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So today I decided to browse around the back end of the blog and see what new things I could tinker with to add to this mess of literacy we call ‘local blogging’. Granted I’ve yet to change the banner (and last year I couldn’t seem to settle on one for very long) but as the famous Rabuka would always say, “No Other Way.”
Oh. And ignore the old poll. For some reason only known to Elvis, I can’t remove it, button mashing the ‘remove’ button or not. Fail. Fixed due to the Firefox powers that be 
No idea how that relates to the new website changes, but I needed a quote from someone local, and fast.
Right.
First off, you’ll notice the nice and slightly edited introductory text has been moved to the top of all the posts. For the newcomers so that they’ll get a fairly quick if somewhat confusing idea of just what the hell this blog is all about, why there’s a coconut with a modem in the banner, and what ‘va kils‘ means. And just for the record, not all of us locals drink grog. At…the same time that is.
On the right side where most of the action is happening, you’ll discover a few new blog gadgets that should satisfy most gadgetphiles, if they do indeed exist.
A new poll! After their great win over the Irish, the Fiji Bati are going to taking on the current rugby world cup holders, Australia! Pray tell, how do you think the Bati are going to fare in the upcoming battle of the ‘massive, massive underdogs’ David and Goliath? Do we break the odds and achieve rugby history or go down fighting like the warriors that we are? Vote in the poll and let us know what you think. And be quick. Mr Impulsive put up this poll with only a few days to the game. Smart.
Fijians @ Heart displays who is following this blog, either via RSS or email. Because all blog owners need some sort of ego boost. Money payment or not.
After that we’ve got the awesome Fiji Calendar. Which, is supposed to show holiday dates and school terms native to Fiji courtesy of Strange Pants. Except that it doesn’t work. Because I don’t know how to set the RSS feed to subscribe to the calendar already laid out by Strange Pants. Help? Fixed, thanks to Strange Pants strange progamming h@XxoR 5k1lL5.
The list of local blogs of interest has been given a massive overhaul, thanks in part to the mod that allows you to display your own list of feeds from your RSS reader. So basically, what you see on the right is what I have in my reader under ‘local blogs’. Each blog has its own title (which is a link) as well as its latest post (which is also a link!). Of course, there are quite a few out there that are local but either (a) haven’t been updated since the original Star Trek series or (b) don’t have that much to say in way of the way Fiji is. Of course, I have missed out on some other local blogs out there that show other aspects of Fiji and its life, so if you know some that would be good to put on the list, leave a comment saying how silly I am to miss out on blog X because it’s awesome and to make sure I brush my hair properly the next time I go for work.
More updates, changes, hissyfits about components not working as they happen.
#1 by Mayvelous on November 14, 2008 - 9:54 am
Hey guys how you all doing?
Just linking up your blog and still confused with the blog name. Is it “Failed Paradise” as in the url or “Paradise No Found”? Which one do you say when you mention your blog to others?
#2 by Wilson on November 14, 2008 - 10:40 am
Hiya May!
Thanks for the link up. The proper name would be Paradise Not Found: Abort, Retry, Fail?
God bless MS-DOS
Of course it’s quite a mouthful, so usually when in conversation i just say my ‘failed paradise’ blog, and hope the govt doesn’t kick my ass for bad publicity to fiji lol
#3 by Strangepants on November 14, 2008 - 5:02 pm
Try the following to embed a nice little calendar:
<iframe src="//www.google.com/calendar/embed?showTitle=0&showNav=0&showPrint=0&showTabs=0&showCalendars=0&showTz=0&height=300&wkst=1&bgcolor=%23FFFFFF&src=638tvjnv9o8cp9r9qsg0d4u4qs%40group.calendar.google.com&color=%23B1365F&ctz=Pacific%2FFiji" style=" border-width:0 " width="270" height="300" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>
…and thanks for the include in the blog roll.
BTW, I have a list of over 100 Fiji blogs in my feed reader, seperated into 2 groups: one for the blogs written by people/organisations with something to say, and the other for the trashy pseudo-political blogs that sprung up after the 2006 coup. Drop me a line at http://strangepants.com if you want an OPML file.