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A lesson in buying eggs 2 Aug 2013 | 10:04 pm
The other day, my daughter was instructed to go get the eggs while out shopping, and she did. However, upon later inspection at home, it turns out several of the eggs were cracked in the carton she se...
Suzie and her monkey friend 20 Jun 2013 | 08:52 pm
Just testing out the WordPress iOS app’s handling of “Quick Photo” posting—I’m curious as to what markup it’ll generate. And, what better to use as a test than a great picture of Suzie with her little...
Why PRISM, and programs like it, really don’t matter 10 Jun 2013 | 09:35 am
The government obviously has had this data for quite some time, and no one I know of has been grabbed by the secret police, nor could they use the data to stop the Boston marathon bombing before it to...
I’m still not blogging more 26 Mar 2013 | 04:17 am
I honestly thought I would be blogging a little bit more, since switching from Android to iPhone, since the iOS WordPress app is so nice, but I just don’t seem to get into it. It’s just too easy to po...
Debugging a strange MacOS X printing problem 26 Jan 2013 | 03:21 am
At some point in time, something changed on my system that resulted in my printer no longer printing. (Cue a relevant scene from Office Space here…) A quick Googling of relevant keywords didn’t turn u...
iTunes 11 is a total failure 30 Nov 2012 | 07:57 pm
I just accepted the upgrade to iTunes 11 this morning, and am so incredibly disappointed. Can I downgrade back to iTunes 10.7? Thankfully, the iPhone wiki has an excellent list of Apple’s direct downl...
Charlie at WordCampNYC 2012 9 Jun 2012 | 11:04 pm
We arrived a little late, but we made it. Here’s Charlie at WordCampNYC 2012. Related posts: How young is too young … for WordCamp? Charlie taking ribbons at Troy’s gymkhana last Friday Boy, they ...
How young is too young … for WordCamp? 19 Apr 2012 | 10:10 am
I was thinking about attending WordCamp NYC 2012 this coming June, and I thought, “Hey, Charlie has a WordPress blog, maybe she’d like to attend, too.” I mentioned this to Samantha, and it brought up...
I may not have the plumbing, but I have a brain 11 Feb 2012 | 06:41 am
Especially in election years, the following cliché is often trotted around in its many forms: “If you don’t have a vagina, don’t tell someone else what to do with theirs.” While I absolutely agree w...
Oh, Starbucks, you really know how to get my attention! 19 Jan 2012 | 06:39 am
Anyone who knows me should understand why this ad on the New York Times website home page caught my attention … (Zoom! Enhance!) I’m sure it tastes like garbage like all other Starbucks coffee, but ...
