Sometimes life gets in the way of blogging, and so this is the only blogging I manage to do. Feel free to skip it, but if you do you just might miss something.

• 00:10 New blog post: Happenings customerservant.com/?p=3796
• 00:45 Playing the 24 Drinking game with @wiljames and @msippi .
• 06:57 Morning all.
• 07:18 Checking email, and the weather.
• 08:26 Having a coke.
• 08:54 I have a drink. Now where did I put you?
• 08:55 There it is.
• 09:37 @dlohr1973 Man, what’s going on? What drama?
• 10:38 Scanning some mail.
• 10:42 @treppenwitz But surely you can’t be expected to know that sort of thing. /sarc.
• 11:08 Retweeting @shelisrael Chris Abraham 95 Theses of Cluetrain: bit.ly/1GcdNo
• 11:11 @cc_chapman Mmmm. Sausage and peppers. I think I’d watch a game to get some of those.
• 11:28 Talking to @mongwen

Until next time.

Sometimes life gets in the way of blogging, and so this is the only blogging I manage to do. Feel free to skip it, but if you do you just might miss something.

• 05:20 Craving chocolate.
• 06:05 Riding out Tropical Storm Hannah.
• 07:33 And here comes the wind.
• 07:53 @beebo_wallace Yeah we’ll be stuck all day and into the evening with this thing.
• 09:29 @dropdeadchris I think I’ve only eaten cereal with a fork once. Bit of a frustrating and messy experience.
• 09:30 @QueenofSpain I vote for ignoring the inbox till Monday. Take the break if you can.
• 09:36 Is that wind or rain outside?
• 09:37 Just the wind.@QueenofSpain
• 09:40 tening to a LTRN archive.@ppatel
• 09:45 @byron27 See? Told you you’d have more followers if you follow more.
• 09:47 Oops, tening should be listening. Listening to a LTRN archive.
• 10:17 Getting hungry.
• 10:26 @ppatel LTRN was an old satelite radio network. Let’s Talk Radio Network.
• 10:31 Tired of the noaa channel. Changing.
• 11:26 Just heard something crack outside. And I think it’s raining again.
• 11:48 @dlohr1973 It’s that nasty karaoke again! I’ve told you about that!
• 16:51 I think it’s time for dinner.
• 17:05 Mmmm. Hotdog.

Until next time.

Sometimes life gets in the way of blogging, and so this is the only blogging I manage to do.

• 00:09 New blog post: Happenings customerservant.com/?p=3794
• 03:44 Awake, hoping to go back to sleep.
• 10:06 Lunch made, breakfast eaten. Ready for the workday.
• 13:50 Need a beer and it’s not even 2.
• 18:59 And we begin counting down the seconds till the workweek ends.
• 19:24 Making dinner.

Sometimes life gets in the way of blogging, and so this is the only blogging I manage to do.

• 12:23 Spam Assassin configured. Let’s see if that cuts down on the spam.
• 13:21 Spam Assassin still not catching all. Will need to tweak.
• 16:27 Time to finish up the work day. Only two and a half hours to go.

Sometimes life gets in the way of blogging, and so this is the only blogging I manage to do.

• 07:20 Still sick, air conditioner dripping again. Meh.
• 07:44 Reading, having breakfast.
• 10:22 83 outside, but still feels nice. Humidity must be down.

Sometimes life gets in the way of blogging, and so this is the only blogging I manage to do.

• 00:09 New blog post: Happenings customerservant.com/?p=3791
• 11:45 Starting to wish I could page my keys.
• 11:50 Keys found.

Sometimes life gets in the way of blogging, and so this is the only blogging I manage to do.

• 01:54 I have new neighbors. They’re testing their stereo system. Meh.
• 09:04 New blog post: How to Turn Your Archive and Category Lists into combo Boxes customerservant.com/?p=3790

Having your archive and category lists display as combo boxes instead of lists of links is a great way to lessen the clutter on the sidebar of your blog that can sneak up on you. To change the look, see below.

For Categories:

Add the following code to your sidebar where you want your category combo box to be displayed.
Alternatively, you can add it anywhere in your index.php.

<form action="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>/" method="get">
< ?php
$select = wp_dropdown_categories('show_option_none=Select category&show_count=1&orderby=name&echo=0');
$select = preg_replace("#<select([^>]*)>#", "<select $1 onchange='return this.form.submit()'>", $select);
echo $select;
?>
<noscript><input type="submit" value="View" /></noscript>
</select></form>

For Archives

The directions above in the category section apply also to the archive portion.

<select name=\"archive-dropdown\" onChange='document.location.href=this.options[this.selectedIndex].value;'>
<option value=\"\">< ?php echo attribute_escape(__('Select Month')); ?></option>
< ?php wp_get_archives('type=monthly&format=option&show_post_count=1'); ?> </select>

Note for Screenreader Users

If you’re using a screenreader such as Jaws for Windows or Window Eyes, you’ll need to keep in mind that these are the kind of combo boxes that will refresh the page when you land on an option, so be sure to use the appropriate key command to open the listbox and then arrow down and press enter on your desired option.

Thanks to Jai for providing the code for these, and to Mark at Weblog Tools Collection for pointing me to Jai’s link.

Sometimes life gets in the way of blogging, and so this is the only blogging I manage to do.

• 06:24 Vista, home networking is not hard, and you connected just fine the other day. so what’s the problem?

Sometimes life gets in the way of blogging, and so this is the only blogging I manage to do.

• 00:08 New blog post: Happenings customerservant.com/?p=3787