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Thank Goodness for Akismet

By Nathan | February 24, 2009

There are a few essential plugins that any Wordpress user needs in order to keep their blog secure, backed up, and running full steam ahead. One of the most important is Akismet, developed by Automattic.
This blog doesn’t get a ton of traffic. At least not from actual people. It does, however, get it’s fair share [...]

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Themes, Experiments, Failures

By Nathan | January 21, 2009

Wordpress is an amazing tool. It is easy to install, intuitive to use, and customizable. Themes are a big part of that customization, which is why a google search for ‘Wordpress Themes’ returns 45 million results!
I’m not a designer, nor a web programmer by trade or training, so when I initially started this blog I [...]

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- @gclop_okc That looks like a prop from a Dick Tracy movie... or a Batman comic. 2011/08/29
- @prolix21 @creativeoops I'll bet that handles like it has square wheels to go with the frame. 2011/07/18
- RT @marcuswhitney: Whoa. RT @cgt2099: BREAKING NEWS: Man who blew whistle on #NewsOfTheWorld phone hackings has been found DEAD! http:// ... 2011/07/18
- @grolby When these wear out, give the Schwalbe Ultremos a try. The Contis last a long time though and grip well 2011/07/18
- @kinggreenbean It's an asymptotic scale based on next day's weather, distance, and terrain. Never reaching no beer or all of it. #ragbrai 2011/07/18
- Love getting in an early ride before work. More if it's offroad, but I'll take it. 2011/07/15
- RT @ironicsans: New paper suggests Google is affecting memory. Obviously, or people would remember we talked about this already in 2008: ... 2011/07/15
- @nathanTbaker probably the same person. 2011/07/13
- Know what's tonight? Crit racing. Know what I'm not doing tonight? Crit racing. #hotenoughtomelttires 2011/07/13
- @DennisMSmith yeah, what's hard about managing the 6 people everyone has on there so far? :-) 2011/07/13
- RT @TNBackPain: More on the debt limit debate--Myth vs. Fact http://1.usa.gov/pPa8VM 2011/07/13
- @CliffSCorr @gpgarner supposedly they are. Not sure of timeline though. Still unlikely to be their full catalog though. 2011/07/12
- @popelizbet @agletsmycat I got one. Allison says "meh" to a new network. 2011/07/12
- @pearsonified I know. just picking a fight. Now that we're in this deep it will take a lot levers concurrently to fix. And willingness. 2011/07/12
- @pearsonified whose threats did the Republicans bow to the last 5 times it was raised? 2011/07/12
- @brian_rowe a year from now David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin can make a movie about it. 2011/07/12
- @brian_rowe I'm all for a content price war. 2011/07/12
- @pxls2prnt @netflix Yep, I would feign outrage, but in essence they are paying me $2 to drop a portion I rarely used anymore. 2011/07/12
- @brian_rowe I'm sure that's one reason why they aren't expanding the on demand choices to include all movies with high content fees. 2011/07/12
- Sucks but I think @netflix change is smart. Users balk but off/online use means most downgrade vs quit. Netflix keeps same rev at lower cost 2011/07/12