I added a theme switcher to the sidebar so that you can choose between a whopping 6 different themes. Right now, all that actually changes is the banner image at the top, but with a bit of time I will change the colors of the themes to better match their image. I also plan on at least 1 more theme.
nick
So, over the last week I didn’t do a whole heck of a lot. I do have Kyle’s birthday party tonight at Applebees’s which supposedly will have 30 – 35 people showing up. Not sure what the hell they are going to do with us.
I made a few site updates. I got the school section up, it is under Work. I brought back the Wayback script, so you can read year-ago posts easily from the sidebar. I re-categorized all the old iBlog Poll and Pictures posts into a new Abandoned category, since those posts don’t actually have any useful information in them, but I didn’t really want to delete them all either. Sadly, the one iBlog category I have left to go through is the General category, that has 155 posts in it. Hell, I have 417 total, that nearly half. Finally, I updated the to-do list (under info) to reflect all those changes.
I checked out a book on programming for the Mac. I honestly couldn’t believe we even had one. I am definitely feeling the cobwebs, as I haven’t had C++ in 2 years and that is about as close as I have ever got to the Objective C used for Macs, but I am doing OK so far.
So, thats what’s been going on.
nick
So, I have it 99% done. There are some tweeks to do here and there, but I think I have it. Here is a rundown of what was changed…
But wait, how can it have a new address if you are here? Well, look at your address bar, where does it say you are? Yes, I paid for a domain registration, for 1 year for now. I put up an automatic redirect on the old site too, so you are taken here without knowing what happened. I am not sure if it works with the RSS feeds though.
As I said, I have a few bugs left to play with, and I still have the old comments to repost and the iBlog posts to re-categorize, but those will come with time.
If you have any problems, questions, suggestions, or complaints, let me know in a comment.
nick
So, all my behind the scenes secretive work is coming along nicely. I really think you guys will be happy with it all once it debuts, though I am not fully sure when that will be yet. I have a few more things to work on though, but I think I will be able to get everything set up over the weekend.
We had a staff meeting at work today, which means Rudy Js afterward. I have to be back at work in about an hour for regular hours though.
Tomorrow around 12:30 or 1 I go to the mall with Todd to get fitted for my tux for his wedding next September. I really think it is way too early, but what do I know.
Overall though, it has been a rather uneventful week. Jenn and I went to the pumpkin farm again over the weekend, and she got a new Escape on Monday, and that’s about it.
OK, see you all later.
nick
Some big changes, upgrades, and additions are very near for the site and blog. I am getting excited and really want to get them out, but need to hold off until they are a little further along. I can say though, that NOBODY but me actually knows ANYTHING about what the updates are. If, however, you are really slick, you might be able to find something out.
I have 4 votes in the poll already, which means that I should probably put a new one up, but to be honest I have trouble thinking up poll questions. I would ask for you to leave poll suggestions as a comment, but I have done that at least 2x before to no avail.
I think that’s all for now. Later.
nick
I forgot how convoluted it is to edit WP themes. There is just so darn much variation between different peoples themes and templates and stylesheets, it make it really hard to make parts of one work with parts of others. I will probably still get a unified template system, it just won’t be this weekend.
The extraction went well though. It came out in like 3 or 4 pieces because the crown started to fall apart, but the roots stayed together and no pieces tried staying behind. Pain is pretty much non-existant.
Thats all for now.
nick
Over the weekend, since I will be medicated and tired and not doing much most likely, I am going to try working on the new theme. In the mean time, the theme will be changing randomly as I start with the default not-so-great theme and add all the little customizations that I want and making it all into something fairly nice. My goal right now is for something at least 3/4 decent, halfway decent would just be slacking.
nick
Yesterday I visited the dentist because my damn wisdom tooth was bothering more this week. They took an X-Ray, poked at it a few times, and told me come back next Thursday. Finally, after 3+ years of pain, I will be rid of the damn thing. I am still nervous, as I don’t particularly enjoy dentist visits, but it will be nice to be rid of it. I am sure some other tooth will take its place in causing me misery though.
Next weekend is also the River of Time. I once again have full plans of going, even if I do hurt like all hell from a pulled tooth. I am sure kettle corn is out for this year, but some cream soda does sound good. I may have to run over to Yooperville too.
I was reading on Michigan.org that Oscoda is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the legend of Paul Bunyan this weekend. It could be something interesting to go check out.
I think if I get some time I need to do some theme editing. I have like 4 themes I rather like, but want to combine certain elements into one that I can use year round, and just change the picture at the top. For example I should be putting a more fall-like pic up there very soon.
OK, I think that’s all I wanted to say for now.
nick
OK, so birthday went well. Jenn had to leave a little early to get to work on time, and waiter was far below what I believe to be Genji standards, but still all went well. Afterward I just came home and relaxed. When Scott come back in town, me and him will need to go sit at the sushi bar and just order whatever. BTW, spider rolls are good.
I have made some small site updates. There is now a links section toward the bottom of the sidebar. I only have 2, but it’s something. If a link to your blog is there and you would rather it not be, let me know.
Also, I changed the style sheet so that it allows for printing. I had no idea, but if you tried to print it would totally strip the style sheet. Now, it keeps all the styling, but removes the header, footer, and sidebar and sets the content area to 6.5 inches wide to properly fit on a piece of paper. No need to click a special “print friendly” button or anything like that, it just works. Go ahead, choose print preview and check it out.
Next is a new poll. in going through the old comments, a few have no name and I do not recognize the IP address. There were some that were unnamed that I could find an author for, but there are about 5 that I could not, the poll regards those.
Finally, I was down to $1.09 in my NFSN account, which means I went a full year with the site for just about $4.00 in total hosting fees. Compared to when I had .Mac for $99 a year, I am very happy. I added some more funds to my account, even though that last dollar would have lasted me about 3 months.
I think that is all. More when I have it.
nick
Yes, today I am 24. I go to work from 12 to 5, then it is off to Genji to celebrate. I am up to 8 yes and 1 maybe, and there are 8 seats at each grill, so it will be interesting to see what happens.
Also, this is #403, so that first post back on the 5th, was #400. Just so you know.
OK, thats all.
nick
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