Finally updated the WP-GotLucky download to the one I’ve been using, and David Seah fixed up for me. This version has RSS feeds by default (the previous one only did email) and automatically puts the most recent search queries in your Admin Dashboard.
Author Archives: Garrick van Buren
I’m Not Here to Make the News
“One thing I’ve noticed about talking to certain types of press, particularly mainstream, is that they have a pattern in mind before they write about something, and the better you conform to the pattern the more coverage you get.” – Matt Mullenweg, Automattic.com I did a little writing for my college paper. At the time …
Suspicious Van in the Village
This just in from the St. Anthony Police Department “Suspicious Activity” mailing list: On the morning of May 11th, two young boys were playing basketball in front of a home in the 3500 block of Belden. A black full-size van with tinted windows pulled up next to the driveway and the driver asked the boys …
QSPress now supports categories. But, I’…
QSPress now supports categories. But, I’m on a funky hotel internet right now, so I won’t be able to upload the new version until I get home tomorrow. We can celebrate then. Yeah!!! It’s up: QSPress 10 May 2007
Opportunitize, Not Monetize
30,000 feet up, on my way to a 3-day client meeting I took a tip from Doc Searls and stared at the landscape. That altitude provides a pretty good view of the roadway branding our country like a waffle iron. While I speculate most of these stretches of pavement are unused most of the time, …
Adium Install Makes Me Giggle Everytime
Aside from the simplicity of drag-n-drop install, grabbing the duck by the head cracks me up.
Drive 105 Repo’d. Replaced with Love
The last hold-out in the Twin Cities commercial ‘alternative’ radio dial succumbed to Love today. “Every mini-van driving soccer mom with a 15 year old will be pleased as punch when she turns on her radio and hears this festival of shit pouring forth from her speakers.” – Sornie Two choices remain; The Current, or …
Ear Travel Tip
This is a note to self: take a decongestant pill an hour before before take-off and landing. How Stuff Works says it’ll minimize earaches, nausea, and headache. The former has been the cause of some of my worst flying experiences. The latter 2 I’ve got right now. Unpleasant. Update: My mom said when I was …
Planting Flowers for a Walled Garden
Peter Fleck is asking about content guidelines for Minneapolis’ wireless portal. My initial thoughts….. Some of you may know I worked on a similar project (same idea, but in the private sector) back around 2000. All the problems we struggled with then are non-existant now (syndication formats, wireless equipment, etc). Since the U of M’s …
First Crack 99. Jeremy Raths and the Search for Extraordinary Coffee
We catch up with Twin Cities coffee legend Jeremy Raths and talk about: Moving The Roastery from a coffee shop in the middle of St. Paul to delivering coffee from an abandon convent. The history of the speciality coffee market – nationally and locally. How the coffee market is changing to benefit the small, local, …
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