After getting several e-mails and comments from readers asking how I did this or made that work with the Vertigo theme for WordPress, I’ve decided to share the modifications. This ZIP file contains six files — modified versions of functions.php, index.php, and comments.php for the Vertigo 3-Column theme, index.php for Vertigo 2-Column, and a TagContinue reading “On Modifying Vertigo”
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On March’s Greatest Hits
I haven’t done a search phrase round-up in a while. Let’s take a look at the top 20 of March. 🙂 20. “Jason Gronberg.” A friend of mine. He passed away in November. One of my favorite memories of Jason. 19. “Napoleon.” One of my favorite sparring partners in Age of Empires III. Except forContinue reading “On March’s Greatest Hits”
On Testing the Emergency Broadcast System
Whhhhoooooopppppppppppppppppp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is a test of the Emergency Broadcast System. The broadcasters of your area in voluntary cooperation with the FCC and federal, state and local authorities have developed this system to keep you informed in the event of an emergency. If this had been an actual emergency, you would have been instructed where toContinue reading “On Testing the Emergency Broadcast System”
On More WordPress Tweaking
Sometime next week, WordPress 2.5 is supposed to drop. Being the compulsive tinkerer that I am, will I upgrade that day? Is the sky blue? The upgrade to WP 2.1 was a pain in the ass. Things broke. Like my sidebar. The 2.2 upgrade wasn’t an issue. And going to WordPress 2.3 was a matterContinue reading “On More WordPress Tweaking”
On WordPress Tinkering
Occasionally I’m asked why I use WordPress. And specifically, the self-hosted version. “There are other free blogging services — LiveJournal, WordPress.com, Blogger. You don’t even need to pay for hosting. They do it all for you, for free.” Those are good points. And who knows? Maybe if I’d made a different decision nearly six yearsContinue reading “On WordPress Tinkering”
On Goofing Off With a New Toy
Since I was out with a nasty and virulent cough today, I spent the day huddled in bed, watching The Tudors. And napping. Because you know what? Naps are good things. I also discovered that AOL gave Netscape a brief reprieve. It was to have passed into the great beyond at the end of January. Continue reading “On Goofing Off With a New Toy”
On the Saturday Farpoint Schedule
As I suspected, my first day at Farpoint had absolutely nothing that required my attendence. Which meant… 1) Time in the bar. 2) Dinner with friends from New York. 3) Hanging out in the hotel lobby with friends, other friends, and still more friends. In short, it was the perfect way to unwind after aContinue reading “On the Saturday Farpoint Schedule”
On a Week-End Round-Up
Another week, another review of the week that was! 🙂 Sunday began with a review of the week prior. Exciting stuff? Not really, no. Instead, I was counting down the hours until Tom Petty’s appearance at the Super Bowl. And how was that? I reflected on Petty’s Super Bowl halftime show Monday morning. In short,Continue reading “On a Week-End Round-Up”
On Tweaking Hemingway
My experiment with Hemingway continues! The Hemingway theme has a couple of interesting things going for it. Number one, it’s not under any sort of active development. The latest version — 0.19 — was released nearly twenty-four months ago. Number two, there’s absolutely no support for it. The download page has dead links to supportContinue reading “On Tweaking Hemingway”
On What People Want to Know
Someone, somewhere, thinks I’m an expert on something. Oh, maybe not the things that I consider myself an expert on. But that’s the joy of the internet — everyone’s anonymous, and everyone’s an expert about something. So what do people think I know about? That’s where stat tracking comes in. WordPress has a nice plug-inContinue reading “On What People Want to Know”