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WordPress 3.3 “Sonny” upgrade
12.14.2011
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The upgrade went very smooth and without any problems or issues that I’ve noticed. My templates are working just fine and haven’t broken.

I’m very pleased with the WP developers and their updating method.

The new features are pretty neat. You can read about everything that’s new in this version on the WordPress website codex.

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davidpisarek.com v8 is now live

I’ve just launched the first public beta of http://www.davidpisarek.com (v8).

I’ve streamlined the design, and refocused the site to reflect more of my photography.

Please take a look around the site, and let me know if you experience problems with anything, or if you notice anything strange.

I would really appreciate if you can test the site by resizing your browser, trying different browsers, etc. :-)

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Transition to GMail
08.30.2010
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After a long debate with myself, I figured it was time to take the plunge and move my email to “the cloud”. So far I’ve been running it for a few days now, and I like it. I tried it a year or so ago, but I ended up reverting back.

My thoughts (in no particular order)

  1. I tried to copy the emails from my computer over to GMail, but it was setting all the dates to the day that I I have all my previous email stored on my computer, so I can reference it whenever I want.
  2. GMail supports my own personal domains – so I can send and receive without people noticing.
    1. I find it offensive when Internet professionals and businesses use @hotmail.com or @gmail.com email addresses when they have their own domain.
  3. I can still send and receive how I want from my iPhone.
  4. I have IMAP configured, so I can still do anything I want with my folders, or as GMail likes to call them… “labels”.
  5. I can access my email any time from anywhere, Internet connection permitting.
  6. The spam filters are MUCH better than what Microsoft has done in Entourage. So far it hasn’t filtered any legitimate email to my spam box, which is always nice.
    1. I have many server rules setup to wipe out a ton of spam before anything has a chance to make it to my inbox.
  7. Google Docs! It’s awesome, and now I can save attachments to that.
  8. Viewing online of documents. No more needing to open the document in the application. I can view it in a webpage and save time. Yes dad, that means that all of those “amazing photograph” emails with 20MB powerpoints won’t be AS annoying – but please try to refrain from sending them anyways!   :-D
  9. I will not tell anyone my GMail address. I do not want to get email to it. If you want to know why, read point 2.1. 8-)

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08.21.2010
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I’ve been working on the blog a bit in the background – some functional and technical things that I wanted to change, and have slowly been resolving.

One of the items on my list has been to figure out a way to get my automated Twitter “life stream” hidden from the blog homepage. I figure, if someone wants to see my Twitter posts, they’ll either look at my Twitter page, or look at the Twitter category in my blog. I think it’s more important to showcase and highlight my actual posts instead. Plus, on my homepage I have the most recent tweets displayed.

I was going to script something to do it, but instead I came across the plugin “Simply Exclude” by CodeHooligans.

I’m quite impressed. After installing the plugin, within 1-minute I had the Twitter category removed from my homepage. No coding or scripting needed!

The only glitch is that if you tag a post in multiple categories, and one of those categories is excluded, it too will come off the homepage. Maybe this is something that will be fixed in the next version.

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I’ve been meaning to post this for a couple of weeks, and I’m just getting around to it.

I did something interesting with my website. I took a look at my stats, and created a neat-looking word cloud, based on the keywords that people enter in search engines to get to my website.

It’s quite interesting to see.

dmpP website word cloud for 2009

dmpP website word cloud for 2009

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11.20.2009
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I’ve finally found a multiple IE installer.

It lets you run versions 1.0, 1.5, 2.01, 3.0, 4.01, 5.01, 5.5, 6.0, 7.0, and 8.0

Kudos to the developer.

More details can be found at: Final Builds Site – IE Collection

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Have you seen it yet? If not, head over to www.dmpp.net and enjoy!

What do you think of it?

I think this is a keeper…  until I get bored of looking at it (again).

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Toronto Ontario Canada web design webdesign graphic design databases html dhtml portfolio canada loves ny canada loves new york durham college university of ontario institute of technology design programming software operating systems hardware computer sales consulting adobe photoshop macromedia flash cgi javascript lingo maxscript mysql perl homesite corel draw 3d studio max quark xpress express microsoft windows apple osx macintosh iphone linux operational excellence the crossways complex art of noise dmpp.net davidpisarek.com canadalovesny.com dtworx incorporated web manager web master professor ceo networking cat5 cat 5 5e webcam ftp update site development develop Thornhill Richmond Hill Oshawa Whitby GTA Greater Toronto Area Pickering Ajax North York Downsview ralph gerhardt Ralph Gerhardt dmpp : David Michael Pisarek Productions | I have many years (since 1991) developing, maintaining, and designing web sites for people, small business, corporations, and enterprises. I have also many years of photography, database design, video editing, audio editing, internet streaming, broadcasting, and webcam deployment experience. Contact me for more information about the services that I can provide to you or your company. Toronto Ontario Canada web design webdesign graphic design databases html dhtml portfolio canada loves ny canada loves new york durham college university of ontario institute of technology design programming software operating systems hardware computer sales consulting adobe photoshop macromedia flash cgi javascript lingo maxscript mysql perl homesite corel draw 3d studio max quark xpress express microsoft windows apple osx macintosh iphone linux operational excellence the crossways complex art of noise dmpp.net davidpisarek.com canadalovesny.com dtworx incorporated web manager web master professor ceo networking cat5 cat 5 5e webcam ftp update site development develop Thornhill Richmond Hill Oshawa Whitby GTA Greater Toronto Area Pickering Ajax North York Downsview ralph gerhardt Ralph Gerhardt dmpp : David Michael Pisarek Productions | I have many years (since 1991) developing, maintaining, and designing web sites for people, small business, corporations, and enterprises. I have also many years of photography, database design, video editing, audio editing, internet streaming, broadcasting, and webcam deployment experience. Contact me for more information about the services that I can provide to you or your company. Toronto Ontario Canada web design webdesign graphic design databases html dhtml portfolio canada loves ny canada loves new york durham college university of ontario institute of technology design programming software operating systems hardware computer sales consulting adobe photoshop macromedia flash cgi javascript lingo maxscript mysql perl homesite corel draw 3d studio max quark xpress express microsoft windows apple osx macintosh iphone linux operational excellence the crossways complex art of noise dmpp.net davidpisarek.com canadalovesny.com dtworx incorporated web manager web master professor ceo networking cat5 cat 5 5e webcam ftp update site development develop Thornhill Richmond Hill Oshawa Whitby GTA Greater Toronto Area Pickering Ajax North York Downsview ralph gerhardt Ralph Gerhardt dmpp : David Michael Pisarek Productions | I have many years (since 1991) developing, maintaining, and designing web sites for people, small business, corporations, and enterprises. I have also many years of photography, database design, video editing, audio editing, internet streaming, broadcasting, and webcam deployment experience. Contact me for more information about the services that I can provide to you or your company. Toronto Ontario Canada web design webdesign graphic design databases html dhtml portfolio canada loves ny canada loves new york durham college university of ontario institute of technology design programming software operating systems hardware computer sales consulting adobe photoshop macromedia flash cgi javascript lingo maxscript mysql perl homesite corel draw 3d studio max quark xpress express microsoft windows apple osx macintosh iphone linux operational excellence the crossways complex art of noise dmpp.net davidpisarek.com canadalovesny.com dtworx incorporated web manager web master professor ceo networking cat5 cat 5 5e webcam ftp update site development develop Thornhill Richmond Hill Oshawa Whitby GTA Greater Toronto Area Pickering Ajax North York Downsview ralph gerhardt Ralph Gerhardt