![]() ![]() To send the HTTP header and continue to use a caching plugin, add the header at the server level. ![]() Note that the HTTP header is not sent if you use a page caching plugin. With the Clacks Overhead Chrome plugin or the GNU Terry Pratchett Firefox extension.There are several ways to check that the HTTP header is appearing for your site: This option lets you honor other people you would like to remember by making them a small part of your site’s content forever. The text sent in HTTP headers and meta tags is “GNU Terry Pratchett” by default.Ĭhange this by visiting Settings → GNU Terry Pratchett in your WordPress admin area and editing the “X-Clacks-Overhead header” field. As a meta tag in your HTML with the http-equiv attribute.As an HTTP header (if you don’t use a WordPress page caching plugin).The plugin adds the GNU Terry Pratchett header in two ways: ![]() This plugin makes it easy for WordPress users to do the same for Terry Pratchett, without having to modify their server configuration. In Pratchett’s “Going Postal”, workers who die in the line of duty have their names transmitted up and down the Discworld’s telegraph system as a tribute. It's impossible to judge which books will be a particular reader/listener's favorites, and which will simply be enjoyable, but Going Postal is strong, witty, and highly entertaining.The GNU Terry Pratchett plugin transmits an “X-Clacks-Overhead” header reading, “GNU Terry Pratchett” so that Terry’s name is whispered forevermore in the Internet’s “overhead”. There are other performers who can read Pratchett's writing well - Nigel Planer generally does a good job - but no one seems to get inside the story the way Briggs can. And, as always, Stephen Briggs reads Pratchett's work exactly the way it wants to be read, with energy and understanding and a straight face. No one else can write like Pratchett, and no one else should try. Part of Pratchett's genius is that he can be funny, even farcical, without being mean, and that comes through strongly in this story, with his trademark mix of whimsy, cheap shots, social commentary, and a truly engaging and hilarious plot and cast. Set in Ankh Morpork, where the story can brush up against long-standing favorites like Vimes, the Patrician, and the wizards, Going Postal introduces a new cast of characters, and with them, a new energy. Like all prolific writers, however brilliant, Terry Pratchett has his ups and downs. ![]()
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