I finally got around to trying to figure out why my right column ended up at the bottom of the page when using the Opera browser. After a few hours of reading about CSS (again) I added a new div around all three columns under the header and got that fixed.
This led me to figuring out that the javascript for Site Meter was screwing up the display in Mozilla (Firebird) and subsequently discovering a well-documented but maddening fix for their code. Just add var g_leavenoscript="true"; like this:
<script type="text/javascript">var site="your-SiteMeter-site-ID";
var g_leavenoscript="true"; </script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="your-SiteMeter-counter-URL"></script>
If anyone sees anything funny in my layout please let me know. I only check using IE6, Opera 7, and Firebird 0.6.
Mark Irons has a rich and diverse website, but the part I got lost in for a couple of hours is his section on Patterns for Personal Web Sites. Newly updated, it provides a thought-provoking journey for any serious web designer, or even the semi-serious blogger. Take a look.
Thanks to Michael T. (the man responsible for the AlphaPatriot graphic and color scheme of this site) for emailing this link to me.