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WordPress 1.5.1.1 bug exposed today!

Posted by  on 30 May 2005, 11:13 am

Looks like wordpress has an off-by-one-date bug regarding Rewrite rules for the /feed URLs. I’m not sure what it is, nor am I going to track it down, but it is present.

Without this post, the rss feed fails. With this post, it works. It has to do with today’s date and how wordpress does a Rewrite rules, as going straight against the PHP script works, using the mod_rewrite action does not.

Weird.

[Update 6/1: Looks like I had hand patched a bug that should have brought me up to 1.5.1.1 but there was still a lingering feed problem. In any case, I just upgraded to 1.5.1.2 and the feed appears to be back and working properly.]

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Moo

Posted by  on 26 May 2005, 11:22 am

Here are two observations from last night based on the phrase: “Why buy the cow when you get the milk for free?”

“I’m not going to buy the cow if I can’t at least sample the milk to make sure its okay.”

“I’m not going to buy the cow if its FUCKING CRAZY”

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If your hose is too short or your pump is too weak…

Posted by  on 20 May 2005, 10:27 am

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The mat under the urinal, which goes by the name of “hygoMat by hygolet“, appeared in the men’s bathroom on our floor this week. I’ll spare you from what the hygoMat does, its marketing page can help you with that.

However, it makes me wonder, do the men on my floor have aiming issues or something? How hard is it to take a leak? It scares me a little bit.

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I still think he’s insane

Posted by  on 19 May 2005, 2:01 pm

My friend Joe is San Francisco County’s Bike Commuter of the Year. He wrote about it on Google’s blog.

Congrats, Joe!

However, I still think you’re insane due to the following:

I ride 40 miles from San Francisco to Mountain View (and back!) twice a week.

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Only in America!

Posted by  on 19 May 2005, 1:41 pm

There is a fight this Saturday night at the United Center: Brewster vs. Golota. Supposedly its the first professional fight in Chicago in some long amount of time.

So, I’m sitting around coding and we’re hearing some screaming from out on Michigan Ave. We hear stuff like that all the time being located where we are. Finally, my curiousity got the best of me, so I went to look out the window and see what it was. “Oh, dude, its Don King.” So we went down to what was the official weigh-in for the fight.

Sadly, all I had was the crappy camera in my Hiptop2/Sidekick2.

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Also, here’s a meta-photo of Rachelle taking pictures of the event.

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That’s her hands and camera on the left. I suggest checking out her much better photos in this post on chicagoist

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Geeky Internet Fan-boy moment of the day

Posted by  on 19 May 2005, 1:07 pm

Out on Michigan Ave I finally ran into Rachelle of rachelleb.com and chicagoist fame while she was covering an event for chicagoist (and maybe for her own blog as well.) Her camera is what convinced me it was her.

I introduced myself and said what a fan I was. She remembered me from some comments from the two blogs. Hopefully, I didn’t come off as too much of a dork.

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The misnamed Elgin-O’Hare might only be half misnamed!

Posted by  on 17 May 2005, 9:27 am

From today’s Chicago Tribune: Deal is reached to build western access to O’Hare

Chicago and three other government bodies will announce a formal agreement Tuesday to move forward on building a western-access roadway into O’Hare International Airport, according to transportation officials.

The agreement calls for extending the Elgin-O’Hare Expressway into the airport, but only after Chicago’s massive O’Hare expansion project is completed.

Behold! The Elgin-O’Hare Expressway might actually reach one of the destinations in its name! Well, within the next 10 years. For now, its still more the Hanover Park-Itasca Expressway.

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RIP, Baby the cat

Posted by  on 14 May 2005, 8:34 pm

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Tonight while we were settling down to watch TV, Baby, our beloved cat, passed away. I’ll update this post later with more details, but about an hour ago, he unexpectedly left us while sitting on Sarah’s lap.

Just as a note to our friends, Sarah doesn’t really want to talk yet. So, eventually, I’m sure she’ll appreciate some condolences, but not tonight.

More later.

[Update 5/15: Baby the cat died in Sarah's lap last evening when Jason, Dinah, me, and Sarah were sitting down to watch some tv. It was very sudden, he seemed fine all day, so we have no idea what happened. He climbed down off the top of the couch to sit on Sarah's lap. He was just sitting in her lap, then started spasming and moaning. Then he just stopped breathing, his tongue was out and eyes dilated and he was gone. It probably wasn't more then 30 seconds.

Sarah got really upset as he was "her first baby" and they spent many, many years together. Luckily, Jason was here, so while I took care of Sarah, he took care of Dinah.

Its still pretty tough to talk about, for all of us. We still have to do something with Baby this morning, but the vet doesn't open for about another hour.]

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You want a toe? I can get you a toe, believe me.

Posted by  on 13 May 2005, 1:55 pm

Fiction and reality merge again!

From The Big Lebowski:

Walter Sobchak: You want a toe? I can get you a toe, believe me. There are ways, Dude. You don’t wanna know about it, believe me.
The Dude: Yeah, but Walter…
Walter Sobchak: Hell, I can get you a toe by 3 o’clock this afternoon… with nail polish.

From reality:

‘The jig is up’ – Assocated Press

SAN JOSE, Calif. – The finger that a woman said she found in a bowl of Wendy’s chili came from an associate of her husband who lost the digit in an industrial accident, police said Friday.

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There’s a source control joke somehere

Posted by  on 11 May 2005, 11:36 pm

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There’s a joke in here somewhere about committing cheeseburgers, I’m just not sure what it is.

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