.:M@tyBoy:.

After some speedy work today I have released version 1.1.1 of Tagline History Plugin. I have done away with the ugly “prepend/append” fields and replaced them with a nice customizable template file. This template file should allow you to achieve the desired look you want for your tagline history page.

The new template file approach looks much nicer when rendered onto the Tagline History page, well at least I think it looks better. After some user feedback I have fixed the template file, it is now XHTML valid ;).

When we were younger we used to scoot around on my Dad’s old RV90. And like all young boys, my brothers and I eventually rode that motorcycle into the ground. Sure we managed to resurrect it a few times over the last 20 years but eventually it just sat in the shed and would not run any longer.

I decided that my boredom recently is purely caused by the fact that I do not have an activity or project to keep me occupied. After spending a weekend out on the farm trying to get another motorbike running I thought wouldn’t it by nice to breathe some life back into the old girl. So last week I purchased the RV90 service manual off eBay and this weekend I began work on restoring this old relic. Already I have managed to strip the bike down, perform some general cleaning, pull apart the carburetor and I have identified several damaged parts which I will now begin to source.

Obviously the photo’s below do not represent the very very poor state my little RV90 is in, however I hope after this project I will at least have a working RV90… The beautification process will have to be done after I test my mechanical whit.

2007 has ended and at a first glance I seem to be stuck in this endless loop of study and work. This time of year is rough for many people, as it causes you to reflect on what you have done and where you wanted to be. Looking back over this year I can’t say that I have achieved everything that I wanted but I have certainly made some significant decisions, the most important of which was to get married.

The beautiful part of being married is that every step that I take in the future is taken together. I’m not stuck in a loop, I am merely stuck in one of life’s ruts. My wife and I are always able to put things back into perspective for each other and I am glad she is there to pull me out when I need her. There are so many more decisions to make and even more challenges to come. I won’t be making any ridiculous new years resolutions, I will just keep moving forward, only this time I have help.