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WordPress, having a CMS website, and decisions.

Greg — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:30:15 +0000

Hmmm, how would that work?

As I struggled with my WordPress instance bombing on me the other day, it occurred to me that I was unaware how dependent I had become to having such a tool manage my website. Once I realized the extent of the issue I was having, I even resorted to uploading my old static website to my server while I figured out the problem. I quickly realized when re-deploying my old website how much of an effort it used to be to maintain it and update it with no current CMS modularity that I have come to enjoy using WP. Then I realized (as if this weren’t enough to think about) that I have 2 “bloggy” sites…one on Posterous and this website you are reading.

So of course, this made me debate why I have a website altogether. It used to be for showcasing my projects and my web based offerings but I left that side of my career behind eons ago. These days I have moved more to the planning/strategy side of the street and so therefore, by design I guess, my website needs are best quantified by what I have to say. Sigh…so THEN, I read through a lot of my posts to investigate if I felt I had something interesting to say. I determined that though I am not providing expert analysis or other kinds of genius through this website I AM having fun and so therefore, WORDPRESS IT IS!

Going forward I plan to be more active in using it too.

Back in action

Greg — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:51:00 +0000

I’ve got my Word Press instance working again, to a point…but man was that odd and frustrating.

Have to find my images database but will get that done shortly. Oy vey.

WordPress Rant

Greg — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:26:14 +0000

You know, as much as I love WP (and I do) I can’t understand how code goes rogue out of nowhere.

My Lightbox plugin is barfing on my pages adding gobbledygook code on live pages and I have 0 time until later to fix it.

What’s up with you WP?

Poor Jessica

Greg — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:49:39 +0000

I’m sorry but this makes me burst out laughing.

From ABC News:

A bizarre 38-minute set by opening act Jessica Simpson inadvertently stole the spotlight from headliner Rascal Flatts in a show at the Van Andel Arena. The Grand Rapids Press said Simpson forgot her lyrics, struggled with her ear monitors, mumbled through songs and fought back tears during Thursday night’s performance.

At one point, the 28-year-old singer-actress asked her backing band to start over on one song, and she forgot the words to another.

“Jessica had an off night,” Cindi Berger, a representative for Simpson, said Friday. “She’s a perfectionist, and wanted to start some of the songs over. She always wants to give her best performance to her fans.”

Simpson apologized to the supportive audience of about 9,000 by mouthing the word “sorry” on two large video screens.

While introducing her last song, Simpson said she sometimes feels like quitting. She appeared to be wiping away tears after finishing the song and walking off the stage.