Teh Squeaky Wheel

… and More

And the day week just keeps getting better

Filed under: Admin — Sinner at 1:51 pm on Tuesday, December 5, 2006

Upgrade to latest WP software == no database.

No backup (because I am a moron) == Fresh start

I will be restoring functionality little by little. Reasonable requests for features will be honored.

Goolgle “Wordpress Themes” and suggest your favorite!

FEH!

126 Comments

Comment by Mariposa

December 5, 2006 @ 2:26 pm

Firsties on the first post of teh new wheel! How exciting.

Comment by Religious Zealot

December 5, 2006 @ 2:29 pm

Pretty cool!

Comment by Mariposa

December 5, 2006 @ 2:30 pm

I’m going to make the first request related to functionality as well. Avatars and images- you can’t make a girl learn how to do something new and then take it away! It’s not just me either….SBH was really starting to have fun :)

Comment by Mariposa

December 5, 2006 @ 2:35 pm

P.S.- I don’t know if it was just me or if the upgrade to the new WordPress caused the issue, but I had to re-register for the site in order to be able to logon and post a comment. If any gerbils have trouble logging on, that might be the solution.

Comment by dipsy

December 5, 2006 @ 2:36 pm

Congrats on teh firsties, Mari! Hi, RZ! I had to re-register or I woulda had teh firstie firsts, dangit! Um, yeah. I feel a little bald w/o the pics. Plus I’ve got some good stuff saved up for smokin’ hotness Christmas Fridays.

Comment by Mariposa

December 5, 2006 @ 2:37 pm

OK…now the wheel is changing as I leave comments. I think I’ll head to work and see what I find here later in the day.

Comment by Sinner

December 5, 2006 @ 2:37 pm

I don’t think avatars will make a comeback, the bit where it changes all the comments when you change the avatar makes it sort of useless.

Images are enabled, if you use the HTML. I am working on getting the image button back now.

Comment by dipsy

December 5, 2006 @ 2:37 pm

Looks better already, and I love the new numbering thing. Teh yeah!

Comment by Sinner

December 5, 2006 @ 2:38 pm

All data, including users, is gone.

I’m such an idiot and hypocrite…

Comment by Mariposa

December 5, 2006 @ 2:38 pm

The numbering is cool Sinner. I’ll work on images when I get home (the work netnanny blocks photobucket).

Comment by dipsy

December 5, 2006 @ 2:38 pm

testing…

Comment by Mariposa

December 5, 2006 @ 2:39 pm

Mistakes happen Sinner. Don’t beat yourself up about it. It took all of 30 seconds to re-register. No big deal.

Comment by dipsy

December 5, 2006 @ 2:39 pm

testing again…
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/dipsy_04/new%20hotties/xmas6.jpg

Comment by Rabbit

December 5, 2006 @ 2:40 pm

Hey y’all.
A day of sleep got rid of whatever it was I had. Yay!
I had to register again, too.
I don’t have anything else to say, just wanted to make sure I was logged back in.
See y’all later.

Comment by Mariposa

December 5, 2006 @ 2:40 pm

If Dipsy’s testing I guess I will too. I’m already late for work anyway!

Here’s a present Sven emailed me:

Comment by dipsy

December 5, 2006 @ 2:40 pm

Gaak! A link and not a pic! Um, Sinner, can you delete that thing? And can anyone tell me teh proper way to bring something over from photobucket? I’m a lamer.

Comment by dipsy

December 5, 2006 @ 2:42 pm

Hiya, Rabbit! I had to reregister, too. Ok, one last test…
[IMG]http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/dipsy_04/new%20hotties/xmas6.jpg[/IMG]

Comment by Mariposa

December 5, 2006 @ 2:42 pm

Didn’t work. I’m going to take that as a sign I need to stop being slothful and head to work.

Comment by dipsy

December 5, 2006 @ 2:42 pm

Tarnation!

Comment by dipsy

December 5, 2006 @ 2:43 pm

bye, mari! I can’t play anymore, either. I need to get the pups going for school and go to (spit) work. Sorry for the messes, Sinner! I like the real time preview thingie. Cool.

dipsy, out.

Comment by Mariposa

December 5, 2006 @ 2:43 pm

You need to email the GNERT Dipsy.

OOOHHH fancy preview on the bottom of the screen. Sinner is going all out. This is going to make it very hard to do the right thing and head to work.

Comment by Sinner

December 5, 2006 @ 2:45 pm

Wrong kind of tags Dipsy.

<img src=”your pic URL”>

Comment by Sinner

December 5, 2006 @ 2:45 pm

Heh, your watching me rebuild in real time!

Comment by Mariposa

December 5, 2006 @ 2:46 pm

Where do we put the size coding in Sinner?

Comment by dipsy

December 5, 2006 @ 2:46 pm

Thanks, Sinner! Ok, one more try. Yeesh, it’s not even that hot!

Comment by Mariposa

December 5, 2006 @ 2:47 pm

The real time re-build watching is fun. New things just keep popping up!

Comment by Sinner

December 5, 2006 @ 2:48 pm

<img src=”your pic URL” width=”100″ height=”100″>

Or whatever size you want.

Comment by Mariposa

December 5, 2006 @ 2:48 pm

Comment by dipsy

December 5, 2006 @ 2:48 pm

It was there on preview, but gone in teh posting. Go Sinner, go! Wish I could stay and watch the techy magic unfold.

Ok, really out this time.

Comment by Mariposa

December 5, 2006 @ 2:50 pm

This is what Sven emailed me (if I entered everything right that is):

Comment by Mariposa

December 5, 2006 @ 2:51 pm

I had the same problem Dipsy. Now I’m getting mad and I want to stay until I get an image in. I really need to leave for work though. FEH!

Comment by Religious Zealot

December 5, 2006 @ 2:59 pm

As far as themes are concerned, I like Ad Flex 0.5.1

Comment by Religious Zealot

December 5, 2006 @ 3:08 pm

Sinner,
Is it possible to grab some archive material from Google cache (or through WayBack?)

Comment by Mariposa

December 5, 2006 @ 3:09 pm

Hey! I just noticed there’s no “Rant Monkey” on the Blogroll and no “Erudite Eructations” either. I can understand dropping Sinner’s blog (he keeps posting teh Hoff there), but no link to Fatwa?

Comment by Sinner

December 5, 2006 @ 3:09 pm

OK, try images again
I think I have it fixed

Comment by Mariposa

December 5, 2006 @ 3:10 pm

Oops…I meant dropping Sulla’s blog. Maybe I’m not in good enough shape to go to work today!

Comment by Mariposa

December 5, 2006 @ 3:12 pm

Another try with the image.

Comment by Sinner

December 5, 2006 @ 3:13 pm

w00t!

Comment by Mariposa

December 5, 2006 @ 3:13 pm

Teh Yay! My image worked. That’s the present Sven emailed me. Now I can leave for work :)

Comment by Mariposa

December 5, 2006 @ 3:15 pm

Thank you Sinner. Now I’m going to have to work on creating one of those fancy cut and past documents BrendaK uses…..unless you think we might get an image button again?

Comment by Sinner

December 5, 2006 @ 3:19 pm

As you can see….

Comment by X_LA_Native

December 5, 2006 @ 3:20 pm


G’morning everybody!

Comment by X_LA_Native

December 5, 2006 @ 3:30 pm


[The above was a test.]
Thanks for all the teh tweakery, Sinner.

Comment by Religious Zealot

December 5, 2006 @ 3:31 pm

Sinner,
Any reason the first comment on this thread is numbered #3?

Comment by Fatwa Arbuckle

December 5, 2006 @ 3:32 pm

Howdy, Gerbil Nation!

Got back from my trip last night; without revealing details, all went very well.

Love the comment numbering; will stop back later (after getting caught-up).

Sinner –

Don’t berate yourself; dookie happens. And it’s not like we’re paying you the princely salary you so richly deserve for administering TSW.

FYI – The preview feature doesn’t seem to be working at present under Safari 1.3.2 and OS 10.3. Just sayin’…

Hope ya’ll (sic) have a wonderful day!

Comment by Sinner

December 5, 2006 @ 3:54 pm

Safari? Isn’t that like some weird thing for some obscure system?

heh… JK I love teh mac

Comment by Sinner

December 5, 2006 @ 3:58 pm

I think the Add image button is now functional.

Give it a try and let me know if it works for you.

Comment by Sinner

December 5, 2006 @ 4:15 pm


Gotta stop tweakin’ (its hard for me!)

Be back later.

Comment by X_LA_Native

December 5, 2006 @ 4:21 pm


Testing “Add Image”
[Hmm…don’t see it in the preview…

Comment by svenbonk

December 5, 2006 @ 4:23 pm

More changes, eh? I hope this upgrade came with a new and improved “spam filter”.

What’s the deal with the future time stamp?

Sinner, I dont think its your fault that the archives are gone-I think vile Deb hacked the wheel-it was her last hurrah before going off to the land of obscurity. And fresh starts are good.

As far as reasonable requests go-can you teach my wife how to cook?

Sven

Comment by X_LA_Native

December 5, 2006 @ 4:31 pm

What’s the deal with the future time stamp?

We’re on Greenwich Mean Time?

I keed, I keed!

Comment by svenbonk

December 5, 2006 @ 4:39 pm

Question-Has Hose opened his blog to the public? The link from TSW takes you right in.

Dont like Greenwich Mean Time. Living in California, Im sensitive, and “Mean” sounds, well, mean. Could we go on Swiss Neutered Time, or Valley Stoner Time?

Comment by Minteh

December 5, 2006 @ 4:45 pm

Hmmm…sounds like Squeak Spirit :)

Comment by X_LA_Native

December 5, 2006 @ 5:00 pm


Teh Yayâ„¢ Minteh!
[jumps up & down]

I think a lot of the Gerbils Grrls would be REALLY happy with Swiss Chocolate Time…

Comment by Fatwa Arbuckle

December 5, 2006 @ 5:06 pm

MINTEH! You’re back; hooray! Hope all’s well in your corner of the world; missed ya, dooood!

Safari? Isn’t that like some weird thing for some obscure system?

What can I say? The entire system was invented in California and embraced immediately by weirdo musicans, artists and other flakey, beatnik creative types.

Comment by californican

December 5, 2006 @ 5:20 pm


Good morning gerbils!

Comment by californican

December 5, 2006 @ 5:23 pm


“weirdo musicans, artists and other flakey, beatnik creative types”

I resemble that remark!

Comment by Hosedragger

December 5, 2006 @ 5:24 pm


You go away for a couple of days and all of a sudden everything you knew is gone and different.

Comment by Hosedragger

December 5, 2006 @ 5:27 pm


Sven…yes, my site has been re-opened to the public for quite some time now.

Looks like I will refrain from pictures from here on in since it is too much of a pain in the ass to keep “temporarily allowingscripted windows” just to post one.

This is just a drive-by as I came to see what was up and saw I had to re-register.

Comment by Hosedragger

December 5, 2006 @ 5:30 pm

Hope everyone is well.

I am glad there are parts of the site which are lost for ever. the foulness of Deccie’s evil and despicable postings are now gone forever except for the screen captures we all have. I am happy that they are gone and after awhile will not even be able to be seen in a Google search. It is almost as if her words never were on here.

Hopefully the methids of the past several weeks of her not on here and her being gone from the internet will continue and this place never will again have her foulness befoul it’s hallowed pages.

Comment by Hosedragger

December 5, 2006 @ 5:30 pm

See ya. Hopefully I’ll be back by the weekend.

Comment by californican

December 5, 2006 @ 5:32 pm

No kidding Hose!
RL sucked for me this weekend, due to the graphic nature..except for the fact that I got to finally meet my mother-in-law without “the Kernel” dictating everything she said. She is really a sweet little old lady. A whole new life is opening up for her now at 87.
The funeral was kinda rough for all the grandchildren because they had never had to deal with an open casket funeral before but later all of them got to hang out all night at my house. It is so cute seeing them all together because they all look alike, act alike.

Comment by dipsy

December 5, 2006 @ 5:34 pm

I’m getting an empty flexi-box for teh attempted hotness pic in preview, but here goes, anyway. Testing, testing 1,2,3…

Hiya Hose! Fresh start here at teh wheel, as you can see. Ah well. As my grandpa said, shortly after he tore off teh rear view mirror, “Onward!”

Comment by joeschmo1of3

December 5, 2006 @ 5:38 pm

Wow, when Sinner cleans the gerbil cage, he just takes out the high pressure hose!

Sinner, let me know when thread-dudes have their Justice League powers back!

Comment by dipsy

December 5, 2006 @ 5:39 pm


Hi, Cali! Glad you got through that one, amiga.

Comment by dipsy

December 5, 2006 @ 5:40 pm


Hi, Joe! It’s squeaky clean, isn’t it? I’m loving the real time preview thingie.

Comment by svenbonk

December 5, 2006 @ 5:40 pm

Bummer, its really not 5:30 PM so I havent missed my noon meeting in El Segundo-time to hit the 405.

Mari-glad you liked the pic.

Sinner, dont worry overmuch about the archives and such-stuff happens.

Later gerbils

Comment by dipsy

December 5, 2006 @ 5:42 pm


Manners?!

X!

Fatwa!

Comment by dipsy

December 5, 2006 @ 5:42 pm

Sven!

Comment by joeschmo1of3

December 5, 2006 @ 5:44 pm

Hey Everybody!

Looks like we’re all on Brits today, since we’re on Greenwich Mean Time. Bugger it all! I missed Tea Time!

Comment by dipsy

December 5, 2006 @ 5:45 pm


Sinner, I hope you’re not chewing yourself a new one. Besides, with our squeak-fu, we’ll have burgeoning archives in no time! A request: could you post another recipe thread?

Comment by dipsy

December 5, 2006 @ 5:46 pm


Pip pip, Joe! Have some crumpets and spotted dick!

Comment by BrendaK

December 5, 2006 @ 5:49 pm


Good afternoon, Gerbil kind!

Gosh, a girl steps out to do a little work and everything goes all boom. Yay, all the avatars are new again!

How is everyone?! I can’t stay long, but I’m between client floggings at the moment and wanted to see youse guys.

Comment by joeschmo1of3

December 5, 2006 @ 5:50 pm

Dipsy:

If I ever had spotted dick, I’d go to the clinic straight-away. Just sayin’!

Comment by BrendaK

December 5, 2006 @ 5:50 pm

Sinner – I think I got spaminated…

Hello, hello, glad to see everyone!

Comment by BrendaK

December 5, 2006 @ 5:51 pm

Two comments gone into the aether…maybe it won’t let me comment at all?

Test,test

Comment by dipsy

December 5, 2006 @ 5:51 pm


Oooooh, did I kill teh first thread?

Comment by X_LA_Native

December 5, 2006 @ 5:51 pm


Where are MY manners?!?
Cali! Dipsy! Fatwa! Sven! Hose!

{{{Cali}}}
Funerals are no fun.

Comment by BrendaK

December 5, 2006 @ 5:52 pm

Hey, everybody! I’m just here for a few minutes…

Sinner, two comments were gobbled up – will images from my bucket not be accepted anymore, or is the spaminator just glad to see me?

I’ve missed youse guys…

Comment by X_LA_Native

December 5, 2006 @ 5:54 pm


Carp, I suck.
Brenda! Joe!

Comment by dipsy

December 5, 2006 @ 5:55 pm


Brenda!!! Teh Yeah!

Joe, those whacky brits! See what happens when we go on mean time?

Comment by BrendaK

December 5, 2006 @ 5:56 pm


Test – I’m baaaaack

Comment by BrendaK

December 5, 2006 @ 5:59 pm


Let’s see if this image will post…if not, I think the spam catcher doesn’t like either ‘hott’ or ‘hot’ in an image name…

Comment by joeschmo1of3

December 5, 2006 @ 6:00 pm

Aww, this feels just like September. Everything brand new, just in time for Christmas. Hopefully we don’t break it the next day and never play with it again!

Comment by dipsy

December 5, 2006 @ 6:00 pm


wOOt!!! I’ve missed teh slapping purple hippo. And especially you, Brenda amiga!

Comment by BrendaK

December 5, 2006 @ 6:02 pm

Hey, all – it’s good to be here!

Dipsy, you’re looking great!

Comment by dipsy

December 5, 2006 @ 6:03 pm


Joe, fresh starts are a heady business. I think I’ll do a little Christmas decorating ’round here. Mostly to make up for the dancing guy…hee!

Comment by BrendaK

December 5, 2006 @ 6:03 pm

Oh, boy! Time to DANCE…

Comment by BrendaK

December 5, 2006 @ 6:05 pm

Oh, yessssssss, dancing eviiiiiiiil.

Comment by sulla

December 5, 2006 @ 6:05 pm

Hi all.

(Scroll to bottom. See rear view of dancing Sumo hippo. Seek caffeine.)

Comment by dipsy

December 5, 2006 @ 6:06 pm


Brenda, we’ve missed your lovely morning songs, and funny comments and the guys have especially missed your hotness and teh place just hasn’t been teh same since RL sucked you in whole. So glad you’re back!

Comment by joeschmo1of3

December 5, 2006 @ 6:07 pm

Oh Brenda, you just had to go there with the purple full moon. Weren’t purple moons in Lucky Charms©? Nup, never eating them again.

Comment by BrendaK

December 5, 2006 @ 6:08 pm

Dipsy – Pretty Pics! There’s some very faint light at the end of the tunnel here…Still have to grind some code out, but the client is taking some time to answer a few questions so I can sneak on teh Wheel for a bit.

Comment by dipsy

December 5, 2006 @ 6:09 pm


Sulla! She’s back, she’s back! Can teh recursive infinipants be far behind or does Mari totally pwn you now? And I’m with you on the caffeine seekage. I suggest a cup of coffee followed by a cleansing blast of redbull. Teh breakfast of champions!

Comment by dipsy

December 5, 2006 @ 6:10 pm

oops! Crap! Teh attack of the monstor avatar! Can anyone fix it or is teh new house unfixable. Help!!!

Comment by joeschmo1of3

December 5, 2006 @ 6:10 pm

Wowsers! I just got my thread-dude wonder-twin powers back! Ready for some cat-herding now!

There is currently no spam-catcher. Aiiieee!

Comment by dipsy

December 5, 2006 @ 6:10 pm

Joe? Can you clean up my spillage?

Comment by BrendaK

December 5, 2006 @ 6:10 pm

Hey, Joe – Howz it going? I thought you’d object more to the Farley dance machine. I’d take a dancing purple sumo hippo over Chris Farley any day of the week.

Comment by X_LA_Native

December 5, 2006 @ 6:11 pm


Sulla,
I’m not sure which is worse. The back end of the Hippo or teh Farley?

Comment by joeschmo1of3

December 5, 2006 @ 6:12 pm

I love teh Farley!

Comment by dipsy

December 5, 2006 @ 6:15 pm


I think teh back end of teh Farley would probably be the worst. How’s the office today, X? Got running water?

Comment by X_LA_Native

December 5, 2006 @ 6:17 pm


Heya Dipsy!
Yes, today we do have running water. And I haven’t heard the heat come on, so I don’t think we’ll be baking either today. teh Yayâ„¢!

How’s your sinii, amiga?

Comment by californican

December 5, 2006 @ 6:20 pm

I think I need to crawl back into my warm bed. 1 week without my wheat grass and I think I’m gettting teh dreaded flu now. I guess I kept my husband up all night with my stuffy nose snoring.
cough cough

Comment by X_LA_Native

December 5, 2006 @ 6:21 pm


Cali!
Oh no! Can’t he bring some home?

Comment by dipsy

December 5, 2006 @ 6:22 pm


My sinii have adjusted, thank jeebus, but the pups are both coming down with teh green rivers of doom. I’m hoping it’s just irritation due to the stoopid fires and ungodly low humidity, but they probably picked up a cold virus somewhere. Yuck! At least the wind in my neck of teh woods has died down. I don’t feel quite so mummified. Glad to hear you’re not going to be roasting your tuckus off. That sounded so sucky yesterday!

Comment by sulla

December 5, 2006 @ 6:22 pm

I’ll probably stick with Green Tea and Diet Dr. Pepper for the morning.

Not sure the Infinipants will make a comeback, but the Hasselhoff Puppies photo is beckoning…

Comment by Mariposa

December 5, 2006 @ 6:23 pm

does Mari totally pwn you now?

Do you even need to ask? I mean come one….the entire reason Sinner dumped the old site was to get rid of teh Hoff. Even Sulla understands that he shouldn’t be brought back. Heck, Sulla hasn’t even earned his spot on the blogroll back yet!

Comment by dipsy

December 5, 2006 @ 6:25 pm

Cali, feel better, sweet amiga. Here’s some wheat grass. Wish it could be RL instead of just cyber:

Comment by joeschmo1of3

December 5, 2006 @ 6:25 pm

the entire reason Sinner dumped the old site was to get rid of teh Hoff

Nice, ahem, “theory” Mariposa!

Heh!

Comment by Mariposa

December 5, 2006 @ 6:26 pm

Not sure the Infinipants will make a comeback, but the Hasselhoff Puppies photo is beckoning…

NOT a good idea. Look at the trouble Sinner has gone to so he could rid teh wheel of the evil that is teh Hoff. Plus, I would have an entire day of work to think and scheme about a response. Not what you want to have happen. Trust me!

Comment by californican

December 5, 2006 @ 6:26 pm

Im stuck at work with no vacation/sick time left because I took all those days for fishing throughout the year. I’m just going to have to tough this one out. I took some airborne last night and again this morning, then some Dayquil. Im going to hit my juice place on my way home for a shot.

Comment by Mariposa

December 5, 2006 @ 6:27 pm

Nice, ahem, “theory” Mariposa!

I haven’t seen any evidence to cast doubt upon my theory Joe. :)

Comment by californican

December 5, 2006 @ 6:27 pm


Some of us like teh Hoff..

jus sayin

Comment by Hosedragger

December 5, 2006 @ 6:29 pm

Cali:

The thing that got me through my probation at work when I was not allowed to ever call in sick was Tylenol Cold and Flu Daytime formula. It worked awesomely and I use nothing else anymore.

just saying.

Another drive-by

Comment by BrendaK

December 5, 2006 @ 6:30 pm


Cali, Sulla and Dipsy Pups – Have some chicken soup.

Are we in for another round of the Rolling Gerbil Hell Flu?!

I’ll have to choke a bunch more chickens if that happens.

Comment by dipsy

December 5, 2006 @ 6:30 pm


Infinipants = teh nuclear option, Sulla? Olive it!

Mari, you are a canny butterfly!

Comment by BrendaK

December 5, 2006 @ 6:34 pm

Oh, ark, back to the client…

But, I’ll be back later. Yay, yay, so glad to see everyone!!!!!

Comment by dipsy

December 5, 2006 @ 6:35 pm


Thank you, Brenda! You are too kind. I’m hoping it’s nothing more than the wretched condition of teh air ’round these parts, but just in case it’s not, get those chickens ready!

Comment by X_LA_Native

December 5, 2006 @ 6:37 pm


Glad to see you back, Brenda!

Heck, Sulla hasn’t even earned his spot on the blogroll back yet!

And that makes puppy sad…

Comment by dipsy

December 5, 2006 @ 6:37 pm


Adios, amiga! Great to see you today.

Comment by californican

December 5, 2006 @ 6:38 pm

I made some of mamas homeade chicken soup last night, enough for 3 days of lunches. Chock full of onions and garlic. It should do the trick.

Comment by dipsy

December 5, 2006 @ 6:42 pm


That sounds yummy, Cali. I sure hope you feel better soon.

Comment by dipsy

December 5, 2006 @ 6:43 pm


tarnation!

Comment by californican

December 5, 2006 @ 6:47 pm

so she can hold off on chokin those chickens.

Comment by californican

December 5, 2006 @ 6:51 pm


she, meaning you, Brenda..but Ill let you know. Keep those chickens on stand-by

Comment by joeschmo1of3

December 5, 2006 @ 8:55 pm

New Thread Everyone. Really new!

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