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Category Archives: Geek
Homemade R2D2 Costume
My son decided he wanted to be R2D2 for Halloween and it fired up my creative streak. Here’s the finished costume: It started out with a $6 collapsible laundry hamper from Walmart. I looked at a number of photographs of … Continue reading
Posted in Family Life, Geek, How To
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A new blog!
I used to use Doodads and Gimcracks as my personal blog, and also for posting funny and interesting links that I find on the internet. However, the links were starting to overwhelm the important personal things on this blog, like … Continue reading
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Upgrading! Please Stand By!
I’m about to try the upgrade from WordPress Multi-User 2.9.2 to WordPress 3.0.1. It’s a biggie, so cross your fingers. EDIT: Yay! It worked. If you see any problems, please let me know.
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New Comment Awaiting Moderation!
Attention Kirby! You have a comment awaiting approval! Comment by: “paintball luvr” Submitted on: 2010/07/11 at 11:07pm Comment on: “The Basement Workshop” post. Comment Text: You know an odd feeling? Sitting on the toilet eating a chocolate candy bar. [ACCEPT] … Continue reading
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Everybody Dance Now!
For better or for worse, we introduced the kids to Rayman’s Raving Rabbids on the wii. A slightly irreverent game at times (burping contests, spitting accuracy contests, flatulence rockets…) it’s nonetheless a whole lot of fun. Or maybe it’s fun … Continue reading
Posted in Family Life, Geek, Music
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Sorry About That!
I was messing with the RSS feed generator, and it turns out that feedburner.com/colourfulthreads is someone else’s blog. I typed that in and let it run, rather than using the one I generated feedburner.com/jenniferscolourfulthreads. So the RSS feed got blasted … Continue reading
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Flash Cookies. Not so Tasty.
A “cookie” is a little bit of text that a website can store in your browser. For example, an ad company can store a bit of text saying where you saw an ad and when. When you see another web … Continue reading
Sitewide RSS Feeds for WPMU
If you run WordPress MultiUser (WPMU), like I do here on Wonderfulpages.com, then you’ve no doubt found the plugin trap. Many plugins you used to use on WordPress don’t work, and to get the most obvious plugins for WPMU you … Continue reading
FYI: Rosetta Stone Homeschool is NOT Useable on a Network
We just dropped A LOT of money on a program called Rosetta Stone to help teach french to the kids. We bought the Homeschool Edition, with Levels 1,2 and 3 French, and the Audio Companion CDs in a bundle. (And … Continue reading
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I Fought MDB2 and MDB2 Won
If you don’t understand it, don’t worry about it, I just need to vent. Let’s get this out of the way first: I am *not* a programmer. I kick around in code, but the concepts of pointers and object orientation … Continue reading