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  • Beach House WordPress Theme

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    I had designed a simple Beach House WordPress Theme for my uncle’s condo that he was renting. The condo went away and so did the web site so I have decided to share it. The theme is called Beach House. It can be viewed and downloaded here. Technorati : Beach…

  • WordPress 2.03 Update Focuses on Performance

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    Dan

    I must have been asleep for the last week because an update to WordPress was released and I did not see it until yesterday. In looking at the release notes it seems that a lot of the changes had to do with performance. I have installed it here at idano…

  • FAlbum Recent Pictures in Side Bar

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    Dan

    I recently got an e-mail requesting how I got the recent photos in my side bar on my The Masters Family blog. This was done with using the FAlbum WordPress Plug-in By Elijah Cornell. I really dig this plug-in and subsequently it is responsible for me having 3 separate Flickr…

  • Getting into my Niche – Blogging with WordPress

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    Well after the second full month of blogging here at idano.net I have decided to slide into my niche and make it official. This blog will now specifically be about blogging with WordPress. That seems to be all I talk about anyway. Also, that seems to be what people want…

  • Web Site Statistics for June 2006

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    Dan

    You love me, you really love me! No really, you do. Well actually you love WordPress and Godaddy, at least that is what my AWStats is telling me. In the month of may “WordPress Godaddy” was the most popular search phrase that lead you to either the How to setup…

  • A Good Windows Vista Beta 2 Review

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    Dan

    In contrast to my post – The Worst Review that I Have Ever Read – Gizmodo has semi redeemed themselves be referencing a Windows Vista 2 Beta that is worth reading. This review is very good in reviewing the individual features that are new to Vista and their performance. Let’s…

  • The Worst Review that I Have Ever Read

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    Dan

    I have just read the worst review that I have ever come across. The review was of a guy that was trying to install a “near” beta 2 of Windows Vista (you can read the review here). The reason why this was bad was because the guy is obviously an…

  • Fixing WordPress Performance Issues with WP-Cache Plug-in

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    Dan

    I have been having performance issues over at 2 of my other sites – themastersfamily.net and themastershouse.net which are both run with WordPress. Pages were taking up to 30 seconds to load each. I put several calls into the hosting company that I am with but they did not see…

  • How to fix the black bar on the side of a Phillips Plasma TV

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    Dan

    We recently got a new Phillips Flat Panel Plasma TV. We got it for a great price as an open box from Circuit City. I hooked it up with the composite connectors for the best quality (see this article on what that means). Then Time Warner came out and installed…