• Episcopal - Moblog

    Rock Imagery: WP 2.5.1

    April 25, 2008 - By 

    I got really annoyed last night as WordPress wasn’t behaving; it would not insert an image using the fancy schmancy image uploader. So I had David upgrade Image Manager, which is working again (but still has the annoying behavior it’s always had where the window has to be resized by hand). And then today, there’s a new version of WordPress out, 2.5.1. Among security fixes, it also supposedly fixes the problem with the image uploader, and also adds to or upgrades the visual editor. So it’s time to test this with a few images from my cameraphone.  And blather. First…

  • Hot Off The Presses

    Zimbabwe: Wanted In Order To Inflict

    April 25, 2008 - By 

    In Zimbabwe Raid, Hundreds in Opposition Party Detained – New York Times He said the people detained were wanted on suspicion of “assault, grievous bodily harm, and arson.” They had been taken by bus to a police station less than a mile from the opposition headquarters, he said. No, that’s “wanted in order to commit assault, grievous bodily harm, and arson” upon them or their property in the comfort and privacy of the back yard of the local hoosegow.

  • Music - The Never-Ending Bloga

    The McDades at the Abbey Pub: 22APR08

    April 24, 2008 - By 

    Wow. I still can’t believe that I had a chance to see the McDades at the Abbey Pub, a well known Chicago institution. And that my husband David and I got to see them gratis, a fact that makes me absurdly grateful and humble. Hell, this blogging gig is pretty cool if people contact you out of the blue and give you free stuff and invite you to all the best parties. Okay, enough about that, I’m a mere amoeba on the Great Evolutionary Chain of Blogging Being. The thing I REALLY can’t believe that there were only about 10…

  • Blogs Wot I Read - Hot Off The Presses - Politics, Schmolitics

    Zimbabwe: Lloyd’s MIU – 20017525399 Over The Horizon

    April 24, 2008 - By 

    The An Yue Jiang may have been turned around and headed back to China, as reported by the Beeb and the NYT, but maybe they’re just headed out to sea to do a little “over-the-horizon” transfer work. Sokwanele/This is Zimbabwe says “Don’t celebrate just yet:” Lloyd’s MIU – 20017525399 But the following is invaluable information for activists in many countries: Given the public interest in following the movements of the ship An Yue Jiang, which is reported to be carrying arms to Zimbabwe, Lloyd’s MIU (www.lloydsmiu.com) is tracking this vessel via satellites and agents covering all African ports. The vessel…

  • Notty Problems: Even Leaving Doesn't Solve Them - Only in Utah... - Tribe: Phaeomelanii

    Of Course I Had To Comment

    April 24, 2008 - By 

    I had to comment on the Salt Lake Trib’s forums on the following column: Guy: Overcoming the bigotry inside myself Two teenagers, a 16-year-old female and an 18-year-old male, vandalized a local church, causing $1 million in damage. They broke in and ran amok, destroying things with a baseball bat, spray-painting epithets and sacrilegious symbols on the walls, and, finally, lighting the building on fire. The members of this church, which has seen more than its share of persecution, were shaken and heartbroken. For 16 months the congregation relied on the hospitality of another church that rearranged its schedule to…