Asides issue

Hi, I am trying to install Matt’s asides on my blog. Everytime I change my php, save the file, and go to my page, I get a blank screen.
I tried the hints in this post: https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/115785?replies=6 and it didn’t help.
Can someone please take a look and see where I might be going wrong?
Thanks!
I am putting in bold the changes that I added, as according to the Asides tutorial.

<?php
get_header();
?>
<?php include “leftmenu.php”; ?>
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<div id=”content”>
<?php //if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) :
<?php
if ($posts)
{
function stupid_hack($str)
{
return preg_replace(‘|\s*<ul class=”linklog”>|’, ”, $str);
}
ob_start(‘stupid_hack’);
foreach($posts as $post)
{
the_post();
?>
the_post(); ?>
<div>
<h1 class=”storytitle” id=”post-<?php the_ID(); ?>”>” rel=”bookmark”><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
<?php the_date(‘F j, Y’, ‘<div class=”date”>’, ‘</div>’); ?>
<?php if ( in_category(14) && !is_single() ) : ?>
<ul class=”linklog”>
<li id=”p<?php the_ID(); ?>”><?php echo wptexturize($post->post_content); ?>
<span><?php comments_popup_link(‘(0)’, ‘(1)’,
‘(%)’)?> “
title=”Permalink: <?php echo
wptexturize(strip_tags(stripslashes($post->post_title), ”)); ?>”
rel=”bookmark”># <?php edit_post_link(‘(e)’); ?></span>

<?php else: // If it’s a regular post or a permalink page ?>
<div class=”story”>
<?php the_content(__(‘Continue reading →’)); ?>
</div>
<div class=”feedback”>
<img src=”<?php bloginfo(‘stylesheet_directory’); ?>/images/folder.gif” alt=”filed” class=”icon” /> <?php _e(‘Filed under:’); ?> <?php the_category(‘, ‘) ?> <?php _e(‘by’); ?> <?php the_author(); ?>
<img src=”<?php bloginfo(‘stylesheet_directory’); ?>/images/comment.gif” alt=”comment” class=”icon” />
<?php wp_link_pages(); ?>
<?php comments_popup_link(__(‘ Would you like to be the first to leave a comment?’), __(‘1 Comment’), __(‘% Comments’)); ?>
<img src=”<?php bloginfo(‘stylesheet_directory’); ?>/images/permalink.gif” alt=”permalink” class=”icon” /> “>Link directly to this entry
</div>
</div>
<?php comments_template(); // Get wp-comments.php template ?>
<?php endif; // end if in category ?>
<?php
}
}
else
{
echo ‘<p>Sorry no posts found.</p>’;
}
?>
<div class=”meta”><?php posts_nav_link(‘ · ‘, __(‘« Previous Page’), __(‘Next Page »’)); ?></div>
<?php get_footer(); ?>