So I’ve finished my AI project and started tweaking the site some. I cleaned up the links and installed the WP-Tiger admin plugin. I really like this plugin as it’s much cleaner than the default WordPress interface. The top-side menu on WordPress has been driving me nuts from day one, so it’s nice to see a left-side control panel. My only wish is that it would expand sub-menu items below rather than across the top.

You may also notice the sidebar has changed slightly. A few weeks back I noticed that the Archives section had grown rather large and seemed to obscure the reader from the actual content. So I installed a few archive page plugins and none of them were very intuitive. Then I tried Super Archives. This plugin was neat but was a nightmare to setup, so I changed to Extended Live Archives. The concept is that the archives is a dynamic CSS based AJAX archive component. The default look was exactly the same as the Super Archives, but I found some people had styled them to be very attractive. I tried my hardest to do this alone, but in the end, I ended up using someone else’s CSS as a basis that accomplished the layout I wanted. I would have really loved it if the author had styled it this way from the beginning. Then I modified it to remove the annoyances and fixed the colors. So from now on, all archives can be accessed through the archival page.

I’ve also started adding social bookmarking links to the posts and pages via the Gregarious plugin. This plugin is nice, but the default styling looks like crap under my theme. I accidentally wiped out all of my settings so I am trying to get the Share This link to show the default sites again. Feel free to test the digg links as I don’t think it would be good netiquette to do that myself.

Lastly, I ran a race yesterday and performed very well. I updated the race page and added a section to track my current PRs (personal records). I am thinking of adding a sidebar widget to list those PRs but we’ll see. I am leery about trying to continue to use fGallery to upload pictures of the event because I simply don’t want to upload things that slow. I also want tag support but there doesn’t seem to be anything in that realm. I’m hoping someone takes on my f-spot idea.

Anyways, I have to wrap up my project and prepare it for submission. I will post the code later so other people may find interest in the subject. I will also post the version that I will submit for the tournament (winner gets 15 points on their final grade!). Then maybe before the summer starts, I’ll publish the modules on CPAN.

By the way, you can now pre-order the Year Zero album on Amazon.