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2013.02.04 Going through a process of questioning fundamental ideas about Alaya.net and what it should or could be, and what types of organizational frontend and backend structure make sense.  Even if I were to keep the current categories of techne, soma, and psyche, is it best to have them as entirely separate subdomains?  How integrated…

2013.01.31 Comments have not been working for subsites. Managed to get them working for techne and will be working to get them back for psyche and soma as well. The amount of addons and features for WordPress can be overwhelming. I need to start methodically tracking which addons I use and why and whether I…

2013.01.30 Fixing some of the posts which had YouTube content disappear after the transition. Also fixing some more messed up media links in older posts. No progress in developing the shiny, new front page to Alaya.net which will consolidate everything onto one page. The spirit has been willing but the flesh has been too weak.…

2013.01.14 Fixed a few media links. Unfortunately it looks like all links to Youtube videos got summarily erased from pages when the content was transferred to the new site infrastructure. Its crazy, because its not like the links are broken. They are completely gone from the posts. I do have a full backup of the…

2012.12.07 Migration to new backend structure for Alaya.net complete. Remaining issue wrt to media files (images, videos, etc.). Not all features from previous setup activated yet.

There’s an article at bbc.co.uk about a proposed new formula for calculating BMI.  The page has a calculator which will show one’s BMI using both the standard and new formulae: BMI: Does the Body Mass Index need fixing? (article inclues BMI calculator) Mine was only marginally lower with the new formula but I’m still in…

I installed Windows 8 on a “new” used computer I got a couple weeks ago. Its a 3-year-old Thinkpad model with an Intel Centrino 2 dual-core processor, 13.1 inch 300 NIT LED display, and 120 GB solid state drive. Installing Windows 8 was pretty much identical to installing Windows 7. I chose to do a…

Many if not most people who use the site Facebook have the mistaken understanding that as users of the site, the site exists primarily for them. In this context, they see themselves, the users, as similar to customers in the real world. In the real world there is a relationship between a business and its…

So the Norovirus, which one researcher calls “Ferrari of viruses” has been in the news.  Its been spreading rapidly around the world.  It seems like every time there’s a major outbreak like this, I get it right away.  When the swine flu was going around I got it right away and think I may have…

Beset by a freezing winter and stifling fuel and electricity shortages, Syrian civilians desperate to stay warm in a northern forest have no choice but to cut down trees for firewood. Once a tourist destination for Syrians and other Arabs across the Middle East, the formerly pristine national park to the north and west of…