Category Archives: technology

Testing wpUCanHide

Posted on June 2, 2011 by David

I want to know if the plugin wpUCanHide works on WP 3.1.2 because it is only certified up to 2.5.1 officially. If you can see this then it does not work because I am the only person with a login. … Continue reading →

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Best-Of Comments

Posted on November 25, 2009 by David

Have you ever wanted to share your favorite comments on the front page of your site? I’m not talking about the most recent comments, or the most frequent contributors, but the best comments (most funny, most thoughtful, most appropriate, most … Continue reading →

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WordPress, the OpenID Plugin, and Blogger Comments

Posted on August 3, 2009 by David

I’m a fan of the idea of OpenID which is why I use the OpenID plugin accept OpenID authentication for comments on this site and others that I run. I am under no illusions that it serves as an anti-spam … Continue reading →

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Voting Record

Posted on February 13, 2009 by David

Voting Record will allow recording of votes cast for display and reference purposes. Elected officials can record and display their votes and citizens can track and display the votes of an elected official they follow. Latest Version: 2.0 (March 16, … Continue reading →

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Kiva

Posted on February 4, 2009 by David

For those who wish to help others but who have limited means to do so Kiva provides an opportunity to give a little (as little as $25) and help people around the world who have business plans to lift themselves … Continue reading →

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OpenID Enabled

Posted on January 19, 2009 by David

I have been using OpenID for quite a while to comment on various blogs at Blogger. I never really considered it necessary to use here since I don’t require registration of any kind here – totally anonymous comments are fine … Continue reading →

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I Finally Dig Digg

Posted on May 6, 2008 by David

When Digg arrived on the web I wrote it off as another Slashdot – nothing wrong with it, but no reason for yet another account to remember. I change my tune today because of the fact that there are no … Continue reading →

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Similarity

Posted on April 15, 2008 by David

I have been using Darren’s Related Posts plugin (DRPP) for a long time. For my purposes it was the best plugin for showing related posts that I had encountered. After a while I decided that I was not completely satisfied … Continue reading →

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Winning the Oil Endgame

Posted on December 11, 2007 by David

Is there anyone who would not want to see our nation profitably end its dependence on foreign oil? I doubt that there is anyone like that (not counting the Saudis of course). If you are anything like me that idea … Continue reading →

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Archive Menu

Posted on August 22, 2007 by David

I have created a new theme for my site (more like what I was unable to create before) which should render correctly in any browser. I know that the old theme was quirky in Internet Explorer. As part of creating … Continue reading →

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