The Desert of My Dreams

I’ve decided to start writing about stuff that I don’t want the entire Internets to read so I’ll be password protecting posts that I feel are more private in nature. Please leave a comment or email me if you’d like for me to email you the password.

I spent a few hours fiddling with Wordpress today and I seem to have fixed the issues with my blog template. I installed the new 2.5 RC1 over my old 2.3 installation (that solved the duplicate entry issue) and switched to a new template (that solved the about page not showing up). After […]

This post has a double purpose - first, if you don’t read my blog through RSS, apologies for the mess around here. Wordpress started acting up a few weeks ago and I can’t seem to fix it. If you can’t tell what’s wrong, my WordPress template for some reason isn’t showing the button […]

I’ve somehow missed it yet again - my six year blogiversary!  I started officially blogging on October 1st, 2001.  I’m amazed that I’m still blogging and have somehow managed to turn it into a professional interest.  A lot of things have changed in my life since October 2001 - I don’t live in IL, I’m […]

Hey, look, it’s that time of the year where I apologize for ignoring my blog!  I can’t believe I haven’t blogged for nearly two months!  When I was conducting research in grad school, I didn’t consider blogs to be active if they hadn’t been updated for a month.
I’ve become one of THOSE bloggers.
Alas, I’m not […]

I’ve created a custom 404 page for both noor.bz and this blog.  I used the same page for both sites.  See if you can find it! :)

I sat down tonight to actually write a couple of blog posts I’ve been thinking about for a few days. Horrified by the sheer ugliness of my blog skin, I decided to put my web design freak on and redesign the skin. I’m happy to report that even after several years of minimal […]

I know I haven’t been doing a great job of updating this blog lately but the lack of comments on my recent posts is depressing!  I think it is time to have a comment open-mike night.  I’m always curious about who is actually reading this blog (if anyone).  So, if you’re reading this post right […]

I’m going to be upgrading my WordPress installation today. Expect wonkiness.
Update: wow, that was easy. The new admin panel looks so different.

Since Akismet does a pretty good job controlling comment spam (it misses one or two every now and then) and I haven’t had any problems recently with abusive comments, I’ve removed comment moderation. That means that as long as you provide your name and email address, I don’t have to approve your comment for […]