Category: Site Updates
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And a new design!
I believe the previous design of the site was around 15 years old. It wasn’t responsive (didn’t work very well on mobile) and was so outdated it couldn’t use a lot of the new tools and tricks available to me. I’m pleased. It retains enough of the old design (general color, minimalism, font style) while […]
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New Web Host!
After 25 years, my existing web host got funny with the billing and wanted to increase the rate 400%. I worked with a support tech for quite some time as they repeatedly took five minutes to chat with their supervisor only to return with a 5% decrease. Ultimately they came down about 30%, but not […]
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Is this thing on?
I’m always hesitant to update website software. When I built this version of the site back in 2012 I did a whole lot of customization on the backend. For that reason, I never updated the software running it. I work in software… I know how messy upgrading can be. The core was two major versions […]
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About the site
While it may not look like much, I’ve already invested far more time than I had hoped to make this transition, and there are many items yet to address. The site is running WordPress, which provides a well-used blogging framework so there is a ton of support out there and even an app to allow […]
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A new beginning
So yeah, I did it. Give me a few days to get it all pretty. Click here to access the old site (no migration path available).
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Site Update: Changes and plans
Changed Going to get back into the habit of categorizing posts. I went back and categorized everything from this year. Added some new categories (athletics and links). Shuffled around the “Friends” links below. Removed some, added others, shortened all. Plans Get off this terrible blogging software I’ve pigeonholed myself into over the past decade. Figure […]