Monthly Archives: January 2004

Changes on Weblog and Photo Log

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I’ve done some work on this weblog, as well in my Photo Log.

In this weblog, I’ve done some coding so that when I write a post, fully typed out links are autolinked as hyperlinks to open in new windows, and the same for anyone who posts a comment — just type out from http through to the end, with no text touching either side of the URL, and post. The system will hyperlink it for you! Nice.

This solves the problem of “knowing how to hyperlink” for those that don’t, as well as saving typing for me, and for those that do know how to encode properly. Also it solves the pop-up window problem of links opening in that little window, instead of it’s own new window. Most links that are in posts here, or in comments, would be off-site links, not always would someone want to gravitate away from this site when clicking on a link here, so this is the default behavior (overridable by some browsers)

On my Photo Log I’ve changed the previous and next behaviour on the indiviual archive pages. You can find them via the main page — by clicking on any thumbnail image you’ll go to it’s individual page … on that page then you’ll find the previous and next navigation at the top of the page, with images and the title of that images post underneath for each. Navigation is by date entered on the site.

In the future I can also code for previous/next in category … but I’m not doing that yet.

I’m toying with how to overhaul the Photo Log. I’m certain I want to, but certainly uncertain about how to go about it, at this time :smile:

I have pictures to load up to it, but I’m just not getting to it. I hope to get to it soon. I have pictures to scan, and other to get ready for the web. We just got a new battery system tonight, for the digital camera, so hopefully that will enable me to use that device better. I do have three photos of Victoria on Christmas Day, as we were about to leave for the theatre to see Peter Pan. She’s in a red dress and her “new” coat. Cute. They’ll be the first new ones I’ll load, tomorrow maybe.

Cold, cold, cold

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It’s been like Spring, really what I’d like to call “Summer” if only Summer would be so nice, around 70-74 as a high, mostly in the high 60′s usually for daytime temps. I digress …

It’s been around 70 or higher some days the past week, with temperature getting down in the 50′s at the most at night. Balmy, mild weather. Yesterday it began to rain, and it rained and rained and rained. It then stopped. Opening the door, the chilly air wafted in, as I quickly tried to slam the door shut. The door has been really swollen for many days. It doesn’t shut so easily. See, balmy, mild yet warm temps. Not dry, not wet, just probably moist enough to make the door swell with joy.

I knew colder temperature were coming, I’ve been watching them via accuweather.com predictions the last few weeks, waiting for the heralding of the next day being the actual COLD day. It’s here. It was down to freezing overnight. It’s supposed to be up to 45 degrees F. today. That’s about 25 degrees lower than normal — uh, not the average normal, but the normal of late, what we’ve been experiencing.

Guess what tonights low is supposed to be? Cold. 16. Brrr. Considering that in the 20′s is USUALLY as cold as it gets in this part of the country. Considering that balmy temps in January are rarely thought of really happening at this time, in this part of the country. Considering that we’ve been lulled into dressing like it’s Spring, thinking like it’s Spring, seeing that it’s Spring … this is a hard fall. I see in the extended forcast finally a prediction of snow, sleet, or rain on the morning of Jan 9. That’s the first use of the words “snow” and “sleet” this season in forcasting this area! The only other days also for that kind of forcast are the 17th & 20th. Plenty of cold in between this all.

In past years we’ve had snow in December and January, and at least one big ice storm in January, if not two. We have become babies this year. Spoiled rotten. Let the games begin. We have a tough few weeks to dive back down into Winter, again or for the first time this season ;)

So then, I have my hennie pennies to prepare for their first ever COLD COLD night. We got the Leghorns in February last year, as young pullets. They had lived through winter, but in a cosey place I do think. We’ve got quite a different setup. Speaking of which, I’d better post this and go do something about it!