Reader Bobbie has alerted me that Internet Explorer clips off the bottom of this blog post. Firefox works just fine. Thank you, Bobbie. I always use Firefox and wouldn't have known there is a problem if you didn't tell me. (I didn't think that anybody still used Internet Explorer!)

I think I know how to fix it, but in the mean time, you might want to switch to Firefox. That's probably the best browser to use anyway. I have no experience with Google's new browser or the Mac browser.

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