One nice thing about WordPress is the huge amount of plugins available. I tried out Gallery a little while ago so I thought I would install the Gallery plugin to see how easily I could integrate pictures in the blog using the features it provides. I was recently accepted into the Picasa Web trial too, so I can compare and contrast. Gallery also lets you import from Picasa, so it should be possible to use both should the Gallery interface prove to be a bit clunky.
The import has gone seamlessly, and after fixing some relative path strangeness, all seems to be well. The old blog will stay and stagnate here while this one continues to thrive (or at least get updateed once in a while). Overall I’m happy with the switch and I like the look of some of the plugins available.
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Well, after keeping the updates semi-frequent for a long time, my output finally dropped off. To put an end to the Dolly mystery – it was the knave Dougherty that sent the card, he even sent me clues that unfortunately got swallowed by the mighty AOL SPAM filter…..
In any case I have at least been doing something useful: I am now officially a Red Hat Certified Engineer (or RHCE). You can even verify that I’m not lying here The RH300 was very good but certainly crams a lot into 4 days and is not for someone new to System Administration or Linux.
So, it seems that I did not have the correct person listed on the Who’s Dolly poll. Most of you (45% at last count) think it is “Other”. Brian continues to keep mum on the identity and I appear to have no deductive powers whatsoever. I can’t add names to the poll without invalidating the existing votes, which is a no-no so I will resort to randomly accosting people on the street and asking “Are you Dolly?
As mentioned over at the work blog, I’ve tried out the new AIM pages beta. Colour me impressed, not sure it’s targetted at me or my geeky kin, but I like the simplicity of the interface and the ease of use. I think it took about 30 seconds to get a basic site up, and adding pictures (randomly from my SPAM) was also a breeze. I added the AIM Fight module for a laugh too Not bad, and a step in the right direction.
I have received a, shall we say strange, postcard. The sender of said postcard is currently a mystery, known only as “Dolly”. Here is a scan of front and back (click for larger pic):
Front:
Back:
I’ve stuck a poll up here using a handy feature of the new AIM Pages site so people can vote for whodunnit – any suggestions on additions to the list can be e-mailed to me for inclusion – get voting!
Before I get on to the London leg of my recent trip, I had to post these two related stories. I came across them both independantly, the first came from an e-mail (Lon I’m looking at you) in response to a fairly normal question I had asked. The question boiled down to, why do we continue to do something a certain way when it doesn’t make sense?
Here is the reply:
Been a couple of weeks since the last post were i was talkin about Sukanto Tanoto– such is the effect of a globetrotting, binge drinking lifestyle. I’m just back from a week in Dublin and London with TK and although it was a business trip, there was plenty of time for drunken carousing and debauchery (Yay!).
So, after arriving in Dublin on Saturday (22nd) I immediately (well, after lunch with Fi to see the new bump and deliver Giraffe type baby clothing) set about getting after it, with drinks in Solas on Wesford Street.
Well, not quite, but this is the first postcard I’ve ever received from Romania (click to enlarge):
It’s from Matt & Ruth of Seattle trip fame – I remember them saying they were going on vacation – had no idea it was to Eastern Europe. I hope the soluble Disprin got to them in time……
I gotta say – I love the logo & slogan on the back – Gigantic Monuments from the Communist Dictatorship indeed.
So, I’ll be back in the old country from April 22nd (Saturday) to April 26th (Wednesday) and then in London from then until April 30th. Since it is a business trip, the oppportunities for craziness will be a bit limited, but I’m sure I’ll squeeze some in.
Of course, there will be catching up, and no doubt the requests for cheap American goods will soon be flooding in, but besides that I will get to have some decent Chinese food (yay!