Jewel - In a physical sense, it's a precious or semiprecious stone; a gem. Metaphorically, a jewel is something that is treasured or esteemed.
From a domain name perspective, it's a short, dictionary word that I was more than happy to acquire. I like short, well-searched, dictionary names; They're brandable and even those with lesser extentions - like dot org - usually come with a certain degree of inherent traffic.
Anyway, I'll probably use this web space for some kind of code and design project. Aside from that, I'm not entirely sure which direction I'll be taking it in, so for the time being, this place-setter will have to suffice while I have a think about it. :)
You'll have to forgive the lackluster page appearance, but I've virtually given up trying to make web pages look acceptable in all browsers. It's simply not possible. Besides, these pages are merely place-setters until I can come up with something more permanent.
I have to say, there is nothing more deflating than producing a text-based web page in Safari, only to fire it up in IExplorer on Windows and see its poorly-conceived, text-rendering engine completely trash it.
The bottom line is, you'll never get a standard text-based, web page to look good through Windows IExplorer until they update their text rendering engine - period. I hear they'll be using Direct Write for IE9. About time. I hope it's an improvement.
Anyway, if you're using Windows, this page is best viewed through a Safari Browser with the Quartz Engine running. On a Mac, it shouldn't matter. Under all circumstances, high pixel density (ppi) is preferable. Text-based webpages simply don't look right on any other setup.
This web space has been pieced together from scatch pretty quickly. Over time, I'll endeavour to improve things.