So this whole website thing is a work in progress. As I have the time, I try to add features or tweak things. The latest update I'm trying to make is the addition of sortable archive list pages. I'd like to have my category list pages be sorted by a user-defined variable. Put simply, a table that you can sort by clicking a column header - title, date, number of comments, etc. The problem MovableType generates static HTML code. There's no interaction with the database as the page is written. Solutions? My first attempt was to use a plugin that allowed me to pass a SQL query to the database - MTSql. I quickly realized that, although I was able to define ...
I just ran across an interesting read at The New Yorker website - an interview with the press secretary for the Embassy of Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan, of course, is the native land of Borat, star of the television show "Borat's Guide to America". Apparently, the government of Kazakhstan would like to point out a few misconceptions that have been propogated by Mr. Borat. For instance, in Kazakhstan it is not customary for a man to grab another man’s khrum. Make sure you read the last paragraph.