• Use Object Literal Notation.
• Added highlighting/auto complete support.
• Changed to code to dynamically create script elements for data instead of using the XML HTTP request object. Using script files gets rid of cross domain scripting security issues.
• Supports multiple input fields instead of one field.
• Supports the ($VIMPeopleAndGroups), ($VIMGroups) and ("Servers") views in addition to the ($VIMPeople) view.

I'm sorry it's taken a year and a half to publish.

The DOMContentLoaded event allows you to add behavior or change the HTML of a page after the HTML has loaded and before the onload event which happens after the complete page, including images has loaded. This allows you to add menu, tree behavior, AJAX functionality or anything else without having to wait for all items on a page to load. You may have experienced the need for a DOMContentLoaded event on a page that includes drop down menus or a tabbed interface which doesn't work until all images have loaded. Using the DOMContentLoaded event allows you to add the behavior before images and objects have loaded.

When I originally added the DOMContentLoaded event handler to Dean Edwards' addEvent function, I wanted it to be just another addEvent type. Since then I've changed my mind and created a domReady() function. By separating domReady in its own module, it can used with most frameworks.

My wife says that we should get a bumper sticker that says, "Car may stop suddenly, but Sunrise Ford says everything is okay". Right now I believe that the car is unsafe to drive. What has happened to the diagnostic capabilities of automobile mechanics? There has to be another way to diagnose what appears to be an electrical problem other than the computer. I just want the car fixed. Does anyone have a suggestion?

The Skype web site is pretty easy to use if you're going to download their software or purchase Skype Out. However, if you want to find out what you need to setup a Skype phone, you're in trouble. The information is very difficult to find. I finally bought Skype Pro for $36.00USD that gave me a $30.00USD credit for Skype In. I bought Skype In with the credit for $30.00USD and finally bought Skype Out for $29.95USD for a total of $95.95USD for a year of phone service.

The service is very good with excellent voice quality. I can't make 911 calls, but I can use my Cell Phone if I need to make a 911 call. So far the only problem I've had is accidentally hitting the off button when on a call.

1. I was Co-inventor of MailScout an email rule server.

   In 1993 I was hired by Eric Mack and Bailey Williams to implement Eric's dream of an information gateway. This started out with pager gateways. As with many things I do that lead to a product, I was playing around with something that interested me. The cc:Mail email program had rules, but they were client based rules which meant if your computer wasn't turned on your rules would not run. I experimented creating the start of a scripting language for email. This enabled me to create an out of office rule that I could run while on vacation. After I got back from vacation, Eric and I got together and eventually created MailScout that had over 560,000 users.

2. I am sometimes asked for my autograph.

   Some think that I am Richard Dreyfus the actor. I personally don't see it, but many do.

3. I went to the Academy of Automobile design to learn automobile styling.

   When I graduated high school in 1973 (a year early) I moved back to California to go to the Academy of Automobile design which was run by Bruce Bollinger the creator of the Chevrolet Nomad. I wanted to be an automotive stylist, but in 1974 we had a gas crisis. There were long lines to get gas and you could only get gas every other day based on the last digit of your car's license plate. In the U.S. I was told that around 70 percent of all automobile stylists lost their jobs. With this information I decided that since I was just starting to draw that it might be better to pursue another career.

4. I used to stutter.

   When I first started going to the Church on the Way in 1977, I stuttered. After about three months I stopped stuttering. Nobody prayed for me that I know of, but there was a lot of hugging. I believe that I was hugged out of stuttering.

5. I used to be skinny and have hair.

   In 1977 I weighed 128 pounds and not only had a full head of hair but it went past my shoulders. When my oldest son discovered that I haven't always been bald in a picture (which I can't find), he exclaimed; you had hair!

Let's start a new meme. What are five things you think people know about you?

Have a merry Christmas and a happy new year! May the coming year bring you hope, joy and more than you can ask or think.

When I upgraded Firefox (I don't remember which version), the call I was using to XMLHttpRequest stopped working. I would get a "Permission denied to call method XMLDocument.getElementsByTagName" error when accessing the XML document. Yet, it worked in IE. The problem might be that I'm using a synchronous call instead of an asynchronous call. I have to use a syncronous call because the call is made from the onsubmit event handler. I have to wait for an answser so that I can continue checking the form or return a false to stop the submit. Or maybe it's that the javascript file is in a different directory. All I know is that is stopped working.

A few days ago I looked at the problem. I don't remember where I got the code I had modified to use a synchronous call. Here is the code I was using.

Upate: 15 Sep 2006 - added link to dropdown.gif.

Update 18 Apr 2007 - Added Radix parameter to each instance of parseInt().

With that in mind, I'm taking Natalie Jost's encouragement to go Pink for October. In October this site will be very pink. I decided that I wanted to retain the current theme, but change the color to pink.

1. With my wife's help, I changed the hue and saturation of the sky image to make it pink.
2. I then took a sample pink (#EC7EF7) and went to The Man in Blue's (Cameron Adams) Technicolor page to get a color theme.
3. After many tries, I selected the colors for each item.
4. Wanting a lighter gray for the lines, I promoted the gray (#808080) color of the theme to a main color by double clicking it and chose a lighter gray.
5. Finally I created a new style sheet with the new colors.

In the whole process I found that Chris Pederick's Web Developer Extension for Firefox invaluable. The Edit CSS option allowed me to change the look of my site in real time and save it to Textpad, my CSS editor. While the majority of the CSS changes were made in Textpad, I was able to make fine changes with the Web Developer Extension.

Here's a peek at my first draft. I have till October 1, 2006 before I need to be finished, so there may be more changes.