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- Tuesday, September 11, 2018 5:03 PM: Twitter Killed Their Search Widgets
Well, Twitter finally went and did it. They killed their search widgets. All the search widgets stopped working on my web pages today. 🙁 They've been planning this for awhile: Deprecating widget settings – Announcements – Twitter Developers . The following pages are now missing their widgets: my Weather, NASCAR, and Entertainment Page, as well as the EverQuest II search at Mysstie.
So, for now, all I can do is provide links directly to Twitter, like #okwx OR #okfire OR #okquake – Twitter Search. Blah... Sigh.
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- Monday, August 6, 2018 1:12 AM: New Font Poll
I am trying to decide if I want to change the font I use. I was prompted to do so after trying out the new WordPress Gutenberg editor which happened use the font. I am also testing out this WP-Polls | WordPress.org plugin. Just more curious than anything. I also wonder how this will come across on my main website. Hmmm.
- This paragraph is in the original font which was
font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;. The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 1234567890
- This paragraph is in the new font which is
font-family: 'Noto Serif', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;. The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 1234567890
I used the google webfonts helper to download all the necessary font files and CSS to host the fonts locally and not depend on a third party site.
Oh, I'll make another post about my experiences with this new editor. 🤔
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- Thursday, August 2, 2018 11:47 PM: Blog Updated to WordPress v4.9.8
I just updated my blog to WordPress v4.9.8. “This maintenance release fixes 46 bugs, enhancements and blessed tasks, including updating the Twenty Seventeen bundled theme..” As always, I backed up my files and database first. I have automatic updates disabled so I can do this beforehand. So far, the update seems to have gone smoothly. 😃
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- Thursday, July 5, 2018 6:29 PM: Blog Updated to WordPress v4.9.7
I just updated my blog to WordPress v4.9.7. “Version 4.9.7 addressed some security issues and fixed 17 bugs.” As always, I backed up my files and database first. I have automatic updates disabled so I can do this beforehand. So far, the update seems to have gone smoothly. 😃
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- Wednesday, July 4, 2018 12:52 AM: Happy 4th of July for 2018!
Wishing everyone a Happy (and safe) 4th of July! 😃 For those in certain Oklahoma city areas, AAA is offering their Tipsy Tow service for free once again. You can call them at (800) AAA-HELP or (800) 222-4357. There's also Uber and Lyft services; so, there's no excuse for anyone to drink and drive.Have a great Independence Day! 😃 🎇🎆🎆🎇
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General Information
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Background: I was born on June 6, 1969 in Wichita Falls, TX, but grew-up in Edmond, OK, including going to Edmond High School there.
Current Occupation: It's a secret.
Before my present job, I was: a bank teller, Interned/Co-oped with IBM down in Southlake, TX at their Performance Evaluation Center programming Remote Terminal Emulators, and then worked for the State of Oklahoma in the Department of Vital Statistics (birth/death certificate stuff) for awhile, then spent 13 years working for Creative Labs, Inc starting out as a Technical Support Agent and ending up as a PC Technician/Help Desk Support in the IT Department.
Current residence: Oklahoma City, OK. If you want to know where Oklahoma City is in Oklahoma, or if you want to see what other internet resources there are in Oklahoma, click Oklahoma. Here's another site for info about what's in Oklahoma City.
Graduated May '92 with a Bachelor of Science in Computing and Information Sciences from Oklahoma State University.
Hobbies: Computing and all that stuff, Music, Movies, Snow Skiing (it's been awhile since I've been :/ ), Chatting on the internet (generally while working on our website or programming), and goofing off.
Radio Station I mostly listen to is the Classic Rock station KRXO 104.5 FM, followed by: KJ-103 and Rock 100.5 the KATT., all out of Oklahoma City, OK.
I have one sister, Jill, who got her PhD in Physical Chemistry, researching the atmospheric chemistry of alkylperoxy radicals (believe I got that right.. has to do with lasers, studying molecular behavior of various gases, CO2 and Ozone among others).. at the University of Colorado She's now a Research Associate at the University of Kansas.
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Website was created with HomeSite v4.5. After Macromedia purchased HomeSite I stopped upgrading. It seems to do the things I want.. so why upgrade? Also, some aspects of version 4.5 that I use on occasion were removed from later versions.
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