Episode 17 now has subtitles for those that do not speak Bulgarian.
More WP woe
Well, the latest is this – the comments are working and the style sheet now shows up on the individual pages. Good-o.
However, the list of categories in the sidebar is no longer in alphabetical order.
Moreover, the links to the categories or archives only take you to the front page, although the URI displayed is correct.
And I still have to insert index.php/
in every URI, in spite of having mod_rewrite
on 34sp. I’m confused and tired and more than a bit fed up. Suggestions would be very welcome.
Upgrade
I’ve just done the WordPress upgrade to 1.5. Things are a bit weird – please be patient and I’ll try and resume normal service soon.
UPDATE: comments are down. This, I know for sure, is due to the fact that I have separate style sheets for the main pages and for the comments pages, and now they use a single template – or something. Either way, something is borked. If you want to talk to me, then email.
FURTHER UPDATE: No, I was wrong about the cause. The problem is to do with the permalinks. Now to fix it…
FURTHER FURTHER UPDATE: Comments are still not working. There was a problem with permalinks that now seems to be resolved (I’ve had to prefix all the page links with index.php/ – surely that can’t be right??), but the comments are still not working, even though I’m using the two php scripts supplied with the classic theme (a recommendation made in the forums). I’m feeling mildly frustrated.
Law in action
Schiavo case divides America
Papal passing
Karol Wojtyla, RIP. What’s the reckoning that the Beeb had the obit ready some time ago?
Constitutional treaty
Not sure what the EU Constitutional Treaty really says? Confused by the rhetoric and argument emanating from politicians? Then download the full text, all 485 pages of it, in a handy 2MB PDF file.
And I’ll hear no more discussion of the matter until you’ve read it all!
April 1st
Google Gulp! With a bit of self-parody, it seems:
Man, if you pressure us, you just drive us away. We’ll commit when we’re ready, okay? Besides, what’s so great about taking things out of beta? It ruins all the romance, the challenge, the possibilities, the right to explore. Carpe diem, ya know? Maybe we’re jaded, but we’ve seen all these other companies leap headlong into 1.0, thinking their product is exactly what they’ve been dreaming of all their lives, that everything is perfect and hunky-dory – and the next thing you know some vanilla copycat release from Redmond is kicking their butt, the Board is holding emergency meetings and the CEO is on CNBC blathering sweatily about "a new direction" and "getting back to basics". No thanks, man. We like our freedom.
A little bit of politics
Who knew that it was so easy to set up a political party? According to this BBC News article, all you need is two people, a constitution and £150! So, if anyone wants to join with me and form The Arty Farty Party (and has £150 laying around), then let me know. I will, of course, be Supreme Leader For Life and you can be Chief Minion. Our policies will have a broad appeal and include
- free Smarties on the NHS
- beer hydrants in every street
- an increase in spending on public gardens
- twenty seven new bank holidays
Any other policy ideas?
Garden news
More planting last night – sage (Salvia officinalis Berggarten), Penstemon barbatus Peter Catt, catmint (Nepeta faassenii), some Ranunculus, some Gaillardia and a Salvia nemorosa variety. Monty seems to have spotted the catmint already, but I’m not sure that he knows what to make of it. Perhaps he will let it grow a little before he sits on it/eats it/shreds it.