I officially declare this site back in action! I been ignoring it for too long. Over the past week, I have updated Typo and designed a new layout. This is not the completely final version, though. The header/logo and advertisements need some work. The previous layout performed very well in that department. Hopefully this layout will make up for the difference by attracting more repeat visitors.

As you can see, the new layout is significantly better on the eyes. Unfortunately, it has some issues with Internet Explorer 6. Hopefully I can figure out what is causing the extra space to appear. Here is a quick list of the updates:

1. Windows Vista Typefaces: Vista includes some “cute” fonts. If you have them installed, then the new layout uses Calibri. The best way to describe it is “semi-serif.” It actually replaces Times New Roman as the default font in Office 2007.

2. Fluid width and resolution independence. Go ahead, resize your text. The sidebar automatically resizes as well! Of course I also added fluid width. (Fixed width is useless.)

3. The colors are kinder on the eyes. I grew tired of deep red and flashy magenta.

4. Better readability around the ads. I might regret this one, but at least you can read through the copy without getting a headache now.

Watch for a new post detailing my upcoming endevors!

I’m extremely sorry about all the downtime and lag lately. Dreamhost was trying be on the cutting edge by upgrading to Ruby on Rails 1.1 last night. Unfortunately, Typo does not currently support Rails 1.1. A post in the forums brought me back online using slow CGI this morning.

The good news is that the site is back up and running. Dreamhost has also rolled back to Rails 1.0 allowing Superpositioned to speed along on FastCGI again.

Unfortunately between this fiasco and a borked Typo upgrade earlier this week, I have exhausted what little spare time I had. I promise updates soon, though. My TODO list is full of circuits and projects!

Update: As of April 4, 2006 everything should be working again. Wait.. I am getting the “Typo failed to start properly” message randomly again.

Update: A few minutes later and you should no longer be receiving that message.

The site is now running on a brand new layout! The colors are definately an improvement. There is only one problem in Internet Explorer (of course). The shadow at the top of the content seems to get placed in all the comment nipples. Quite the bug, reseting #main2 every .comment-nipple. If I place padding at the top of #main2, it even copies that! This problem is driving me nuts!!

Feel free to comment. Especially on how horrible Internet Explorer is…

I spent a few hours tonight fixing everything that was broken on the site.

• Ajax comments work in everything but Opera.
• Enabled automatic dumping of the Rails garbage collector. (no more Rails errors!)
• Fixed some things with the gallery pages. (extra security) There are definately some attempted ‘magic quote’ hacks in the log files. (You must think I am stupid?)
• Rearranged Adsense a little. It may be a few days before I enable this.

You are welcome to test the ajax comments on your favorite obscure browser. They should show up after you hit submit now.

Unfortunately there are no new posts for today.

Unfortunately my host has experienced significant downtime this weekend. This is unrelated to any of my sites. Although the site has not been down 24/7, it has been down a lot. In fact, whenever I have had time to post it has been down. The only good thing about this is the backlog of topics I have collected. Look for updates soon!

It did not take a genius to figure out that the old layout did not suit any electronics site. I hope you enjoy the new layout. It is sleek and sophisticated like a professional site should be.

Any comments are appreciated.

Superpositioned is a blog dedicated to the electronics hobbyist. Several fields are to be covered. My particular interests include robotics and small electronics projects. However, I will be happy to post any relevant content.

I also plan on implementing a wiki and mailing lists. The wiki will be rolling out soon, but the details of the mailing lists have not be completely worked out.

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