A little holiday cheer for ya before you start opening presents tomorrow (or, like my in-laws, today): See how far you can chuck Santa. I got 350.4 (which is, I think, about as far as he can go, but prove me wrong). Thanks to The Bastard for the link.
Back to the doctor
Part of my recovery was getting up and walking around a bit, taking a shower, etc… . Today, I got up, and had a pain in my calf that I didn’t have before the surgery. I don’t know if it’s because I’m in bed more, but it felt just tight as a knot, and it didn’t feel real good. My thigh, which experienced the bulk of the pain before, has just a tinge of pain int it. I’m supposed to get getting up and walking around more and more, but I haven’t been up on it as much as I’d like to today. Called the doctor, and I’m going to go in and check it out tomorrow, just in case something’s wrong.
Meanwhile, I’ll be popping some pills here, trying to get some sleep. I didn’t sleep well last night, and Ive got a ferocious headache. Better get myself some dinner and crash for the evening.
Update: Just got back, they say the pain I’m having is fairly normal, especially considering the size of the disk they cut off, and that the nerve’s probably just inflamed a bit. Continue to take my pills, don’t do anything crazy, don’t sit up for more than 30 minutes at a time. In other words, don’t be stupid. They cleaned up my incision, saying it looks fine (I really wish I had a small mirror so I could see what it looks like).
Fire chief isn’t all that bright
He’s going out on a limb when he says that seven fires within three blocks “suspicious.” Really? I wouldn’t call it “suspicious.” I’d call it arson.
Brooklyn cop investigated because of his weblog entries
The cop is under investigation for some lewd comments and posts he made on his site. The offending entries are no longer there, but Google’s cached them. Link via Waxy’s Links.
Pastry pranksters provide police ‘donut tree’
Just what every police officer wants: A tree that grows donuts. Or something like that…
Bend police issued an APB — an all-pastry bulletin — Tuesday for the holiday pranksters who secretly adorned the metal tree sculpture in front of their Eastside headquarters with dozens of edible examples of the stereotypical cuisine of choice for cops on the go: donuts.
The police have a good sense of humor about it, but did want to point out that “Whoever did this showed a total, flagrant disregard for one of the four major food groups.” Thanks Barney for the link.
Using Dada/Mojo Mail to send MovableType Entries Nightly (or how to ditch Bloglet)
Update: I’m bumping this back up to the top as I’ve updated my templates and this article in general pretty heavily. Be sure to check it out.
Note: To pull this off, you’ll have to invest $25. It’s worth it for great mailing list software, but if you’re a cheapskate, do not read past this point. Also note that I didn’t just conjure all this up after my surgery, it’s been done and ready to go for a while, I just got motivated to finish it up.
I’ve been a big fan of Mojo Mail (now called Dada Mail because somebody has too many lawyers and too much free time) for a long time. I originally set it up for my work site, and have always loved it.
I recently purchased (before I knew I needed surgery) the Pro version of the software which came with the Magic Book. The $25 Magic Book is the key to this — it’s loaded with tons of extra documentation, and it comes with a bunch of cool plugins. The one I like the most is an automated mailer that will send mailings at predefined intervals, pulling from Web pages, if need be. It’s called Beatitude.
I’ve been using Bloglet to send nightly mailings of the headlines on the site. Bloglet, while, simple, isn’t very flexible or powerful. So I thought, why couldn’t Beatitude be used to send off MovableType nightly entries?
As of three days ago, it is, in both a text and HTML formatted version. Sign up using the sign up form on the top right of this page, and read on below to see how I did this.
He’s going nuts down under
Ozguru doesn’t plan on posting for a few days after Christmas, as he’ll be away from his computer. So what’s he doing today (Christmas Eve in Australia)? He’s going on a marathon day today, posting a joke or an entry every 30 minutes, to hopefully keep us pacified until he gets back. But if you’re looking for Christmas jokes, just watch the front page for a while.
Thing may break for a bit
I’m working my way through my to-do list, and I’m going to work on restructuring the archives. After it’s all over, things should work fine, but until that point, just bear with me. Thanks 🙂
Update: I think I’ve got myself some decent URLs, now have a gigantic .htaccess file (both links in this entry should work, despite the different URLs), and have setup a far better structure here. One more thing to scratch off the to-do list.
How to find expensive stuff on Amazon
Just keep this wishlist bookmarked. Between the backhoe to the wine cellar, there’s some expensive stuff there.
How does a state solve its homeless problem?
It give its homeless bus tickets, and sends them to other states.