Is there a better way to do this?

Question

This is the basic idea: http://i51.tinypic.com/1zwcbgn.jpg

So I made it like this (notice it is fluid): http://twomuchwork.com/test

Is there a better way to do this than the way I did?

Answer 1

I don't see a problem with how you did it, but since you're asking, here's my go-to reference for pretty much any multi-column HTML+CSS-JavaScript layout:

http://matthewjamestaylor.com/blog/ultimate-multi-column-liquid-layouts-em-and-pixel-widths