Tag Archive 'things'

If you’re wondering why…

Posted by Kirk M on 09 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: Just Thinkin

…there’s no edit function any longer for the comment form and that some of your bookmarks go to 404 pages it’s due to turning off 3 plugins in an effort to keep things working properly.
There’s a problem with the site in that it’s a sub-domain of my wife’s business website which she manages with MS [...] Read more »

Good Morning all

Posted by Kirk M on 22 Sep 2007 | Tagged as: Just Thinkin

Just wanted to let everyone who might stop in that I’ll be off minding my wife’s quilt shop while she’s off doing a show this weekend so I’ll be having to post in the evening for the next two days. I also have a few things to add to the sidebar later on (see previous [...] Read more »

Troubleshooting a plugin. Please forgive

Posted by Kirk M on 03 Sep 2007 | Tagged as: Misc posts

Didn’t I just write up a post recently about getting into the technical end of things too much. Didn’t I state that I needed to keep a close eye on myself?
Yeah, I did. So what am I doing?. Troubleshooting a niggling problem with an otherwise great redirection plugin that takes care of eliminating stray 404 [...] Read more »

My biggest blogging fault

Posted by Kirk M on 31 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: Just Thinkin

True confession time here. After all, it’s always good to know one’s limitations don’t you think? And this one pertains to my personal blogging effort here and my largest associated fault which is…
I’m too technically oriented.
No, I don’t mean in my writing style which is haphazard as my subjects are but rather my overall nature [...] Read more »

Just when you thought it was safe to post…

Posted by Kirk M on 13 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: Misc posts

…something always comes up. But that’s okay since it was helping another blogger with a database error. It’s not fixed yet but we’re still trying. Most of the problem is with the host itself but we won’t go there.
There’s more good news on the horizon for new WordPress do-it-yourselfer’s and especially for those [...] Read more »

From the Mail…How to Treat People

Posted by Kirk M on 09 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: The Mail

There are times when we sit down in front of our computer and head to the email program to download the days mail which tends to consist of the required number of spams, a couple messages from friends, a few forwards–the things you would usually expect in other words…
A then, once in a great while, [...] Read more »

Windows Live OneCare 2 beta. A (personal) First Impression

Posted by Kirk M on 29 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: BackWoods tech

When Microsoft first came out with Windows Live OneCare version 1 and being the old beta tester that I am, I decided to give it a (very) short trial period by creating a restore point on my computer at the time and giving OneCare a week’s worth of thrashing. It only lasted three days but [...] Read more »

One Messed Up "About" Page

Posted by Kirk M on 13 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: Misc posts

I’m completely embarrassed. I found out that not only had I forgotten to update my About page but even worse, all the paragraphs had disappeared and the page was just one big long jumble of text. And people are looking at this?
Great!
Alright then. Time to leave a reminder somewhere on this thing I call a PC [...] Read more »

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