The New Hotness...

After threatening to do this for more than a year, we’ve finally flipped this site. It’s a fairly extensive redesign, going right down to the bones. All the .jsp pages are gone, replaced with .php innards. As a result of this switch, some of your links may not be working correctly; you’ll need to update them accordingly.

The RSS feed, which we cloned to Feedburner, needs to be updated as well if you’re rocking the old one. The new RSS feed is here.

As far as commenting goes, everything should work like it did. You might have to clear your cache or press the refresh button a couple times to get everything lined up. If you’re about to post a comment that says “hey, Feature X looks all fucked up” then press refresh or clear your cache before you do; this new version of the site has been tested for a couple months, and should be fairly clean.

You’ll note new links on the right. All the remaining T-shirts are in the AI Shop, and that’s where new stuff will go when we make it. The Free Shit page is for exactly that; I’ve put a few odds and ends up for now, with more coming. We’ve also added a mailing list, and a much better archive and search mechanism.

On the left side of each post, you’ll note the Twitter and Facebook auto-links. The Twitter one uses our custom link shortener (I was voting for an.al but I didn’t get far on that quest) and I don’t know what the fuck the Facebook one does, as I don’t use that soul-sapping mess of a service, but my wife assures me it’s quite handy and attractive.

The final major new feature is a full mobile version. This has been tuned for the iPhone, but it should be equally happy with any smartphone. There is a browser check at log-in, and if a mobile browser is detected, it defaults to the mobile site. You can, however, view either one from your phone or mobile device.

So, big ups to the missus, @ellerandall, who has been working on her bespoke blogging back end for a couple years now, with this site as the crown jewel. Have a look around and see what’s what with the new hotness.