Diego on a long walk

A four-panel Peanuts comic strip. Panel 1: Charlie Brown sits on a couch next to Snoopy and asks, "How would you like to go for a walk, Snoopy?" Panel 2: Snoopy excitedly jumps up and Charlie says, "Ha! I knew you would!" Panel 3: Charlie Brown and Snoopy stand outside as Charlie reflects, "All dogs like to go for walks..." while Snoopy dances excitedly. Panel 4: Charlie is pushing Snoopy along in a buggy as he says, "This isn't exactly what I had in mind..."

We have an 11-year-old chihuahua and while he enjoys going for walks, he’s happiest when it’s a short walk. Actually, he’s happiest when he’s cuddled up next to us in a blanket, but we all need exercise.

A black and white chihuahua with a grey muzzle sits in a buggy.
Diego in Dún Laoghaire

When it’s a longer walk, we bring his buggy and he sits in it, looking around, happy to be with us and king of all he observes from his high vantage point.

When our previous dog, Oscar, got too old to walk much we did the same for him, but he had to make do with a child’s stroller. We didn’t know you could get doggy buggies back then!

A shih tzu in a child's buggy on a steep country road.
Oscar on Cape Clear Island

A tribute to Charles M. Schulz

Yesterday would have been Charles’ 100th birthday. He is the creator of the Peanuts cartoon strip, you know, the one with Snoopy and Charlie Brown! Charles passed away in 2000 at the age of 77, but yesterday the Charles M. Schulz Museum featured comics by syndicated comic artists on their site as a special tribute to the great man.

There are some great strips there and if you’re a Peanuts fan you’ll love them. I must find my Peanuts books and have a look at them again.

WordPress MU 2.6.3

WordPress MU, the multi blog version of WordPress that runs on WordPress.com has been updated.

Version 2.6.3 has just been released. This is a security release and a required update. More details about the vulnerability in the Snoopy library that WordPress uses can be found on the WordPress 2.6.3 announcement.

This release also includes a number of minor bug fixes but if you want to fix the Snoopy bug alone, it’s sufficient to update these files:

Those are not download links, click through and download the files using one of the links at the end of each page.

Otherwise, updating from 2.6.2 is as simple as overwriting your current install.