Archive for January, 2006
It would be so cool to have an MLB team in Portland. [ READ MORE ]
Rachel showed me Blingo yesterday. It is basically a google search engine that gives you prizes. I haven’t won yet, but hopefully soon. Sign up using this link, and I will win any prizes you win. [ READ MORE ]
With slight hesitation I am releasing my Wordpress 2.0 Custom Insert Size plugin/hack. By downloading one of the files below and following the install instructions in README, you should be able to insert fullsize images to a chosen size, rather than at 128×96. wp-custominsertsize.tar.gz wp-custominsertsize.zip At first, I hated that when you would “send to editor” a fullsize [ READ MORE ]
Rachel and I first went to the Oregon DMV over four months ago to start the process of getting our license plates for our WRX. It has been quite a process getting our plates, but today they finally arrived. I was shocked when Rachel told me they came in the mail. I was fully expecting [ READ MORE ]
The World Baseball Classic (WBC) is a new world baseball tournament set up MLB and it starts this coming March. Some pretty big names are slated to play for the US and it looks like they are playing with a DH. About the only other thing I know is the US Treasury Department blocked Cuba [ READ MORE ]
Rachel and I made it back to Eugene today around 3:00 pm. We had a great time in Kansas visiting our families. I got some new DVDs, clothes and a new baseball glove. Pretty much everything I asked for (and more). I really had a good time spending time with both of our families. We also [ READ MORE ]
Photo uploading in WordPress 2.0 has gotten much easier. You can now upload photos directly from the “Write Post” page, rather than on a separate page like previous WP versions. There is a little bit of a trick to get the photo uploaded the way you probably want it. I might not be doing it [ READ MORE ]
One of the biggest features of the new WordPress release is the integration with the spam blocking service, Akismet. Everything you need to know about setting up the Akismet plugin can pretty much be found at Wordpress.com. For even easier setup, follow these instructions: Signup for a WordPress.com account. In addition to [ READ MORE ]
I upgraded to Wordpress 2.0 this morning. It only took about 2 minutes. The hardest part was knowing to run /wp-admin/upgrade.php once all the file were moved to the right place. The biggest changes were made to the administration pages. Alot of ajax and a very cool WYSIWYG post editor. Make sure to backup your files [ READ MORE ]