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David, when I clicked on your site, my screen went black and my harddrive started spinning. Thirty seconds of zero visibility may not be that important to you, but I think the general rule for this kind of thing is that you try to refrain from blanking anybody's screen. I.e., if you have some whizbang graphics that takes, maybe, 10 minutes to load, warn people so they know what they are getting. Most people with slow connections simply drop carrier when that sort of thing happens, and I'm unfortunately no exception. I'm about as ordinary as they get. I'm not saying this to accuse you of anything, I'm just saying this in the event that you might be wondering why some users simply drop carrier in the middle of a connection. (How easy is it to drop carrier? Pretty easy. I use an external modem, and just reach over and click it.)

The general rule is not to change screen colors if you don't have to, and printing black letters on a black screen is sort of suspicious, even on a good day, and spinning somebody's harddrive for something I don't know what, is an even more suspicious sort of thing. It's certainly unusual expecting people to sit around and stare at a black screen. Maybe my computer already has a virus, it's hard to say. Probably nobody's fault, so far as I can figure. Your computer is probably tons and tons better than mine is, in which case I applaud you on your spending choices, and the degree to which you are computer savvy.

Anyway, it sort of brings us back full circle as to what the lowest common denominator may be, and what it takes to be able to get your computer to webbrowse somehow.

I hope to be able to click onto your website soon, and see what you've got. It's just a matter of time. It's probably just my computer having a tough time with what it finds at its port.