Matthew Steven

Using jQuery's .get .post or .ajax features to parse xml results, you may find that only Internet Explorer 6 fails to parse your xml result in the callback function.  You can always count on your friend IE6 to crush productivity!

"Six gallons (22.7 L) of water evaporating has the same cooling effect as a typical (3.5 ton-hour) home central air-conditioner." - Alliance for Water Efficiency

Here's how you can save a lot on your summer water bills and help the environment a little at the same time.  The system I built stores 165 gallons of water, which is enough to water our large garden pr

I've been a Soymilk drinker for several years, but I was recently surprised to find that my favorite brand, Silk®, has chosen to deceptively reformulate itself to use inferior products.

See also: http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_18064.cfm

Joanna and I, along with a few friends, are headed to the oceanside in Galveston Texas for a little week long vacation.

From the online review sites it appears there's not a whole lot to do there, and they describe a fairly depressed and filthy place.  But there's a beach evidently, so that should keep Joanna happy.  We'll hope that it's not as bad as they say, and I bet we can find a few things to do to amuse ourselves.  I'll see if I can update this with some news as the week goes on, maybe a few photos too.

Welcome to the new Matts.org. Home of all things related to Matthew Steven. The old blog posts will be maintained, at least for awhile, at blog.matts.org, but new blog posts will appear here. As will a lot of other content, eventually.