Author: michael

Valid XHTML YouTube Embedding

I was checking validation on my pages and found the only XHTML errors were from the suggested YouTube embedding code. A quick search revealed several XHTML valid code examples, and here is what I am using to center the frame under XHTML 1.0 Transitional (this fails 1.0 Strict validation – to make this validate under Strict, just remove align=”center”..):

<p align="center">
<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" style="width:425px; height:350px;" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/sdUUx5FdySs">
<param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sdUUx5FdySs" />
</object>
</p>

Update:
I am now using div’s to solve page formatting issues..:

<div>
<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" style="width:425px; height:350px;" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/sdUUx5FdySs">
<param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sdUUx5FdySs" />
</object>
</div>

Server Maintenance

The EIDE drive in my server died.. It had a grand life – 4-Oct-2004 to 3-Mar-2007 on Slackware 9.1 and only two reboots. I moved to Debian Etch for the OS – Slackware has been rock solid, but after swapping to Debian on other machines, the maintenance and software availability are just too easy – no more building custom packages.. Post images are currently broken, and the gallery has not been restored, yet. I wanted to get mail services dialed in first, and I may write more on that setup later – postfix+postgrey+tls+saslauthd and dovecot imaps/pop3s – no unencrypted mail services šŸ™‚

VolcĆ”n ConcepciĆ³n Erupts

Paige has a great post and photos of VolcĆ”n ConcepciĆ³n erupting on February 9, 2007. I think it was spring 2006 that my mom and Paige visited Isla Ometepe together, while Paige was compiling some notes for her latest book, Lonely Planet Nicaragua & El Salvador. I have been reading Paige’s “Slog” for several months, and I find her well researched political commentary quite a refreshing change from typical US mass media.