ginny on January 4th, 2005

Wow, I managed to implement that smiley project in one swell foop. 8)
=”Very Happy”
=”Smile”
=”Sad”
=”Surprised”
:shock: =”Shocked”
:confused: =”Confused”
8) =”Cool”
:lol: =”Laughing”
=”Mad”
=”Razz”
:blush: =”Embarassed”
:cry: =”Crying or Very Sad”
:evil: =”Evil or Very Mad”
:twisted: =”Twisted Evil”
:roll: =”Rolling Eyes”
:wink: =”Wink”
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ginny on January 4th, 2005

This book is getting all kinds of attention. I’ve just started it – I think I’m on about the second chapter. So far it reads like an agreeable, drily humorous novel by Jonathan Swift or Lawrence Sterne (it’s a lot like Tristram Shandy in tone and era, except with wizards). Nobody corresponding to “My Uncle [...]

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ginny on January 4th, 2005

House G.O.P. Voids Rule It Adopted Shielding Leader
Now that the elections are safely over it’s okay to repudiate that ethically shaky rule, which was the Congressional equivalent of dust bunnies under the bed.
This post is to test the NYT Link Generator, as I’ve been avoiding linking to the NYT owing to their

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ginny on January 4th, 2005

BBC NEWS | Business | System gremlins resolved at HSBC
You mean those things are REAL?
So that’s how online banking is really done – gremlin labor.

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ginny on January 4th, 2005

MTHacks’ MT Smileys
This might be the next thing to tackle. Unlike other smileys packages I’ve looked at, it accomplishes things with includes and macros. Clickable, too. Hmm. However, I was hoping to use some square smileys that come in a range of colors that I ran across somewhere, so more thinking is needed.

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