kirabug’s idea files

So I’ve been pretty busy. Working hard at work, and resting hard at home. We spent the first half of the weekend with family, celebrating birthdays and fixing computers. We spent the second half of the weekend with appliances - dishwashers, washing machines, dryers, etc. Right now is computer time: I’m trying to fix some new problems in the forum, and Nighthawk is trying to learn all the patterns to beat Pac Man.

Yeah, I don’t even ask anymore.

Anyway, it looks like one of the bb plugins I’d added prevented everyones’ signatures from displaying on the bulletin boards. I’m still trying to hunt out why but suspect I’ll be doing a lot of code rewriting in the near future. Ah well, that’s how you learn, right?

It’s been, well, quiet lately. A lot of people seem to be off doing there own thing. The forums have been quiet, friends have been out of touch, even the comic community seems to be quieter than usual. Or maybe it’s just me - I’ve been so busy I haven’t been around to cause my usual level of trouble.

Oh, I did have some fun participating in some Fark Photoshop contests. They’re here and here and as long as you heed the “NSFW” warnings on some pics, they’re safe for work

I’m staying about a week ahead on comics and have more stuff to add shortly. I think. I’m still knitting and working on my Mother’s Day gift too.

That’s all that’s new here. How’re you all?

I finally wrote a phpbb theme that I thought was good enough to actually put into production in the forum, so it’s not only in place but marked as the default theme (’cause if I’m gonna work this hard there might as well be someone using it!). If you’re still seeing subSilver (the default template) consider switching to kirabug4 via your profile.

I also nuked two old theme attempts - the “kirabug” and “kirabug2″ themes - since they were incomplete/damaged and didn’t get along well with Internet Explorer for Windows, the admin pages, or most of the mods I had in place.

If folks ask nicely I can re-implement the “hide bbcode” command (the “anti-spoiler” code) but it’s a real bitch to install so I didn’t do so yet.

This is cross-posted to the forum itself as well.

I’m going to try to update the forums to the latest version sometime in the next week, while I’m on vacation. The last time, things didn’t go so well. If the forum collapses in a fit of flame you can always email me at kirabug at kirabug dot com.

I’ve been cleaning out some of my graphics lately and decided to pitch some of them up onto the kirabug’s idea files store.

Of note: ladybug buttons, cartoony ladybug magnets, and a “My Reality TV is called Baseball” bumper sticker (might wrangle this one into a shirt, too), all of which you can purchase separately, and if purchased together are around $10 (or less!) if you feel like it.

If you don’t feel like it, that’s fine too. Generally I design stuff I want to buy, then post it for the rest of you. I’m not out for monetary success, I’m out to have fun.

*update* I did decide maybe you should be able to see the images - like I did a few months ago with the store - so there’s an image in the top left corner. If that’s not a good place, feel free to provide suggestions for a better one via the forum.

There’s an important poll on the forum that I would appreciate your opinions on. (No registration - or even names - required!)

Now that we’ve successfully upgraded to Wordpress 2.0, I might actually be able to do something about the navigation in this place.

If you think it’s necessary.

Let me know!