My theme’s loop started with start_wp() which works fine for everything except the_tags().
I replaced start_wp() with the_post() and the built into 2.3 tags function started showing up.
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A few years ago I tried out Zinio as part of my free eWeek subscription. I stopped using it because it simply was not worth it (DRM files, needed a special reader, slow as all else) and I already received the print version.
I just got an unsolicited offer via email from Zinio and it had the link to update my email preferences. I figured I could opt out and never get email again.
Going to that link gets me a page that does not let me opt-out. In order to do that I have to pick up the phone (will do so tomorrow).
That’s nonsense. I did not opt-in and I do not enjoy receiving unsolicited offers via email (SPAM). The fact that I need to call them and waste my time makes me even more determine to not deal with them.
Update: I called 1-888-ZINIO-NOW (1-888-946-4666), pressed ‘0’ for operator and got someone who was said it was being resolved and I was being removed. The gentleman I spoke with was very polite and professional. Apparently they sent out that email to people who have not used their service for 3 years (like me) and were getting a lot of emails in response.
On my back up site I’ve restored my WordPress blog and did the site_url thing in wp-config.php. Then I installed the WordPress 2.3 beta on top using svn.
Beta 2 is working really well and the UTW tag importer does work. When I use the default theme the tags show up; when I try to use the the_tags() in my theme I get nothing. The built in tags are a little rough and lack UTW’s simple features like ‘Add existing tag’. You can re-use tags but if you fat finger the tag, then you get one off. Also the importer gets the name “Just Stupid” with a hyphen where the space should be.
I will also play around with the new wp_tag_cloud() to see what results I get. It’s prpbably not as slick as UTW’s and CSS styling will have to be done to get the changes is color.
Probably a problem with my theme I’ll keep working on it. In the worst case scenario I’ll just continue to use UTW till the kinks are worked out.
I had purchased Far Cry a couple of years ago. It was a cool game (although later levels were just nuts). I wanted to install it but could not find the disk.
Now there is an advertisement supported version which I downloaded from FilePlanet and installed. Here is what the menu screen looks like with the ads:
It’s weird. The in-game play is the same, just you get an ad when you run the game and ads on the menu screen.
It’s like playing the value-meal version from McDonalds. At least I get my gratuitous video game violence.
When I was a small kid, I had to worry about being able to change the TV station from channel 4 to channel 2. Or to channel 13. And how to get UHF.
I just overheard my 5 year old son: “Grandma? Can you record that show?”
I had to learn how to turn the TV station dial; he’s worried about working the DVR. I guess the older generations really are different.
I just received a call and an e-mail confirming my free upgrade and installation of the Dell XPS-720 motherboard (I have a XPS-700 from when it first came out). So far so good.
Our Mercedes experience is less than perfect. In fact, a lot less than perfect. It is not an experience one wants to have if one can avoid it.
We have the 2000 year model of ML320, the Mercedes SUV. Granted, it is a 7-year old car. But still, it is a Mercedes. It is supposed to be a premium luxury car, not a Honda.
We have issues with this SUV since day one. In the first year, we had trouble with the running board. Then not until when we had to replace the side mirrors did we realized that we did not get the auto dimming feature on the mirrors that we paid for as part of the premium package. Then, there was the recall on the steering wheel fuel connector. Early this year the muffler had a hole and was making such a loud noise that I was embarrassed to be driving in it. Then came the last incident on July 30th.
It was Jan’s first day at work and I volunteered to drive us to the train station. I forgot to turn off the light after I parked the car. The car did beep but I thought it was the seatbelt and ignored it. I thought about it after we got on the train and rationalized that the car will turn off automatically so didn’t bother to ask Jan. When we got back to the train station on the evening, the battery was dead and we needed to jump start the car. At first Jan called his dad but then I came up with a great idea. Why don’t we ask the taxi driver at the station and see if he can help us to jump start the car. Great idea….. only if we can open the hood! We got the taxi to come with us to our car only to find out that the hood of this POS (Piece of Sh*#) wouldn’t open. I called AAA and they promised to send a tow truck in an hour. We waited over an hour and finally the tow truck came. He couldn’t open the hood either so we had to have it put on a flatbed to our house.
The next day my father-in-law came up with an idea by using the cigarette lighter charger port to charge the batter. At least we didn’t have to flatbed the car to the dealer. Jan made an appointment with the dealer for Saturday morning at 7:30.
So we went to the dealer Saturday morning and guess what they told us! There is no secret way to open the hood other than to break the perfectly OK grill, open the hood, replace the mechanism and replace the grill! I have never ever heard of such an absurd way of opening the hood but we had no other option. It would take a couple of days to get the car back because they have to order the parts. Total cost, over $1,100 to open hood. What kind of car the hood won’t open! Well, a Mercedes!
We love the Mercedes experience so much (NOT) that we decided to get a BMW X3 or Lexus for our next car which we are hoping to get in a few months. I want the 2008 model and BMW’s 2008 model year is not out yet.
Daleks! Saw this on Boing Boing this morning. Awesome pictures here.
Alberto Gonzales gets tossed under the bus? Michael Chertoff is apparently going to be nominated as the replacement, papers and torture enhanced interrogation techniques for everyone?
