I just installed a couple of wordpress plugins for this blog. Installed were the following:

• Ultimate Tag Warrior - I don’t really know why I installed this. I just like tags.
• Countposts - to see if my posts are being read. Just don’t know if I installed it properly
• Buddy Cards - it conflicted with my gravatar plugin so I had to deactivate it.

Unlucky you because the content stays the same. I just added some boring features.

I just installed a wordpress plugin which automatically builds a sitemap for this blog. It’s easy to install but I don’t know if it really works so I’m still testing it. The reason behind this is I’m adding my site to Google’s Webmaster Central. Google offers domain owners diagnostic tools to track the site traffic, uptime, etc. Very technical for me but I just wanted to see what it’s all about.

A pleasant surprise I had today, hence this entry will end up in my “extraordinary” category. JB Magnus yahoo-ed (hey, nice word!) me out of the blue and invited me to become a skirmisher. I had no idea what he meant at first but I said “yes” hehe. After agreeing to it, I asked him what a skirmisher is and I learned that it’s a collaborative blog he made which he named after his first blog, The Skirmish of Dark and Light. I gather that it’s an “anything goes” blog with a preference for dark humor. Nice.

Right now I’m trying to come up with a short bio which will be used for my profile there. I was hoping that Sherwin can make it for me but he isn’t online. Bugger. I fucking hate making write-ups which is weird because I was a part of the yearbook committee (cos I’m a geek!) back in high school and writing those fuckers was part of the job.

I installed a new set of cute smilies courtesy of Kawaiiness I’m not sure if it looks good with my blog theme but what the hey. It lightens the gloomy atmosphere here :innocent:

I thought something was wrong with the mac’s USB ports but it turns out that it was only the mouse that was causing the problem. So I bought a new mouse for this and I’m back to the mac. Yay! Will update more tomorrow because updating my gallery with photos I took from the US made me sleepy. Why don’t you check it out in the meantime.

Nothing much happened today. Just rested in my aunt’s house and in the afternoon, we went to Daly City to have dinner with my mom’s high school friends who have migrated here over the years. I found the dinner boring but my aunt Rose, her husband, and their little boy were there so it was more interesting. After the dinner, we headed to the nearby Nordstrom Rack. I only got two towels from the store and mom paid for them. When we got back to San Jose, I went with Rose to her client’s house. Another boring affair which ended around 1 am.

So no expenses today but that’s because I didn’t do much at all! I am still trying to get some extra money. I even stooped so low as to tell my woes to Rose in the hopes that she will give me some. So far, that didn’t work. Bummer. Another thing, I joined google’s adsense. I hate ads but I really need the dough. I just hope that by putting those ads in my blog (waaaaah!) I would get some money.

In an attempt to distract myself from all the unpleasantness, I tweaked my wordpress theme to be widget-enabled. Readers wouldn’t notice the difference but it makes layouting and adding stuff the sidebar easier. Supposedly.

So what is this widget thingamajig?

“Widgets” is just a silly buzzword we’ve chosen for this sidebar-chopping plug-in we have developed. They could have been called Gadgets or Gizmos or Wizbangs or Whatevers. On the surface, they’re just things you can use to personalize your WordPress site without knowing HTML. Way down deep, they may be something entirely more significant.

In other words, it’s a project by Automattic to make life easier for those without HTML or PHP knowledge. Why the hell did I bother since I know HTML and PHP? Well, I am assuming that there would be an onslaught of Wordpress widget plugins and I didn’t want to get left behind. Also, tweaking is a really good distraction for me.

As of the moment, there are only a couple (around 30 to 40) themes which are widget-compliant. As for widget plugins, there are around 20 and most of them aren’t really useful to me. I expect that there would be more promising plugins in the future. If you are a Wordpress user, maybe you should consider making your theme widget friendly. Who knows what the future has in stake for us users?

Out with old, in with the new. I changed the tracks in my radio blog! Current playlist includes the ff:

Ataraxia - La lica ai apollo

Bel Canto - Intravenous

Black Tape for a Blue Girl - Pandora’s Box

The Dresden Dolls - Delilah

Current 93 - A Gothic Love Song

Stars - Reunion

The new shoutbox has been running for 2 days and still no spam so that’s really good. The only drawback to the hack is that human commenters wouldn’t be able to post URLs. Ah well, that doesn’t matter. As long as it’s spam free I will use it. Another addition to this blog is the newly installed lightbox plugin. I’m not sure how it really works but when you click on an image, it comes with a nice pop-up or whatever it’s called.

I went to a gathering last night. Twas really really boring but at least the food was good. Too bad my stupid sister ruined everybody’s day. I was so mad I almost drove the car off the road. I shouldn’t even be driving since I’m still adjusting to my new anti-depressant. She’s just so spoiled and impossible sometimes. She should really be taught a lesson but she doesn’t listen to me or our mom. Goddamn her! Now I’m all worked up again. Fuck