In order to appease the search engine gods of the internet, I have decided to change the way language is selected on this website. It used to be done via URL parameter, but now the selected language is indicated by the base “directory” of the URI. For example, the old way of linking to this page would have been
http://www.houseofwaffles.net/news/update_to_language_selection/?lang=en
but now the proper reference is
http://www.houseofwaffles.net/en/news/update_to_language_selection/
The URL parameter method continues to work so as to not break any references existing outside of this website. If neither method is used in a request, the page will default to the current language.