I’ve finally managed to integrate my search page into my site’s layout—with just a few changes to both my central content server script and the search script. However, if you want to use other themes and/or locales, you must now use this URL for the standalone version. It’s the same script, but with more options enabled, as you can see in the source code.
Also, we’ve sorted out Friday’s phone problem. There are two shelves, so essentially, we threw some junk off the bottom shelf and put the answering machine there, which apparently produced a sufficient distance between the two devices. Next, since the base station can support up to six handsets, I’m going to buy another one, so we can have a cordless phone on each floor. They’re dirt cheap anyway, and this way, I’ll finally be able to make phone calls in peace, without standing in the cold hallway—obviously, up until now, I would just use my cell instead.
Among other things, I bought a cordless phone today, since our old, corded one was acting up. You’d think buying a basic model like that wouldn’t cause any trouble, so after letting it charge for over 7 hours, I just plugged it in downstairs, only to find out the radio waves cause interference on our answering machine, producing an uninterrupted dead-annoying humming. The good news is the humming only occurs when the units are really close to eachother, the bad news is the shelf they’re on isn’t nearly wide enough to prevent it. For now, I put the old phone back and replaced the even crappier one we had upstairs with the cordless one. I’ll look into it tomorrow, but as it stands, I think I’m either going to end up getting a new corded phone or a new answering machine. Either way, I’d be replacing a rubbish component.
Some of the other stuff I bought includes a really hip Ben Sherman tee, Garnier Fructis Style Hard Glue hair gel—I use tons of the stuff—, a design metal ruler and finally several miscellaneous items I’m not authorized to disclose. Don’t worry: if they were dildos, I’d have told you already.
My name is Timmy and I have a short attention sp
I ported my IE security spoof to XHTML 1.1—though it’s a semantics enthusiast’s worst nightmare—and implemented it at this site, just for the hell of it. In addition, you can click on the link for some basic instructions on how to implement it yourself if you like. Enjoy.
You will be pleased to know that I have made this web site almost completely XHTML 1.1 compliant. You have no doubt noticed a few changes already.
Also, the background switcher now uses alternate style sheets, which makes it pretty much dead in Internet Explorer—like other parts of the site. Opera handles style sheet selection reasonably well, but it doesn’t seem to remember your choice. Obviously, it all works like a charm in Mozilla Firefox, albeit with an extension. I’m not sure about other browsers. Anyone want to fill me in on Konqueror and Safari’s behavior, for instance?
Update: While I am painfully aware that XHTML 1.1 should be served as application/xhtml+xml, I have decided to continue serving my site as text/html until I figure out why Symbio’s comment links break when the page is served properly.
Update 2: Okay, now serving application/xhtml+xml. I just hacked the comment links in instead of using JavaScript code to insert them. Far from clean, but who’s counting?
Update 3: I changed the skin switcher a little. It still relies on alternate style sheets, but it discourages their active use. In other words, while you can choose a skin from the browser chrome, I personally feel using a cookie is more reliable. But I’m keeping all the skins in the header so you can do it the way you prefer. And now I’d best be heading to bed.
Let’s see you get more than 2,255 feet at Kitten Cannon. All it takes is one dead cat, 7 explosions and one trampoline jump. Of course, you could assume I photoshopped that together. You’d be blatantly wrong, but you could.
Since Blogger is being a total whore and refusing to publish altogether, I might as well type this post now so I can bite my nails until it finally decides to publish. To make matters worse, I’m afraid I have to bring up my blog search engine again, since it now supports both “any” and “all” queries; also, I’ve taken the liberty of giving it a pretty, more comprehensive URL.
I did some SQL exercises today, since I have a test coming up next week. Yeah, they still have those in higher education.
Now, I wasn’t going to bring this up at first, but what the heck. When I moved all my stuff into this new room a while ago, I was supposed to have a new desk, delivered by these guys. Two months later, I’m still sitting at my old desk, having cleared it twice—once to change rooms and once because they’d said with 100% certainty that it would be delivered yesterday, along with my mom’s new closet. As it turned out, they only brought the closet, which, to add to the fun, had the wrong doors. They claimed they’d deliver my desk next week; no word on the right doors for the closet. I think it makes little difference. I doubt I’ll be at my new desk next week. I’ll probably have cleared it yet again in vain though. The good news is, the manager spontaneously suggested we get the—albeit expensive—desk for free. It has to be said though, I did my share of shouting while he was here and, for all I care, he might as well have kept the damn thing now if it weren’t free.
I was going to write something funny but then I realized I’d been doing close to 8 hours straight of ASP dot fucking dot ohmygodit’sfullofcrap NET. Unpaid, might I add. Yeah, school rules. Good news is, I’m done with the assignment.
I’m going to have a chocolate waffle now and there is little doubt about the fact that I will regret it. They say it’s better than sex. I say your mom is.
Download Azzurri, ya daft bastards.
I found the time to make another mix, but I’m not sure anyone’s gonna like it. It’s called Azzurri and consists of 14 classic italo disco tracks. Give it a spin if you’re in the mood for a bit of eighties revival. Also, my other—perhaps less daunting—mixes, except for Eisforelectro, can now be found at mix.xanoo.com.
Since someone instinctively entered a Google-style query, I decided to change the search page a bit—this is the last time I mention it, I swear. All the instructions you need are there. This obviously changes the sample query used here to this. Rejoice.
