Category Archives: General

WordPress Plugins as Frameworks

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Josh

I noticed earlier today an interesting video in the WordPress.tv feed. Marc Lavallee & Wes Lindamood: Plugins are Blueprints talk about how they use plugins as a starting point to get to an end. I like what they had to say. It reminded … Continue reading →

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WordPress 2.7 Support Added To The Picklewagon Theme

Posted on January 6, 2009 by Josh

I have bene very happy with the progress WordPress is making with its releases. They are adding a lot of good features fairly quickly. With all of the changes on the backend, the theming changes added to 2.7 haven’t received … Continue reading →

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Using Twitter Now

Posted on October 30, 2008 by Josh

A long time ago, I signed up for Twitter but have used it very little since. I used it privately in the past, mostly when we had our last child. I used it as a log of the night’s events. … Continue reading →

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New User Approve WordPress Plugin

Posted on October 27, 2008 by Josh

Finally I am getting around to releasing some plugins I have created for WordPress. The first one is the New User Approve plugin. New User Approve is a WordPress plugin that allows a blog administrator to approve a user before … Continue reading →

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First Release of my Picklewagon WordPress Theme

Posted on October 23, 2008 by Josh

I’ve spent the last few nights getting my Picklewagon WordPress Theme ready for release. The reason why I am releasing it is because that is what WordPress is all about. Everybody releases plugins and themes they have worked on and … Continue reading →

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Jungle Disk Discount Offer

Posted on June 30, 2008 by Josh

I recently blogged about how much I like using Jungle Disk as a backup service. Today I got an email from them with a discount code for friends and family. I have 10 to give away. It reduces the price … Continue reading →

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Using Jungle Disk and Amazon S3 To Backup Data

Posted on June 28, 2008 by Josh

I have officially found a backup service I am happy with. I have tried other services in the past but wasn’t completely happy with them for one reason or another. After hearing about JungleDisk from various sources, I decided to … Continue reading →

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Back and Better Than Ever

Posted on February 22, 2008 by Josh

I’ve decided to finally stop my stint of not posting to my blog. I have been busy with moving and starting a new job, but there are so many ideas and thoughts in my that need to be put somewhere. … Continue reading →

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Email Cleanup

Posted on August 27, 2007 by Josh

It’s been a while since I last posted anything. Sometimes I need a break from blogging. I have lots of stuff that I want to blog about after some time away. The other day I was cleaning up my email … Continue reading →

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Site Redesign Completed

Posted on July 25, 2007 by Josh

I’ve been saying for a while that I need to redesign my site. I was using a nice template but there was no color and I didn’t like the fonts. For those of who that read the RSS feed, make … Continue reading →

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