I almost forgot to check the PowerBall numbers tonite. Good thing I did … ‘cuz I won!!! Woohoo!!! But before I go getting all excited … I only won $4. Oh well. I still won the lottery.

This is the second time I won. About a month ago or so (can’t remember exactly when), I won $3. I had just the PowerBall that time. This time I have the PowerBall and one other number.

Now … the big decision. Do I put all $4 of it back into the lottery and get 4 tickets for Saturday or should I just get my regular $2? I think I’ll go for it … I’ll put all $4 back in. LOL Big spender, ain’t I? LOL

Mood: blah

Now that I have a job again (starting Monday). I’m thinking about getting a new digital camera. Back in May, I managed to drop my digital camera and brake it. I was told it would cost $175 to fix. For a bit more, I could get a new one. Well, I took the camera apart and managed to fix it myself. It still gives me trouble … I have to sometimes shake it gently before it will turn on. But I’ve had that camera for a LONG time. Can’t remember when I got it, but it’s gotta be a couple years ago. Time for a new one anyways.

Even though I won’t have the money left in my savings after paying next month’s rent, I’m still thinking about getting a new camera. The one I was is the Canon A75 (I musta had a brain fart when I first posted this. I said the A70 and meant the A75 … too much time on the computer today … LOL). I can get it online for $208 plus shipping … I think shipping is $15. Last time I looked at Walmart, they had it for $237. I might even check on the Canon A80 and see what it’s selling for now.

I can always put it on my credit card. I hate doing that, but with the new job, I can pay it off. I’m not sure how long mine’s gonna hold out. And Avalanche is gonna start playing in town again soon, and I need a working camera so I can get pics for the website. That is if they get more web space. I should really email Brad about that.

Mood: okay

I used a comment leader plugin on my MT blog. I wanted to use one here too. I did a search of the WP support forums and did find a post on this. However, the links in the post no longer worked. CRAP!! No one has responded to my post there asking for a current link, so I decided to make one myself.

At this stage, it’s very basic. It just displays at list of the people who have left the most comments (in order from highest to lowest) along with their comment count.

You can download the plugin here. Make sure to save it with a .php extension.

To use the plugin, put the following where you want the comment leader list to appear …

<?php comment_leaders(display,'before','after'); ?>

Where …

display is the number of leaders you want to display. DO NOT enclose this number in quotes (use 5 not ‘5′)!!
‘before’ is the text you want to display before the comment count number. This MUST be enclosed in quotes!
‘after’ is the text you want to display after the comment count number. This MUST be enclosed in quotes!

To do:

• Provide more configuration options
• Add link to last comment
• Possibly add title of last post commented on

My ‘to do’ list would involve some advance database queries I believe. I’m not all that advanced in MySQL knowledge myself, but I am learning more as I go. If anyone out there knows how I could go about at least adding a link to the last comment, please let me know. I’ll incorporate it into the plugin and give you do credit.

If you encounter any problems with this, let me know so I can try to fix them. Also, if you know of another comment leader plugin, please direct me to the source code. Or if you know of how to improve on this code, let me know.

Last Updated on: 23 Jun 04 at 5:12pm
Plugin file: comment_leaders.php
Other needed files: none

Mood: hungry

If the date line around here looks kinda screwy today, don’t get worried. I’m working on trying to fix my Weekday plugin.

Mood: confused

Wow! I’ve been so busy working on ths blog that I didn’t even realize what the weather was doing. We’re under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch …

NORTH DAKOTA AREAL OUTLINE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 510
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1054 AM CDT WED JUN 23 2004

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 510 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM
CDT(300 PM MDT) AND INCLUDES 14 COUNTIES IN THE FOLLOWING PARTS OF
NORTH DAKOTA…

SOUTH CENTRAL … SOUTHEAST

[ … ]

IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA 13 COUNTIES…

LOGAN … LAMOURE … RANSOM
RICHLAND … MCINTOSH … DICKEY
SARGENT … GRIGGS … STEELE
TRAILL … STUTSMAN … BARNES
CASS

Maybe I should have went to get new tabs for my car this morning instead of waiting ’til this afternoon. Maybe the clouds will clear, and I can get some storm pics. Doubt it though. I do wish it would warm up … it’s only 61°F out right now. Wasn’t Monday the first day of summer???

Mood: working