I can't decide on anything interesting to blog about (if I ever do blog about anything interesting, that is) so here is a nice list of things to read instead.

• I have been reviewed for the first time in two years (thanks Sarah!). Woo!

• I still can't come up with a new layout for this site.

• I am free of university essays for a month!

• I wish people would stop using popup windows on their sites. I can't open them. They crash my computer every time and it's really, really annoying. Most people from the Q*Bee like to put their quilts in little popups - please don't, I can't view your quilt and/or trade with you if you do that. I'm not kidding, any type of popup will crash my computer in any browser. I have popup blockers/diverters and all sorts to try and help the problem (yes, I've tried disabling them) and while it helps for some sites, it doesn't work for everything.

• Why did coding something I've been meaning to do for a while seem very appealing before my essays were due in, and now they're done it seems like the most arduous task in the world?

I'm not sure if anyone else has done this or not, but since my Guestblock started getting ridiculously spammed yesterday (I've only had it about 2 weeks!), I decided to do something about it. The built-in spam protection wasn't working, and blocking IP addresses is about as useful as telling those spammers how naughty they are for leaving their messages all over your site. Tut.

Sooo. After successfully implementing Akismet into my CMS a while ago, I wondered whether I'd be able to do the same for Guestblock (the main site is kind of dead right now). Lo and behold, I have successfully done it.

If anyone is interested in the modification for their guestblocks, let me know. Please note that in order to use the Akismet anti-spam system you must have an account at Wordpress.com.

Woo!

So it's become very obvious that the fixed header has to go. I did consider making it collapsible but it's more trouble than it's worth and it would just be exactly the same to people browsing with JavaScript disabled. I am working on a new layout but it's not quite going how I want it to and I don't like it and blah blah blah, so it will be a while before I get that up.

On a more serious note, unless you've been living under a rock for the past 24 hours, you will undoubtedly be aware of the Virginia Tech massacre. My heart goes out to all the families involved. Thankfully, a friend of mine who attends that university is safe and well, but that is clearly not the case for 32 others. :( I don't know what possessed the gunman but he had no right to take innocent lives with his own.

...and now I must return to my essays. Lots of them to do, and they're all in on Monday. *Sigh*