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The second reason is that there are many, many varities and ages of
modems, browsers, and other pieces of hardware/software
out there in the wonderful world of web pages. As of this writing,
there are 3 different versions of Java in existence. To my
knowledge, they are are only marginally compatible with each other. How
many brands of browsers are there out there? Before you answer that
question, add to it how many versions for each brand of browser. Modems
are not all 56K in speed. There's still oodles of 28K &
14K modems out there. And, I'm not going to even begin to discuss
the telephone lines. Not everyone lives in an area where fiber-optic
cables have been installed.
The reason for my tirade is that it is the basis of my web page design belief. I believe in the "KISS" principle. To define: "K"eep "I"t "S"imple, "S"tupid. The simpler one keeps the code in the page, the more people can see all the neat & nifty little goodies that were intended to be seen by the page's owner. Now, by all means, if a client comes to me for a web page and wants animated cartoons, sound effects, Frames, and techno-color stuff all over the screen, then that's what they're going to get. End sermon.
For you Netscape Users with Navigator 4.7 and below, I've tried some fancy-shmancy code embedding and I think that you'll see the effects of the HTML BLINK tag on "Welcome" & "There's More!" This tag only works within Netscape Navigator 4.7 and below, not MS-Internet Explorer. It makes the assigned text disappear and reappear. So, if you're viewing with MS-Internet Explorer, you're missing out on this. If you're lucky to have access to both brands of browsers, you can see what I mean.
Oh well, maybe the folks in charge of the standards for the HTML language, the World Wide Web Consortium (AKA the "W3C"), will solve this browser incompatibility in the next version of HTML.
Which leads me to this topic: If, while you're visiting us here at our web site, you see something that doesn't look quite right to you, please e-mail Karl (see Snail: The E-mail Dragon below) and let me (Karl) know. Tell me the brand & version of the web browser you're using, and the operating system of your computer. Also, what you think you did see. Or, what you think you didn't see, for that matter. This will help me correct any mistakes I've made. Or, it will let both of us know the limitations of HTML and certain web browsers. Thanks.
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Barbara and I are avid watchers of wildlife documentaries. The National Geographic Society© has a video entitled: "Eternal Enemies: Lions and Hyenas." © This documentary, filmed by Dereck & Beverly Joubert, shows the interaction between a pride of lions and a clan of hyenas in The Savuti, a wildlife preserve in Botswana.
The two adult male lions of the pride are: Mandevu, & his brother Ntwadumela. The Jouberts named him Ntwadumela in the local dialect. It means: "He Who Greets With Fire." Ntwadumela earned his name, because in the course of the video he goes out of his way in attacking the matriarchs of the hyena clan, killing them.
Being not only Dragon fans, but also Cat lovers, Barbara and I were impressed with Ntwadumela. When the time came to name our E-mail Address and Web Site, our original intention was to use a feline name of some sort. However, as we tried to enter each name we came up with, we discovered that our choices were already in use somewhere in Cyber- space.
What we needed was some kind of name that was cat oriented, yet so different that no one could have thought of using it before us. And, guess who came to mind?
So, we honor Ntwadumela: He Who Greets With Fire; Slayer of Hyenas; Defender of His Pride; Mighty Hunter of The Savuti.
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These Web Pages were written using HTML version 4.0, on Microsoft Notepad. Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.01 and Netscape Communicator version 4.7 were the graphical browsers used to check code and graphics. Microsoft Windows 98 (Second Edition) was the operating system used on the author's computer.
All graphics, borders, and E-mail graphics (with the exception of the banners at the bottoms of all the pages) are either drawn by, or sculpted by Barbara Foster.
Barbara's drawings and the photographs of her sculptures were scanned using a HP ScanJet 5p and HP PaperPort version B. Graphics were loaded into Corell Photo-Paint Select version 5.00.F4 to make them BMP format files, and then the freeware application IrfanView32 version 3.33 was used to convert the graphics into GIF and JPG file formats.
The contents of the web site were uploaded to the AT&T WorldNet web page server, allowed to simmer at a low boil so no flavor is lost, seasoned appropriately, and posted to the World Wide Web. Enjoy.
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My interests are: my family, computers, hiking, science fiction, fantasy (aka "sword & sorcery"), reading, martial arts, history, game playing, geo-politics, Italian food, collecting historical cutlery, cartoons (especially Japanese cartoons & Warner Bros. Looney Tunes ©), anything having to do with The Addams Family ©, the comic book: The Sisterhood of Steel©, comic books (in general), shooting, archery, and "stalking the wild chocolate".
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