Various updates

If you are wondering why I haven’t been posting anything it is because there really isn’t anything going on lately. I have been sick for the past 2 weeks. I went to the doctor yesterday and found out I have a sinus infection. He gave me some pills, but I jsut can’t swallow pills. I don’t know why it’s just one of those things. So I have to try and get a hold him tomorrow to see if I can get something in a liquid. I need an antibiotic and a decongestant. Right now it is mainly a really bad cough, sore throat and I have been getting really bad sinus headaches everyday. Also, since Friday I have been having problems hearing out of the right ear. If I put my head down it opens up and I can hear fine, but all the other time it feels like it is closed off.

It doesn’t help that on Tuesday I started classes again. Three of the four teaches I have had before so I know what to expect and the other one is my Logic teacher and he doesn’t seem too bad. I am also taking Financial Accounting, Micro Economics, and World Civilization II. Atleast this semester I don’t have class at 8 am every day like the past semester.

Speaking of the last semester I got a letter today from the Office of the Vice Presjdent of my college saying that I got on the Vice President’s High Honors list, which is for people who had a 3.5 gpa or above. Which is pretty cool. It’s the highest award at my college.

I have been really lazy for the past couple months mainly due to World of Warcraft, but I promise to get around to making some WordPress themes. I have been toying around with a few designs.

I may have one big update in the next couple weeks, but I don’t want to jinx it. To those who know me you will be shocked.

WordPress 1.2.2

I just got done upgrading my site to the latest version of WordPress and as usual it was painless. It was just a matter of removing the old install and uploading the new version, minus the template files that I changed. Then, just running the upgrade and then I was done. There are some great step-by-step instructions in the WordPress Wiki.

Here is a list of the changes from the WordPress site.

  • Here’s a few of the things we’ve addressed in this release:
    • Login problems
    • A security fix for a specific IIS/PHP combination
    • Last-modified header bug
    • An issue with the way site moves were handled
    • Email encoding issues

No more late fees.

Blockbuster is getting rid of late fees.

Under the “no late fees” program, Blockbuster still has due dates — one week for games and two days or one week for movies. However, if customers need to keep the product an extra day or two, they can, stress-free. Blockbuster now gives customers a one-week grace period at no additional charge. At that point, if customers want to keep the movie or game longer, they can. Blockbuster will automatically sell them the product, less the rental fee. If customers decide they don’t want to own the movie or game, they simply return the product within 30 days for a full credit to their account, less a minimal restocking fee.

This should be a real PR boost for them. I know we try to avoid them because of their late fee policy. Previously you had to pay any late fees before you could rent anything. They will lose $250-300 million in income from the late fees, we’ll see if they can offset this lose.

Tough birdie!

Yesterday my mom called me into her office. I am thinking she needs me to fix somwthing with her computer. Man I was wrong, she tells me there is a bird in the house and one of the cats is going after it. How the bird got into the house I will never know. I could see a few feathers laying in the corner. So I start to try and find the cat and the bird. I went in to my sisters room and the cat is laying in the corner next to the bird. When I come back to try and take care of it both of them are gone. I find the cat who is then searching in my moms office again. All of a suddend the cat finds it and the bird comes flying out of hiding right for me, I duck and it just barely misses me. I will admit that scared the shit out of me.

Then, the cat goes back on the hunt. They wind up back in my sisters room and this is where the other cat joins in. She catches it in her mouth and I try to lea her out of the house, but the bird gets away, again. This time it gets behind my dads dresser in his room. Both cats are trying to find a way to get back there. I move a box from under it and the first cat goes in and gets the bird out. It knocks it around a few times and the bird winds up in one of my dads shoes. So, I take the shoe, with the bird inside of it, outside and when I begin to toss the bird out of the shoe it goes flying off into the distance.

How the bird survived I will never know.