Blogging
1,000 and counting
I just noticed that I have passed the 1,000 mark in the number of posts that I have made in this blog. I believe this is 1,009. Not a big deal, but worth noting. I suppose I should have a drink to celebrate. Maybe several.
2021 blog booklet
2021 was my first full year of travel without Jett. It had the seventh trips north and south (TN7 and TS7) plus the December cruise (PCL2). If you want the year in booklet form you can get it here.
The blog about nothing
With apologies to Seinfeld – the “show about nothing.” Well, a lot of people seemed to like the nothingness of that show, so I will list a few of the “nothing” things that I have done in my first month at my home base in Ft Myers: I got Rusty professionally groomed. He no longer … Continue reading
“Sometimes I Lie” by Alice Feeney
Copyright 2018 by Alice Feeney. Published by Flatiron Books, New York. Occasionally I read a book that I admire but have a hard time recommending. This is one of them. The problems I have with the book are (1) there are no likable characters and (2) I found the jumping around in time – from … Continue reading
2020 blog booklet
2020 was a disastrous year, but the booklet, as I realized as I was assembling it, is fairly upbeat, largely because of the wonderful 2-week cruise early in the year. Anyway, if you want the PDF you can get it here:
Blog booklets 2017-2019 (TTN, NET, STW, STE, TN4, TS4, TN5)
It appears that I never posted links to the blog booklets from 2017 through 2019. I correct that omission here. Tip: to find booklets for earlier years, use the Search box in the right panel. Enter “booklets” and you should get a list with all of the posts containing the PDF links.
Theme update in progress
I have changed the theme to “Twenty Nineteen” which is last year’s default WordPress theme. I mostly like it – clean and crisp. It also has two of the widgets that I most wanted – an “Archives” widget so that you can go as far back as you want and a “Search” widget so you … Continue reading
WordPress upgraded, but…
I performed the dreaded WordPress upgrade today. It turned out to be a piece of cake. The blog backup took only a few minutes and the upgrade consisted of (1) deactivating plugins, (2) upgrading WordPress, (3) upgrading plugins, (4) upgrading themes and (5) re-activating the plugins. Each step took just a few minutes. Total time: … Continue reading
Gearing up for a blog upgrade
I am – or was – a professional software developer. I spent over 45 years developing commercial software, mostly of high quality. The term “development cycle” is one that I have heard so many times that it may be tattooed on my forehead. So why, in the 9 years since I started this blog, have … Continue reading