I finished the lastest WordPress upgrade. It was a bit of a pain because I had to update MySQL before I could upgrade WordPress. But, now everything is up to date.

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I just enabled WPTouch on PatrickTalmadge.com. WPTouch provides optimized formatting for the iPhone and other mobile devices. I figured now that nearly everyone I know has a smartphone my site should be optimized for mobile phones.
WPTouch is extremely easy to use and has tons of customization. I see no reason that I will remove WPTouch. [...]

In the past I’ve tried Wordpress’s automatic update and was never able to get it to work. But the last two Wordpress updates have gone flawlessly using the automatic update. You can’t beat Wordpress’s features and functionality for the low low price of free. Hopefully automatic update will continue to work and simplify my update [...]

I added the new page because I had to remove my Picasa sidebar widget so the iPhone Wordpress app would work. The page has a random thumbnail of one of the pictures from each of the photo albums I have hosted on Picasa. You can find the new page in the main navigation menu or [...]

I’ve had my phone for a little while now. After trying out a bunch of free apps and games, I’ve found that a lot suck, some are ok, very few apps are any good. So far I’ve only looked at free apps and games because I haven’t seen thing that make me want to open my wallet. [...]

I finally got the Wordpress iPhone app working. I had to disable two of my widgets (follow me and picasa). I’m not sure why the app wouldn’t work with those widgets running. Something new I need to look into.
So far the app seems cool. Not sure how much I will use it. It’s hard to [...]

In March I did a 2009 first quarter update of the progress of my New Year’s Resolutions. In that post I said I would do a progress update every quarter. June means it’s time for a second quarter update for 2009. My second quarter progress for my 2009 New Year’s Resolutions is below.

Read at least book a week
I have read/listened to 42 books [...]

Here are a few pictures from our Washington DC trip. You can click on the thumbnails to view lager and uncropped versions of the pictures. More pictures can be found on my Picasa account by clicking here

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A few weeks ago I signed up for a Lending Club account. Before joining Lending Club, I researched the company and found they have been around for a few years. The company is well funded by Norwest Venture Partners and Canaan Partners.
Lending Club allows individual investors and qualified borrowers to get better rates than with [...]

I’ve been playing around with the idea of starting a blog dedicated to personal finance. I realized the other day, my business and finance thought process differs from the average person. I’m not sure where this aptitude came from. Yes, I spent my college years in business school and I enjoy reading business books (I [...]