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Welcome to the Internet

I know it’s a big and scary place so I’ve created this primer to help you along the way. There’s some slight edits from its original form and there may be some broken external links which I will probably not check in a timely manner. Also, expect a post with a similar name but not quite related theme in the near future!

Speak to me!

Before, I had more than a handful of surveys on Her Realm. I just really liked to hear what people think but I know they’re no longer the rage so I’ve cut it down to one survey to take upon exit of the site. Whether you’ve visited one or a million times, I’d love to hear what you have to say. Thanks!

Just in Time

I guess since Thanksgiving has come and gone and it is almost December. I can begrudgingly allow the world to become festive. Not that I mind festiveness, I just think there’s an appropriate time to get into the Christmas spirit and it’s not before Thanksgiving or Halloween for Christ’s sake. Seriously. Pisses me off. But because I do enjoy the holidays and do have some spirit, I have nearly completed the Livejournal icons section which boasts mostly Christmassy icons for your use. Enjoy.

I’m not quiet

I’m just alternating between silent frustration and undetectable triumph. What does that mean? It means I am working on the site! I decided the next section to tackle (while I avoiding fixing up my last quiz) is that of Livejournal icons because Christmas is just around the corner!

One small step for man; a slightly bigger step for Cole

I just figured out a way to assign my dynamic sidebars for each section a little better/easier/simpler than how I was doing it before. I was also able to delete 4 or so template files. All in all? Not a miracle or anything but it took a little experimentation and I’m quite proud!

Essentially, instead of calling one sidebar in all places, I ask it to call a sidebar for a page and all its children like so:

<?php

if ( is_page(‘pagename’) || $post->post_parent == ‘parentid’) {

get_sidebar(‘sidebar’);

} elseif (is_page(‘page2name’) || $post->post_parent == ‘parent2id’) {

get_sidebar(‘sidebar2′);

} else {

get_sidebar();

}
?>

Happy Friday the 13th

Another WordPress update? Really? I mean, updates are good and all, so is a secure script, but sometimes it feels like overkill. It’s the same thing with Filezilla. Every time I open it, it needs to update. Can’t they just give me a bigger update every other time I open it?

Anyway, I’ve never seen the movie but have always felt sympathy for Jason.

Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are

There’s a new song available for download “Hike and Seek” by Imogen Heap. It’s a few years old and apparently got some attention when it was used in The OC which may be where I first heard it. I’ve been hearing it lately as it’s been sampled into a new song by Jason Derulo called “Watcha Say”. Every time I heard it, I kept trying to put my finger on what song it was sampling but came up short. I finally Googled it and downloaded “Hide and Seek” for myself. The part which is sampler is definitely my favourite part as it’s so melodic and catchy but I love the ethereal sound of the rest of the song, too. I hope you enjoy it.