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  • A Mini-Design Update

    You may or may not have noticed, but I rolled out a few design changes shortly after I upgraded to WordPress 2.2 yesterday morning.

    • I changed the color scheme a bit. Went from a dark blue background with white text to a white background with black text. It’s not a major change, but I’m hoping it’ll help with readability. More significant changes will probably be coming in the next week or so. (I’m still trying to wrap up a few projects I’ve been working on for a while, so depending on how quickly those are finished will determine how soon I get to play again with the site design.)
    • I reworked how Comments and Pings/Trackbacks are displayed on individual post items. Previously, trackbacks were displayed inline with regular comments. Now, they’re not. They used to be included in <div>s, now they’re in an <ol>. (These are subtle changes, I know, but I’m trying to improve the semantics in the markup for the site.)

    The way I’m versioning the site is sort of weird – and pretty arbitrary – to be honest with you. I’m calling this Version 14.1.0 because of some improvements I made in the code structure for my site template and some CSS changes that I made. But the reality is, I have no idea what version the site is at currently. Hopefully I can do a better job at explaining some more of the changes I make in the near future.

    (Thanks, Matt, for the nudge to do this.)

  • First Impressions of WordPress 2.2

    I upgraded my site to WordPress 2.2 without any problems this morning. I’m not sure if it’s enough of a difference from 2.1.3 to justify the upgrade for most users, but I’m a sucker for new software. In this release they’ve added support for WordPress Widgets without requiring a plugin. Among other things, the latest WordPress release also features full Atom support, a new Blogger importer, a revised Comment admin page (with AJAX-y goodness!), and a new plugin “protection system” – that will prevent you from installing a plugin that will break your site.

    • The Comment admin page now displays the last 20 comment, no matter what. When you delete a comment, the next comment dynamically gets pulled into the page.
    • WordPress 2.2 broke the FlickrRSS plugin somehow. I’ll need to look into how to remedy that…

    All in all some nice additions, but again… not sure if it’s enough to justify an upgrade for most folks.

  • WordPress 2.2 Available

    WordPress 2.2 Available. I’ll be upgrading sometime this morning.

  • Web Design Survey

    Over 30,000 people have taken The Web Design Survey, have you? (I have!) The survey closes on May 22nd. If you haven’t taken the survey yet, now’s the time to act!

  • So, umm, where you want to meet?

    So, umm, where do you want to meet for lunch? This might just be a godsend for some folks. Nice use of the Google Maps API.

  • Wiikly Update: 14 May 2007

    Three new (old) titles hit the Wii Virtual Console today: Pac-Man (NES, 1-2 players, 500 Wii Points); Ninja Gaiden (NES, 1 player, 500 Wii Points); and Ninja Spirit (TurboGrafx16, 1-2 players, 600 Wii Points).

  • Game On!

    Game On! This collection of 100 playable NES games is definitely going to kill some time… (Hat tip: JuberJabber)

  • Stream iTunes via AIM6

    (Somewhat) fresh from the AOL Greenhouse comes the AIM Buddy Tunes plugin which allows you to stream non-DRM’d music in iTunes to folks on your buddy list. Seems like a neat idea.

  • Up and Running Again

    Wow. I started the process around 7:30pm or so and I am just now finishing up at 4:15am. Insane.

    The good news is, though, that I now have a fresh install of Windows XP SP2 with CS3 Web Premium up and running without any problems. Was it worth staying up this late? I doubt it…. but it’s done now. I’m just glad it’s working.

  • Automate Stuff in Firefox

    Automate stuff in Firefox. This extension could come in handy.