Fresh Oil

Posted on by Tom Lany

I was driving home this morning, and passed by some road construction a couple of blocks from my house. As I was about to drive into an area where workers were taring, I saw a sign that said “Fresh Oil”. The recent gulf oil spill has been in the news alot recently. The media has ...

A day at the zoo

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I went with my brother Brian to the Como Zoo in St. Paul today. He is really into animals, and they just opened a new polar bear exhibit yesterday; so I figured it was time we paid a visit. Check out these pictures from our expedition.

New design

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Earlier this winter, I decided that I wanted to redesign my website.  I felt like it looked good, but I didn’t feel like it looked great.  I started doing some research, and learned that a new default theme for WordPress (the software I use to power this website) would be available this spring.  I decided ...

“Wordpress” to “WordPress” filter

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I recently upgraded my blog software to the release candidate version of WordPress 3.0.  I am very happy with how it performs, and am excited that WordPress and WordPress MU have merged.  This will make the development process much easier, especially for those of us with WordPress MU sites. There is one new “feature” that ...

Sliding through summer

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I have been busy finishing up those end-of-the-year projects the past few days. It is nice to see projects that have been long-in-the-making coming to a close. One project that I am particularly excited about is a web page I made to share a poem that I wrote for a Creative Writing class. I had ...