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A new look for Syrup & Tang

By Duncan on Tue 19 Jun, 2007

Dear Readers: Behold! syrupandtang version 2.0. Yes, there's been an aesthetic overhaul. Although I was fond of the old design, there were a few problems with it – especially because so many people still use Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) – I can see this from the site statistics. IE6 is an unsafe browser which doesn't comply with web standards. If you are using Windows XP, pleeeease upgrade to IE7. The older version refuses to do things which just about every other browser (Firefox, Opera, Safari) manages successfully.

I hope you like the new look of syrupandtang. It will, hopefully, work for everyone.

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Syrup & Tang goes live

By Duncan on Sun 25 Mar, 2007

Welcome, gentle reader, to syrupandtang. The beauuuuutiful design is the result of many long, hot summer days and long, grumpy late nights over the last four months. You do find it beauuuuuutiful don't you? (This is a rhetorical question.) The site will probably need a few tweaks as I discover things I missed or decide that I don't find some features beauuuuuutiful enough.

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