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WordPress MU 2.7 is Live

Posted in Remarks, tagged , , on January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Of course it was yesterday that Donncha O Caoimh posted on his blog that WordPress Mu (2.7) was available.  It was all I was waiting for to update two MU installations.
A quick review and some brief observations:
The combined time to update both WordPress Mu installations was slightly less than 25 minutes, five of which was fixing [...]

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Snow – Revisited!

Posted in Ideas, tagged , , on January 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Back a little while ago I wrote a little post as a reminder and a thank you to WordPress for their Snow extra.  I think this is a great visual effect for a blog, and I appreciate the automatic nature of its display for the Christmas season.
I am also thinking that this whole Snow thing should be [...]

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Chess with Friends

Posted in Reviews, tagged , , , , on January 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Review: Chess with Friends (an iPod app)
To me, this is one of the best iPod applications I have used so far.  I use it on my iPod Touch, and imagine there would be even more functionality available with an iPhone. If you like Chess, then this is truly a program to look into using.
Chess with [...]

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Time Machines

Posted in Quotations, tagged , , , , on January 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I just came across a great quote while catching up in my social networks.
We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they’re called memories. Some take us forward, they’re called dreams.
~~ Jeremy Irons
This is one of those small world items, too. I just started reading the classic novella The Time Machine by H.G.Wells using the [...]

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Paid by Passion

Posted in Musings, tagged , , on January 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Volunteer work can be rewarding and frustrating, and sometimes it can be both at the same time.
It can consume your every moment or simply be something you do in passing.
You might wonder is it all worth it? What am I doing working for free? Why is this important?
It suddenly occurred to me as I was [...]

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Carbon Grove

Posted in Ideas, tagged , , , on January 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

My tree at Carbon Grove

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Twit or Tweet

Posted in Reviews, tagged , , on January 5, 2009 | 3 Comments »

I’m not sure I understand this phenomenon known as Twitter. Sure, I have an account. Yes, I’ve made a few tweets, and I even have a few followers, but I am still mystified by its apparent popularity. I admit it is almost addictive.
I have visited the twitter.com web site and tried to follow the Everybody [...]

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Free Book Contest (fiddyp.co.uk)

Posted in Ideas, tagged , , , on January 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

As I was catching up on some WordPress readings I came across a write up for a plug-in called CommentLuv.
Click over to http://www.fiddyp.co.uk/wordpress-for-business-bloggers-book-review/ have a read and do not forget to read about the author’s plug-in here: http://www.fiddyp.co.uk/commentluv-wordpress-plugin/
Both the contest and the plug-in are great ideas for generating traffic to a blog.

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Welcome 2009

Posted in Musings, tagged on January 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

So this is it, a new year and a new beginning. Although I do not make New Year’s resolutions I will say this: I have every intention for this year to be better than last year.
2008 was a good year. I became a grandfather. 2008 was a great year!
I’m looking forward to a healthy, happy, [...]

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