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  • NginX and WordPress OpenID Plugin

    I normally have super powers when it comes to persevering through annoying technical problems. On rare occasions, Kryptonite appears out of nowhere and strips me of those powers. This blog is powered by WordPress.org software. I use a variety of plugins to make my life a bit easier. One of my favorites is […]

  • Vista speech recognition

    I’ve been fascinated by speech recognition for a very long time.  I used a program called Simon on a NeXT computer back in 1992. I have toyed with every version of Dragon Naturally Speaking since v2 (now owned by Nuance). I keep upgrading my copy of Dragon Naturally Speaking (through v9, I haven’t […]

  • Welcome WordPress 2.7

    I just upgraded to WordPress 2.7. It was super simple, no glitches whatsoever. Earlier in the day, I noticed that there was an updated version of the Simple Tags plugin that I use, clearly stating that it worked with 2.7. I upgraded that while still running 2.6.5. Then I upgraded WordPress to 2.7 […]

  • New PrimePress Theme Installed

    I have been wanting to change the theme on this site for a while. I am not all that sure why, perhaps, just because it’s so easy to do with WordPress. I liked the theme that I had for the most part, but I wanted an even cleaner, simpler, sharper look. For a […]

  • WordPress 2.6 Goodness

    So, I tweeted the other day that I updated to WordPress 2.6 successfully, but didn’t blog about it. I am very pleased with the changes, though I had two minor frustrations, one was WP’s fault, the other not. First, the goodness. When 2.5 came out, they completely changed the media/image management, changing the […]

  • WordPress Ate My Posting Date

    This post is really a test, but I’ll share the full problem and solution (assuming the test works), so it might help someone else out there as well. 🙂 The other day, for the first time ever, I noticed that a post of mine hit my RSS reader (Thunderbird) with a date of […]

  • NginX Reporting for Duty

    Last week, my friend Jamie Thingelstad tweeted from the Rails Conference that he was considering switching to NginX (I’ll probably drop the caps starting now) after sitting in on a session about it. Prior to that mention, I had only heard of it once, when an internal tech email at Zope Corporation mentioned […]

  • Testing Windows Live Writer

    I’ve never been that tempted to try a fat client blog writing application. I’ve been reasonably pleased with the built-in WYSIWYG editor in WordPress. I don’t typically blog when I have no Internet connection, which is one of the better reasons given by those who use these tools. One of my friends (Jamie […]

  • CSS Hack Added

    When I upgraded to WordPress 2.5 I articulated a few UI problems on my site. Here’s the relevant section: The Sociable plugin is once again formatting the bullets in a block list, rather than inline. This can be fixed with my own css (as I’ve done in the past), but I have no […]

  • Welcome WordPress 2.5

    My last post announced a physical move of this server. Before the server was shut down, I saw the announcement for WordPress 2.5 final. I installed it locally on my laptop, and saw that everything on my site worked, with the exception of the Popularity Contest plugin. I had the time to update […]