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Themework

By admin | Published: August 21, 2009
I am reviewing some WordPress Theme Frameworks right now, hoping to play with each one to see how easy they are to customize. The frameworks I have investigated so far are: Thematic WP Framework Whiteboard Hybrid Sandbox Each framework provides the developer with a basic version of a theme, some with comments and documentation on how to build a theme from scratch. [...]
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Scotland: In Progress…

By admin | Published: July 17, 2009
I’ve been in Scotland just over a week and I’m having a fantastic time.  I visited a few great places in Glasgow and Edinburgh, met with friends and family, taken a bunch of photos on the iPhone and now I’m embroiled in the process of Real Estate from many miles away. I arrived in Kirkcudbright to [...]
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Haircut madness

By admin | Published: July 7, 2009
I just got my haircut and it looks kind of tragic. I think the barber was distracted by another patron who was talking very loudly in Serbian or something. Before I could say anything, my hair was a lot shorter than I wanted. But once it’s done, you can’t get them to put it back. [...]
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Shame on me

By admin | Published: July 2, 2009
I have had a blog at Alistair.com for around 12 years now.  At the beginning it was a simple ftp down > edit html > ftp up.  Now it’s WordPress and though I am nowhere near as prolific as my friend Derek, I use this site extensively for many other projects that are not public. As [...]
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Struggling to write

By admin | Published: August 5, 2008
I don’t write very well.  Not that I’ve been trying to fool you into thinking that I do, but it has always been an impediment to keeping this blog current. My infrequent posts hit home today when I upgraded to Wordpress 2.6 and glanced at the new dashboard, which reported that I have: 34 posts, 5 pages, [...]
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