they force him to use are not well suited to learning something like that. I believe I have MS Access, Literature, and at least one other class (which I believe is Visual Basic) then I should be done and have my Associate of Applied Business, Computer Programming and Applications, I could be off by a class or two at the most. After that I plan on taking Computer Networking, which should be just 5 or 6 more classes, and give me an Associate of Applied Business, Computer Networking and assuming I pass the Microsoft Certification test, my MSCE. With those two degrees and a MSCE, I should be set.

Today’s Ari update is brought to you by roll overs, when you want to go from your back to your stomach, roll over. Yes, Ari figured out how to roll from his back to his belly. When I came home one day from work, I found him in his crib on his stomach. Later, when we put him down on the floor, we found him on his belly, just looking around, and when we put him in his crib he kept rolling over. The bad thing now is that he tends to get an arm stuck under him when he rolls to his stomach., so he can’t roll back and gets frustrated. As Sara noted, if we sit him up in the middle of the floor, he’ll sit there himself for some time. Everyone comments on how nice and big his eyes are, and how attentive he seems to be. He’s fairly content, and generally lets anyone hold him. He has started sticking his tongue out a lot, but hasn’t started with the raspberries yet.

This weekend Marvin and Carole Anne are coming to visit. That should be fun.
Meanwhile…. I had an interview on Monday at Ambiance. I wonder if I will get the
job. The interview seemed to go well. I will get the call probably at the end of the week whether or not I got the job. She said she would take me shopping for new clothes if I get the job, since the dress code is buisness (and I don’t have a lot of stuff like that).
I am borrowing my mother’s car this week while I get ready to have my car fixed. It drives so nice….
I am doing the Atkins thing. I know I am vehemently against it, but what can I say? It works. I will have to update on what I’ve lost so far when I weigh myself again. Check out www.atkins.com.
Also, I am making Ari’s baby food. I have already made and frozen pureed broccoli, and I have some tomatos, carrots, and cabbage that I will do the same to.
My dad left for Jordan Saturday. He will be gone for 2 months. I think I could probably borrow my mom’s car for that long if I had to, but I really want to have my own car done by then.
I am expecting a check from the school for financial aid. It should help. Speaking of school, I am excited for it to start. It doesn’t start until August 30.
Like Brian said, Ari ate food yesterday for the first time. Also, I think he’s pretty close to rolling over from his back to his stomach. He can roll over from his stomach to his back already (although it always looks like an accident). He can sit by himself, since Saturday. Although he’s kind of shakey, so you have to be close by, because when he gets tired, he will flop himself onto the floor. He stands really well with support. He’ll be 5 months in a few days. And, at last count he was 25 inches long and 15 pounds 11 ounces. Ari found his feet last week, and he makes lots of different sounds now. I finally took down the bassinette and put up the play pen. He was outgrowing it anyhow. He sleeps in his crib at night.
As far as our finances go, we seem to be doing much better. We can’t really figure out when/where it happened, but at some point we broke even, and then went over that. Wow. Its good not to have to worry about that so much. I think a laptop or a new computer is one of the last things that we need to be thinking about. I feel like sometimes the Mr. has his prioreties a little mixed up. Yes, a computer would be nice….but… I’m feeling energetic, I hope to do more active-type things with my family. Its important to promote an active lifestyle to my son. Speaking of health, I bought Brian a multivitamin. I thought he should have it since he doesn’t eat a wide variety of fruits or vegetables at this time.
Yusef is thinking about going to school in Orlando, Florida. He is going to visit the school in mid September.
I finally finished watching all of Sex and the City. It was pretty good. We’re watching Dead Like Me now and The 4400. Also, we saw the first episode of Amish in the City and we may watch more of it because it looked interesting. I am caught up on Queer As Folk, and I saw all of Buffy. I really need to start Angel sometime soon.
Anyhow, I should go eat breakfast, or lunch I guess…The Atkins has a way of making you not so hungry. As someone who doesn’t enjoy meat as much as some people, I find myself pretty uninterested in food right now, and take little pleasure in it. Perhaps that’s a plus of the diet. I could see how a person that loves meat would really enjoy eating on this plan. Right now, I find myself eating just to satisfy base hunger, not for pleasure, boredom, stress, etc. Yes, I am hungry, so I’ll say more later.
Oh yes, if I could buy all of my waredrobe at www.hottopic.com I would.
And, World Market is the greatest store in existance.

While trying to find out more about designing a site with CSS, I found the CSS Zen Garden. What is cool, is that the HTML that makes up the page is always the same, the only thing each page changes is the CSS style sheet. You really need to follow the links to the example designs and how drastically different they are each time. What is even more amazing, is that every one of these pages could print the same if they all used the same print style sheet, where they wouldn’t need one of those “Click Here for Print Version” links, but just click your Print button and it would print only the context of the page, not the graphics or the menus, etc.
Anyhow, I am officially sold on CSS based design. Simplify the HTML/XHTML and move more to the CSS page(s).

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Okay, so Trackbacks have been added to the blog here. That link was the official explanation, an easier explanation is here or here (from the people who invented Trackback).
I still have yet to start work on removing the tables from the site and going with CSS positioning.
I am also thinking about changing web hosts so I get have MySQL access at the site, then I would probably move rom RadioUserland as our blogging software, to WordPress, which would save some money, and end up looking better and more professional to boot.
By the way, the PHPGedView version of my family tree will be back up soon. I hit some big bugs while upgrading to the new version… Yet another reason to have a new web host for MySQL… PHPGedView and MySQL are both Open Source software projects, which means you can see all the source code that it took to write the program, then enhance it for your own needs if you need to. I am not sure about WordPress at the moment, I think it is Open Source, but their page is down so I can’t double check. Open Source seems to be the wave of the future, at least to a degree.
Okay, I have been up for way too long. I need to sleep, so goodnight/day…

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Sara won, something, we are not sure what, on the Rollye James show, a national radio show. She had to answer what TV show theme song made it onto the Billboard Hot 40 chart at number one. There were four answers, and three were already down, she and another person called in at the same time with the answer, The Heights.
Ari is rolling over more, still not to the point where it seems to be on purpose yet. Sara’s tried a couple of times to give him rice cereal, but he hasn’t got that down yet, too much tongue. At his visit last week he weighed in at 15lbs 6oz and 25 inches long. It looks like his eye infection is over, and his tear duct may be open as well.
My first PHP program is here. I hope to learn PHP along with my C++ efforts. In regards to C++, I went back a couple of chapters to re-read a few things as it has been a while since I worked on it.

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