30Jan 2010 by No Comments

The Future of My Son

Personal
[mudslide:picasa,0,markgard,5432399194876489713,1,400,center] So Kaelum decided today that I wasn't paying enough attention to him and proceed to Munch on My Mac.   I often wonder what he will be interested in when he's older.  Only time will tell. [mudslide:picasa,0,markgard,5432399194876489713,2,400,center]
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29Jan 2010 by 1 Comment

Blog Integration

Tech
I've been trying for some time now to get wordpress to integrate more tightly with Facebook and Twitter.   The Few times I've tried this before has provided sub optimal results.   Right now it's all working using two different plugins that seem to give me more functionality than I really need. For Twitter i'm using http://www.joedolson.com/articles/wp-to-twitter/ this enables me to post to twitter, and bit.ly for tracking. The facebook plugin I'm using is much more complicated than just posting to my wall.  It has a much tighter integration with FB.  In fact you have to go get a developer's key to get this to work.  The name of this plugin is WPBook.  This plugin really embeds Wordpress into the facebook canvas. I hope to be able to share my blog more. …
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12Jan 2010 by No Comments

Blogging…. Feeling left out?

Personal
So my wife has started to blog on a regular basis.  I really enjoy reading her stuff and will probably ping back to it here in the future when she pulls out one of her unique gems.   I guess this could be a new years resolution to blog more.   I really enjoy it, I may do more on the technical side of my life, little nuggets of knowledge about problems that I've come across and hopefully some good answers to them. Going by the mantra that a goal that is not written down is just a wish, I'm going to take a moment to write them down here. Blog more often. Lose some weight Finish paying off the Credit Card Debt Budget better Take Lunch to work instead of eating…
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