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WordPress upgrade to version 2.5 successful
WordPress just released their official upgrade a couple hours ago. I jumped right in and followed their instructions, and it all seems to be working. I think I’ll reward myself with lunch. Later I’ll have to come back and explore all the new features behind the scenes. Interesting. As I write this, I notice that the news “Write Post” dashboard shows you the permalink that your post will have when you publish it. You can edit for clarity or SEO. Exciting! However, my not-yet upgraded Simple Tags plugin doesn’t seem to be working properly. Ugh, the chore of actually typing tags awaits. … Read entire article »
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Pepper on Spitzer: Politi-cos and Politi-hos
[Ed. note: Welcome to the first in what I hope will be a long-running opinion column by the insightful, and delightfully spicy, Pepper.] I have been reading a lot of things about Eliot Spitzer lately, a man for whom I voted back in Aught Six, and I think about politics and prostitution making strange bedfellows, but it’s really not that strange, nor that new. JFK, LBJ, Clinton, GHWB, hell, even Arnold fondled women. I just wonder: in this era when nothing is sacred, and no one expects public figures to have any right to privacy because Perez Hilton is digging in their trash, how did he not figure out he’d be caught? It can’t just be simple hubris, here’s a man who spent his career tracking similar criminals, so he knew it … Read entire article »
And the award for comment of the week goes to…
photo credit: [177] In response to my last post in which I embedded a popular video by Common Craft explaining the why-would-I-bother and how-does-it-work of Twitter, Aspartaimee had this to say, i can’t keep up with kids today. bloging and txting and ROTF, and twitter and the myfacespacebook. i feel like i need to retire to a double-wide somewhere and gnaw on cold chicken from a bucket as i yell out the window forkids to get out of my yard, don’t they know they are interrupting my stories? Though Asparaimee isn’t yet on Twitter, she did admit that she’s seeing it everywhere lately. You can find me, and follow me, there. Thanks, Asparatimee. The prize for winning the Comment of the Week award is my undying gratitude for reading and commenting. As well … Read entire article »
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A couple updates to Words & Tricks: Tweet Digest and Comment Love
March 28th, 2008 | Add a Comment
Source: FlickrIn the interest of centralizing my online activities, and encouraging more participation in the comments section of Words & Tricks, I’ve made a couple small tweaks to the site. First Tweak: Tweeting Though I haven’t been able to find the time to blog regularly lately, I have found that posting to Twitter is fast and easy. I can even do it from my cell phone. So, I’ve installed the Twitter Tools WordPress plugin in order to collect my tweets each day and automatically post them as a digest, or roundup, to this blog. This is experimental, since I don’t want to spam you, or my own blog with annoying daily messages that have little substance. After a couple weeks, please give me your feedback as to whether this feature is … Read entire article »
Filed under: Blogging