This is my home page. I'm Jim Brown, a retired chemical engineer who did most of his work in the environmental field. Playing with personal computers has been a hobby for 30 years. This page is essentially an annotated site map for my use. I might occasionally express opinions on different topics. It is, however, not a blog and is not updated frequently. Glad to have you here. If you see something you want to comment on, you can let me know at by sending a note to the e-mail address at the bottom of this page.
If you came here looking for the bulletin boards that I maintain for my classes at the McGrath SeniorNet Learning Center in Aiken, SC, go to here: class bulletin boards.
If you came here looking for information on Clemson sports, go to Game Notes and read what I think. I'll tell you here that I don't keep those as up to date as I used to.
Well, because I think it's elegant. I've been doing my own website since about 1999. I spent a lot of time (and had fun doing it) learning how to use XHTML and CSS to make my site colorful and eye-catching. As I've gotten older, I've learned to simplifynot only my website but my life. At least I try to simplify. It ain't easy. So I've come full circle on what I believe is a useful and elegant website. Well-placed and well-proportioned text is useful and elegant. It seems that a lot of experts have come to the same conclusion. Look at the traction HTML5 has gotten.
I've also tried different layouts, with side menus and internal page links and page-turning links. I believe scrolling works best. If you want to know if my site has information that you are looking for further down the page than you can see on one screen, I suggest you use search (CTRL+F) to find out if it does. The computer can read faster than you can.
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Last updated: 2010-02-02