This version of newThing, fetching the updated article list from my site,
includes a bug fix and improvements to error handling.

Bug: I tested. Really I did. At the last minute, I decided it looked nicer
     to associate the function call with the body element's onload property.
     I didn't think it would change the behavior of the page, so I did not
     retest exhaustively. Turns out it changed the page's behavior quite
     dramatically -- leaving the unwary visitor stuck on the page without
     being able to leave by use of the browser's back button.
Status: Fixed

Enhancements: Read-file error recovery was already good technically, but what 
     the user saw was kind of corny and unprofessional looking. The way error
     messages are displayed has been changed, and messages have been adjusted.

Extract the contents of newThing.zip into the same directory in which my
articles file (your copy) now resides, overwriting everything I sent before,
and follow the instructions in the readme file.

My articles file resides in directory:

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