Shawn's Blog

a hair-band lovin', techni-junkie's banter about… whatever.

Recognition can go a long way

It sounds simple, it really does, but in today’s society, a lot of people are too busy to tell someone that they appreciate what they have done.  Getting back to basics, simple recognition can make a big difference. In my son’s school (actually, this may be a feature of Elementary schools on Nova Scotia), they [...]

Conversion Complete

The new blog is up and running now, the upgrade to WordPress version 2,8 is complete.  I ran into some problems with older plugins that were required for my last theme to function properly.  There were upgrades available for those plugins, but they would stop the blog from loading.  In addition, even with the older [...]

New WP Version, New Layout.

WordPress updated to a new version today and added a slew of new features.  Seeing as it is getting harder and harder to ensure my old theme (and plugins required for the theme to work properly) was compatible with the new WordPress version, I decided to change the theme. While I liked the old theme, [...]

Roll Up The Rim To Lose

So it’s Tim Horton’s annual “Roll Up the Rim to Win” contest, or, as I like to refer to it, the “Let’s Kill the New Year Resolution” event.  For whatever reason, I tend to start cutting back on TH coffee every year after Christmas.  I don’t officially try to give up TH every year, but [...]

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