Ad Astra per Aspera
It’s actually pretty easy to add a picture to the site with WP2.0, but I’d still rather have the Gallery2 plug-in working. In the mean time, here’s a blast from the past added using the built in support: Deb and Dennis at the Toronto Science Center in 1999
It’s actually pretty easy to add a picture to the site with WP2.0, but I’d still rather have the Gallery2 plug-in working. In the mean time, here’s a blast from the past added using the built in support:
Well, the family is kind of down with colds, and it’s pretty darn cold outside today, but this is the first lesson, so we’re going to do it anyway. Dennis and I have been doing snowboarding lessons for several years, so it’s old hat for us, but this will be Deb’s first lesson. She’s pretty … Continue reading “Snowboarding/Skiing lessons start today”
Well, the family is kind of down with colds, and it’s pretty darn cold outside today, but this is the first lesson, so we’re going to do it anyway. Dennis and I have been doing snowboarding lessons for several years, so it’s old hat for us, but this will be Deb’s first lesson. She’s pretty stressed about it, I think.
Wish us luck.
Unfortunately, the old hacked style I was using didn’t make the grade. What I should do is actually design one of my own, but that will be a bit of a “learning experience” so it will have to wait. For now, this new style is quite pleasant — it just needs to integrate a picture … Continue reading “Conversion complete”
Unfortunately, the old hacked style I was using didn’t make the grade. What I should do is actually design one of my own, but that will be a bit of a “learning experience” so it will have to wait. For now, this new style is quite pleasant — it just needs to integrate a picture of the castle.
The next step is to install the new-and-improved spam filter, and then re-connect Gallery2 (which may be interesting).
Update: As I suspected, WPG2 doesn’t seem to work with the WP2. I know that ozgreg it looking at it, so hopefully the 1.1 version of WPG2 will make everything right again. For now, you will see a few broken image links. Oh well.
I did a test install of WordPress 2 at http://mikew.ca/wptest. It seems to be working (at least with no imports of old content, and using the default theme) so the next thing to try is upgrading this site. Probably tonight or tomorrow.
I did a test install of WordPress 2 at http://mikew.ca/wptest. It seems to be working (at least with no imports of old content, and using the default theme) so the next thing to try is upgrading this site. Probably tonight or tomorrow.
The first time I played Dungeon Siege, I found it to be too shallow as an RPG and gave up on it fairly quickly. This time, I decided to give it a bit more slack — basically, I treated it as an “RTS with only Heroes” and found it to be a lot more engaging. … Continue reading “Dungeon Siege (1)”
The first time I played Dungeon Siege, I found it to be too shallow as an RPG and gave up on it fairly quickly. This time, I decided to give it a bit more slack — basically, I treated it as an “RTS with only Heroes” and found it to be a lot more engaging. I played it right through to the end; my only complaint being that by the time I reached the end my characters were so uber that it wasn’t a big deal finishing off the end boss.
Oh well. It was a good waste of time while waiting for Elder Scrolls: Oblivion.
I will probably take a stab at moving this site over on the weekend. Given how well it goes, there may be some downtime. (Yes, I’ll backup everything first.)
I will probably take a stab at moving this site over on the weekend. Given how well it goes, there may be some downtime. (Yes, I’ll backup everything first.)
Christmas was lots of fun this year. I got up early and fed the dogs (as usual) but Dennis and Deb slept in until after 8am. Once we were all mobile, we checked out our stockings and our “Santa gifts”, which this year were new TVs for both the living room and Dennis’ room downstairs. … Continue reading “Christmas is half over.”
Christmas was lots of fun this year. I got up early and fed the dogs (as usual) but Dennis and Deb slept in until after 8am. Once we were all mobile, we checked out our stockings and our “Santa gifts”, which this year were new TVs for both the living room and Dennis’ room downstairs. Actually, Dennis got our “old” TV (which is a top-of-the-line 35″ Sony CRT) + a cable connection of his own + the PVR, so he was quite pleased. It also came as a complete surprise to him, which was an added bonus.
The new living room set is this one:
Every year, we alternate who we spend Christmas day with between Deb’s parents and mine. This year it was Deb’s turn so, after playing with our new toys a bit, we scrambled around the house, breakfasting, showering, dressing and packing up Christmas gifts, and then headed over to Stacey’s place for a day with the Marshalls. Since we all brought our intra-family gifts as well as the inter-family gifts, there was a massive pile of presents under the tree:
We spent the rest of the day there, except for a couple of hours that I went home with Dennis to let the dogs out (and have a nap ;-)). Supper was a massive turkey. It was so large that even Grandma Marshall’s largest roasting pan couldn’t hold it!
In summary, a good time was had by all. We even spent some time in the evening playing and singing Christmas carols with Katie on piano and Deb and I on cellos. Next year, we may even practice before hand, which will make it even more fun.
Tonight we head over to my family’s place for the second half of Christmas, with supper and presents with the rest of the Wilsons.
Peace, all. May your entire year be as much fun as Christmas has been for us. Ho ho ho.
*sigh*. Time to ramp up the arms race against the spammers. The tool that has been successfully killing every comment spam for the last three months is now starting to fail occasionally. I guess I’ll have to get out the bigger guns. Oh, and a quick message to the spammers themselves: Hey, morons, I moderate … Continue reading “The war against spam”
*sigh*. Time to ramp up the arms race against the spammers. The tool that has been successfully killing every comment spam for the last three months is now starting to fail occasionally. I guess I’ll have to get out the bigger guns.
Oh, and a quick message to the spammers themselves:
Hey, morons, I moderate every post to this site. No one but me will ever see your comments, and I don’t care what you are selling. I know you’re too stupid to just go away, but isn’t it nice to know that you are totally wasting your time. Have a nice day.
Dennis and I went with Randy and Tim and Katie to Pakenham last weekend. We’ve all got season’s passes, so we wanted to go up and get our photos taken and maybe get in a few runs. As it happens there weren’t many runs open, but there was lots of snow on the ones that … Continue reading “Snowboarding season has started”
Dennis and I went with Randy and Tim and Katie to Pakenham last weekend. We’ve all got season’s passes, so we wanted to go up and get our photos taken and maybe get in a few runs. As it happens there weren’t many runs open, but there was lots of snow on the ones that were, and we had a ball. Tim tried out snowboarding for the first time (and I’m sure he’ll be much better in no time. :-)).
Of course, I’m so out of shape that I only managed about 2.5 hours before I had to give up, and at that point I was so tired I could barely move. Oh well, as long as I keep at it, I should be in *much* better shape by the end of the season.
Deb and Stacie are going to take downhill skiing lessons this year, which means both families will likely be up there every weekend once the lessons start in January. It should be a tons of fun.
Ok, now I’m pissed. As long as it was just Desperate Housewives, I couldn’t care less that we couldn’t download TV shows on the Canadian iTunes Music Store. But now we’re talking Battlestar Galactica! Hey, whoever is holding up progress: I want my iTMS TV!
Ok, now I’m pissed. As long as it was just Desperate Housewives, I couldn’t care less that we couldn’t download TV shows on the Canadian iTunes Music Store. But now we’re talking Battlestar Galactica!
Hey, whoever is holding up progress: I want my iTMS TV!