With that huge project I’ve been working on finally behind me (for the most part), I can finally stand to look at my PC again when I get home in the evenings. That means that I will finally update this site’s old, tired look and correct a number of issues with it.

The first on my list is installing a CAPTCHA plugin, which will require commentators to fill out an additional line when leaving a comment. I don’t intend on implementing one of those awful ones that warp text and ask you to guess what it says. It’ll be a very simple one, just like the one used by my friend and frequent commentator Joe on his own site. While Wordpress’ built-in spam protection is awesome (it has stopped over 50,000 to date), some spammers have learned to circumvent it. That’s why your comments no longer post automatically.
Other things I have in mind:

1. Replacing the wp-stattraq traffic metering plugin with Google Analytics. Not only do I like how they present my traffic data, but it doesn’t fill up my database tables with tons of rows.
2. Integrating Picasa Web Album into the site and removing the wp-gallery2 plugin, which will make it easier for us to add photos. That way you won’t see a four year old wedding picture every time you visit the site.
3. Better integration of my Twitter feed and Google Reader instead of just slapping those JavaScript scripts that are currently in the sidebar.
4. Switching to Feedburner to display the site’s feeds.
5. Bringing back the blogroll! I read lots of other blogs and I’d like to share them all with you.

That’s just off the top of my head. Who knows what else I’ll come up with as I finally get to work on this site again?

My sister sent this to me. I wonder how effective their plan is going to be if radio stations are already telling their listeners about it.

If anything, this will cause motorist to slow down and travel at safe speeds. The NJT is notorious for speeding because the distance between exits are so great.

Safe and happy travels!!!

As I write this, I am still recovering from attending this concert. It has been many moons since I’ve been to a concert. In fact, the last major concert I went to was when Bobby Brown wasn’t a crackhead…yeah…the Don’t Be Cruel Tour waaaaaayyyyyyy back when. I did go to a free Hed PE/Papa Roach concert, but it was more of a promotional thing than a concert.

Rebekah, my cropping turned concert buddy, is in love with My Chemical Romance. I couldn’t ID these guys in a lineup, so I wasn’t sure what I was in for. Once I saw that Linkin Park was the headliner, it was all good! The Projekt Revolution Tour consisted of 2 stages and 11 bands. I found 2 new musical obsessions that will make their way to my permanent playlists - Styles of Beyond and Mindless Self Indulgence. SoB was the hip hop/rock combination that also has nice bass lines. MSI was enchanting with their heavy bass and playful lyrics. They also had 2 females in the group that really rocked out - I think they were the only femmes on the tour!
I was not prepared to go to a concert. Actually, it is possible that I was over prepared. I had a large bag with food, water, DS, and other essentials (forgot the blanket…damn ants tore us up!). Other seasoned concert goers had little more than the clothes on their back and maybe a beer in place of water. There were lots of mosh pits and crowd surfing, dark clothes and mohawks, painted boys and girls who could have used some more covering and enough black finger nail polish to cover the sun…almost…

One of the most interesting things was the ’send a text message for all to see’ feature. It gave us the ability to send a message to one number and hope that it shows up on the screen. I have never seen so many informal requests for marriage!!! The best was screaming if something applied to you like “scream if you like the Redskins!”. It was definitely a good way to tie us over as they changed the sets for the next group. I even had my name on the screen! Didn’t mange to get a picture though…

I had lots of fun and I look forward to attending more concerts in the future. If this tour stops in your city, definitely check it out!