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Making a trip to New York suck in 5 easy steps

So, I’ve been in the New York area for two weeks now. . . and this trip really blows. So, as a service to both of my readers I will attempt to give a simple 4 step plan for making your next trip to the big apple suck as much as mine.   Step 1: Be away from your family for an extended period of time. We are in the midst of tough times, and gone are the days when … Continue reading

Test driving Blogilo blogging app on Ubuntu – WordPress

I enjoy writing with WordPress, but sometimes I’d like to write a post offline or just not use a browser-based interface. Enter Blogilo. So far I like the feature set (although there are some small omissions) and the UI is easy to understand and use. It will work with most major blogging platforms and (best of all) is engineered for Ubuntu. You can configure multiple blog sites to use with Blogilo, so consolidating all of your blogs is a cinch. … Continue reading

Bachmann: Turn 9-9-9 upside down…

Bachmann: Turn 9-9-9 upside down… http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/10/11/bachmann_the_devil_is_in_the_details_of_cains_9-9-9_plan.html Wow. . . What an intelligent response. Yes, let’s further propagate superstitious bullcrap to an already overly religious public. Now, some preacher in backwoods wherever will take this connection and run with it. Cain will become the antichrist – after all, why wasn’t it a 9-9-8 plan? Oooh, that tricky satan, always up to no good. Instead, Bachmann should have kept her comments on a pragmatic level. As usual though, some idiot always has … Continue reading

WordPress for Android

http://android.wordpress.org/ Just when you thought things couldn’t get more connected. . . now You can share links and post to a wordpress blog (self-hosted or otherwise) directly from your android phone or tablet. Like it or not, the world keeps getting smaller and faster. -Posted from my Asus Eee Pad Transformer-

KC Think is up . . . I think.

‘Use WordPress’, they said. ‘It’s easy!’ Ok, so the install went great through SimpleScripts, but the configuration is the part that really gets to me. There are simply too many options and too many social networks. How are we supposed to keep up? I guess it doesn’t help that web design is pretty far down on my ‘favorite things to do’ list. Oh well. Anyhow, here is KC Think – at least its humble beginnings. We’re here to shed new … Continue reading