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Getting Started with Multisite - Part 1: Why Multisite?

Part 1: Why Multisite? Part 2: Activation Part 3: Configuration and Comparison I was recently helping someone get their site moved from WordPress.com to a standalone WordPress install on Reclaim Hosting and one of the concerns was that she actually has multiple blogs and wanted a way to manage

Pixar's Emotion

Michael Branson Smith is in town for a few days to inspire students in the wonder of the animated GIF as well as an installation in the UMW Console Living Room exhibit to rebroadcast period television over VHF airwaves using a Raspberry Pi and transmitter. While hanging out with him

"Your then was not my then..." - Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis, Chapter One

I began reading Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis by Robert Putnam this past week at the prompting of an informal study group by Bryan Alexander. Part of where my interest lies is selfishly in wanting to escape to books and read more (and at a higher level than

I turned off Notifications, and I'm not turning them back on.

My wife teaches Kindergarten and is on Spring Break this week. Typically we've never done anything special because my vacation days never aligned with hers or we didn't have the money or didn't plan enough in advance or whatever. This time around with me

Bridging Canvas to the Open Web

As I finalized my preparations to leave UMW last Fall I outlined some specific projects that I would be willing to oversee as part of a transitionary role as DTLT hires for my position. Things like server management for UMW Domains and UMW Blogs as well as some development for

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