Let it Snow

6 12 2008

Don’t attempt to adjust your computer screen.  We control the vertical.  We control the horizontal.  For all you Californians, that’s snow falling on Bull Runnings, courtesy of WordPress’s extras.  You guys out there get great big giant fake breasts, we here in Pittsburgh get snow.  I for one am glad for it, ’cause if it was the other way around shoveling my driveway would be a real bear.

Happy Holidays!


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16 responses

6 12 2008
Robert Moore

Harry, That’s cool! I need to look at those WordPress extras. You guys getting real snow up your way today. Looks like it here and we might get some light now later today. I’m betting we won’t see our first measurable snow till around 12/22 down this way.

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6 12 2008
Harry Smeltzer

We’ve had snow off and on the last few weeks, but no real accumulation yet.

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6 12 2008
cenantua

Harry,

Have you tried to install “Gears” yet? I’m curious to know what it does.

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6 12 2008
Harry Smeltzer

Nope, haven’t tried that. Is it free? I haven’t paid for any additional features yet.

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6 12 2008
Robert Moore

It is free… some sort of additional thing for the IE browser.

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6 12 2008
Kevin

Hey Harry, doesn’t WordPress 2.7 allow you to format comments as threads? I am looking forward to using it once it hits WordPress.org some time next week.

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6 12 2008
Harry Smeltzer

Kevin,

It looks like Robert answered your question. I know on my dashboard I now can view comments in a thread type format, but I don’t think there is any change to how they appear to the reader.

There’s also a new “my comments” feature, that tracks your comments across all WordPress blogs.

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6 12 2008
cenantua

Kevin,

Looking at the comments dashboard, I don’t see where it allows for that type of formatting. It may be that I just haven’t figured found the right place to look yet.

I do know that, from the comments dashboard, when viewing comments, you can respond directly to a specific comment. However, on the actual post page, the response to a comment does not show up as a thread. It looks just like it did before,

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6 12 2008
Chris A

Hey Harry,

Cool snow….you know, we got some snow here in Knoxville today….yep….it lasted, gosh, well into 8 minutes!! No accumulation, my favorite kind!

Hope all is well with you!

Chris

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6 12 2008
Harry Smeltzer

Hey Chris,

Good to hear from you. I thought you were Snake Pliskin!

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6 12 2008
Mannie

Harry,

Your alternative for snow does have me glancing at the sky.

Mannie

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6 12 2008
Harry Smeltzer

Mannie,

Thinking of a scene from a certain Woody Allen movie, are we?

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7 12 2008
caswain01

Next WorldPress will offer a gidget to change the size and intensity of the snow seen on your blog. Settings to include:
– Charlie Brown sized round snowflakes.
– Snowflakes replaced by margarita salt for the snowbirds in Florida.
– A dense setting which approximates Lake Effect Snow. But will require an automated “bot” snow blower to keep your home page cleared.
– Yet a higher setting which turns your blog page into the proverbial photo of a polar bear eating marshmallows on an iceberg.
– and just for us Civil War Buffs – a W.W. Loring setting which replaces the snow with minie balls. “Give them Blizzards!”

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7 12 2008
JE

Been following your blog for a long time and I had no idea you were from Pittsburgh. I live in the South Hills…that snow came down fast yesterday and made the roads dicey!

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8 12 2008
Don Gallagher

I wanted to leave it on all day to see if it would drift the way it does up here in Michigan.

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8 12 2008
Harry Smeltzer

Craig,

You’ve got a career as a WordPress gizmo designer ahead of you.

JE,

I was at the Steelers game yesterday – I’m just getting the feeling back in my toes!

Don,

No, I tired that. The snow gathers for a bit, but then melts away, so there’s never more than a light dusting at the bottom of the screen.

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