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# imaginekitty

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## Posts

- [Libertarianism and Christianity ...](https://imaginekitty.com/851/libertarianism-and-christianity/) - While looking up information on Strymon pedals I stumbled across a blog concerning playing guitar in a church worship band. In my current church a few members have stated their liberal leanings and one complimented me on being civil in my staunch capitalist/constitutionalist, freedom loving facebook posts. I'm wondering how they would respond to the
- [The possibility of leaving .NET behind](https://imaginekitty.com/767/the-possibility-of-leaving-net-behind/) - I've been rather happy with ASP.NET and especially with ASP.NET MVC. I've got to say that C# and especially Linq is just a plain pleasure to use. I have no issues with the programming side. Ever since I've gone from running my own Windows Server to using shared hosting it's been one headache after another.
- [Homespun Effects](https://imaginekitty.com/894/homespun-effects/) - I have begun a YouTube channel called Homespun Effects. I will show my process of creating guitar effect pedals from schematic to finished product. Check out the site and visit the YouTube channel.
- [The silent church](https://imaginekitty.com/865/the-silent-church/) - Every time I ask a question of my church friends that is deeper than "does God love me?" it's as if the authorities called for radio silence. I've never once got a reply to a religious question. Quite frankly, I've had it with baby church.
- [Test Trackback](https://imaginekitty.com/861/test-trackback/) - I remember I was hammering on a fence in the backyard when my dad approached me. He was carrying a letter or something in his hand, and he looked worried. I continued to hammer as he came toward me. “Son,” he said, “why are you hammering on that fence? It already has plenty of nails
- [Back to happy](https://imaginekitty.com/838/back-to-happy/) - I've always wanted to make a career in computers. It's been 32 years since I got my first computer, a TI-99/4A, and taught myself BASIC and Extended BASIC. I've done a number of other jobs between then and my web programming gig. This marks the end of my sixth season of going back to nature.
- [Patriot Guard Riders - Americans Doing the Right Thing](https://imaginekitty.com/171/patriot-guard-riders-americans-doing-the-right-thing/) - God bless the Patriot Guard Riders. These All-American bikers attend the funerals of our fallen heroes and shield the grieving families from idiot protestors. Motorcyclists shield mourners from protesters by JASON STEIN (jstein@madison.com) of the Wisconsin State Journal When Greg "Mac" MacDonald of Manchester heard about protests at the funerals of fallen Wisconsin soldiers, he
- [Open Trackback Alliance](https://imaginekitty.com/179/open-trackback-alliance/) - Please note: Imagine Kitty Magazine is changing direction and is no longer encouraging trackbacks of a political nature. Right wing or left wing, bashing or backing will most likely be denied. The line between the "right" and the "left" is so blurred that it all seems so pointless. You're not going to change anyone's mind
- [Dumb commercials (updated with pictures)](https://imaginekitty.com/223/dumb-commercials/) - Many of today's commercials are pure genius. Some of them purposely tick you off by being so annoying that you talk about it and by extension the product they are selling (Head On apply directly to the forehead...) or they are funny so you use the catch phrase in daily conversation (So easy a caveman
- [Dynamic CSS using ASP.NET MVC](https://imaginekitty.com/624/dynamic-css-using-asp-net-mvc/) - I've been considering the usefulness of adding a CSS management system to my CMS that I've been working on. Here are the steps I've taken to implement it. Create a new MVC applictaion Open /Views/Shared/Site.Master This doesn't point to anything yet Open Global.asax Add a MapRoute routes.MapRoute("Css", "Css/{cssFile}.css", new {
- [Intermittent internet connection failure using Vista on Verizon DSL](https://imaginekitty.com/730/intermittent-internet-connection-failure-using-vista-on-verizon-dsl/) - I've been having issues with Verizon DSL randomly shutting down and not coming back up for an unacceptable length of time. Strangely it only happens on the Vista machine in the house. None of the Macs have this issue. I think I discovered the issue. I had changed my settings in Opera using about:config. I
- [Why I am the way I am (part II)](https://imaginekitty.com/180/why-i-am-the-way-i-am-part-ii/) - Grade: Kindergarten Age: 4 Just before Christmas break Miss McNanny gave us a full day of recess. We were allowed to just play or take a nap or do anything we wanted all day long. It was pretty awesome especially to a bunch of 4 and 5 year olds (and one 7 year old that
- [Shoutcast Radio server](https://imaginekitty.com/725/shoutcast-radio-server/) - I helped a friend set up his Shoutcast server for his web site. It was a fun project and I really enjoyed it. I may have to install one for myself one of these days. :) Check out Polish New Castle for polka goodness 24 hours per day. :)
- [Dynamic Javascript using ASP.NET MVC](https://imaginekitty.com/663/dynamic-javascript-using-asp-net-mvc/) - Create a new MVC applictaion Open /Views/Shared/Site.Master This doesn't point to anything yet Open Global.asax Add a MapRoute routes.MapRoute("Javascript", "Scripts/{scriptFile}.js", new { controller = "Scripts", action = "Index", scriptFile = "script" }); Now /Scripts/script.js points to Script/Index Add a view for CssController/Index Change contenttype in page directive of Views/Scripts/Index.aspx
- [Adding links to all pages on a site using CSS](https://imaginekitty.com/622/adding-links-to-all-pages-on-a-site-using-css/) - OK, I named this post that so that perhaps google will pick it up and those new to CSS will find this post. There is a really good reason that there are no tutorials on the internet concerning how to add content (a site menu is the most common request) to all the pages on
- [Finding the current season using C#](https://imaginekitty.com/599/finding-the-current-season-using-c/) - Recently someone challenged me to write a server-side method for finding the current season and changing a style sheet accordingly. The first step is deciding how to differentiate the seasons. I figured to use the day of the year so that astronomically Spring begins on March 21st, the 80th day of the year. Summer begins
- [SCOPE_IDENTITY() with LINQ](https://imaginekitty.com/576/scope_identity-with-linq/) - While reading about a recent question concerning @@Identity and the reasons to use SCOPE_IDENTITY() instead I experimented with LINQ to get the SCOPE_IDENTITY() results. using (var dbc = new siteDataContext()) { dbc.Log = Console.Out; repertoire newSkill = new repertoire { skill = "a new item" }; dbc.repertoires.InsertOnSubmit(newSkill); dbc.SubmitChanges(); Console.Write(newSkill.id.ToString()); } It seems that calling the
- [FPDF.asp carriage return / line feed in MultiCell](https://imaginekitty.com/253/fpdfasp-carriage-return-line-feed-in-multicell/) - Recently I was given the task of printing address labels from a database using Avery 5160 labels. These labels are 3 columns of 10 rows. 2.625" x 1" (66.6mm x 25.4mm). I was having trouble with carriage returns. First problem is that the ASP version of FPDF doesn't seem to recognize the \n line feed.
- [Working on Bible Verse Tags for ASP.NET (C#)](https://imaginekitty.com/350/working-on-bible-verse-tags-for-aspnet-c/) - To do: build Regex to detect bible verses in tags put in named back-references find a way to choose different tables with LINQ make it work for an entire chapter add error messages move it to a class file instead of in the page run it from the filterText method if IndexOf("[bible]") !=-1 fix toVerse
- [Firing a click event using the enter key](https://imaginekitty.com/255/firing-a-click-event-using-the-enter-key/) - This one had me stumped for a few minutes. I had a text box that would post to a google search. Entering text in and hitting the enter key would just post back to the page and have no effect. Hmm. Frustrating. I don't expect everyone to type in their search criteria and grab the
- [Adding AJAX to an existing project that includes Routing](https://imaginekitty.com/373/adding-ajax-to-an-existing-project-that-includes-routing/) - I was working on a project and just on a whim decided to try out some of .NET's AJAX controls. I chose a random page, added a ScriptManager, tossed in a TextBox and a CalendarExtender. F5. Page shows up. Javascript error: Line: 121 Char: 1 Error: 'Sys' is undefined Code: 0 Url: http://localhost:49329/admin.aspx Hmm. Try
- [Join Project Honeypot](https://imaginekitty.com/325/join-project-honeyot/)
- [Sweet rhythm section](https://imaginekitty.com/570/sweet-rhythm-section/) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbN-jO11vKg
- [Bible verse tags 2.0](https://imaginekitty.com/214/bible-verse-tags-20/) - See here for more information on the new version of the Bible verse tags. I hope that this plugin can be used to spread the good news throughout the earth. Let me know if you need any help installing it. [bible=kjv]John 3:16[/bible] [bible=asv]1 John 1[/bible] [bible=dansk]1 Mosebog 3:12[/bible] [bible=luther]Kol 3:1-3[/bible] Trackbacked to: Open Trackback @
- [Music really does set the mood](https://imaginekitty.com/565/music-really-does-set-the-mood/) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr-e3qGQ884 :lol:
- [71.5% of screen reader users find Flash difficult to use](https://imaginekitty.com/528/715-of-screen-reader-users-find-flash-difficult-to-use/) - WebAIM's Screen Reader Survey, conducted December 2008 to January 2009, is a very interesting read. Yet another nail in the Flash coffin but surprisingly Frames are deemed easy to use by nearly 60% of screen-reader users. Give it a quick look. Comments open.
- [Ask for help](https://imaginekitty.com/14/ask-for-help/) - The steps before this one are necessary. Good clean code is hard enough to debug. Code with bunk markup and presentational hacks just throws more hay on top of your needle. Taking the steps above before asking for help shows that you are at least trying. To drive that point home here is one of
- [How to fix a poll](https://imaginekitty.com/32/how-to-fix-a-poll/) - How to fix a poll to make it say what you want it to say
- [A new guru](https://imaginekitty.com/147/a-new-guru/) - It seems today that I was given the distinct honor of being named one of the New Guru's for css creator. I am humbled and grateful and I suppose now I am actually going to have to learn what this CSS thing really is. :lol: Thanks to Tony for the finest learning forum online! I've
- [Why I don't do xmas](https://imaginekitty.com/334/why-i-dont-do-xmas/) - It involves lying. Do you tell your children "if you're good Santa will bring you presents"? That's a lie. Do you tell your children that Santa exists? That's a lie. Do you tell your children that Santa actually flies in a sleigh and delivers gifts? That's a lie. It encourages children to lie. "Yes, I
- [Family look alikes](https://imaginekitty.com/200/family-look-alikes/) - If you click on one of the pictures you can see who you look like. Trackbacked to: Diane's Stuff
- [Happy birthday, Marky!!!](https://imaginekitty.com/204/happy-birthday-marky/) - Today is little Mark's birthday! :) I couldn't take any more pics because he refuses to wear clothes. If he keeps his pants on for 10 minutes straight, I consider it a good day. :lol: Diane's Stuff Friday 13th Weekend Open Trackbacks @ SamanthaBurns.com
- [Site reviews](https://imaginekitty.com/222/site-reviews/) - Imagine Kitty Magazine changed my life. I now consider the feelings of others before saying nasty things. Thank you Imagine Kitty Magazine! - "Chicken" George What did I ever do before IKM? Where have you been all my life? Ever since I was built in a laboratory my life was meaningless and unemotional. I've discovered
- [HOUSE HEARING ON 'WARMING OF THE PLANET' CANCELED AFTER ICE STORM ](https://imaginekitty.com/229/house-hearing-on-warming-of-the-planet-canceled-after-ice-storm/) - According to The Drudge Report February 13. 2007: The Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality hearing scheduled for Wednesday, February 14, 2007, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 Rayburn House Office Building has been postponed due to inclement weather. The hearing is entitled “Climate Change: Are Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Human Activities Contributing to a
- [Copyright infringement by National Review Online](https://imaginekitty.com/237/copyright-infringement-by-national-review-online/) - The March 12th, 2007 edition of National Review Online contained a rotating feature banner containing a photograph taken and owned by a friend of mine, Ken Lunde. The original photograph: ©Ken LundeClick for a full sized image Ken Lunde's web site clearly states the following: Note that I am the copyright holder of all of
- [Wasted years](https://imaginekitty.com/197/whats-the-difference/) - Way too long ago I did something regrettable. I gave up a friend. Sure, I may have been going through some tough times but I should have never taken any of it out on him. What was happening in my life was that I got involved with someone that was very selfish and hurtful. I
- [Third annual CSS Naked day](https://imaginekitty.com/264/third-annual-css-naked-day/) - April 5th, 2008 is Bette Davis' 100th birthday and it is also the third annual CSS Naked Day. If you are viewing this on April 5th then you will see no styling. Any other day it will look normal. A properly written web page should fail gracefully and still be useable by browsers that do
- [Office Outlook 2007 won't restart after exit](https://imaginekitty.com/266/office-outlook-2007-wont-restart-after-exit/) - Last night I was experiencing trouble with Outlook 2007. If I would close the app and then try to open it again it would appear to close down but would not start again. Checking in the Windows Task Manager Processes I noticed that OUTLOOK.EXE *32 was still running and after killing the process I could
- [Hack for Internet Explorer](https://imaginekitty.com/13/hack-for-internet-explorer/) - IE is the bane of every serious web designer. Some things you are going to want to look up are peekaboo bug line-height bug guillotine bug duplicate character bug italics bug double float margin bug three pixel jog escaping floats bug creeping text bug These are addressed at Position is Everything
- [Build for Firefox](https://imaginekitty.com/12/build-for-firefox/) - Firefox is a standards aware browser. The authors are actively involved in squashing bugs and making it work the way it should. When FF is switched to standards mode with a proper doctype everything works as expected.
- [Validate](https://imaginekitty.com/11/validate/) - Developing a website without validating is like running around with a blindfold on. As soon as you ask for directions, don’t be surprised if the only answer you’ll get is “take your blindfold off”. - some guy named Jim Validate your markup here Validate your CSS here
- [Include a proper Doctype](https://imaginekitty.com/10/include-a-proper-doctype/) - You start your sentences with a capital letter; start your HTML with a DOCTYPE. It’s just basic grammar. - Mark Pilgrim from Dive Into Accessibility Using a complete doctype will switch your browser into standards mode. This will cause it to render the page exactly as you have instructed it (which may look awful but
- [Do not use markup for presentation](https://imaginekitty.com/9/do-not-use-markup-for-presentation/) - Tables are meant to be used for one thing and one thing only and that is the display of tabular data. Please, do not use tables for layout. It is much better left to CSS. Using tables for layout is a messy hack often used to “get pages to look the same in all browsers”.
- [Dump the WYSIWYG](https://imaginekitty.com/8/dump-the-wysiwyg/) - Let's face it. You can either be a part of the problem or a part of the solution. If you are allowing an application to turn out your markup then, unfortunately, you are a part of the problem. Yes, this includes Dreamweaver and GoLive. I am thoroughly convinced that these “web page editors” are for
- [Steps to building a proper web page](https://imaginekitty.com/7/steps-to-building-a-proper-web-page/) - Note: The following series has been consolidated into one article here. Dump the WYSIWYG Do not use markup for presentation Include a proper doctype Validate your markup Validate your CSS Build for Firefox and hack for IE If you have a problem ask for help Let's go through each of these steps in greater detail
- [My new favorite game](https://imaginekitty.com/20/my-new-favorite-game/) - Moron of the Week by Samantha Burns. What a perfect idea. Moron Of The Week # 14 is now on. Somebody already picked my best guess. Get your answer in quick! :lol:
- [Flash with Standards](https://imaginekitty.com/23/flash-with-standards/) - The code that Flash outputs is not standards compliant and embed tags do not validate because they are not part of the XHTML standard.
- [New web standards forums](https://imaginekitty.com/28/new-web-standards-forums/) - Check out the new web standards discussion forums. Give it a try. Register and join in. :)
- [MOTW 15](https://imaginekitty.com/29/motw-15/) - I wasn't sure she'd have this one in by Monday but Samantha Burns' Moron Of The Week #15 is ON! I wish I could fast forward to Friday! :lol: I hope my guess is right.
- [Ow!  My bandwidth is clogged.](https://imaginekitty.com/30/ow-my-bandwidth-is-clogged/) - Only one thing annoys me more than uncompressed images and that's SPAM!
- [Happy new year to you, too!](https://imaginekitty.com/36/happy-new-year-to-you-too/) - Here's wishing you all a safe, prosperous and blessed 2006. I never thought I'd see 20 years after high school. :p Remember, kids. Don't shoot into the air. What goes up must come down. When you do this you are violating my "wishing you all a safe" part up above. Don't be stupid. Leave that
- [The MOTYs are here!](https://imaginekitty.com/72/the-motys-are-here/) - Please be sure to cast your vote for The 2005 Moron Of The Year Awards. Oh, so hard to choose just one. Do yourself a favor and don't look at all the pictures. :lol: Perhaps we could use this for the award: :D I am trying out the my Open Trackback links here so go
- [WordPress > Trackback to my WP2.0 doesn't work WordPress Support](https://imaginekitty.com/87/wordpress-›-trackback-to-my-wp20-doesnt-work-«-wordpress-support/) - WordPress > Trackback to my WP2.0 doesn't work WordPress Support Here is an ongoing discussion about the outgoing trackbacks in WP 2.0 not working. So far it seems that no one is paying attention and everyone that says they work are sending pingbacks instead of trackbacks and completely misunderstanding the problem. I wonder if the
- [Possible trackback solution](https://imaginekitty.com/88/possible-trackback-solution/) - I may have a solution to the trackback issue with WP2.0. Pings will work if you execute execute_all_pings() /wp-admin/execute-pings.php It is obviously not being called in the script somewhere. Now to figure out where to place it. I am trying this at the end of post.php Change: break; } // end switch /* */ include('admin-footer.php');
- [The Crazy Rants of Samantha Burns: 2005 MOTYs](https://imaginekitty.com/89/the-crazy-rants-of-samantha-burns-2005-motys/) - Voting for The MOTYs begins today, January 4 and will end on January 11; results posted January 13th. Get your votes in! One vote per person so make it count. Your choices for Moron of the Year 2005 are: Sean PennMartha StewartTara ReidBoy GeorgeMichelle KosinskiMadonnaCindy SheehanAshlee SimsponMary MapesOJ SimpsonPamela AndersonAnna Nicole SmithSaddam HusseinMichael JacksonJaneane Garofalo
- [Retrograde in progress](https://imaginekitty.com/111/retrograde-in-progress/) - I am retrograding back to Wordpress 1.5 due to Wordpress 2.0 being generally sucky! I'm going to have to sift through the database. Blah! :mad: Everything should be operational except for the links. I'll get them up soon.
- [Retrograde complete](https://imaginekitty.com/112/retrograde-complete/) - Everything works as it should (it seems). I'm going to do some testing and make sure everything is kosher. :) Looks like some of the dates were fubarred in the mix but I think I got everything in order. I'll report when I hear that WP2.0 is ready for human consumption.
- [Open trackback day](https://imaginekitty.com/83/ota-post/) - Every Friday I will try to have an Open Trackback article. From the Open Trackback Alliance FAQ: The entire concept is to encourage bloggers to showcase their best recent articles on other blogs which may not otherwise recognize or know about their works. Open Trackback Alliance members have agreed to create an open article at
- [Built to sell out](https://imaginekitty.com/120/built-to-sell-out/) - Oh, goodness!!! :roll: I marked this "Humor" but actually it is sad. Black Eyed Peas to Headline Honda Tour TORRANCE, Calif. - The hip-hop group Black Eyed Peas will headline the sixth annual Honda Civic Tour and help the automaker promote its new gas-electric hybrid model by giving away a customized car, which the group
- [Why web standards?](https://imaginekitty.com/124/why-web-standards/) - I could give you all the arguments on why you should code your pages according to the current standard. I could tell you that if you are not turning out valid and semantic code that you are unprofessional and that you shouldn't quit your day job. I could explain the purpose of separating markup from
- [Final MOTY Voting Day!  Get your votes in!](https://imaginekitty.com/125/final-moty-voting-day-get-your-votes-in/) - Click here to vote for "The Moron of the Year 2005". The MOTY award will go to the most deserving person. Perhaps we can engrave this years moron on the base of the award and they can pass it to next years moron kind of like the Stanley Cup. We'll just add to the base
- [George Bush forces moron to smoke](https://imaginekitty.com/126/george-bush-forces-moron-to-smoke/) - Out of Iraq Day Event in New York City - PDA Actor Sean Penn added to the enthusiasm of the day by stressing that all of the nation's anti-war activism was taking hold and was starting to work—while admitting that the stress of living under the current administration was making it tough for him to
- [Open Trackback Friday](https://imaginekitty.com/130/open-trackback-friday/) - Every Friday I will try to have an Open Trackback article. From the Open Trackback Alliance FAQ: The entire concept is to encourage bloggers to showcase their best recent articles on other blogs which may not otherwise recognize or know about their works. Open Trackback Alliance members have agreed to create an open article at
- [ANNOUNCEMENT: 2005 MOTY Results](https://imaginekitty.com/129/announcement-2005-moty-results/) - This years MOTY Award goes to... ...Oh, this is no surprise, Cindy Sheehan. She is not considered the Moron of the Year because she lost her hero of a son but because she continually shames him in the typical moonbat way and protests that for which he willingly gave his life. Sheehan was the founder
- [Officials See Little Impact On Safety From Concealed Weapons](https://imaginekitty.com/133/officials-see-little-impact-on-safety-from-concealed-weapons/) - From KSDK News in St. Louis: Six months after concealed guns became legal in St. Louis city and county, the program appears to have had little impact on public safety. Apparently after over one thousand concealed carry permits were issued in St. Louis officials notice no increase in gun crime or accidental shootings. Well, I
- [Open Trackback Friday](https://imaginekitty.com/134/open-trackback-friday-2/) - Every Friday I will try to have an Open Trackback article. From the Open Trackback Alliance FAQ: The entire concept is to encourage bloggers to showcase their best recent articles on other blogs which may not otherwise recognize or know about their works. Open Trackback Alliance members have agreed to create an open article at
- [Creepy radio transmissions from Saturn](https://imaginekitty.com/146/creepy-radio-transmissions-from-saturn/) - Original story: Saturn's radio emissions could be mistaken for a Halloween sound track. That's how two researchers describe their recent findings, published in the July 23 issue of the Geophysical Research Letters. Their paper is based on data from the Cassini spacecraft radio and plasma wave science instrument. The study investigates sounds that are not
- [I no longer support IE5 for Mac](https://imaginekitty.com/148/i-no-longer-support-internet-explorer-5-for-mac/) - Microsoft has finally released us from the torture that is IE/Mac. In June 2003 the MS Mac Business Unit stopped development on Internet Explorer for Mac. MS ended support for the application on the last day of 2005 and will no longer offer it for download as of 31Jan06. From Microsoft.com: It is recommended that
- [Open Trackback Friday](https://imaginekitty.com/149/open-trackback-friday-3/) - Every Friday I will try to have an Open Trackback article. From the Open Trackback Alliance FAQ: The entire concept is to encourage bloggers to showcase their best recent articles on other blogs which may not otherwise recognize or know about their works. Open Trackback Alliance members have agreed to create an open article at
- [Internet Explorer 7: Beta 2 Preview available](https://imaginekitty.com/152/internet-explorer-7-beta-2-preview-available/) - Get your copy of Internet Explorer 7: Beta 2. You can check out all the new bugsfeatures and then learn how to uninstall it. :lol: Make sure you leave Microsoft some feedback at their discussion group. Hopefully, we won't need to design a new series of hacks and fixes for this new browser. Maybe M$
- [Gun control moronics](https://imaginekitty.com/153/gun-control-moronics/) - Here is a link to the American Civil Liberties Union stance on Gun Control. An interesting tidbit from their page follows: Since the Second Amendment. . . applies only to the right of the State to maintain a militia and not to the individual's right to bear arms, there can be no serious claim to
- [Open Trackback Friday](https://imaginekitty.com/154/open-trackback-friday-4/) - Every Friday I will try to have an Open Trackback article. From the Open Trackback Alliance FAQ: The entire concept is to encourage bloggers to showcase their best recent articles on other blogs which may not otherwise recognize or know about their works. Open Trackback Alliance members have agreed to create an open article at
- [Upgraded to WP 2.0.1](https://imaginekitty.com/155/upgraded-to-wp-201/) - After much complaining and being generally annoying to the Wordpress writers and coders I decided to upgrade to 2.0.1 Trackbacks seem to be working but I will have to do some more tests. Also, word press is flawed in the way that if both a trackback and a pingback goes to the same blog the
- [Changes to execute-pings.php](https://imaginekitty.com/157/changes-to-execute-pingsphp/) - In my disagreement with the powers-that-be of the Wordpress creators and coders, I expressed the need for Trackbacks to take precedence over Pingbacks. They marked my trac ticket as WONTFIX so I did it myself. I simply rearranged the order in which the pings are sent putting trackbacks before pingbacks:
- [Open Trackback Day!](https://imaginekitty.com/163/open-trackback-day/) - Every Friday I will try to have an Open Trackback article. From the Open Trackback Alliance FAQ: The entire concept is to encourage bloggers to showcase their best recent articles on other blogs which may not otherwise recognize or know about their works. Open Trackback Alliance members have agreed to create an open article at
- [More news on the Wordpress trackback issue](https://imaginekitty.com/164/more-news-on-the-wordpress-trackback-issue/) - In my WordPress Trac Ticket concerning the Wordpress teams preference of pingbacks over trackbacks, I went ahead and reopened the ticket with the following complaint. I'm going to go ahead and disagree with you completely on this. You say "More contextual", I say "More nonsensical". It just doesn't work the way you think it does
- [Updated IKM Standards forums to simple machines](https://imaginekitty.com/165/updated-ikm-standards-forums-to-simple-machines/) - Like many I have grown weary of the constant updates and security holes in phpBB and having to constantly hack the templates to make them comply with W3 standards, I decided to give Simple Machines a try. I like it. I like it enough to replace the forum I have on this site. This forum
- [Camino 1.0 Stable release](https://imaginekitty.com/168/camino-10-stable-release/) - Camino is a Mac only browser (that's the way to stick it to the man). After trying it out is seems much snappier than both Safari and Firefox. It comes with "Web Standards" links in the bookmarks (always a good sign). It handles javascript that Safari chokes on (such as the buttons in Wordpress' Write
- [Open Trackback Friday](https://imaginekitty.com/169/open-trackback-friday-5/) - I'm posting this one on Thursday night and will let it run until Sunday night. My son has tomorrow off of school so we're going to do something fun. Every Friday I will try to have an Open Trackback article. From the Open Trackback Alliance FAQ: The entire concept is to encourage bloggers to showcase
- [A gift from Mom](https://imaginekitty.com/170/a-valentine-from-mom/) - Today day my Mom gave me a nice present. She let me upgrade her iMac from OS 9 (with IE/Mac as her default browser) to OS X (with Safari). Mom and change do not go together very well but she took to OS X quite well. That 400MHz G3 was partying like it was 1999.
- [TAG! You’re It!](https://imaginekitty.com/172/tag-you’re-it/) - Diane tagged me with this List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they’re any good, but they must be songs you’re really enjoying now. Post these instructions in your blog along with your seven songs. Then tag seven other people to see
- [Open trackback Friday](https://imaginekitty.com/173/open-trackback-friday-6/) - I'm posting this one on Thursday night and will let it run until Sunday night. My son has tomorrow off of school so we're going to do something fun. Every Friday I will try to have an Open Trackback article. From the Open Trackback Alliance FAQ: The entire concept is to encourage bloggers to showcase
- [Props to Akismet](https://imaginekitty.com/174/props-to-akismet/) - Akismet has not let a single spam get through. It is worth switching to Wordpress just to get this plugin. I've been getting quite a bit of sucky spam comments lately. I'm sure this has something to do with my page views going from about 40 per day to over 170 per day. Spammers, you
- [Why I am the way I am](https://imaginekitty.com/175/why-i-am-the-way-i-am/) - I'm going to go in a different direction on this one but here goes. A few years back I worked with a crew of dorks that asked me why I act the way I do. Well, I really didn't know what to say. I thought about it and decided to tell them some stories that
- [Diane's back!](https://imaginekitty.com/176/dianes-back/) - Let's all give a shout out to Diane. She was having trouble with her former hosting company and switched. Her page was offline for a couple of days and I was jonesing a bit. I read her daily. Drop her a comment or a trackback.
- [So let it be written.  So let it be done!](https://imaginekitty.com/177/so-let-it-be-written-so-let-it-be-done/) - Samantha Burns has posted her Ten Commandments of Blogging Number 10 is my favorite: Thou shalt make an attempt to use proper grammar and spelling. All of these "commandments" are necessary if you intend for anyone to take you seriously. This all reminds me of my first blog entry which happened before I knew about
- [Open Trackback Weekend](https://imaginekitty.com/178/open-trackback-weekend/) - I think I am going to switch my open trackback day to the weekend. Probably Friday through Sunday. Every Weekend I will try to have an Open Trackback article. From the Open Trackback Alliance FAQ: The entire concept is to encourage bloggers to showcase their best recent articles on other blogs which may not otherwise
- [Shameless self promotion, ahoy!](https://imaginekitty.com/182/shameless-self-promotion-ahoy/) - Recently, I have been honored by a few other blogs. All of them I admire greatly and are on my "daily reads" list. The first was by Diane's Stuff. Generally, Diane always mentions me or thanks me or sends me holiday e-cards. Thanks Diane! :) Next, was by Third World County (not "Country" :lol:) in
- [Unmarried couple or hippies?](https://imaginekitty.com/181/unmarried-couple-or-hippies/) - I submitted this article to The Crazy Rants of Samantha Burns and it quickly sunk to the depths of page two. I may as well put it here as well. I don't post as often as Sam does. ;) Here's a story about Black Jack, MO. Apparently, in Black Jack, you are not allowed to
- [This one's for Sam](https://imaginekitty.com/188/this-ones-for-sam/) - Here's a pic of my son with our favorite movie of all time. :lol: Trackbacked to Sam
- [April 5th is CSS Naked Dayâ„¢](https://imaginekitty.com/185/today-is-css-naked-day™/) - April 5th, 2006 is the first annual CSS Naked Day. If you are viewing this on April 5th then you will see no styling. Any other day it will look normal. A properly written web page should fail gracefully and still be useable by browsers that do not understand CSS. It is the web standards
- [File sharing philistines](https://imaginekitty.com/187/file-sharing-philistines/) - Eureka! I've finally discovered why the music industry is against file sharing applications. If you've ever searched for your favorite band you'll soon realize there are songs by them that you've never heard. If you've searched for a song you'll discover that it was performed by someone you hadn't expected. Let's take a look: I
- [Actual disenfranchised voters](https://imaginekitty.com/189/actual-disenfranchised-voters/) - Al Gore was right! There were disenfranchised voters, oh wait. It was the democrats that were responsible for it all the time. Looks like Quinn is right, "If you want to know what liberals are up to, pay attention to what they accuse the conservatives of". JS Online:4 sentenced to jail for tire slashings ...
- [Best father's day gift](https://imaginekitty.com/192/best-fathers-day-gift/) - Me and little Mark went to pick up grandma's pictures at the Wal★Mart. He was unusually calm and not running to the toy aisle. Such a good boy! On the way out there was a shriner asking for donations and little Mark looks at him, points at me and says "Hello, this is my best
- [Happy 4th of July](https://imaginekitty.com/194/happy-4th-of-july/) - Be safe. Be happy. Be free! IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the
- [Swan Songs - In Search of the Staffstone](https://imaginekitty.com/198/swan-songs-in-search-of-the-staffstone/) - Swan Songs - In Search of the Staffstone "A blast of fire roared toward him. The clothes on his back burst into flames. Kyle dove into the river... The dragon dove into the river..." Swan Songs In Search of the Staffstone A Christian children's fantasy-adventure story about... An archaeologist uncle responsible for two world wars—maybe
- [National Ammo Day](https://imaginekitty.com/207/national-ammo-day/) - November 19 is National Ammo Day. It is a nationwide BUYcott of ammunition. You buy ammunition. 100 Rounds a person. The goals of Ammo Day: The goal of National Ammo Day is to empty the ammunition from the shelves of your local gun store, sporting goods, or hardware store and put that ammunition in the
- [Comforting Embrace](https://imaginekitty.com/208/comforting-embrace/) - Air Force Chief Master Sgt. John Gebhardt, of the 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group at Balad, Iraq, cradles a young girl as they both sleep in the hospital. The girl's entire family was executed by insurgents; the killers shot her in the head as well. The girl received treatment at the U.S. military hospital in Balad,
- [Word Press 2.0 Trackback fix revisit](https://imaginekitty.com/209/word-press-20-trackback-fix-revisit/) - Well, wordpress still stinks in the trackback department. I've applied Paul Ooi's Word Press 2.0 Trackback fix and am attempting to send a trackback to that post. Let's see if it works. *sigh*
- [Why I am the way I am (episode III) ](https://imaginekitty.com/193/why-i-am-the-way-i-am-episode-iii/) - Grade: Kindergarten Age: 4 Miss McNanny announces another special activity for the day. I know I should have not expected much but I was only 4 and I was kind of like a dog. I'd come back after being abused every time. There were about 33 of us in class that day so Miss McNanny
- [Open trackback problems (sorry)](https://imaginekitty.com/215/open-trackback-problems-sorry/) - Thanks to Cao over at Cao's blog for pointing out that the link to my open trackback post was broken. I was wondering why I haven't got any for a long time. I'm going to have to ping everyone to let them know it's back up and active. Please accept my heartfelt apology. :) Mark
- [Sorry, I can't blog right now.  Guitar Hero II.](https://imaginekitty.com/226/sorry-i-cant-blog-right-now-guitar-hero-ii/) - I'll get back to you when I beat the Expert level (see you in 2025)! Send food...and money! Help! Trackbacked to: Diane and Mel
- [Corinne Bailey Rae](https://imaginekitty.com/228/corinne-bailey-rae/) - I really can't get enough of this entire album. It's so sweet and innocent sounding. "Put Your Records On" will have you singing along. Corinne Bailey Rae
- [Be Berean](https://imaginekitty.com/230/be-berean/) - With the recent celebration of valentine's day at the church I attend, I once again sit wondering why pagan rituals are not only accepted but openly celebrated in a church that is supposed to separate themselves from the practices and customs of the world. [bible]2 Corinthians 6:16-17[/bible] Including christmas, easter, halloween and Sunday "sabbath", I
- [Remington to Sever Sponsorship Ties with Jim Zumbo](https://imaginekitty.com/231/remington-to-sever-sponsorship-ties-with-jim-zumbo/) - In a recent press release the Madison, North Carolina company, Remington Arms Company, Inc. has severed ties with Jim Zumbo, a life-long hunter and firearm enthusiast. This is due to the fact that Zumbo, in his outdoorlife blog, stated that AR-15s are "terrorist rifles" insulting numerous firearms groups and enthusiasts that enjoy and use AR-15s
- [Happy passover](https://imaginekitty.com/241/happy-passover/) - [bible]Luke 22:19-20[/bible] The New Covenant Passover is a memorial of the death of Jesus Christ as the true Passover Lamb. We eat the broken bread and drink the wine in remembrance (re-enactment) of the sacrifice of His beaten body and shed blood.
- [Second annual CSS Naked Day](https://imaginekitty.com/242/second-annual-css-naked-day/) - April 5th, 2007 is the second annual CSS Naked Day. If you are viewing this on April 5th then you will see no styling. Any other day it will look normal. A properly written web page should fail gracefully and still be useable by browsers that do not understand CSS. It is the web standards
- [PA House Bill 760 Must Be Stopped](https://imaginekitty.com/243/pa-house-bill-760/) - House Bill 760 Creates a statewide registry of guns. Requires gun owners to renew their registration annually and pay $10 per gun per year. Requires gun owners to be fingerprinted, undergo a background check and carry a registration card – with the owner’s photograph – with the gun at all times. Gun registries have been
- [Man Illegally Arrested for Refusing Bag Search](https://imaginekitty.com/246/man-illegally-arrested-for-refusing-bag-search/) - Today was an eventful day. I drove to Cleveland, reunited with my father’s side of the family and got arrested. More on that arrested part to come. For the labor day weekend my father decided to host a small family reunion. My sister flew in from California and I drove in from Pittsburgh to visit
- [Making FTP work on Windows Vista](https://imaginekitty.com/249/making-ftp-work-on-windows-vista/) - I just built a Windows machine from parts and installed Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit. The only problem I was having was the FTP service would not stay active upon shutdown or restart. I had to start it manually every time. If anyone else is wondering, here is how to make it work (if you already
- [Trouble installing Uru: Complete Chronicles](https://imaginekitty.com/262/trouble-installing-uru-complete-chronicles/) - Trying to install Uru, I know, it's about 5 years old but I just got it mostly because I just started using a PC and Uru was never released for Mac, I constantly received this error: Feature: DefaultFeature Component: AGameFiles File: D:\data2.cab Error: Data error (cyclic redundancy check). None of the solutions online were of
- [Getting Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2007 installed](https://imaginekitty.com/256/getting-business-contact-manager-for-outlook-2007-installed/) - I just received my copy of Office Ultimate 2007 (yes, I bought a 2007 app in 2008 ... *sigh* why do they name them with years?) and everything went fine with no problems until I tried the second disk (which contains Accounting and Business Contact Manager). Accounting installed and then BCM threw an exception "Setup
- [Last Comic Standing rundown](https://imaginekitty.com/268/last-comic-standing-rundown/) - Esther Ku - Rarely funny but the jokes that hit make you LOL. Eliminated at first face to face. God's Pottery - fricken hilarious but a one trick pony. You only need to see it once. Eliminated at first face to face. Iliza Shlesinger - I love her. I hope she wins. I think she
- [Blow by blow - Last Comic Standing](https://imaginekitty.com/269/blow-by-blow-last-comic-standing/) - Iliza Shlesinger - I love you more than last week because you helped me to never see Blahblah RJ ever again. Thank you. I swear I'll listen to your jokes either next time or the time after. Winner of the second face to face and eliminator of 4 bad comics. Adam Hunter - he also
- [Last Comic Standing - The voting begins!](https://imaginekitty.com/287/last-comic-standing/) - Marcus - winner of the challenge, immunity and a guaranteed spot in the finals at Las Vegas. It was a terrible challenge and I wouldn't have been surprised if the "judges" had picked Abe Vigoda as the winner. Iliza Shlesinger - Hi Iliza. :D How are you? *ahem* Claims to have written fresh material. I
- [Why I am the way I am - IV](https://imaginekitty.com/295/why-i-am-the-way-iv/) - Grade: Kindergarten Age: 4 It seemed like a regular Friday. We had alphabet, milk break and recess just like every regular day. After recess we'd normally just sit and draw or play and wait to get ready for the bus. Miss McNanny announced after recess that we should each pick a partner for "something special".
- [Let me check my calendar](https://imaginekitty.com/301/let-me-check-my-calendar/) - OK, this is 2008. I know there are tons of hack web designers out there that bought a copy of dreamweaver but please give me a break. Hey, I'm not against hacks, I mean someone's got to do pages for $10 or else the bait shop won't ever get a web site. I just want
- [A fake iPod](https://imaginekitty.com/304/a-fake-ipod/) - For those of you that still insist on using ebay I'd suggest caution when purchasing an "iPod" from ebay. CounterfeitOfficial iPod There is a little apple logo and the word "iPod" at the bottom of the screenI don't see that logo on the real iPod Memory and processor chip at top (behind screen)Memory and processor
- [Firebug primer by Hugo](https://imaginekitty.com/345/firebug-primer-by-hugo/) - For those that are not aware Firebug is a add-on for Firefox, and is essentially a development debugging tool, that allows you to inspect various aspects of a web page. It has become - for those that have used it for a while - one of those indispensable tools that make day to day coding
- [Quit spamming me!!!](https://imaginekitty.com/135/quit-spamming-me/) - OK, before everyone here gets my email address and decides to send me cute stories or important virus alerts or petitions to sign, here are the rules: DON'T!!! I do not want emails telling me about a child that is missing or cute stories about children outsmarting the teacher or even "important" social petitions that
- [Macworld 2007](https://imaginekitty.com/224/macworld-2007/) - The apple store is closed and Steve Jobs is set to take the stage. I'm hoping for an Apple based PDA/Cell phone. Please, Mr. Jobs. Thanks in advance. I'm so tired of jumping through hoops to get something that almost kinda sorta works but not the way I want it to work. Ooh, it is
- [MLK day.](https://imaginekitty.com/132/mlk-day/) - Well, the trash man and the mail man took Martin Luther King, jr. Day off, so I did, too. I watched "It's Martin Luther King Day Charlie Brown" (so offensive, so hilarious) and thought about who he was. Was he a marxist? Maybe. Did he help further the civil rights movement. Sure. Has the civil
- [Back to work](https://imaginekitty.com/186/back-to-work/) - I'm back to full time work so I don't have as much time anymore to post. I'll try to not give up all together. :) Promise.
- [Best blonde joke ever!](https://imaginekitty.com/115/best-blonde-joke-ever/) - Ah ha ha ha! This is the best blonde joke in the world!
- [You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine](https://imaginekitty.com/117/oull-never-find-another-love-like-mine/) - Grammy-winning singer Lou Rawls dies By Jeff Wilson, Associated Press Writer | January 6, 2006 LOS ANGELES --Lou Rawls, the velvet-voiced singer who started as a church choir boy and went on to record such classic tunes as "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine," died Friday of cancer. He was 72. Rawls died at
- [Streets of New York](https://imaginekitty.com/150/streets-of-new-york/) - The new Willie Nile album "Streets of New York" is to be released on 21FEB06. Willie is the MAN!!!

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