A Neat Idea

Well, it's that time of year again, time to renew the web hosting. And for those of you that don't know, that has become a lot more expensive than it used to be. Fifty dollars a year is now several hundred. Not to mention the price of domain names has gone up ten-fold.

And I just found out that the nice folks at PayPal disabled all my Support buttons, and I never got a notice (although that may be my fault.) In any case, it is all working again now, so if you would like to make a small donation to help defray these costs, it would be greatly appreciated.

I added navigation structures to the end of every page. If you read all the way to the end of a long page ** you'll find all your navigation options waiting for you at the bottom. So you don't have to scroll all the way back to the top, although you always could do that with just one click.

The structure at the bottom is the most complete navigation 'node' of any; it makes use of all the screen space available in the main area. You can use it to pick your way from one page to the next through entire sections of the website, if you are so inclined.

I have about 3/4 of all the pages/subjects loaded into the new website, with the Dive Sites, Artificial Reefs, and Artifacts sections finished. I've slowed down a lot, but I'll get to the end eventually, and then this site will take over from the old one. This is so much easier to maintain than the old static PHP.

** Do people still read? Or just watch videos?


cave diver
A cave diver. This doesn't look very "minimalist" to me. In fact, this pile of junk would probably get you killed in the North Atlantic.

"DIR" or "Doing It Right" is a system of diving developed by cave divers which involves extremely rigid gear configurations and methodologies. To its adherents, DIR takes on an almost religious significance. For the true follower of DIR, no deviation may be tolerated, because DIR is perfection.

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DIR is designed for cave diving. The usual object of cave diving is to go in and come back out alive. In line with this goal of accomplishing essentially nothing, DIR espouses an absolutely minimal equipment kit: "When in doubt, leave it home." DIR also espouses teamwork, mutual interdependence, and close lock-step buddy diving, things that are pretty much unavoidable in the confines of a cave anyway.

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