Patrick Talmadge
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“If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, the general is to blame. But if his orders ARE clear, and the soldiers nevertheless disobey then it is the fault of their officers”
Sun Tzu
A recent New York Times article about Facebook’s ridiculous privacy policy and settings got me to take 15 minutes and lockdown my privacy settings. In the past I’ve taken the time to review my privacy settings but Facebook doesn’t make it easy to find all the settings. The NYTimes article, found here, has a [...]
My wife surprised me with a Kindle for my birthday. This could get expensive. Amazon makes it way to easy to buy books!
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
My Twitter
- Why is the Logitech Harmony software so painfully bad? 2012/02/05
- Fun with programming and toys... http://t.co/2fQ5dHIS 2012/02/02
- @elementdave which model did you get? 2012/01/31
- @elementdave Nice... 3 mins with my small helicopter and you just had to get one? 2012/01/31
- RT @5marks: @patricktalmadge and I will be spending some time in the lab tonight putting some finishing touches on Agora. 2012/01/30
- Thank you @INGDIRECT for shafting me with a $50 fee for a early redemption fee on 30 shares out of a 1070 I sold. #whymutualfundssuck #IRA 2012/01/27
- RT @newsycombinator: Hackers have a twisted sense of humor. Watch this: if you laugh, you're one http://t.co/RdHxFVHq 2012/01/27
- RT @andrewchen: The Secret To Pinterest's Astounding Success: A Brilliant Sign-Up Process You Should Copy http://t.co/AsGi9pBx 2012/01/25
- 2 year old + Headlamp = nighttime play with out power #snowpocolypse #2012 2012/01/21
- Took a break from work to play in the snow with my son. #goodtimes #workingfromhome 2012/01/18
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