This post is more for the geeks out there – if you have any favorite WordPress plugins (or a site you trust that reviews them), please let me know… I’d love the advice!
(also using this post to test Windows Live Writer interaction with WordPress)
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WordPress Plugins?
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008Using Averbuch.net
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008<This post is cross-posted between my old blog at Windows Live Spaces, and my new one, at Averbuch.net>
With my transition to Averbuch.net, a few key settings will need to be updated on your end, depending on how you follow my postings.
- If you just visit the web site: Change your bookmarks to point to averbuch.net
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If you follow the RSS feed: Change (or add) averbuch.net/feed/ to your RSS reader
- If you like receiving email when I post, click here to signup.
- If you read my postings on Facebook, I already updated the link, so you have nothing to change here.
Please contact me if you have any questions about changing over or something doesn’t work for you.
NOTE: I will no longer be posting at averbuch.spaces.live.com again; all new postings will go to averbuch.net only.
Averbuch.net: Making the transition
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008<This post is cross-posted between my old blog at Windows Live Spaces, and my new one, at Averbuch.net>
I’ve been thinking about moving off of Spaces for a while, for a couple of reasons:
- More flexibility in hosting (i.e. stats tracking, plugins, etc…)
- A lot more theme choices
- I wanted to host fully on my domain name, averbuch.net, rather than just having it as a redirect.
- Microsoft locks down a bunch of functionality in the name of security, but this significantly impacts my ability to explore and play with various technologies.
- I wanted a server to do some exploration with Ruby on Rails.
During the President’s Day holiday yesterday, I spent time exploring various hosting options, and ended up setting up a plan at hostingrails.com, which had the price I was looking for (including coupons), along with providing Ruby access, WordPress, ssh/shell access, and a bunch of other exploratory needs.
I’ve got the new site up, so I am going to switch everything over there; you’ll just need to switch over once, but don’t be surprised if I change the look and feel a bit over time as I explore various options and plugins.
My next post will describe how to get setup on the new server.
Facebook…
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008I just realized you can automatically import blog postings onto Facebook notes – so if you are on Facebook, all of these postings will be cross-posted on there, under the “Notes” category, as they are posted. Of course, they bulk-imported the first bunch once I got setup.
By the way, if you are on Facebook, and are not marked as my friend, feel free to add me; if I know you, I’ll accept. If I don’t, I’ll ignore…. www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=694272115
Steps to do this if you have a blog and are on Facebook – posting since it took me a while to figure this out:
- Log in (duh!)
- On the upper-left side, under applications, click more
- Click “Notes”
- On the right side, under “Notes Settings”, click “Edit Import Settings”
- Type in the RSS or ATOM feed of your blog, and check the “this is my blog” checkbox.
- Click OK.
- Confirm the preview matches your feed
- You are good to go!
FreeCell
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007(this post was written while I was flying and will be posted once I get online later- actual written time, 7:25 PM, Dec 11)
I am no good at FreeCell. Never have been. My goal for the rest of the flight (or as long as the battery lasts) is to get better.
Solitaire, I can win that (on the PC) often enough. FreeCell – not at all. Is it even possible?
Frustrating. (Then again, I haven’t played it in years; just remembered it even existed).
