Posted by Leefe on 28 February 2010 – 10:07 pm
Filed under Blog
Tagged as Blog, job, time
I have a new job 
I have no life 
Not much commentary posted her in recent weeks as I have a new job. Which is good because it pays the bills, but it leaves little time for much else at the moment.
Would have liked to post comments about interesting things in the new recently, like: EB Games submission of 46,000 signatures on a petition; SA political commentary law; and other things of interest. Not to mention photos I have taken, and some cartoons I’ve drawn.
So, people, me included, will just have to wait till I have more time.
Posted by Leefe on 25 January 2010 – 7:42 pm
Just updated my Australian Internet Blackout WordPress plugin to version 1.0.
Version 1.0 makes use of the wp_enqueue_script() function to load the Blackout JavaScript. This should stop the double loading of jQuery, and avert possible conflicts (that is the theory anyway).
You can find the new version here:
You can also get later versions of WordPress to install it themself. Just search for ‘blackout’ on the ‘Add New‘ plugins page.
Posted by Leefe on 23 January 2010 – 11:51 pm
I have been a bit lax recently about posting to my blog, and updating the Conroy’s Christmas present list. But my spare time has been taken up learning to write WordPress plugins.
For my first WordPress plugin I present the Australian Internet Blackout.
This plugin automatically adds the necessary JavaScript to you blog to display the protest message to people visiting your site. With the hope of bringing the government’s censorship plans to a larger audience.
The Easy way to install:
- Go to the ‘Plugins’ ‘Add new’ menu in your WordPress blog
- Search for ‘Australian Internet Blackout’
- Find the plugin in the list returned (it should be the first one) and click ‘Install’
- Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
The hard(er) way to install:
If you prefer to install things on you blog yourself you can.
- Download the Australian Internet Blackout plugin
- Unzip the plugin.
- Upload it to your blog’s plugins folder
- Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
For more information about the protest please visit:
Posted by Leefe on 21 October 2009 – 11:16 pm
Filed under Blog
Tagged as Blog, Obtober
Had intended to do one post a day for October. Some social commentary, of a picture commenting on things I saw.
It worked for half a month, but October just happens to be at the wrong time of year. Too much madly rushing to finish assignments. And not enough (spare) time to write commentary on what you see (let alone time to see it).
Try again next month? Maybe, it’ll just have to fit in with exams.
Posted by Leefe on 20 March 2009 – 1:44 pm
Filed under Blog, Tech
Tagged as moving, Sydney, Tokyo, Travel
…lack of connection.
And while they both are important, I am not just talking about the Internet or phone here.
I moved back to Sydney a couple of weeks ago. Most stuff is still in boxes. Though we finally have a fridge again after a week. The base utilities (water, gas, electricity) work. But the house is a communication black hole.
I’ve lived in Sydney most of my life, but after a year in Japan it all doesn’t feel quite right. There is a lot to get used to again.
Everyone speaks and understands English (most of the time). Which makes life easier. But you have to learn the correct etiquette again.
Most of the shops are the same. Although some have moved or been renovated in the year I was away. Buses seem mostly the same, just more expensive. And you get to watch yourself on their TV these days.
Found one mobile phone, it still even had some charge and some credit, though the microphone is defective and you have to yell down the phone at people (so much for private calls). And without a land line, its best to go use a public phone for those calls where they put you in a queue and leave you on hold for ages.
And in this day and age, lack on an Internet connection really sucks. Can’t check email or web sites to work out where to get stuff, how you do something, etc. So much for the ‘check our website for details‘ you see everywhere.
Posted by Leefe on 9 April 2008 – 11:55 pm
No posts here for most of a month. But had no time to post anything. Too much time spent on relocation. To Japan that is.
Japan is interesting, but moving is a lot of work in the first few days and weeks. I’ll post more thoughts here as time allows.
In the mean time you can have a look at the first Tokyo train station accident I saw.
(I think the cleaner was a little worried about me taking photos of it )
Posted by Leefe on 17 February 2008 – 2:13 pm
Do you find programs with English dictionaries where all the spelling is actually in U.S. English annoying? Or that a ‘World series’ doesn’t include people outside America?
I found a funny take on this in John Cleese’s “Letter to America”. A notice revoking their independence and informing them of the changes that will be made.
It is very funny and worth a read.
Posted by Leefe on 3 February 2008 – 11:54 pm
Just moved my blog to a new domain, Leefe.RatesTheWorld.com.au. I think this will work better in the long run, but is a pain in the short run.
All the things you have to do when moving sites.
You have to tell Google and Yahoo about your new site, and add sitemaps again. Then wait the month or more while their indexes update.
Not to mention that Technorati has no means for moving your blog from one domain to another. You have to add the moved blog to your Technorati Profile as a new blog, loosing your previous links and ranking.
So make sure the old url forwards to the new one for the foreseeable future, or you will loose a lot of traffic as nobody will be able to find you.
I should probably also update my Google Analytics profile for this blog.
Plus the new URL needs a new look and feel. Though I think that can wait. The old theme still looks ok, and will do till a new one can be found or produced.
Ah, the joys of moving sites. Not something you want to do everyday.
Posted by Leefe on 30 November 2007 – 10:25 pm
I noticed this funny advertisement on the web today. (Actually on my own blog)
Looks like an ad for a candidate in the Australian Federal Election. But whats so funny about it?
Well, the election was last weekend and I’m still getting ads telling me who I should vote for.
Looks like someone forgot to cancel the ads, didn’t put the right end date on their campaign, or have money left in their AdWords accounts so just left it to run out.What ever the reason it looks a little silly.
