I recently tested the slider puzzles and picture memory puzzles in Apples Safari and Firefox, they will not run in either one, apparently these were only written for Internet Explorer. Going to look for some others that will work in other Browsers. Some of the other puzzles are written in flash and work fine in Foxfire and Safari. Some of the games are written in java also but they seem to work fine. The site code has been updated and I have converted it to CSS. There are a total of around 750 publicly accessible pages on the site so I may have missed one or two, lol.

I setup an Ajax Spry Tabbed Panel for the three pages of What does a Webmaster do? in the Java Menu under: Articles-Webmaster does? or the Articles Link-Webmaster does? on the start page. There is a sentence with a link to that new page on the first Webmaster page, would like some feed back from people on a dailup connection, does it load as fast as the regular page, if anyone has problems with the Ajax page let me know. I will be converting other pages to the Ajax Panels after I get the last 115 pages updated to CSS and update the tags.

I want to let you all know about a cool non-profit that is doing great things: Kiva.org
Kiva.org allows individuals to make $25 loans to low-income entrepreneurs in the developing world (microfinance). By doing so, individuals like you provide affordable working capital for the poor (money to buy a sewing machine, livestock, etc.), empowering them to earn their way out of poverty.
It’s a new, direct and sustainable way to fight global poverty, and the way I see it, I get a higher return on $25 helping someone build a future than the interest my checking account pays.
Anyways, if you have a minute, please check out the site: kiva.org. If you need a more “reputable” validation than my recommendation : ), know that they have received great press in publications ranging from The Wall Street Journal to NPR to BusinessWeek.

Thanks for reading this!
Mike

03/20/2007 I went to send an email out to my Daughter, who uses AOL mail and my email came back stating that my Domain was Blocked from AOL. I called AOL and we discovered it was the Free version of Spamfighter that was causing my Domains to be Blocked by AOL. The SpamFighter links in every email I sent out are what was being Blocked, as soon as I uninstalled SpamFighter, my Domain was no longer Blocked. I do not know if it is OK to use the Pro version of SpamFighter ( paid version ) I have not tried it. I thought I would post this, in case others are finding out that their mail going to friends using AOL is being rejected. If you are using the free version of SpamFighter that might be why.

Well 2006 was a filled with wonderful events and tragic events. My Granddaughter Amara was born, she is so precious, I Love her so much. I put a new roof on my garage and finally was able to upgrade my electrical service to a 200 amp circuit breaker box. My precious Wife had kissing stints put in her veins, what a miracle of science that is, the doctor at Mayo Clinic was unbelievably talented, our home town doctor said he could not put stints in, Mayo Clinic is the best! I had my Gallbladder removed, dang thing had stones and was enlarged. Debs Son David choked twice on food in his throat and had to go to the ER. My Sister in-laws Lynns, Husband Wayne passed away, from complications of an injury to his leg, we were only able to visit Wayne, Lynnie and Tiffany once in 2006, but we had the most wonderful moments with Wayne, he will be in our thoughts forever. My Mother inlaw Kathy was diagnosed with Cancer, she had half of her lung removed, then went through chemotherapy, on December 9 2006 she lost her battle with cancer and passed away. This was an especially hard time for me, only because my Mother also lost her life to Cancer and passed away in Dec, Christmas eve morning 1995, they both had Cancer in their Livers. They were both my Mom and I miss them terribly.

2007 we were hoping for a better year, so far my wife was in the Hospital for a Heart Attack, which thankfully, was only a severe panic attack. Now I am down with a Back injury and it ain’t fun, my heart goes out to people who have permanent back pain, I have had little sore muscle pains in my back over the years, that are gone the next day, but never a back injury, NOT FUN!

So hopefully the rest of 2007 ends up a time of miracles and happiness, “mike knocks on wood table” why did I post this, to let ya all know that it was hard to keep updating the site and hopefully I will be able to spend more time on it this year. Hopefully all of you had great a great 2006 and a fantastic start for 2007. : )