Wednesday May 18, 2005
Presuming the predictions from the medical gurus are on target, I'm at the half-way point for recuperation from the awesome neck fix. Happy day!
I'm not running, gardening, (working!), biking, camping, walking a dog, kayaking, or even driving - yet. But the belief that I'll be more able to do these things safely than I have believed for a long time is very nice indeed.
As a bit of a reminder (teaser?) my sister (who has been positively showering me with packages by mail lately) sent me a pile of catalogues that had me mesmerized for a couple of hours, thinking how marvelous it will be when I can use the tools and gadgets that Lee Valley stocks for gardening and building things again. (Thanks, kiddo!)
My daughter is very busy these days and forgot we were to talk last night. I've forgiven her, though - I haven't finished her blog either. A friend didn't have dinner on the weekend or forgot he'd invited me or didn't have time to drive me both ways. Or something really bad happened and dinner was properly dropped off the radar. Someday I'll find out.
My son is extra busy getting ready to impress folks in Europe with his eloquence, intelligence and charm. (That's my boy! Thought I'd say it here since I won't be in the audience - *this* time.) He'll have time to talk with me when he gets back - right?
I ran experiments (aka tests) to see if the security hole (or bad UI strategy) I'd perceived with WordPress was reproducible. Definitely. And more so with Firefox than IE. Strange.
The problem hasn't been reported as a problem in their database, but I found this post that described the exact thing (no automatic logout) almost a full YEAR AGO. Reading the responses reveals a rather unsettling perspective on a user's complaint about same. I am doubly perturbed that the WP "gang" seem to believe in secrecy concerning the existence of code and functionality defects that are inevitable during the development of software products. More so when there is (apparently) little or no user input or product definition before coding starts. This from a group that is (I think) proud of the fact that they are using the open source paradigm. (Maybe shaver has a few things to say about this? If he reads it that is! :-)
Other than this huge glitch, I am kind of happy with WP. More than that, maybe, is the fact that I am very close to getting it to do what I want it to for Steph. Rather than start all over with another blog engine candidate, I'm telling myself I can probably figure out how to make the thing logout automatically, so I will. Maybe I'll even make a plugin - later. Wish me luck.
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