trying out some wp plugins. this one may be semi-interesting and in time i can learn to do the image manipulation to change the icons around.
this one is pissing me off pretty bad: it gorks the wordpress login functionality for some reason.

my hosting provider has disabled the sending of mail from php scripts except under very limited circumstances that don’t mesh well with wordpress. this means that wordpress will no longer be able to send me an email when you post something. as a consequence, today i’ll be implementing a plug-in that closes off […]

an update: i’ve restored the original configuration. sorry to all you ie users: ie has a bug in it where it doesn’t properly restore css configurations to default in certain situations, resulting in incorrect display of my textbox. this is a combination bug in ie and wordpress, and the wp folks […]

i decided some time ago that, because i can’t do threaded replies on wordpress that i wouldn’t reply to posts here; instead, i’ll do a new post. this is important in situations where i might want to reply to a particular comment, like cecily’s from this one.
> I love the new look, btw, but […]

i added two more paragraphs to my homeschool pros/cons letter.
PS Con: Grades are usually used by children as a social status indicator, not as the guide to learning and achievement they are supposedly intended for. They sort themselves into “smart kids,â€? “average kids,â€? and “dumb kids.â€? Even if your child is very intelligent, […]

i wrote what amounts to an essay pro/con on homeschooling. i did it primarily because i wanted to clarify in my own mind some things i’ve been thinking on the subject, and so herewith i record them for public consumption. in the unlikely event someone comments, well, so much the better.
the background: […]

okay, new layout i picked up and hacked up from the bomb site. this one is obviously the mars one. i really like it. i had to dick with the index.php and wp-layout.css pages as usual because i customized them, but it’s still a happy layout.
if you still see the blue and […]

a certain church has always seemed, to me, to contain more than its fair share of stupidity. here’s proof.
what’s wrong with this?
doctrinal statements have always been the province of churches. churches have the right to set standards for practicing their rituals and for specifying the way in which those rituals must be observed […]