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If you’re wondering why your paragraphs disappear when using the ‘Rich Editor’ features with Safari 3 and Wordpress, then look no further.  Well, at least I can point you on the right track.

I first noticed this problem with the release of Safari 3 beta, and soon discovered that changing the UserAgent (UA) to Firefox eliminated the problem.  I’d hoped it would only be a matter of time before the Wordpress folks undid whatever they’d done in their integration of TinyMCE.  However, two point releases later and it appears the problem is still there.

So, this morning I made a very simple change to  

	$WPHome/wp-includes/js/tinymce/tiny_mce.js

Namely, line 33, do the following

//      this.isSafari = ua.indexOf('Safari') != -1;

        this.isSafari = false; 

This removes all the Safari specific hacks and now my paragraphs work nicely.  (You may need to quit and reload Safari for this to take effect).

Almost surely this breaks a whole bunch of things, but if you just need the basic editing features of TinyMCE, then until Wordpress gets their act sorted, this should do the job nicely.   Perhaps someone with a bit more time can go through this same file and see which of the hacks causes the problem. See comments.

… and indeed it is. So much for trying to keep the blog up-to-date. The fall semester started at the end of August and I’ve been fairly busy since.

Anyway, in case you were wondering, all is well here in Ithaca.

To keep you occupied, here’s a few pictures I took over the weekend. I’ll see about writing more some time. Honestly.

As promised here are two more great videos from YouTube.Well, actually, two videos, but one track (I’m not getting lazy, it’s split over two videos, so that counts!) Featured are: Ray Brown, Ulf Wakenius, Michael Brecker and others. The track is Secret Love, a jazz standard that I enjoy playing on the guitar. Enjoy
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I spent the past weekend in Vermont with Sam (my good friend visiting from England) and Angela (who was there for work). The drive took about 6 hours and was fairly uneventful, passing through NY state and directly into Vermont. So far I’ve noticed that the geography of each of the states are noticeably different. For example PA seems less hilly than NY, which in turn is less hilly than VT. Differences are also apparent in the flora.

We stayed by Lake Morey in the Connecticut river valley. The picture up and left is the view from a 2000ft hill Sam and I canoed to and then climbed and features the aforementioned river. On another adventure, Sam spotted this little thing, which I believe is a salamander, scurrying around. I guess the fauna differs too.

All in all it was a great weekend. And now it’s time to get back to working on my paper.

As promised here are two more great videos from YouTube.

First up, Eric Clapton with Old Love. This is a video from “24 Nights” recording, which for those unfamilar, is a live recording of Clapton’s 24-night stint at London’s Royal Albert Hall in 1990 (and again in 1991!). Enjoy (especially Ray Cooper on percussion ).
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