US subpoenas Wikileaks tweets – http://zd.net/fUlb9z – I’ve been following @wikileaks – do they think 635,610 of us are terrorists?
1/1/2011-no heat this morning, replaced air filter. Oil cap ‘missing’ on van. Family auto maintenance training video on YouTube this week.
1/1/2011 washed the cars with a new kinkless (not so much) hose and nozzle (http://amzn.to/ii4cnE) . I’m not getting used to this weather.
I love end-of-year lists. Today we have “100 or so Books that shaped a Century of Science” be sure to read Feynman – http://bit.ly/hA2Dc5
I just helped Katie setup a web site (katiebegley.com). While I’m walking through the process, I thought it would be worthwhile to document the process. Partly this is for my reference, partly as a placeholder for friends and family setting up web sites.
I don’t have a favorite hosting site, but if you have an available server, I recommend WordPress for hosting most small business and personal web sites.
WordPress – download the latest version, and install using the Famous Five Minute Install.
I install WordPress, customize wp-config.php, then setup Remote Publishing to support XML-RPC in the WordPress Administrative interface – Settings – Writing – Remote Publishing (screen shot below).
Next, you select Themes, set the About page, and typically us a Blogging tool such as Windows Live Writer.
Then, you want to publish the web site to
Love the DVR. Watching Christmas Specials with Barb. The first is Dr. Who “A Christmas Carol” ( with the new Doctor). And it’s snowing!
Christmas wrong number call on Barb’s cell this morning. He called back, I answered. His response was “Uh oh!”. We don’t expect a call back.
Happy Christmas, everyone. We may have a white Christmas yett (well, Sunday into Monday). DIGITAL STORY OF NATIVITY – http://goo.gl/vRxyW –
Megan made a “DNA Necklace” from her cheek cells. I teared up a bit. Geekdom is as much nurture as nature.
RT @k_begz Im gonna rip this nose ring out #noseringfromhell <-an early Christmas present for your parents? You’re our fave 19 yo daughter!
