Rowche Rumble
I am bored of tormenting myself, conjuring up full blown blog posts, pouring over non-existent Adsense revenues and analyzing traffic statistics so I have started a Tumblelog.
There is something very appealing about Kottke's definition of a Tumblelog as 'a quick and dirty stream of consciousness.'
A Tumblelog can be a short, snappy blog and can also aggregate different RSS feeds (Google Shared Stuff and Items, del.icio.us, last.fm, Flickr and even this blog). Why, Tumblr even has built-in support for quotes.
However, undoubtedly the best feature is the endless scope for puns in the non rotating taglines:
- Rowche Tumble
- Are you ready to Tumble ?
- Tumble Dryer
- Tumble in the jungle
- A bit of rough and Tumble
- Don't mumble, Tumble !
I have already contacted Davidville to enquire about any openings in sales and marketing.
just do what you are told
Another in this award winning and ever popular series. 'Hello John. Can I ask you a quick question ?' 'Well I'm onsite at a Red account in deepest Kazbakistan about to go into a crisis meeting. But, as it's you (again). Go on. Fire away.' 'Well I have a really strange problem. I'm currently at Asda and I can't get...' 'Yeah. Hurry up. What's the actual problem ? Installation, performance, database, network, security, clustering, defect, LDAP - what is it ?' 'Well it's an unusual one. It's the milk.' 'The milk. What on earth are you talking about ? Did you really say milk ?' 'Well, as I said, I'm currently in Asda and there is no milk.' 'For Christ's sake, you're calling to ask me a question about your grocery shopping.' 'Yeah. I really need milk and there isn't any.' 'Well obviously all the milk is sold out. Get fully skimmed or get 2 pints from the newsagent or the Total garage.' 'But the milk isn't actually sold out. That's the weird thing.' 'Well if it isn't sold out, why is there no milk there ?' 'That's why I am calling you. Although there's no milk, there is a sign on the refrigerator where the milk should be and the sign mentions you.' 'Mentions me. What do you mean - the sign mentions me ?' 'Shut up and listen''Due to circumstances beyond our control, the milk chiller is currently out of service. We hope to have the unit working again as soon as poss-''Look - can you hurry up ? The council of war is starting' 'Well just shut up and listen then.'
'We hope to have the unit working again as soon as possible. We sincerely apologise to all our loyal customers for the inconvenience caused. Until then, may we suggest you ask a colleague for advice.'
dead body under my floorboards
When your children ask for a pet hamster, always follow your gut instincts and refuse. Last night, I entered the bathroom to find my wife had suddenly and unexpectedly replaced the tile lino with bare floorboards. She was on her knees sanding the boards for that perfect Victorian antique looking finish. I carefully navigated my way to the sink and noticed my two children huddled under the pedestal, feverishly yanking at floorboards and ripping up plywood with their bare hands. 'Stop it. What do you think you're doing ? For the last time, it's bedtime. I'm trying to brush my teeth here.' 'Dad - it's Gromit. He's trapped under the floorboards.' My wife politely interjected... 'Put that bloody toothbrush down and get me a claw hammer. Now.' And so it continued. The stylish, ivory and cream, fake Italian lino got torn, pieces of plywood got raised and more floorboards got levered up. Still, there was no access to the little, cuddly, brown hamster who was squealing from under the sink pedestal. I could have sworn he was singing 'A song from under the floorboards' by Magazine. I resigned myself to his imminent death and yet another pet funeral in my garden. I tried to sneak out without brushing my teeth, claiming I was looking for creative solutions on the Internet. I slipped and broke my ankle on pine nuts that were liberally scattered on the floor. 'Get me a pair of pliers. Now.' Oh no. Not the torture by pliers. My wife proferred a coat hanger which I severed in two places. She then bent the wire into an improvised corkscrew style, helter-skelter type device for small rodents. Thankfully, with more coaxing, the hamster managed to achieve yet another miraculous escape. This was a tremendous relief as I suspect my wife's next strategy was to start drilling up through the lounge ceiling perilously close to multiple water pipes. Later in bed, I remarked 'When those hamsters are dead, we are not getting any more pets. Ever.' Norma replied 'Oh come on. Could you really stand there every morning and night brushing your teeth knowing that Gromit's dead body lay just four feet away under the floorboards ?' 'You know what Norma. You're right. He's such a lovable little hamster I don't think I could have possibly lived with myself.' 'There you are. So you do have a heart after all. You do care.' 'I suppose I would have ended up using the downstairs loo instead.'a very British death
An inquest has reached an open verdict on the death of a judge, six years ago. This story caught the media interest in the UK because- The victim was a judge hence plenty of scope for pictures of him wearing his robes and his silly wig.
- The victim was having an affair with a glamorous mistress.
- The storyline was identical to an episode of 'Midsomer Murders' aired in March 2003.
- The wife was arrested but later released without charge.
- The mistress was also under suspicion for blackmail.
how to migrate a WordPress blog to Django
There is currently no utility to migrate existing blog content to django. However, conversion of an existing WordPress blog is pretty straightforward. Firstly, simply export the following tables from the WordPress database using phpMyAdmin- wp_posts
- wp_comments
- wp_terms
- wp_term_taxonomy
- wp_term_relationships
insert into blog_post
(id,
slug,
title,
pubdate,
moddate,
body,
draft,
closed)
select
wp_posts.id,
wp_posts.post_name,
wp_posts.post_title,
wp_posts.post_date_gmt,
wp_posts.post_modified_gmt,
wp_posts.post_content,
0,
0
from wp_posts
and post_type = 'post';
insert into comments_freecomment
(id,
content_type_id,
comment,
object_id,
person_name,
submit_date,
is_public,
ip_address,
approved,
site_id)
select
wp_comments.comment_id,
14,
wp_comments.comment_content,
wp_comments.comment_post_id,
wp_comments.comment_author,
wp_comments.comment_date_gmt,
1,
wp_comments.comment_author_ip,
wp_comments.comment_approved,
1
from wp_comments
where comment_approved = '1';
insert into blog_tag
(slug,
title,
description)
select
wp_terms.slug,
wp_terms.name,
wp_terms.name
from wp_terms;
insert into blog_post_tags
(post_id,
tag_id)
select
wp_term_relationships.object_id,
wp_terms.name
from wp_term_relationships, wp_term_taxonomy, wp_terms
where wp_term_relationships.term_taxonomy_id = wp_term_taxonomy.term_taxonomy_id
and wp_term_taxonomy.term_id = wp_terms.term_id;