It may not be obvious because I haven’t been posting new content as frequently as I’d hoped I could, but I check my site every day. To keep the site secure it’s important to log into the administrative interface and install any updates to the core WordPress software and plugins. It only takes a few
I’ve been reading or watching a lot of blogs lately. I’m pretty new to this whole blogging thing, and I’m trying to figure out how to do it. I’ve noticed that some of the more popular blogs or YouTube channels, the ones with a ton of followers, tend to post a lot of negative stuff.
A few weeks ago I booked a cruise on Carnival Glory for my 10th anniversary. I’m hoping they can get the ship repaired before our sailing. It took some damage when it made contact with Carnival Legend when it was docking in Cozumel a couple of days ago. From the pictures I’ve seen in the
When I was a kid my mom worked at the community college setting up experiments for the chemistry classes while she studied to be a medical laboratory technician. She’d occasionally let me hang out with her while she was working. I’m sure I annoyed the crap out of her and everyone else around, but it
Sometimes when you set out to accomplish a task, a series of unrelated tasks get in the way and demand to be finished before you can get back to what you originally wanted to do. In the IT world, this is called “yak shaving”. The term dates back some 20 years or so and refers
I made a few minor updates to the site tonight but no one is likely to see the difference. When I settled in to add some content, I noticed that Chrome indicated that the site was “not secure”. It seems that I somehow screwed up the configuration, and the site wasn’t defaulting to use an
After wrestling with various Google Analytics and cookie notification plugins for longer than I care to admit, I think I finally have a mostly GDPR compliant site. You may have noticed the new banner thingy at the top of the page that says this site uses cookies and Google Analytics. I’ve gone to quite a
No. Nothing weird happened. The site has been up all the time. It wasn’t broken at all or anything. Why do you ask? You think I did something terrible with the GDPR plugins and broke the site so badly that Beth had to delete it and start me over with a fresh installation of WordPress?
If you’re one of the 3ish people that know about this site, you might be wondering why I haven’t put up any more content yet. Well, I haven’t yet come to my senses and given up on the idea of having a blog. I’ve just gotten into the part that’s actual work. There’s a ton
