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Re: reBlog from boldlygoing.com: Boldly Going

jamesdkirk — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:21:57 -0000

Rock on MissTillyTilly (I have an adorable niece named Tilly!) Thanks for stopping by. I'll be checking out Zemanta on this blog and my (slightly more) professional online presence, http://BoldlyGoing.com. So far, I like the tool. Really need to use it more to get an overall feel for it.

Thanks again so much for the comment! JDK.

Re: reBlog from boldlygoing.com: Boldly Going

misstillytilly — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:15:33 -0000

Heya!

Perfect use of the reBlog feature! Thanks for the coverage! We are very excited to give bloggers a new way to gain exposure to their posts, and take the hassle out of researching for content.

Feel free to drop me a line if you have any questions, concerns, ideas or feedback for the team! We are very excited to hear your thoughts!

xoxo
Tilly McLain
community manager, Zemanta

Re: reBlog from boldlygoing.com: Boldly Going

jamesdkirk — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:43:41 -0000

So, Zemanta is an interesting service. Provides images and article links that you can insert into your post. Seems to be a lot of ways to customize, and if you know HTML at all, you can manipulate that code as well. Will continue playing with it to see if it adds appreciated content to my posts.

Re: Quick test of Twitter Tools

jamesdkirk — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:34:42 -0000

I suppose I don't really need to worry about it since the post title actually does get published to my twitter stream roundabout via Friend Feed. Strange that it doesn't work though.

Re: Another test of the WP BB app

jamesdkirk — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:09:10 -0000

So, I went ahead and processed that image. If you happened to see it before, you might have been scared. Very scared!

My take away is that there are certain post types that might be a good use of the WP BB application. One thing that might help is to set the Storm to take smaller pictures, at least ones that will not break your WordPress theme. Also, I believe the Storm photo application allows for rotating pictures, so that might allow for them to be uploaded into the new post without being all sideways!

It's all a journey!

Re: Another test of the WP BB app

jamesdkirk — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:26:20 -0000

Yikes! Guess I need to see about the auto cropping (and whether or not rotating can be done on the Storm; I think it should be able to do that).

But all in all, a success!

Yay! Woo Hoo!

Who needs a laptop now?

;) LOL

Re: test

jamesdkirk — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:22:07 -0000

Love this Internet thing! Thanks for the pointers Raananbarcohen. I'm going to check it out right now. Will post back if things look rosier for me!

Hmmm, doesn't seem that the latest version of the application has that listing for "Compatibility mode" So, not sure how to turn that off.

Bummer! Any other thoughts?

Re: test

raananbarcohen — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:59:23 -0000

Hi James --

Have you checked out the compatibility setting ? From the FAQ: http://blackberry.wordpress.org/faq/

Q: The app does not seem to work properly on the Storm. The screen orientation is odd, and scrolling does not work properly. How do I resolve these issues ?
A: You need to run the app with Compatibility mode OFF. Go to option-> Advanced options-> Application -> WordPress to change this setting.

Re: Now reading “The Omnivore’s Dilemma”

jamesdkirk — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:47:01 -0000

I'm nearing the completion of the section of the book where the author describes an amazing, nearly self sufficient "pastoral farm". I really want to be a farmer now!

Okay, maybe I don't want to work as hard as they do! The respect you gain for these amazing folks is immense. Read this book! If you're interested, I'll let you borrow my copy when I'm done. Just drop a message and let me know.

Re: Now reading “The Omnivore’s Dilemma”

jamesdkirk — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:47:00 -0000

Just wanted to post a quick update during a break in baking my roast and ratatouille. This book is simply mind blowing. Even though I've just taken to eating beef and pork again, after 26 years, what I've read thus far has made me completely realize there is such a thing as over doing it. And when you over do the meat eating thing, you really are contributing heavily to the downfall of our environment. This is saying nothing of course about all the corn we eat, drink, and likely wear! I heartily recommend this book for those who are interested in learning more about the real food chain in our modern world.

Re: Considering “Becoming a Chef”

jamesdkirk — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:38:09 -0000

Have finally finished "Becoming a Chef". Very glad I got the insight and inspiration this book has to offer anyone interested or considering getting into the culinary industry.

Re: Roast Duck Soup after a day at the library

jamesdkirk — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:43:03 -0000

I should take a quick moment to point out here my discovery first thing this morning. After arriving to the Jefferson Market Branch a few moments after opening, I thought it might be nice to look around the remainder of the place since I had failed to do that yesterday. All in all, the inside looks much like you'd expect, a library. However, with a little effort you get to see all the subtle nuances that make up the late 1800's built facility. Really quite nice, and a clear tribute to the city of NY for acquiring and converting the property.

The "discovery" as you will, is the fact that there are no public accessible restrooms here! WTF? Now, I'm not sure as to why this may be the case, however considering my observation yesterday, and already today of those who appear homeless camping out in various nooks and crannies catching a warm nap, I am led to believe they might be responsible for removing access to facilities for the general public. I will however, do some investigations so as not to appear to be judging a book by the cover (sorry, you just have to slip that pun in when chatting about libraries. It's like an unwritten rule ;) )

Re: Qdoba food delivery in NYC

jamesdkirk — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:25:48 -0000

Okay! Food has been delivered. The rather unfriendly delivery man must have scooched into the building with someone coming in. Poor form on the other tenants part, and even poorer from for the delivery. What does it matter, you ask? Well, living on the 6th floor allows us time to "get to the door" when we know they are coming up with the food. And this just makes for better interactions with the delivery person (especially considering that I had a pen at the ready in case the delivery man didn't have one; and of course, he didn't, however, since I had to run to the door I failed to bring the pen and had to go back for it :( )

As to the food itself? Well, obviously, I enjoy Qdoba. This will have been my 9th time having food from them, and other than one episode where I had to beg for limes to put into the coronas, I've never had a challenge.

Opting to enjoy the taco platter first, I've put the chicken burrito to rest in the fridge, so that will be dinner (and likely breakfast since those things are really big!) You'll notice on the copy of my original order, I chose three tacos, one hard shell and two soft. Had the food preparer opted to put the hard taco shell between the 2 soft, I'm guessing there would not have been quite the "adventure" in separating the soft shells. Not a big deal, but still. Oh, and the hard shell, well, I suppose the steam envelope that was created by the plastic plate and clear plastic dome lid allowed it to not be quite so hard when I did eat them.

All in all, the taco sampler was actually quite good, and I was pleasantly surprised with Qdoba's version of a vegetarian taco: black beans and their white rice all held together with some cheese. A nice sampling of their salsa sauces made consuming the three tacos quite a nice journey.

Oh, and Qdoba's home made taco chips and guacamole that I ordered extra were a definite requirement (and in an unofficial survey, Marlene and I are pretty sure Qdoba is one of the least expensive places in NYC to get guacamole. Always a good thing!)

So, if you're near a Qdoba, get yourself a rewards card, get it signed up online, and start ordering up!

Re: My Thoughts

jamesdkirk — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:27:30 -0000

Wondering if the psolenoid interface doesn't work with add on commenting systems? Not seeing it here.