Well, it looks like the URL is resolving properly so it's not a DNS issue but apparently there's no connectivity to the host. Since it's not computer-specific, there must be a firewall/router issue somewhere along the way. tommyrot's traceroute will help diagnose that. Initially, I'd say try rebooting your modem/router/firewall and see if that clears up the issue.

It does seem to be dying at the router:

>tracert www.salon.com


Tracing route to www.salon.com [206.80.4.40]
over a maximum of 30 hops:


  1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  192.168.16.1
  2     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  3     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  4     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  5     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  6     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  7     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  8     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  9     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 10     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 11     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 12     *        *        *     Request timed out.

192.168.16.1 is my router's address. Be back in a flash....

Yeah, but the second link should be to your ISP.

Here's my tracert (which is strange in and of itself, but I can get to Salon):

Tracing route to www.salon.com [206.80.4.40]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
  1     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  2    10 ms     9 ms    11 ms  skngsysc01-gex0102000.ri.ri.cox.net [68.9.8.29]
  3    10 ms    11 ms    10 ms  ip68-9-7-1.ri.ri.cox.net [68.9.7.1]
  4    11 ms    11 ms    12 ms  68.9.14.1
  5    10 ms    19 ms    13 ms  provbbrc02-pos0101.rd.ri.cox.net [68.1.0.48]
  6    17 ms    17 ms    16 ms  nyrkbbrj01-so010100.r2.ny.cox.net [68.1.1.113]
  7    23 ms    33 ms    23 ms  mrfdbbrc01-pos0201.rd.dc.cox.net [68.1.1.18]
  8    24 ms    27 ms    24 ms  mrfdbbrc02-pos0100.rd.dc.cox.net [68.1.1.3]
  9    25 ms    25 ms    25 ms  ashbbbrj01-pos020100.r2.as.cox.net [68.1.1.232]
 10    24 ms    25 ms    26 ms  eqix.asbn.twtelecom.net [206.223.115.36]
 11    24 ms    24 ms    24 ms  core-01-so-0-1-0-0.asbn.twtelecom.net [66.192.255.228]
 12   102 ms   102 ms   101 ms  dist-01-so-0-0-0-0.snfr.twtelecom.net [66.192.250.3]
 13   104 ms   103 ms   104 ms  hagg-01-ge-1-3-0-1.snfr.twtelecom.net [66.192.250.199]
 14   102 ms   101 ms   102 ms  sys.well.com [206.15.64.14]
 15   100 ms   100 ms   101 ms  www.salon.com [206.80.4.40]

OK, it's fixed.

Y'know, RCN always says that most problems can be solved by rebooting one's cable modem, but I never believe them...

Heh. That's always the first thing I do.

Okay. Treo software I can't live without. Go

Not specifically Treo, but useful nonetheless: [link]

Agendus is very pretty, but isn't as well integrated with the treo as I'd like. Specifically, it seems to require stylus input a lot.

CSS question -- is there any way to make a three column display with fixed widths of columns 1 and 3, with the middle column fluid? I have tried absolute positioning, but I can't work out if there's a width I can specify for #2 that doesn't have it overflowing into #3.

ita, play around with this. [link]

CSS question -- is there any way to make a three column display with fixed widths of columns 1 and 3, with the middle column fluid?

Hmmmm.... What website have I seen that uses a layout like that....