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Call Me Fishmeal.: This Post is Microsoft Enhanced (TM).

But, hey, I’m fine with having to come home before my favorite shows and unschedule them and then reschedule them so my DVR will suddenly decide it’s OK to record them again. I like to think of it as sort of rotating the tires; I keep the show schedule fresh. It’s amazing how much less TV you’ll watch when you have to reschedule everything every week, too. Besides, it’s not like the POINT of having a DVR is you DON’T have to be there to start each recording manually. And this is first-generation technology, right? Right? I mean, there’s NEVER been any other brands of DVRs, right? Microsoft invented this shit, no? And enhanced it?

Wil gets stuck into his DVR and it’s foibles. Made me chuckle, ‘cause I don’t know him. (With thanks to Homer J.) But seriously, I think he’s got a point.

I’ve never been really happy with the HTML-Smarty Mode file I downloaded for SubEthaEdit. It’s okay, but it loses the syntax styling on HTML elements, and doesn’t really do that good of a job styling the Smarty parts. So, I’ve spent the last couple of hours hacking it to make it a bit better. I’d forgotten how hard it is to examine and understand regex codes, but I’m getting there. It’s too late, and I’m too tired to finish it, but it is already better than the original. • And then I go to the SEE website, and see there’s a newer version. Luckily, it’s still missing a whole heap of functionality. That’s a new project for me to work on then. My mode isn’t quite ready for human consumption, but I’ll keep working on it.

I’ve made some changes on my blog template so Trackbacks are handled a little bit nicer: specifically, Trackbacks/Pingbacks now also get the “owner” class. I’ve also turned off Gravatars for Trackbacks/Pingbacks, since they don’t make that much sense. I’d like to use a favicon or something in their place, but I’m not yet sure how to do this. At this stage, I’ve left in code so that the Gravatar for the Author Email will appear for owner trackbacks/pingbacks. Here is the code I am using as of now for my Comment Loop:

    {* Variables that don't change (post/blog) *}
    {capture name=author_email}{the_author_email}{/capture}
    {capture name=author}{the_author echo=false}{/capture}
    {capture name=blog_title}{bloginfo show='title'}{/capture}
    
    
    {if $comments != ''}
      <ol id="commentlist">
      {foreach from=$comments key=key item=comment}
            {globalvar var='comment' value=$comment}
    
            {* Setup for Owner Comments, including Pingbacks & Trackbacks *}
            {capture name=comment_type}{comment_type}{/capture}
            {capture name=self_ping}{comment_type}@{bloginfo show='url'}{/capture}
            {if $comment->comment_author_email == $smarty.capture.author_email or $comment->comment_author_email == $smarty.capture.self_ping|lower|replace:"http://":"" or $comment->comment_author == $smarty.capture.blog_title}
                {assign var=owner value=owner}
                {assign var=comment_author_email value=$smarty.capture.author_email}
            {elseif $smarty.capture.comment_type == "Comment"}
                {assign var=comment_author_email value=$comment->comment_author_email}
            {else}
                {* Off-site Trackback/Pingback.  Get an image from their site? *}
            {/if}
            
            {* Gravatar Allocation.  Uses variable $comment_author_email from above. *}
            {if $comment_author_email != ""}
                {assign var=gravatar value=$comment_author_email|gravatar:"http://schinckel.net/images/NoGravatar.gif":"40":"":"0"}
                {assign var=comment_author_email value=""} {*Reset for next comment*}
            {/if}
    
            {* Set up for Alternating Comment Styles *}
            {if $alt != 'altcomment'}
                {assign var='alt' value='altcomment'}
            {else}
                {assign var='alt' value=''}
            {/if}
    
            <li class="{$owner} {comment_type} {$alt}" id="comment-{comment_ID}">
                <div class="right">{$gravatar}</div>
                {comment_author_link} said: 
    
                {if $comment->comment_approved == "0"}{*Not implemented yet.*}
                    <p><em>Your Comment is awaiting Moderation.</em></p>
                {/if}
    
                {comment_text}
    
                <!-- Admin Tools -->
                {capture name=edit_comment}{edit_comment_link link="&#9997; Edit" before='<span class="button">' after="</span>"}{/capture}
                {if $smarty.capture.edit_comment != ""}
                    <div class="right">
                        {$smarty.capture.edit_comment}
                        <span class="button"><a href="http://schinckel.net/wp-admin/post.php?action=confirmdeletecomment&comment={comment_ID}">&#10007; Delete</a></span>
                    </div>
                {/if}
        
                <a href="#comment-{comment_ID}"><span class="timesince" id="c{the_time d="U"}-{comment_date d='U'}">on {comment_date} at {comment_time}.</span></a>
        </li>
      {/foreach}</ol>
    
    {else} <!-- this is displayed if there are no comments so far -->
        <p class='indented'>{_e text="No responses yet."}</p>
    {/if}

Cosmic Girl • Jamiroquai • Travelling Without Moving ★★★

I had a couple of interesting comments today, and when I viewed them in the list view, I noticed there was a comment awaiting moderation with the same format: But obviously a whole lot more links. If you look at the times, the one with heaps of links was posted first, and then it looks like the poster realised it wasn’t working, and posted comments without heaps of links, which made it into the comments stream. Needless to say, 1insurancereview has made it into my blacklist. And the word insurance is very close to making my moderate list. These are real comments, not trackbacks. I am finding a few Comment Spams now, I wonder if my JavaScript isn’t working?