Yes, we look a bit different
The WordPress version and theme/template have both been updated for 2012, with a new front page layout showing excerpts/teasers rather than full posts. Please let me know of any accessibility problems you experience.
Addendum: a few tweaks have been made in response to feedback. If you’re not seeing these changes, you probably need to do one or more of the following steps:
...read moreTech interlude: quote and reply bug
A few people are finding that when they use the Quote and Reply link in comments the quoted text ends up stripped of spaces so that it all runs on and on and on and on. I’m going through and editing these as I find them, but if it’s happened to you could you briefly [...]
...read moreBlog tweaks: sidebar widgets
I’ve just added a Most Commented Recent Posts widget to the sidebar under the Recent Comments widget. The idea is that it will help people find those lively conversations from the last few weeks and keep those discussions going after the posts themselves roll off the front page. The number of links displayed in both [...]
...read moreOpen thread
Let it all hang out.
...read moreDown for maintenance We’re back!
Some tech work needs to be done with the blog offline. This could take some time.
...read moreByeeee
That’s the week up then. Thanks for having me, Feministe.
...read morePublic Service Announcement, Potter speed-readers division
If you’re just about to explode because nobody else has finished the book yet and wish to avoid the faux pas of blurting out plot-spoilers, the other speed-readers are congregating over at the Leaky Lounge, (discussion forum for the Leaky Cauldron Potterverse fan site) where they’ve quarantined all threads until Monday morning except for one [...]
...read moreDon’t get too attached to your stuff
…because the Bush Administration can now take it away any time they like. And the stuff of anyone you know who could be construed as giving you or anybody else “material aid”. Material aid like, say, a SIM card. Or employment. Judicial review? Don’t make Georgie laugh. P.S. Anyone who feels sorry for you (because [...]
...read moreYou keep on using that word. I don’t think it means what you think it means, James Harkin
Talk about missing the point of feminists getting upset about sex trafficking. There’s a big difference between illegal immigrants choosing consensual prostitution and illegal immigrants being lured with false promises and then abducted into sex slavery, moron. Thankfully the commentors at the Guardian’s Comment Is Free mostly don’t fall for his argument about open borders [...]
...read moreLife without family planning
A new World Bank report warns that poor countries, wealthy donors, and aid agencies are losing sight of the value of contraception, family planning, and other reproductive health programmes in helping to boost economic growth. The report – Population Issues in the 21st Century: The Role of the World Bank – stresses the urgency of [...]
...read moreWednesday Wow
I like to trawl the Flickr image pool WOW! for interesting photos. The photo below, apart from being beautifully composed, spoke to me simply by evoking the great white cold so effectively. It’s not quite that cold here, but yesterday was Sydney’s coldest day in 20 years. It’s the first time in ages that I’ve [...]
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Testing testing testing
This post is open to comments to test whether the improved database and new template can cope with people commenting. If you can’t think of anything else to write, I’m rather fond of limericks.
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