As you can see, I am back online. I think the total downtime was less than 30 minutes, mostly to wait for my FTP client to delete all the old files from the server and than upload all the new ones. I am not sure why the deleting of the files took so long.
Things that are not back. The Bible Verse plugin that finds a Bible verse in the post and generates a link automatically. This plugin doesn’t work with WordPress 2.1. Perhaps I’ll look at the plugin myself. I fixed one problem with it once before which was put into the plugin by the author. If, and that is a big if, I get around to it and fix it, I’ll post up the code.
Speaking of code, some old code blocks may not work properly, but most should be okay.
Things that are back. My Now Reading list is back, that seems to be about it…
That was gone for a long time. Either the upgrade to 2.1 or upgrading the sidebar widget plugin fixed a problem I had with it. There is an odd problem on a book’s individual library page, where the sidebar appears below the end of the book entry, but still in the sidebar.
There are some new features that I may show off soon as well.
EDIT: Internet Explorer seems to make the tag cloud on the side funky, it kind of pushes them together too much. However, it works fine with Firefox, which you should be using anyhow (unless you are using Opera, which is also okay… or Safari if you are a Mac OS X user, although I haven’t tested with those two… don’t have a Mac for the latter anyhow).
Posts of Interest
Most of the family is probably here for Ari and Sidd udpates.
Other top posts:
For those getting spam from BrianAThomas.com, it has been faked, some details in I am Not a Spammer.
Political posts have been removed from the front page, but can be reached via that link. Meanwhile enjoy the site.Now Reading
Planned books:
- The Dark River (Fourth Realm Trilogy, Book 2) by John Twelve Hawks
- A Rulebook for Arguments by Anthony Weston
- Feed (Newsflesh, Book 1) by Mira Grant
Current books:
Recent books:
- Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks
- Dune, 40th Anniversary Edition (Dune Chronicles, Book 1) by Frank Herbert
- The Copywriter’s Handbook, Third Edition: A Step-By-Step Guide To Writing Copy That Sells by Robert W. Bly
- The Traveler (Fourth Realm Trilogy, Book 1) by John Twelve Hawks
- Jonathan Strange by Susanna Clarke
My Amazon Wishlist
Brian's WishlistBrian's Boardgame List
Ari's Wishlist
Sidd's Wishlist
Critical Thinking List
Sara's Wishlist
Not a Wishlist, but stuff for you to get stuff at Amazon for yourself.


