How Sweet Wordress is

July 9th, 2008 No Comments »

I just got done updating a website I maintain for a non-profit in my area. I set them up with Wordpress in the past because it’s got to be one of the easiest pieces of software to manage content online (especially for what this organization needs). The total time of the upgrade (from ancient 2.0.3 no less) was only twenty minutes - most of which was me waiting for uploads and downloads to finish.

I wish more server-side software was this easy to install…

Something to be missed

July 6th, 2008 No Comments »

One of the things that I’m really going to miss when I move out west is yard work. Yes, that probably seems a bit odd to most people, but I really enjoy being outside and working. That may very well be the reason that I like officiating so much too. I’m gonna have to find something to do out there to fill that void…

Purchasing advice from Joe

July 2nd, 2008 1 Comment »
  1. Do I need this?
  2. Do I want this?
  3. Can I afford this?

…and when applied to me getting an iPhone:

  1. No
  2. Yes, I think
  3. Yes

So, 2/3 yes tallies seems to indicate that I should get it…

Things you do not want to say when working on an electrical box

June 11th, 2008 No Comments »

Dammit! The power is still on!

Yet another reason why you should check that there is no power coming to the box you are working on. This time it was just across my right thumb, so nothing major and I realized it immediately. Yes, I said this time - I’ve been zapped with 110 volts six or seven times in the past.

The lesson learned today:
Make sure you update the labels in your breaker box when you move circuits around.

Ah, Facebook…How I Have Neglected thee…

May 25th, 2008 No Comments »

So, I realized today that I’ve been neglecting my umich e-mail, and consequently any and all Facebook alerts. I haven’t been checking Facebook for a while now unless I got an e-mail. It looks like I stopped paying attention to that lovely e-mail account around 5/9. Yeah…that’s a lot of e-mails I have to process now, which I’m going to start on tonight. Sorry to all those who sent me anything in that time - I’ll get back to you real soon!