WB. Updated.

Holy cow that took way longer than it should have. Too many distractions during the upgrade I guess (having to resolve a Verizon billing dispute was probably the biggest unanticipated variable during the upgrade process).

Anyway, it’s like rolling around in a fresh set of sheets. Or playing with new guitar strings. I like it but can’t wait til it gets a bit more broken in.

What’s New:

• The layout. I lifted it from a wordpress templates site and replaced the graphics, tweaked the css, etc.
• The del.ico.us links. I hacked up some existing php scripts, put a unique index on the wp_posts table and setup a cron job. Now I should get a daily entry that gets updated throughout the day with del.icio.us linkage.
• The flickr stuff. I added some scripting to grab random pics from the public photos of WB contributors. Don’t see yours there? Well setup a flickr account and publish some photos.
• Misc tweaks. Improved the audioscrobbler script I wrote for better caching and limits to 1 track per wb author. Also massaged the netflix rss feed. Improved the archive navigation by adding a calendar. Basically just stuff that had been getting on my nerves for the past few months.

Update Also, I installed a few more plugins. The “recently commented” gutter is a bit cooler now, i think. Also, WB users who are logged in when commenting will not have to wait for approval when they submit a comment that would typically get flagged for approval.

Hope you dig the new look.