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Obligatory Post-Update Post

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The WordPress upgrade of the week elevates tbbs-land to 2.8.4.

More security-related items were fixed:

Yesterday a vulnerability was discovered: a specially crafted URL could be requested that would allow an attacker to bypass a security check to verify a user requested a password reset. As a result, the first account without a key in the database (usually the admin account) would have its password reset and a new password would be emailed to the account owner. This doesn’t allow remote access, but it is very annoying.

I’m sure it would be.

-k-

When you have nothing to say, you upgrade

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My blogging output is sagging a bit, partially because of the required filing of a daily status report at $DAYJOB. The requirements were to submit it via either:

  1. Microsoft Word1
  2. email2

Instead, I submit mine via TicklerWiki, outfitted with a snapshot plugin. I take the daily report, export it from the wiki to HTML, and forward that via e-mail to the Status Report Overlords. The wiki is semi bloglike input-wise, and some of my best writing and pathos has been spent there over the last few days. I wish I could share some of the pithier commentary, but that would violate even the loosest blogging Rules of the Road, and consists mainly of insider stuff anyhow.

So, in order to have something to say, I upgraded tbbs to WordPress 2.8.1 tonight. No pain, no strain. And another successful upgrade post, masquerading as content.

Thanks, WordPress!

-k-

1 Unthinkable, for me.

2 Microsoft Exchange sucks only slightly less than Word.

And the Geekery Begins..

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I’ll be able to devote my full attention to the Big Screen Kindle, still on target to arrive tomorrow. I just completed the tbbs-land upgrade to WordPress 2.8, with no major problems.

My “Related Posts” plugin wasn’t compatible, and has been dispatched to the bit bucket. Other than that, the old blog looks like home.

This is the first upgrade in a while that hasn’t reset my weather plugin to its defaults, which are Dusseldorf, Germany, Europe. This is a Good Thing.

Another salute to the WordPress mavens and mavenettes, who make it easy for me to publish these doses of drollery. They are in no way to blame; so don’t blame their platform for the content it delivers.

Thanks, WordPress!

-k-

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New Header

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I liked the header graphic that has graced this old blog for a couple of months now. The average lifetime of a header around here has been in the 2-3 month range, so it’s time for new header livery.

The current header is a picture of the flag towers atop Fraser Hall, on the University of Kansas campus, and comes from Matt Kappenman, an occasional commenter around here.

Fraser Hall is the building that’s plainly visible for miles, as you approach Lawrence from the west on the Kansas Turnpike. A beautiful sight from the interstate, and a beautiful building up close.

Thanks, Matt, and I trust my ham-fisted Gimp skills didn’t unduly detract from your magnificent photograph. Those are the implicit risks in the Creative Commons Free to adapt clause.

-k-

Still adjusting Clocks

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Since the recent “spring forward” time change, I’ve noticed posts here are still being made with the time before the change. I think WordPress should do this without any intervention on my part, but they don’t.

I thought I had fixed the time weeks ago; evidently, I haven’t. So, in the guise of content, this post, with which I’ll test the new, and hopefully correct, timestamping.

As you were.

-k-

Getting the Jump on Springtime

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The snow we got earlier in the week has melted off; temperatures are heading for the 70′s this weekend. And it’s time for the clocks to spring forward. All that motivated me to put up a new header here in tbbs-land. Gracing this blog is Stone Post and Prairie Grasses 9543, from CatDancing.

That rock looking thing on the right is a stone fence post. Cat’s comment on the photo sums it up:

Lincoln Country, Kansas, is called the Stone Post County. Because of the scarcity of wood for fence posts, stone has been used. Many fences along the road used a combination of old stone posts, wooden braches, and even more modern metal posts. Here’s one example of one of these old stone posts.

I’ve made many trips through Lincoln County Kansas, and I always liked seeing stone fence posts. I had no idea that it was called the Stone Post County, but there is lots of limestone in the area, and resourceful Kansans use what they have at hand.

I’ll also point out that this header does not do justice to the beautiful composition of the original photo; it’s difficult to convey the original’s beauty in a 1200×175 slice. So click that link up there, and check out the original. You won’t be disappointed.

-k-

You are using WordPress 2.7.1

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I love it when my WordPress Dashboard says such sweet nothings; tbbs now proudly runs the latest, greatest.

I attempted to use the WP 2.7 Automatic Update feature to perform the upgrade; unfortunately, it fell short of the mark; it said it was downloading the WP update, then quit. I fired it up again, and it went through the “downloading .. ” again; this time it claimed to be “expanding the Core WordPress package.”, then quit again.

So I fell back to my time-honored command-line update, and all’s well in tbbs-land again. Maybe it’s time to read those “Automatic Upgrade” instructions.

-k-

Wintry Header Graphic

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With the Christmas and New Year’s festivities behind us, I thought it time to update the header graphic in tbbs-land. From budding, via the Flickr, this wintry Kansas pond scene for your viewing pleasure.

As always, thanks to those who can for licensing their work through Creative Commons, for the benefit of those like me who can’t.

-k-

Warm and Quiet

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Eddie and Kim, from Long Fence and Door have just departed tbbs WorldHQ after completing the installation of our new sliding door. They were meticulous, efficient, and speedy. The old Wreck of the Hesperus door has been hauled off, and I’m sitting in my blogging chair, amazed at how quiet the room is. I was prepared to feel warmer, but I never realized how much outside noise would be blocked by the new door. Amazing.

Only one small problem; we thought we’d ordered brass handles. Shame on us for not reading the sales agreement closer; brass fixtures were not specified therein. We’d talked about brass with the sales guy, and I guess we both thought they were on the order. The white handles are perfectly good and attractive; if MLB decides later she wants brass, we’ll pony up for brass. In the meantime, we got exactly what we paid for, and we’re happy with it.

And our needlenose pliers, a necessity for proper operation of the old door, are back in the toolbox. I’d recommend Long Fence and Door to anyone; we’d definitely do business with them again.

-k-