New interface, new version of WordPress.  Added some recipes to the side menu.  Still trying to decide where to put the penguins in this one.  Let me know if you have ideas.

Don’t normally use this for life/personal things, but thought some sort of an update was in order.  Overall doing pretty well at the moment.

• Job: Good (read: pays the bills, possibility for advancement, resume building if nothing else)
• Rescue Squad: Good (read: almost done with EMT class, still having fun, still learning, still making a difference)
• Living Situation: Improving (read: friend buying a house soon,  probably move in with him, kitchen I can use!)
• Family: Good (read: all in good health, even the crazy ones, Mom going in for surgery in a few weeks, kinda a big deal, but everyone is optimistic.)
• Social Life: Improving (read: still have little time for breathing, let alone spending time with friends etc, but recent events lead me to believe that this is also looking up.)
• Personal Health: Improving (read: overall I’m pretty healthy, but can always do better. Have cut soda pretty much completely out of my diet, only one or two cans a week. those that know me realize how impressive that is.  Started up with a decent workout program that I’m pretty sure I can stick to (yey kettlebells!) and just had a healthy visit to the doctor/dentist.)

• Updated WordPress to 2.0.6.
• Updated several anti-spam features on the blog. If you think you’re being blocked for some undue reason, contact me with the time/day of when it happened and I’ll see what I can do.
• New contact page, now you can drop me a line if you want, or don’t know my email addy. It will also let you preview the message before you send it.
• Ted is now fully XHTML and CSS compliant. See the links at the bottom right of the page.
• My email address @tedthepenguin.com is fixed. Long story short, I was checking the wrong email account… so I was like 120 messages behind. Think I’ve replied to everyone now, but if you’ve sent me an email recently, you should probably either send it again or use the new contact form.
• Updated the Dell Battery Recall page with the latest updates.
• Added a crossposter to LiveJournal… so all those I know with LJ accounts can get Ted updates from their friends feed.
• Minor cosmetic changes to the site.

Debbie reminded me when she posted this; an excellent reference to free books/ebooks online. Check it out.

“To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves.” ~ Claude Adrien Helveitus

Check out your Apple laptop info here, and your Dell laptop info here.

Sad now? A puppy will make it better.

Thanks for the image Brian.

Also just updated WP again to 2.0.1.

Lengthy post to follow.  I semi-promise.

I’m going to try and make some of the longer entries shorter on this main page, so it loads faster. If you want to read more, click on the handy “Read the rest of this entry” link.

I also updated the stylesheet to handle links better. Links within posts will be underline so they’re easier to see. Other links will not be. I hate underlining.

Test.

I’m offering free e-mail accounts and free webspace to any/all of my friends. You qualify for this if we’ve had at least one meaningful conversation. And I don’t think you’re scum.

An e-mail account would be _____@tedthepenguin.com with POP, IMAP, and SMTP support, as well as webmail. 50 MB limit.

A webspace would be http://____.tedthepenguin.com. Whatever you want to do with it. Just not illegal, porn or what I would qualify as inappropriate. 250 MB storage limit. Unlimited mySQL databases, mailing lists, chat rooms, I will install blog, content management, message board, ecommerce, guestbook, wiki, calendar, and other software for you if you want it. Just ask.

If you want more space, or advanced help, consider giving me 2 bucks a month or something. E-mail seth at tedthepenguin dot com if you’re interested.

I also added some recipies to the side menu here, I’ll add more soonish probably, but these are some of my favories.

Enjoy!

Part of creating the template is writing the PHP and javascript that power the site; below is a snippit of the code that makes sure that Netscape based browsers play nice and don’t screw up the layout. Took me 20 minutes to figure out how/what it was doing. I need a Javascript refresher course badly.

<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
<!--
function MM_reloadPage(init) { //reloads the window if Nav4 resized
  if (init==true) with (navigator) {if
     ((appName=="Netscape")&&(parseInt(appVersion)==
     {document.MM_pgW=innerWidth; document.MM_pgH=innerHeight;
     onresize=MM_reloadPage;}}
  else if (innerWidth!=document.MM_pgW ||
     innerHeight!=document.MM_pgH location.reload();
}
MM_reloadPage(true);
//-->
</script>

Ugly code aside, I’ve also been surely but slowly filling up Ted the Penguin with various bits of content that I’ve created over the years and is scattered around the web on various sites. So… check back for updates. If it’s not posted in the blog, check the sidebar to the right, it should have links to everything I put up.

Happy Surfing!

Again, not sure what I’ll do with it.

Update: 8.22.05
I killed the wiki, as it was useless to me at the moment and was a security hole waiting to open. I might open it later. Maybe.