We have had DirecTV for five years. Our HD DVR resets daily, the only upgrade was a $300 upgrade They lost a customer to Comcast tonight.
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Science can be fun. Fig Newto…
Science can be fun. Fig Newton: The force required to accelerate a fig one meter per second.
Science can be fun.
Science can be fun.
Fig Newton: The force required…
Fig Newton: The force required to accelerate a fig 39.37 inches per sec.
Technical tip-when calling a s…
Technical tip-when calling a support line if you need to talk to a human, start using four letter words-you will immediately be transferred.
US subpoenas Wikileaks tweets …
US subpoenas Wikileaks tweets – http://zd.net/fUlb9z – I’ve been following @wikileaks – do they think 635,610 of us are terrorists?
1/1/2011-no heat this morning,…
1/1/2011-no heat this morning, replaced air filter. Oil cap ‘missing’ on van. Family auto maintenance training video on YouTube this week.
1/1/2011 washed the cars with …
1/1/2011 washed the cars with a new kinkless (not so much) hose and nozzle (http://amzn.to/ii4cnE) . I’m not getting used to this weather.
I love end-of-year lists. Toda…
I love end-of-year lists. Today we have “100 or so Books that shaped a Century of Science” be sure to read Feynman – http://bit.ly/hA2Dc5
Recommendations on setting up a web site.
I just helped Katie setup a web site (katiebegley.com). While I’m walking through the process, I thought it would be worthwhile to document the process. Partly this is for my reference, partly as a placeholder for friends and family setting up web sites.
I don’t have a favorite hosting site, but if you have an available server, I recommend WordPress for hosting most small business and personal web sites.
WordPress – download the latest version, and install using the Famous Five Minute Install.
I install WordPress, customize wp-config.php, then setup Remote Publishing to support XML-RPC in the WordPress Administrative interface – Settings – Writing – Remote Publishing (screen shot below).
Next, you select Themes, set the About page, and typically us a Blogging tool such as Windows Live Writer.
Then, you want to publish the web site to