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Things I intentionally did not blog about recently

4/12/2007 – 1:58 pm

Here are some hot topics that I specifically chose not to blog about recently:

  • The “Blogger Code of Conduct”
  • Don Imus’ racial slurs
  • Anna Nicole’s baby-daddy

You’re welcome.

By Dougal | Also posted in Blogging, Fun, Humor | Tagged | Comments (11)

WordPress 1.5.x safe from XML-RPC worm

11/9/2005 – 9:58 am

In case you didn’t already see my post over on the WordPress Development Blog, rest assured that WordPress is safe from the recently announced PHPXMLRPC worm. [...]

By Dougal | Also posted in Blogs, Security, Tech, WordPress | Tagged , , , | Comments (4)

Helping Hurricane Victims

9/29/2005 – 2:46 pm

Do you wish that you could help a victim of Katrina or Rita? Do you have items that you think they need, but you aren’t sure where to send them? If you knew what somebody needed, would you like to be able to get it directly to them?

The Been There Clearing House is “an informal clearinghouse in which individuals offering in-kind donations and individuals in need can connect.” You can read the stories of those affected by the recent storms, donate or request goods, or adopt a family.

These stories are starting to get less media coverage now (except for some of the finger-pointing), but there are still many, many people who need help. [...]

By Dougal | Also posted in Community, The South, WordPress | Tagged , , , , | Comments (5)

CSS-powered Slashdot goes live

9/22/2005 – 4:32 pm

The new CSS-powered version of Slashdot (mentioned previously) has gone live

After 8 years of my nasty, crufty, hodge podged together HTML, last night we finally switched over to clean HTML 4.01 with a full complement of CSS. [...]

By Dougal | Also posted in Blogs, CSS | Tagged , , | Comments (3)

Slashdot finally to get CSS makeover

9/6/2005 – 1:21 pm

It’s about time.

After almost 8 years, Slashdot’s HTML is finally getting an overhaul. [...]

By Dougal | Also posted in Blogs, CSS | Tagged , , | Comments (3)

Katrina aftermath

9/6/2005 – 12:52 pm

I talked to my mom this morning, and she said that all of our Mississippi relatives are accounted for. One family lost their house and is staying with other relatives, and one of my great aunts fell and broke her hip, and is in the hospital. . [...]

By Dougal | Also posted in Family, The South | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (4)

Katrina

9/2/2005 – 12:59 pm

I have a lot of family in the areas affected by Hurricane Katrina. Fortunately, my closest relatives — my mother, father, step-father, grandmother, plus some aunts, uncles, and first cousins — were not in the most heavily affected areas. [...]

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The Real Round Up

8/10/2005 – 2:54 pm

Whoops, I forgot to rename that previous post, since I didn’t actually post the round up. So, this post will be the real round up… Sort of. . [...]

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Lawmakers move to extend daylight-saving time

7/25/2005 – 5:20 pm

Oh, dear Lord. Somebody please kill this weed before it grows: Lawmakers move to extend daylight-saving time

House and Senate negotiators on an energy bill agreed to begin daylight-saving time three weeks earlier, on the second Sunday in March, and extend it by one week to the first Sunday in November.

I. [...]

By Dougal | Also posted in Politics | Tagged , , | Comments (16)

Nessie Insurance

7/8/2005 – 4:19 pm

Silliness from the land of my forefathers: Triathalon competitors get monster insurance for swimming Loch Ness.

One of the world’s most famous fables faces a serious financial test in two weeks’ time when 100 international athletes plunge into Loch Ness - each insured for £1m against monster bites.

[...]Not everyone welcomes the insurance deal, though. [...]

By Dougal | Also posted in Fun, Scottish | Tagged | Comments (2)