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Snowing in Houston

dropdeaddick — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:04:45 +0000

It’s snowing here in Houston today! We don’t see snow that often here and it sure doesn’t compare to the snow when I am up in Michigan. However it is a welcome change and distraction from the normal Texas weather. It is expected to continue though the rest of the day and we may actually see more than 2 inches. I don’t mind at all, just gives me a reason to kick the dodge into 4 wheel drive.

Bookworm Addiction

dropdeaddick — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:03:18 +0000

I seemed to have a new found addiction to Bookworm. This is not a new game to me but I recently installed in on my notebook and can’t seem to stop playing it.

To make matters worse, Sharlet of SharletsWorld.com has been taunting me about my scores. I think I have her beat with my new score(3,452,580), but I really don’t see this ending well for me.

Edible Arrangement

dropdeaddick — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:29:30 +0000

I received an edible arrangement today from a friend for helping with her web design class. I have seen these before but never tried them nor received one until now. I enjoy fresh fruit but don’t eat it as often as I should, so this was a welcome treat.

Thanks Cathy!

My New “Desk”

dropdeaddick — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:31:37 +0000

My job requires a lot of hours at the keyboard, so I decide to swap my desk for something a bit more comfortable. After a little searching I opted for a recliner and a LCD stand.

To round out the setup, I tossed in a wireless keyboard, wireless mouse, and a nice lap board. My only complaints so far are that the stand is held in place by the weight of the recliner and I hate the keyboard. However, I have yet to knock it over and have pre ordered the new Logitech K340 compact keyboard.

WordPress for BlackBerry

dropdeaddick — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:02:15 +0000

I am finally getting around to testing the WordPress for BlackBerry app which was released last month. It is still in beta testing, but looks promising so far.

This post was made from my BlackBerry 8330 and I have attached a test image. If you want try the WordPress for BlackBerry app just point your BlackBerry browser to http://blackberry.wordpress.org/install

wunderground.com Weather Sticker

dropdeaddick — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:01:56 +0000

I finally took the time to get this widget listed in the WordPress Plugin Directory.

You can now automatically install this widget from your WordPress Admin panel or download it in .zip format.

Weather Sticker 2.0

dropdeaddick — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 02:09:10 +0000

Added option for locations outside of US to enter station number.
Added option to select sticker with white text.

Just upload the new wunder.php into your wp-content/plugins/ directory.

This widget displays the standard wunderground.com weather sticker.

Weather Widget Update

dropdeaddick — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 05:32:15 +0000

Corrected problem that prevented cities with more than one word from displaying properly.

Just upload the new wunder.php into your wp-content/plugins/ directory and all is well.

Weather Widget

dropdeaddick — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 23:30:35 +0000

UPDATE: Corrected output to meet WC3 XHTML 1.0 Transitional Standards

I thought I would take a shot at creating a Widget to display the standard wunderground.com weather sticker. I could have used the built in Text Widget to add the needed code to display their weather sticker, but whats the fun in that. After checking out the provided samples and a few minutes of cursing, I managed to get my widget to work. Unfortunately for my foreign friends, the weather widget only allows you to enter US locations.

To install the weather widget:
Just upload wunder.php into the wp-content/plugins/ directory, activate the module from the Plugin Management page, and then go to the Sidebar Widgets page to configure your Title, City and State.

Configuration Example

Why Not?

dropdeaddick — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 19:00:00 +0000

I haven’t maintained a site in a while so I figured why not see how much of my life I can waste tweaking this damn thing. I have no idea what I will put up here but I can promise you it’s not going to be entertaining. So move on my friend or you will lose precious minutes of your life that you will never get back.