Ch-ch-changes!
Regular users will have noticed a number of changes on the site in the last few weeks, as I’ve updated a few things, changed some graphics, and tried to bring the blog kicking-and-screaming into 2007.
Perhaps the most obvious change from the user perspective is the complete redesign of the Work pages, to separate them out more from the blog – in essence, to differentiate more clearly between the things where I know what I’m talking about and the things where I really don’t. It’s also quite important, as I know that several schools and sixth-form colleges link to the pages from their intranets, so it’s probably preferable for them that the work content is separated out more clearly from the blog.
More significant to the site, however, is the introduction of a formal comment policy. I’ve had almost a thousand genuine comments on the site over the last few years, and up to now I’ve been moderating on a pretty ad-hoc basis. But after a couple of complaints from people who’ve been personally insulted in comments, plus the wider debate in the blogging community about comment policies, I decided that I should probably feature one for the benefit of my users. So here it is.
The design of the site in general has changed, with the old side boxes replaced by a proper sidebar, the introduction of ‘notes’ (the smaller posts-between-posts) so that I can say things briefly without having to create a big dramatic headline, and some general tidying – including of the print function, so that you can once again print a clean copy of any page by employing your browser’s normal print function.
So, in summary: A few minor aesthetic changes, but underneath the surface everything is pretty much the same as ever. Remind you of anything?
Your Comments and Responses
Comment from Mort Karman
Just a note to let you (and the rest of the world) know that I am NOT the father of Anna Nicole Smith’s baby.
» This comment was received at 17:12 on 13 February 07
Comment from Mort Karman
How about a reader poll?
Who would make the best girl friend between Anna Nicole Smith (if she were alive),Lisa Nowak, the NASA diaper girl, or Karla Homalka, the Canadian woman who recently got out of jail after she and her ex-husband murdered several young women.She is reported to have just had a baby. (Notice there is no long line of men claiming to be the father on this one)
Only reason I ask is it makes me feel even my ex-wives were not all that bad.
» This comment was received at 20:03 on 14 February 07
Comment from the original poster,
sjhoward
Thanks for clarifying the position re the paternity of the late Anna Nicole Smith’s baby… As for the reader poll… might well be a good one for Yahoo Answers…
» This comment was received at 20:37 on 14 February 07
Comment from Mort Karman
I took your advice and went to Yahoo Answers about the girlfriend question. Got some good answers.
I am going to keep the good wife I have.
Sorry, Lisa and Karla, she had me first.
» This comment was received at 16:22 on 16 February 07
Comment from Mort Karman
On a serious note.
I(and many,many others) joke about the situation, but the poor children who were born of these women as a result of their unwise choices are a concern.
Media write about their mothers and someday the children will be old enough to read the comments.
These children are going to need much in the way of counseling if they are to be able to lead normal lives.
All parents and potential parents should be aware of what their activities will look like to their children 15 or so years after they do them.
We should not reward bad parenting by giving such people riches and good publicity.
» This comment was received at 16:30 on 16 February 07
Comment from Babs
What’s happened to the header? It was cool, now its crap.
» This comment was received at 03:23 on 25 March 07
Comment from Anonymous
Hear, hear.
Bring back the old head!!
» This comment was received at 12:01 on 01 April 07
Comment from Andy Wheeler
agreeed – the books are terrible, the old one was good
» This comment was received at 18:59 on 05 April 07
Comment from the original poster,
sjhoward
You want it, you’ve got it – the old header is back. But slightly tweaked and improved.
» This comment was received at 19:02 on 07 April 07
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