With the usual lashings of gratitude to Ben, I’m pleased to unveil a couple of new features on the site today:
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Comments/predictions: logged-in users will now see a text-entry box at the bottom of each experiment’s page. Into this box you can type your thoughts about the experiment, or indeed your predictions of its outcome. Don’t forget that if you correctly predict the outcome of an experiment, I’ll put you in a prize draw for some sort of plinth memorabilia afterwards! (Yes I do currently have absolutely no idea what the memorabilia will be, but it will definitely exist and not be completely awful!)
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RSS feed: if you want to keep track of experiments as they unfold, copy the RSS feed address – http://www.plinthipaul.co.uk/rss.php – and you’ll be able to keep up using your preferred feed reader – e.g. Google Reader, Bloglines, iGoogle, or you may have one built into your web browser (see what happens when you click the RSS link!).
Still to come: profile editing and possibly voting without logging in – although the ability to comment/predict should hopefully attract a few more readers to register and join the discussions!
In the mean time, a quick tip: if you’re a registered PlinthiPaul.co.uk user and you want to set up a user icon/avatar (such as my little logo next to my name here), just register at the ‘globally recognised avatar’ site, Gravatar, using the same e-mail address you used to sign up here. Upload your chosen avatar to Gravatar and that’s it – easy! (This also has the bonus that whatever icon you upload will also appear on any other Gravatar-compatible web sites that you sign up to with the same e-mail address.)
Stay tuned to this blog – which has its own RSS feed, of course – for more news!
