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I went to bed last night around 4 am, and woke up at 8 from Dorer the Explorer. For those not in the know, this is a cartoon for special ed kids. In the episode that was on, Dorer was trying to take a penguin (el penguino) home that spoke nothing but Spanish. Because everyone knows that penguins are Hispanic. When I told Jennifer that I was “woked up by a Mexican penguin” she told me that sounded like the title for a blog entry, and reminded me of my new year’s resolution.

My new year’s resolution is to try to post at least three blog entries a week. I don’t know how interesting they will be, as my life is pretty boring, but I will still try.

I have been playing with the CodeIgnitor framework to make a web-based PIM for myself. Code Ignitor does make development much easier, but I wish it offered code generation like Ruby On Rails does. Code Crafter is an extension that does exactly this, but I can’t get it to work. Oh well.

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Yikes! Been a while. I don’t really have much to say today, as I am tired as hell from working two shifts on Wednesday getting ready for Black Friday, then stuffing myself yesterday for Thanksgiving and not sleeping since.

Fortunately, I am on vacation next week so I will have some time to recover.

I just wanted to share a quick tip for Google Reader for people with lots of subscriptions. Read the rest of this entry »

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I have been using WordPress for two weeks now, which (I feel) is long enough to make a basic comparison with my old software (TextPattern) for anyone who is trying to find a good platform to blog from. Read the rest of this entry »

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More changes to my site

I have made a couple more changes. I no longer require you to register to post a comment, though I still encourage my users to sign up. I have also prettified the appearance (and code) of my comments page. Even more (and better!) changes are coming, though. Keep your eyes peeled.

Also, if you are using IE, Safari, or Opera, here is a screenshot of how my site looks from Firefox. Viva la Firefox!

Screenshot of this site in Firefox

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Running WordPress

After using TextPattern for several years, I have switched over to WordPress. I have of course had to make some compromises since I was so dependent on Txp, but I think most of them are worthwhile. The biggest one is that this site will look much better in browsers that use Gecko (such as FireFox or Camino) than Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari, etc. You should get Firefox anyway.

If you go to comment you will also discover that registration is now required. I may wind up changing that, but I think that will make things easier on everyone. Let me know if you think different.

Depot screwed me out of some money, so my rent check bounced. But I got a crap load of hours last week so the late fees shouldn’t be a problem.

We are moving after all, this weekend to be precise.

If you see anything that needs to be done with my design, please shoot me an email (with screenshots if possible) and I will do what I can.

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