Wesley's Tool-Box

The width adjustment problem affecting Mozilla-based browsers, which caused the entry page to widen and break the formatting, apparently still lingered around even after the last fix. So I did a more thorough analysis of the problem with the problematic browser (i.e. Firefox) and found that it does not readjust the width back as specified in CSS just because the comments area did not have a width set. The problem was corrected (or worked around, since other browsers don't have any problem) by giving the comments area a fixed width.

Oh, and the Toolbox theme used in this site is available at Additional Themes section of SourceForge CVS. The updated version (1.2) with the fix is now available.

This is a long overdue story. It began exactly 7 months ago, on January 11, 2005.

At Macworld Expo San Francisco, Steve Jobs announced a small form factor Macintosh computer called 'Mac mini'. Right up to that point, I had almost no interest at all in using a Mac. Why, my AthlonXP desktop computer was working fine. I had no need to use a largely incompatible and expensive computer that wasn't even small. But the moment I saw that Mac mini, I was absolutely shocked. A supposedly decent performing computer that has a mainboard that probably measures only about 15cm on each side, and fully operational unit costing as low as $499.

Interestingly, I already owned a computer smaller than this: Sony VAIO VGN-U50, an ultraportable notebook computer the size of a normal 3.5" hard disk. Hadn't I already filled the 'own a tiny computer' need? Apparently not. I saw the potential for replacing my desktop computer in Mac mini. VGN-U50 would still be the 'second unit', a portable device I would continuously carry around with to fill my needs. I needed something small that can be kept sitting around the house. Mac mini was it, I envisioned.