April 24th, 2007
I have nothing against hunters. But I think “drunken hunter mishaps” are the funniest!
Oh deer! Tipsy hunter bags ranger’s decoy
Last autumn rangers in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation area were running a deer decoy operation near the cemetery along Zion Church Road in the southern end of the park when a man drove up in a pickup truck, stopped in the middle of the road, and shot at the ranger’s decoy white-tail deer from inside the vehicle. He was charged with illegal hunting, driving on a suspended license, and open beers. He had a 075% blood alcohol level. Oh, and he missed the decoy deer.
For more great stories about the Poconos, come check out Monroe Messenger, by one of the Pocono Record’s finest reporters (ever!), William Doolittle. (And welcome him to the blogging neighborhood!) 
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March 19th, 2007
I have comments again, YAY ME!
Not that anyone leaves comments… buuut… 
When I upgraded to Wordpress2, I had a hard time making a flexible theme, so I ditched that idea and decided to parse the code myself (like I did with the original Wordpress). The problem? My individual posts no longer had comments. (UH OH!)
So how do you make a theme that is flexible with your Domesticat-like skinning abilities?
You make a theme inside a theme, of course.
- Open your wp-content/themes/[yourtheme]/header.php file
- Put in your skinning information in the header like you usually do.
- Open your wp-content/themes/[yourtheme]/footer.php file
- Hard code the variable information that you need, particularly this part…
<?php
$total_skins = 3;
$default_skin = 3;
if (isset($_REQUEST[’newskin’])) {
$newskin=(int)$_REQUEST[’newskin’];
if ( ($newskin<1) OR ($newskin>$total_skins) ) $newskin=$default_skin;
$skin=$newskin;
} elseif (isset($_COOKIE[’skin’]))
$newskin = $_COOKIE[’skin’];
elseif (isset($_REQUEST[’newskin’])) {
$newskin=(int)$skin;
if ( ($newskin<1) OR ($newskin>$total_skins) ) $newskin=$default_skin;
} else $newskin=$default_skin;
include(’/home/yoursite/public_html/skins/$skin/footer.php’);
?>
</body>
</html>
That part is the one that tells your theme what skin the reader has selected using. (It’s slightly changed from the Domesticat version as you can’t set cookies in the footer.).
For whatever reason, Wordpress kills all your variables right after it does its thing. You need to re-code your variables in the footer as well.
See what I mean?
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March 10th, 2007
So good to see the Queen of Hearts back on Problem Adults.
We didn’t have the capabilities and know-how that we have now, so her Majesty was forced to post her column in message boards, now she can do it right in her own section.
So, do you write? Tutorials? Erotica? Columns?
Well we WANT YOU! With the newly-remodeled Problem Adults v3.0, we’re going back to our original vision of making the site a one-stop-shop for all your web needs. It’s a great place to promote yourself and even escape the pressures of everyday life.
What we lack in pay (none, actually) we more than make up for in international fame.
More details in my Zoints blog entry over there.
What you can’t see it? Guess you have to join us then, huh?
Yeah, there’s always a catch with me.
You should know that by now. 
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February 28th, 2007
Do you live in the Poconos and looking for a great online community to mingle with? Check out Our Pocono Community. It has news, resources, a hi-tech chatroom, an arcade and a group of vibrant personalities on their message board, The Pocono Speakeasy.
I’ll be adding this to my Pocono web design section today. Truth be told, I’m kinda proud of my contributions to it. There’s still more tweaks to do and 70 more arcade games to add… but it’s got the EricBrooks.Com Seal of Approval.
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February 20th, 2007
W00t!
We’re still closed to the public, but Problem Adults 3.0 is still under renovation and getting better and better….
I just unveiled the new design for our latest incarnation “Party Planet” - It’s kind of our hope to attract more “hi-tech” and “creative” types to the joint. We’ve got some great people there… a few are making more layouts, and they truly “get it” with what we’re trying to do there. We were just chosen to be beta testers for new software and we are gonna blow people AWAY!!!!
I just feel like bragging here…
Who ROCKS? WE ROCK!
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