Josh in Japan

So, after the author of the last theme was so non-helpful, I decided to switch themes and see if I could alleviate some of the IE problems.

So, new theme is installed, and I do believe it is a much cleaner layout. In the near future, I will be changing the header to a more appropriate style. I think i’ll stay with the Mt. Fuji pic.

And as soon as I am done writing this out, I will be contacting my host to see if they have any solutions for this IE mixup that I am still experiencing. It must be a wordpress problem. Anyways, until next time, mata-ne!

Also, here is my promo for the new show. Hope you like it!

……or dust if you want to be all PC about it. I just put the updated version of the theme I chose on the server. As you can see I need to go in and work out some of the bugs, and get it working back to the way I had it. Not sure much has changed other than the post style is different, and there are no borders now when you have a .jpg that fits over them. Also, there’s a theme viewer link at the bottom of the sidebar that needs to be removed. Oh, and it did nothing to alleviate the problems viewing this site on MSIE. I’m considering just scrapping this theme all together and looking for a new one this weekend. So, again, sorry for the shitty layout, but honestly, I’m the only person who even looks at this page. That and the lone straggler who follows it from my message board sigs. Ok, until next time, mata-ne!

Well, I think I finally have a working xml feed thanks to Rob from Podcast 411 . He did an awesome job explaing to me that I need to just totally screw the auto-generated feed that wordpress produces, and just build my own.

I first tried discovering what to do on the wordpress forums, but damn that place is just confusing! I really wish those pompous people over there would make a easy to read novice set of guides for idiots like me. The wiki for wordpress isn’t too hard, but I just wish there was something al little more friendly.

So anyways, the feed is working, now I need to start working on two different things…

1) start making decent content for my upcoming podasts, which also includes finding the right podsafe music for in/outtros and segues. That is going to be a challenge for me since my attention span is about as long as a dollar goes for gas.

2) try to figure out how to fix my site so that it is more viewer friendly for those using MSIE. I really hate alienating those who don’t use firefox, but i just love this theme too much to change right away to something that’s more universal. The author of the theme is telling me that he had no problems, and to just validate the site in XHTML by using the validator link that’s in the meta. There were about 120 errors, and I would go and try to fix them all but…..

I don’t know where the code for each error is contained. I have about 12 different .php files that I would have to root through, and that is too much damn work for a lazy body like me. I might try to get my web host to try to help me out. Those guys are pretty cool, and get back to you in a flash. Speaking of which, I guess I’ll throw a button on the page for them. They really are a great host! Site Ground really is the place to go. Ok, well, hopefully by the next post, not so much time will have elapsed, and I’ll have some more positive news. Until next time, mata-ne!

So, I haven’t posted alot lately this month since I have been so wrapped up in The Sims Online. I have recently joined a store, and have discovered how much money i can make living there. It’s a hell of alot more than anything else I could do on the game. Well, tonight we went to Camp Zama today to get some clothes for the baby, and to get myself something from their superior electronics section (as compared to the electronics and prices at the Yokosuka NEX). Well, nothing fo rme, but the baby made out like a bandit. We then dropped th ekid off at her grandmother’s house, and the wife and I went out for ramen and gyoza. Damn it was good. Then some more shopping for the baby so she can have plenty of clothes and diapers for daycare. Then, back to grandma’s house to pick up the kid and go home. Like the title of this post says, sheer nothingness! Mata-ne!

Well, we went to enoshima aquarium today. It was ok, but not at 2000 yen per head. They had some cool stuff there, but being that it was a Thursday the place was full with snot nosed little shitty kids on field trips. We had to shove and push our way though everywhere. The dolphin show was pretty cool, but after already seeing the one at sea world back in Orlando, the wife wasn’t too pleased. Fully understandable, but the baby did have a blast. So, anyways, off to go try and work on the site a little longer. Until next time, mata-ne!