Translating my thoughts into words.
Today was the first day I had without obligations, but only because I asked a colleague to fill in for me for a 1-4 pm meeting. My in-laws were in town, we had a morning brunch, watched the Spanish Grand Prix, and then I ran a bit of cable in preparation for my birthday present. (Which is not for another 4 months, but you know…I am a bit eager.) Finally, this weekend’s photo theme was transportation so of course I had to shoot the Vespa. The Flickr group is PSUTwitwalkers. And here is a sample.
Today a Flickr group sent out a call, of sorts, for geeks to put up compromising pictures of themselves. Being geeks this has more to do with bad hair and t-shirts than being caught in flagrante. So, for your amusement (please put down your cup or you will cause damage to your computer) I offer a few shots of yours truly in his youth.
Now here is the participatory part. Feel free to offer your own captions (no profanity please).
There are a ton of new posting features in WP 2.5. The interface for composing is extremely comprehensive and works just fine in BonEcho (Firefox) for Mac. Some of the new features are around the handling of media, including being able to upload more than one image at once. It works like a treat. Just select a group of photos and it starts uploading! They go straight into another new feature, the “gallery.” You can then load that into a post. I am not sure how it works. So let’s try it out, shall we?
These should all be pictures of the kids using sidewalk paint on Easter Day. Now that is very cool!
Text editing – The keyboard shortcuts such as bold and italics, etc. (ctrl b and i respectively) work just fine and there is even a full screen mode. You can now also do a lot more formatting (paragraph, header, etc.) Now, before I get hammered with comments, I know that much of this was available before but it made a huge difference which browser you used. So if nothing else, it is a convenience for me that all these features work with Firefox/BonEcho for Mac You can also “remove formatting,” “paste from Word,” and “undo.” NB Mac users: The default “command” key is ctrl rather than the cmd/Apple key.
Finally, I had to update a few plugins (the auto update feature is great! but not all plugins support it yet) including GoogleAnalytics. That seem to solve a few bugs. Other than that, this is an upgrade well worth making! Your visitors won’t see too many differences, but you will.
The Vespa LX50, Gap version has arrived! I went to pick it up today (and pay tax, tags, registration, assembly fee…a free prize is never free, oh and insurance) and rode it home! In the rain. It is only 49cc and barely made 25 mph uphill, but screamed to 45 mph downhill. The worst wasn’t the rain but the backsplash from the cars in front. Now, for a few pictures. Click on them for bigger images at Flickr.
The scooter itself. Note the Gap stripe motif. You will recall that we won this in a Yahoo!/Gap competition this past Christmas.
The seat flips up to store the helmet and various other items. But NOT pets! You have been warned:
And finally, the rebel without a clue and his girl.
My daughter (10 years old) has entered the blogging world! (*Sniff* I am so proud!) Her blog is about Club Penguin and other interests of hers such as Harry Potter and it can be found here: IsseRuth So, if you or your child is looking for tips and hints about CP then head on over! We will begin posting podcasts shortly (and in a few minutes I will link back to a podcast she did with me over a year ago!)
