Changelog

Things change. See what they are!

This is a changelog. The sole purpose is to track changes I make to this blog and my template. It’s really only for my reference, but some other nerds find this interesting too…

11.20.2023

  • Updated to WordPress 6.4.1

04.20.2023

  • Updated to WordPress 6.2
  • Disabled Rate My Stuff plugin
  • Updated PHP

03.13.2022

  • Updated to WordPress 5.9.2

09.13.2021

  • Updated to WordPress 5.8.1

05.19.2021

  • Updated to WordPress 5.7.2

02.03.2021

  • Updated to WordPress 5.6.1

09.01.2020

  • Updated to WordPress 5.5.1
  • Updated Jetpack
  • Updated Google XML Sitemaps plugin
  • Enabled plugin auto updates

06.26.2020

  • Updated Akismet

06.03.2020

  • Updated Jetpack

05.11.2020

  • Updated Jetpack

04.30.2020

  • Updated to WordPress 5.4.1
  • Updated Akismet

04.15.2020

  • Updated Jetpack

03.17.2020

  • Happy Evacuation Day
  • Updated Akismet
  • Updated Jetpack

02.19.2020

  • Updated Jetpack

01.27.2020

  • Updated Jetpack

01.06.2020

  • Updated to WordPress 5.3.2
  • Updated Akismet
  • Updated Jetpack

09.30.2019

  • Updated Jetpack

07.30.2019

  • Updated Jetpack

07.15.2019

  • Updated Jetpack

06.26.2019

  • Updated Jetpack

05.28.2019

  • Updated Hello Dolly plugin

05.21.2019

  • Updated to WordPress 5.2.1
  • Updated Akismet
  • Updated Jetpack

05.13.2019

  • Updated to WordPress 5.2
  • Updated Jetpack
  • Uninstalled Xbox 360 Gamercard plugin

04.17.2019

  • Updated Jetpack

04.01.2019

  • This is no joke…
  • Updated to WordPress 5.1.1
  • Updated Akismet
  • Updated Jetpack

01.29.2019

  • Updated Jetpack

12.30.2018

  • Updated Google XML Sitemaps and WP-PluginsUsed plugins

12.13.2018

  • Updated to WordPress 5.0.1
  • Updated Jetpack

12.04.2018

  • Updated Akismet
  • Updated Jetpack

11.07.2018

  • It is N7 Day… so I updated Jetpack to make Ryder happy. I don’t remember Shepard having jetpacks.

10.19.2018

  • Updated Jetpack

08.14.2018

  • Updated Jetpack

08.06.2018

  • Updated Jetpack

06.26.2018

  • Updated Akismet
  • Updated Jetpack

05.31.2018

  • Updated Akismet
  • Updated Jetpack

05.14.2018

  • Updated Jetpack

04.04.2018

  • Updated Jetpack

03.26.2018

  • Updated Akismet
  • Updated Jetpack

01.29.2018

  • Reactivated Jetpack
  • Updated WordPress Database Backup plugin

01.19.2018

  • Updated Jetpack

01.04.2018

  • Updated Akismet
  • Updated Jetpack

12.12.2017

  • Updated Jetpack

11.16.2017

  • Updated to WordPress 4.9
  • Updated Akismet
  • Updated Jetpack

10.17.2017

  • Updated Jetpack

09.21.2017

  • Updated Akismet

09.06.2017

  • Destiny 2 release day
  • Updated Jetpack

08.03.2017

  • Updated Akismet
  • Updated Jetpack
  • Updated Google XML Sitemaps plugin

06.09.2017

  • Gronk’s favorite day
  • Updated to WordPress 4.8

06.06.2017

  • Updated Akismet
  • Updated Jetpack

03.29.2017

  • Updated Akismet
  • Updated Jetpack

01.25.2017

  • Updated Jetpack

12.07.2016

  • Updated to WordPress 4.7
  • Updated Jetpack

11.22.2016

  • Updated Jetpack

10.26.2016

  • Updated Jetpack

10.07.2016

  • Updated Akismet
  • Updated Jetpack

08.16.2016

  • Updated to WordPress 4.6
  • Removed delicious, last.fm, social links, and xbox from home page sidebar/footer

07.07.2016

  • On the seventh day of the seventh month… Happy Bungie Day!
  • Updated Jetpack

06.27.2016

  • Updated Jetpack

06.13.2016

  • Updated del.icio.us cached++ plugin

05.16.2016

  • Updated Akismet

04.26.2016

  • Updated Jetpack

04.12.2016

  • Updated to WordPress 4.5

04.01.2016

  • This is no joke…
  • Updated Akismet
  • Updated Jetpack

03.10.2016

  • Updated Akismet
  • Updated Jetpack
  • Updated WordPress Database Backup plugin

01.26.2016

  • Updated Jetpack

01.04.2016

  • Updated Akismet

12.29.2015

  • Updated Jetpack

12.14.2015

  • Updated to WordPress 4.4
  • Updated Akismet

12.07.2015

  • A date which will live in infamy… It is Pearl Harbor Day
  • Updated Jetpack

11.05.2015

  • Remember, remember… It is Guy Fawkes Day!
  • Updated Jetpack

10.21.2015

  • Great Scott! It is Back to the Future Day!
  • Updated Jetpack

09.15.2015

  • Updated to WordPress 4.3.1
  • Updated Jetpack

08.04.2015

  • Updated Jetpack

07.14.2015

  • Updated Akismet
  • Updated Jetpack
  • Updated WordPress Database Backup plugin

06.15.2015

  • Updated Akismet

05.12.2015

  • Updated Jetpack

04.27.2015

  • Updated to WordPress 4.2.1
  • Updated Jetpack

03.27.2015

  • Updated Akismet
  • Updated Jetpack

03.17.2015

  • Updated Akismet

02.20.2015

  • Updated Jetpack

02.12.2015

  • Updated Jetpack

01.06.2015

  • Updated to WordPress 4.1

12.18.2014

  • Updated Jetpack

12.13.14 😎

  • Updated Akismet

11.20.2014

  • Updated Akismet
  • Updated Jetpack
  • Updated Google XML Sitemaps plugin

10.31.2014

  • Updated Jetpack

09.09.2014

  • Updated to WordPress 4.0

09.04.2014

  • Updated Google XML Sitemaps plugin

08.29.2014

  • Updated Akismet
  • Updated Jetpack

07.14.2014

  • Updated Akismet
  • Updated flickrRSS plugin

07.08.2014

  • Updated flickrRSS plugin

06.30.2014

  • Updated Jetpack
  • Updated Google XML Sitemaps plugin

06.11.2014

  • Updated Google XML Sitemaps plugin

05.28.2014

  • Updated Jetpack
  • Updated Google XML Sitemaps plugin

05.13.2014

  • Updated to WordPress 3.9.1
  • Updated Akismet
  • Updated Google XML Sitemaps plugin

04.15.2014

  • Updated Google XML Sitemaps plugin

03.23.2014

  • Updated Akismet
  • Updated Jetpack
  • Updated delicious cached++ plugin

03.03.2014

  • Updated Jetpack

02.05.2014

  • Updated Jetpack

01.01.2014

  • Deleted WPtouch plugin

12.13.2013

  • Updated to WordPress 3.8 (first via iPad)
  • Updated Jetpack
  • Updated WPtouch plugin

12.08.2013

  • Updated Jetpack
  • Updated Google XML Sitemaps and WPtouch plugins

11.12.13 😎

  • Updated to WordPress 3.7.1
  • Updated Google XML Sitemaps and WordPress Database Backup plugins

09.21.2013

  • Updated Jetpack

09.14.2013

  • Updated to WordPress 3.6.1
  • Updated Akismet and Jetpack

06.05.2013

  • Updated User Agent 007 pepper for Mint

05.24.2013

  • Updated Jetpack
  • Updated delicious cached++ plugin

03.31.13

  • Updated Jetpack (in a San Francisco SBUX — home city of WP)

03.05.2013

  • Updated to WordPress 3.5.1
  • Updated Jetpack
  • Updated Google XML Sitemaps plugin

01.01.2013

  • Updated Akismet and Jetpack

12.12.12 😎

  • Updated to WordPress 3.5

12.01.2012

  • Updated Jetpack

10.29.2012

  • Updated Jetpack
  • Deactivated WPtouch plugin
  • Activated Jetpack Mobile Theme widget

09.16.2012

  • Updated to WordPress 3.4.2
  • Updated Jetpack

08.20.2012

  • Updated Google XML Sitemaps plugin

08.06.2012

  • Updated Jetpack

07.03.2012

  • Updated to WordPress 3.4.1

06.23.2012

  • Updated Jetpack

06.16.2012

  • Updated to WordPress 3.4
  • Updated Jetpack

06.09.2012

  • Updated WPtouch plugin

05.28.2012

  • Updated Jetpack
  • Added a Contact form using Jetpack

04.29.2012

  • Updated Akismet

04.25.2012

  • Updated to WordPress 3.2.2
  • Updated Jetpack
  • Updated Google XML Sitemaps and WPtouch plugins

04.14.2012

  • Updated Jetpack

02.18.2012

  • Updated WPtouch plugin

01.29.2012

  • Updated Mint to 2.19 and the Nametags, User Agent 007 and iPhone peppers
  • Adjusted some settings in WPtouch and added logo icon
  • Changed site faveicon

01.28.2012

  • Updated Extended Comment Options and WPtouch plugins

01.15.2012

  • Updated to WordPress 3.3.1
  • Updated Akismet and WPtouch plugins

01.02.2012

  • Installed Jetpack
  • Deleted WordPress.com Stats plugin (now included in Jetpack)

12.26.2011

  • Upgraded to WordPress 3.3
  • Upgraded flickrRSS and WPtouch plugins

10.01.2011

  • Upgraded Google XML Sitemaps, WordPress.com Stats and WPtouch plugins

08.07.2011

  • Upgraded Google XML Sitemaps and WPtouch plugins

07.12.2011

  • Upgraded to WordPress 3.2.1

07.08.2011

  • Upgraded WPtouch plugin

07.05.2011

  • Upgraded to WordPress 3.2

06.30.2011

  • Upgraded to WordPress 3.1.4
  • Upgraded WPtouch plugin

05.25.2011

  • Upgraded to WordPress 3.1.3

04.26.2011

  • Upgraded to WordPress 3.1.2
  • Upgraded WPtouch plugin

04.05.2011

  • Upgraded to WordPress 3.1.1
  • Upgraded WPtouch plugin

02.23.2011

  • Upgraded to WordPress 3.1
  • Upgraded WPtouch plugin

02.11.2011

  • Upgraded to WordPress 3.0.5
  • Upgraded Akismet and WPtouch plugins

12.31.2010

  • Upgraded Akismet, WordPress Database Backup and WPtouch plugins

12.29.2010

  • Upgraded to WordPress 3.0.4

12.10.2010

  • Upgraded to WordPress 3.0.3
  • Upgraded Akismet and WPtouch plugins

12.01.2010

  • Upgraded to WordPress 3.0.2
  • Upgraded Akismet, WordPress.com Stats and WPtouch plugins
  • Deleted Analytics360 plugin

08.15.2010

  • Upgraded WordPress.com Stats and WPtouch plugins
  • Deactivated Analytics360 plugin
  • Fixed Next and Previous page links on list pages

08.02.2010

  • Upgraded to WordPress 3.0.1
  • Upgraded WPtouch plugin

07.05.2010

  • Upgraded WPtouch plugin

06.21.2010

  • Upgraded to WordPress 3.0
  • Upgraded Akismet and WordPress.com Stats plugins

06.09.2010

  • Upgraded Akismet, Google XML Sitemaps and WPtouch plugins

05.06.2010

  • Upgraded WPtouch plugin

04.29.2010

  • Installed WPtouch plugin
  • Upgraded Analytics360 plugin

04.18.2010

  • Upgraded Google XML Sitemaps plugin

04.01.2010

  • Upgraded Analytics360 and WordPress.com Stats plugins

02.24.2010

  • Upgraded WordPress.com Stats plugin

02.15.2010

  • Upgraded to WordPress 2.9.2

01.26.2010

  • Upgraded Tylr Slidr and WordPress.com Stats plugins

01.04.2010

  • Upgraded to WordPress 2.9.1

12.28.2009

  • Upgraded to WordPress 2.9
  • Upgraded Google XML Sitemaps and WordPress.com Stats plugins

11.25.2009

  • Upgraded Google XML Sitemaps plugin

11.15.2009

  • Upgraded Google XML Sitemaps plugin

11.12.2009

  • Upgraded to WordPress 2.8.6

11.10.2009

  • Upgraded Google XML Sitemaps plugin

10.30.2009

  • Upgraded Google XML Sitemaps plugin

10.20.2009

  • Upgraded to WordPress 2.8.5

10.10.2009

  • Upgraded WordPress.com Stats plugin

09.05.2009

  • Upgraded Analytics360 and Google XML Sitemaps plugins
  • Upgraded User Agent 007 pepper for Mint

08.12.2009

  • Upgraded to WordPress 2.8.4
  • Upgraded Analytics360 plugin

08.3.2009

  • Upgraded to WordPress 2.8.3

07.20.2009

  • Upgraded to WordPress 2.8.2
  • Upgraded Akismet and Tylr Slidr plugins

07.19.2009

  • Upgraded Default pepper for Mint

07.14.2009

  • Upgraded to PHP 5.2.6 from PHP 4.4.9
  • Installed Analytics360 plugin

07.13.2009

  • Upgraded to WordPress 2.8.1
  • Upgraded Akismet and WordPress.com Stats plugins

06.25.2009

  • Upgraded Google XML Sitemaps and WP-PluginsUsed plugins
  • Removed Click Tags plugin (causing JS errors and I don’t care enough to fix it so I can keep using it because it appears the plugin author is no longer supporting it)

06.15.2009

  • Upgraded to WordPress 2.8

06.07.2009

  • Upgraded Google XML Sitemaps plugin

06.03.2009

  • Upgraded Akismet plugin

05.27.2009

  • Upgraded Tylr Slidr plugin

05.08.2009

  • Upgraded WordPress.com Stats plugin

05.03.2009

  • Upgraded flickrRSS plugin

04.26.2009

  • Upgraded Extended Comment Options and WordPress.com Stats plugins

04.12.2009

  • Upgraded to Mint 2.17

04.05.2009

  • Upgraded Tylr Slidr plugin

03.29.2009

  • Installed Google XML Sitemaps plugin
  • Changed Google Analytics from urchin.js to ga.js

03.03.2009

  • Installed Rate My Stuff plugin

03.01.2009

  • Theme color and graphics tweaks in the header for St. Patrick’s Day

02.28.2009

  • Upgraded Crush pepper for Mint

02.13.2009

  • Upgraded WordPress.com Stats plugin

02.10.2009

  • Upgraded to WordPress 2.7.1

02.08.2009

  • Upgraded flickrRSS plugin

01.30.2009

  • Upgraded WordPress.com Stats plugin

01.18.2009

  • Installed Tylr Slidr plugin for embedding Flickr slideshows
  • Removed ShareThis button from posts and pages in favor of separate icons/links for social sharing since ShareThis can’t write compliant CSS

12.19.2008

  • Upgraded to WordPress 2.7
  • Upgraded WP-PluginsUsed plugin
  • Removed Comment Timeout plugin
  • Template changes for 2.7
  • Upgraded to Mint 2.16

12.10.2008

  • Upgraded Akismet, WordPress.com Stats and WordPress Database Backup plugins

11.28.2008

  • Upgraded Akismet plugin

11.26.2008

  • Upgraded to WordPress 2.6.5

11.20.2008

  • Upgraded WordPress.com Stats plugin
  • Swapped colors back

10.24.2008

  • Upgraded to WordPress 2.6.3
  • Swapped colors for header and footer logos to be more Halloweeny

10.21.2008

  • Upgraded Akismet plugin

10.08.2008

  • Five months later, I notice that the Last X Comments page is marked private. Apparently no one knows where that link is, didn’t bother clicking it, or didn’t care to let me know it wasn’t working. Is that stupid users or stupid admin? Stupid admin.

09.09.2008

  • Upgraded to WordPress 2.6.2

09.04.2008

  • Upgraded Akismet and WordPress Database Backup plugins

08.20.2008

  • Upgraded WordPress Database Backup plugin

08.17.2008

  • Upgraded to WordPress 2.6.1

07.29.2008

  • Upgraded WordPress.com Stats plugin

07.18.2008

  • Upgraded to WordPress 2.6

07.11.2008

  • Upgraded Akismet and WordPress.com Stats plugins

06.01.2008

  • Upgraded Akismet plugin

05.15.2008

  • New version of template now in use, so the start of OB1og 4.0
  • Removed Easy Gravatars plugin in favor of using built in Avatar support added with WP 2.5
  • Added modified versions of WP-PluginsUsed and Xbox 360 Gamercard plugins
  • Added use of ShareThis for posts and pages

05.03.2008

  • Upgraded Customizable Comment Listings, del.icio.us cached++, flickrRSS and WordPress.com Stats plugins

04.26.2008

  • Upgraded to WordPress 2.5.1

03.30.2008

  • Upgraded to WordPress 2.5
  • Upgraded Click Tags and WordPress.com Stats plugins

02.17.2008

  • Upgraded Akismet and del.icio.us cached++ plugins

02.06.2008

  • Upgraded to WordPress 2.3.3

12.29.2007

  • Upgraded to WordPress 2.3.2

12.08.2007

  • Changed the “Tunes” labels back to “Audio” because I just like it bettah
  • Blogroll uses upgraded listing function
  • Tag list/archive page now handles title correctly

10.28.2007

  • Upgraded to WordPress 2.3.1

10.14.2007

  • Upgraded to WordPress 2.3
  • Upgraded some plugins
  • Added a spot to display Tags in the template

09.09.2007

  • Upgraded to WordPress 2.2.3

08.13.2007

  • Added a Subscribe section at the top of the Sidebar on the front page
  • Renamed the Audio and Visual pages to Tunes and Photos (the sly reference to the A/V club isn’t funny anymore)

08.06.2007

  • Upgraded to WordPress 2.2.2

06.23.2007

  • Upgraded to WordPress 2.2.1

05.17.2007

  • Upgraded to WordPress 2.2

04.24.2007

  • Added the Comment Timeout plugin to help kill some spam comments that are getting past Akismet

04.16.2007

  • The live redesign alluded to on 02.25.2007 actually starts, thus the beginning of OB1og 3.0

04.04.2007

  • Upgraded to WordPress 2.1.3

03.03.2007

  • Upgraded to WordPress 2.1.2

03.02.2007

  • Upgraded to WordPress 2.1.1

02.25.2007

  • Changed site design to a slight modification of ZonEd 2.0 as a start of a live redesign
  • Upgraded to WordPress 2.1

01.18.2007

  • Upgraded to WordPress 2.0.7

01.08.2007

  • Upgraded to WordPress 2.0.6

12.24.2006

  • Changed the site colors back to the original blue and green of OB1og 1.5.

11.01.2006

  • Upgraded to WordPress 2.0.5
  • Changed the site colors to a Fall theme of reds, browns and grays.

10.05.2006

  • Changed the site colors to a Halloween theme of oranges, reds and grays.

09.15.2006

  • Fixed a little bug that prevented searching from pages other than the home page. All I did was add a single slash. I hate when that happens!

08.03.2006

  • Upgraded to WordPress 2.0.4
  • Added a Colophonoscopy page

07.24.2006

  • Deactivated the flickrRSS plugin from being used in the header and replaced with manually managed links to the latest photo sets

06.17.2006

  • Limit text of main page posts to 1500 characters
  • Added Creative Commons license and other sort of legal crap to footer

06.16.2006

  • Added a page under the Visual section to track my changes to Flickr. These are just the blurbs I put on the front/home page.

06.09.2006

  • Upgraded to WordPress 2.0.3
  • Upgraded to Mint 1.29
  • Added Site.search to the left-side navigation… now that I have content to search upon

06.06.06 😈

  • Removed the display of Next Page link from Home page since it doesn’t work that way
  • Smiley images had a border around them in the Sidebar entries, so I removed it

04.22.2006

  • Simplified the design based on reader feedback, so now using v1.5 of my template
  • Moved the middle column to the right for a more traditional three column layout
  • Centered the entire page instead of left justifying
  • Took out any yellow, orange and purple now that Easter is over 😉
  • Since they are not in the middle anymore, I renamed the Asides section to Side.tracked
  • Flickr pictures now show on post pages in addition to the home page
  • Made the flickr picture thumbnails look like Polaroids (if you don’t know what that means, you might be too young to be reading this blog…)
  • Fixed a bug where any post tagged with the Asides category would not display in an archives list