Monthly Archive for October, 2006

…and beware WordPress 2.05

Yeah, even though I probably messed something up, or didn’t configure something properly; I’m avoiding version 2.05 for the time being. Thanks to version 2.04 and a backup of my database before the ill-fated upgrade, I’m back.

Thankfully.

Edit: (12/02/06)

There is a fix (that doesn’t work for me) that might solve some upgrade issues. It takes the form of a plugin for WP and can be found here.

beware the water

One week away from the beginning of NaNoWriMo and I am really, really, really excited and scared. FYI, I won’t be signing into aim, yahoo, msn, google talk, icq or any of that other stuff during the month of November. The reason being…I <3 to talk to people online, and I won't get anything done. I can still be emailed though, and should be answering my phone. I may even distract myself by updating this more often....maybe with tidbits of horrible prose that I've churned out during the day. After November, I'm diving back into the world of php/MySQL for a fun little project that will forever change the world as we know it (probably for the worse). I am also commanding everyone to listen to the new Deftones cd "Saturday Night Wrist"...sooo good.

AA

And I’m not talking about Alcoholics Anonymous either. Affirmative Action is the topic of discussion ranting today. As you may or may not know, I’m not a very political person. I could give a damn about most politicians and their agendas. Every once in a while however, some issues demand my attention. You should also know that I am not racist. As I put it, “I hate equally,” or, “I hate on a personal basis.” Basically, if you give me a reason to NOT like you, then I’ll take it. Other than that, I will treat anyone regardless of age, race, religion, etc the same as long as they do the same for me. Granted I don’t know a hell of a lot about Affirmative Action but I do know that fighting discrimination with discrimination is not the correct thing to do. People are people, and they should be hired into jobs and accepted into schools as individuals that are qualified for the position. Not because the school or employer has a quota to meet. How is someone getting a free ride to a school, because they have a different skin color NOT discrimination? Don’t tell me that they don’t have a lot of money….I don’t have a lot of money, my parents don’t have a lot of money, hardly anyone in my family has a lot of money. Now, it’s fine with me if a school decides that they would like to help people out that are in some sort of financial crisis. But they should do so on an individual basis, not by merely looking at the color of the persons skin. Michigan has a proposal that will be voted on in November that could possibly do away with Affirmative Action. I hope and pray that it passes.

Are my opinions wrong? Do they need to be clarified? Feel free to let me know.

On this day in history…

Lots of fun stuff happened. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_7

I’m proud to share a birthday with the likes of:

Niels Bohr

Heinrich Himmler

Desmond Tutu

John Cougar Mellencamp

Vladimir Putin

Michael W. Smith

Simon Cowell

Toni Braxton (okay…maybe not Toni Braxton)

Thom Yorke and

Rachel McAdams

It is my new life-goal to make it on to Wikipedia’s list of famous persons born on October 7th.