I am pleased to announce that I have accepted a position with Web Technology Services at ITS here at the University. There will be some transition time when I am working in both worlds, but I am looking forward to the change as it will allow me to continue developing my skills with the web. I will also get to work with students still, mentoring them on how to make compliant, good looking sites.
Archive for June, 2006
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My Wishlist
After experimenting with Gifttagging.com and a number of other sites, I have decided to use the built-in Amazon wishlist for now. Nothing else seems to work as easily as it and now I have a nicely organized wishlist for myself, either when I have some extra money or if someone wants to buy me something. I am going to add a link on the main page but if you don't want to wait, here is my Amazon wishlist.
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Flock Beta
Once again I have been enticed by the fad that is Flock.? Now in an official beta, I figured that it would be worth looking at again.? I must say that many of the little things that had bugged me in the past are gone and I am actually liking using it.? It is not the perfect tool some might think it is, but it does a lot of the stuff pretty good.? For example, I am actually using it to write this post in the built-in blog editor and the search bar is quite useful doing an automatic search of your history, del.icio.us bookmarks and the web.? It also loads faster than Firefox on the Mac and has an adequate RSS reader built-in so while it isn't perfect, it does things well enough that I don't feel the need to use other programs.
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Historic Kentucky
Last weekend Rebekah and I traveled to Kentucky for a family reunion on her side of the family.? Fun was had by all and pictures are now posted on my Flickr account.? I have not edited all the names of the pictures or tagged them yet, but you can get the jist of the trip.? Some things to note, all barns in Kentucky are black which weirded out everyone, especially Rebekah's brother, everything in Kentucky is historic and Shaker Villages can have running water and electricity.
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Now Reading
As you may have noticed, the Now Reading widget was added this evening. I got it customized a lot faster than I expected and the full library view also works just fine. I need to add books that I am planning to read again, but it has a decent history of stuff in there now. If you read a lot and have a WordPress blog, I would recommend checking this plugin out.