I love the awaiting moderation feature in this version of WordPress. No more comment spam!!! Today I was able to dispense with 8 “poker” comment spams with a couple of flicks of the mouse. I am a happy person (mostly). There a few people for whom I would like to be abe to defer conversations [...]
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Carry that Weight
Right now I weigh in at 250 lbs. It is the heaviest I have ever been. I am putting this to blog to help me resolve to do something about it. Although, since no one reads this blog so there won’t be much pressure to stick with this resolution. Anyway, I need to trim at [...]
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Mount Kilimanjaro
2007 is the year for me to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro. I’ve made a pact with 2 friends to do this. to chronicle this event I will post regular entries to this blog. You follow this adventure on my Kilimanjaro Adventure page. If this is to become a reality I need to get in physical shape. [...]
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Still Waiting
Sometimes I wish I had the patience of these chairs. There they wait. Patiently, without complaining for this season to pass. Too often I want things to move on quickly. Particularly when things are uncomfortable or not exactly as I would like them to be. The pressures of life are sometimes difficult to bear. Learning [...]
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Upgrade
I started the upgrade at 6:19. it is now 6:29 and I’m done. Most of the time was taken downloading, unzipping, deleting old folders and files, and updating new folders and files. The actual upgrade took less than a minute.
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Blogging
Blogging is evolving in many different ways. Posting something to a blog by send an email to a “secret” email address is fascinating.
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Comment Spam
This blog has been up for less than a month and already I got hit with comment spam. I remember on my last (now defunct) blog I was surprised to see several comments on each of my postings one day. I was, however, dismayed to find that the comments were all spam. Really annoying. These [...]
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WordPress 1.5 gamma
How exciting. I’ve been doing catch-up on how to manage and customize WordPress and stumbled across the 1.5 gamma release. I downloaded it and ran the updgrade. It took me all of 20 minutes from download to finish. These guys are doing an excellent job of releasing solid products that are friendly too. I like [...]
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Longing for Spring
This picture was taken in late fall of 2004 when these 2 chairs retired for the season. They are patiently waiting for the return of nice weather when they will resume their places in the yard and be returned to service for our use and enjoyment. I am looking forward to Spring. We have had [...]
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Who is Musyoka?
That would be me. I am an African-American who has been searching for his roots a long time. My search hasn’t been exhaustive by any means. More like a wish, or a desire to know more about my ancestors. My Name is Ronald Denby. I have been involved in missionary work for a number of [...]
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