For those who are technically-inclined (you geeks know who you are) who are interested in how this blog was done, I'll include some notes here and answer any question about how it was done here as well.

First note to make -- this is no longer a Blogspot Blog. There's no way I could do this with Blogspot that I can think of. The reason is that this formatting and layout rely primarily on large amounts of php (and javascript).

For those less technically inclined, I'll mention that php is a server-side processor, while javascript is client-side. What this means is that when you request a web page, some of the work is done on the server, before the page gets sent to you (the php stuff), while some work is done by your browser, after you receive the page (the javascript). more...

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You've seen it every day (if you look at your American money). The ACLU and other atheists hate seeing it, like they hate religion and God. However, a federal appeals court actually got it right, ruling that the saying "In God We Trust" isn't a violation of the imaginary separation of church and state.

In this case, two idiots lawyers stated that having that motto carved in a building (on a new building) does not violate the U.S. Constitution. The phrase was established by Congress, using their power of self-rule, in 1956.

These cases are not yet over, with the Supreme Court expected to rule on two displays of the Ten Commandments this year. I just wonder how twisted these people are to try and apply laws this way. The law is very, very clear. CONGRESS isn't allowed to make a law declaring an official American religion. That's all. more...

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This week's ACLU Blogburst is an "open" topic. The topic this week is "What I Dislike The Most About The ACLU."

Oh, there's so much wrong that the ACLU does that this is a hard question to answer. I guess my best answer is what I try to judge all political decisions on -- freedom. What's most wrong with the ACLU? They honestly hate freedom. The ACLU works as hard as they can to destroy freedom anywhere they can.

Sure, they claim to be for "civil liberties," but that's an outright lie. The ACLU is a communist organization that's primary purpose for existing is to destroy the American way of life. They dislike freedom. They dislike Democracy. They think everyone is an idiot and must be controlled. more...

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In case you needed to know, here's how. It's real. Really real. It shows how to use the science we know...or at least we think we know, today! Go read.

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Well, this is it! This is the first horizontal blog design that I've seen. It may not be the first horizontal blog ever, but I haven't seen it done before. So, sort of like those who climb mountains because they are there, I just had to try and make this, just to see if I could.

Some credit has to go to Dave Shea and Molly Holzschlag -- the authors of The Zen of CSS design -- that's where my idea first came from.

It was challenging, it was fun, and I hope you enjoy reading from left-to-right for just a little while.

For more about this setup and layout, see the next post -- it's over there to the right, instead of just below here.

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1 How cool is this? I may actually like this more...

Posted by: Boudicca at June 02, 2005 11:16 PM (z7nbM)

2 *Urp* Seasick. {cleaning keyboard} {cleaning up chair} {washing hands} No really, Ogre, this is very cool! Almost as if another dimension has been added to blogging... OK, call it a half-dimension. I'm working out the ergonomic implications such as discriminate use of the mouse scroll wheel (chum bucket near by). N.B.: Don't take that as an insult, bud! It's me with the problem here. I'm getting used to it already! This is new territory, be darn proud! :-)

Posted by: The MaryHunter at June 04, 2005 12:46 PM (SRaIZ)

3 Yes, we have cookies! My goal has been reached! Thanks for the comments -- I've been trying and trying to find a way to interpret the scroll mouse to go sideways, but I simply cannot find a way to do it!

Posted by: Ogre at June 04, 2005 12:50 PM (YgrHs)

4 Cool... just like the olden days of using microfiche. ..like visiting the amusement park ride that spins and the floor drops out. *grin* nicely done.

Posted by: cin at June 06, 2005 11:44 AM (oj+Z/)

5 Thanks, cin, now don't look down while you're scrolling right...

Posted by: Ogre at June 06, 2005 11:56 AM (/k+l4)

6 OK, this is just, well...hmmm...let's just say "It's wide" and leave it at that.

Posted by: Jeff H at June 06, 2005 11:07 PM (Bz06/)

7 Hey, are you calling me fat?

Posted by: Ogre at June 07, 2005 05:37 AM (YgrHs)

8 It really is cool! Now, can you do diagonal?

Posted by: That 1 Guy at June 07, 2005 07:59 AM (b7JDn)

9 Diagonal. Hmmm... Now that one really WILL be a challenge!

Posted by: Ogre at June 07, 2005 08:59 AM (/k+l4)

10 Nice! What a cool and seemingly original idea! I kinda like it... you got any donuts here?

Posted by: Kari Holtz at June 07, 2005 02:14 PM (C5kJN)

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I know this site is a little odd. It's supposed to be. This was an exercise in creativity, just to see how it would turn out. Yes, I'm well aware that the site scrolls horizontally and not vertically, as most blogs do.

I also realize the site is a little slow to load. That's from all the external links that are included here. Some are the huge blogrolls that take quite a while to load (like the Alliance), while others are external links that are just plain slow on some days (like Google). At least the content loads first, so you have something to read while the rest of the page loads.

For those of you used to using your scroll button to scroll down the page, you may still do so here! Just press down and hold the scroll button and drag your mouse left and right and the page will scroll for you. Click in an individual post or box and you can use the scroll button to scroll down in that block. more...

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1 I am in awe of all the work you must have put into this blog to get it to work to your specifications...I'm just trying to get color right and I feel good about myself. It is kind of interesting to go horizontally, but I must go vertically as well, so, I don't know that the enjoyment of the layout will outlast the fun of the newness. Congrats on the work and experimintation however.

Posted by: Rachel Ann at June 01, 2005 02:18 PM (Jgwqx)

2 Thanks for the kind words! You should not have to scroll up and down -- I'm still tweaking the final settings to make sure no one has to. And yes, I bet when the newness wears off, people will quickly tire of this layout and I'll have to make something new for next month!

Posted by: Ogre at June 02, 2005 10:16 AM (/k+l4)

3 Very nicely done! I hate it, but I appreciate the work and skill that went into it. In Firefox, your "recent posts" box is a bit of a scroller (not much), and your blogroll isn't showing up at all. That might be a problem with blogrolling itself, I dunno. Congrats on doing something interesting and different. Excellent job.

Posted by: Ted at June 03, 2005 09:01 AM (+OVgL)

4 Thanks for the nice comments, I think... Yes, both the boxes on the left there resize depending on your browser height. Sometimes they will have scroll bars and sometimes they won't.

Posted by: Ogre at June 03, 2005 10:49 AM (/k+l4)

5 Where's the RSS feed? Someone got me hooked on using Thunderbird for RSS. I can't remember if it was you, Flannel Avenger, or Shanktified. Anyway, new blog calls for a new link!

Posted by: Echo Zoe at June 03, 2005 07:53 PM (keU2o)

6 Oh, I hate to share this with you now that you have gotten this blog up and running, but there is a key feature to Wordpress 1.5 that is perfect for you. You can have many different layouts stored fro your blog and can switch between them with just a click, no replacing stylesheets and index files. That said, I am sooooooooo happy to see you are moving on and leaving blogger.

Posted by: Echo Zoe at June 03, 2005 07:56 PM (keU2o)

7 RSS Feed? Oh yeah! I know I had something small I was going to place in the blank space over there on the left! I'll get that in today (I read all the blogs I can with a newsreader, too).

Posted by: Ogre at June 04, 2005 08:18 AM (YgrHs)

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