Posts Tagged ‘icon tact’

Latest Wordpress update is stellar

// December 20th, 2008 // No Comments » // Blog, Technology

halo_wordpressWordpress has had a couple of updates this year with major interface changes.  I just got used to the last one when 2.7 came out, but I really like it.  2.5 had a really boxy look and you had to go through a bunch of clicks to do basic actions. 2.7 has a smooth look and feel and from the WP blog it looks like a lot of feedback was applied to this release.

I’ve got Wordbook turned on again.  I had to add a snippet a code to my .htaccess file for WP to see PHP5 which Wordbook requires.  But that was it and it seems to be working like a charm.

A little Google Earth halloween fun

// October 31st, 2008 // No Comments » // Fun, Holiday, Maps, Technology

The Google Earth blog posted about how you can turn your google earth experience into this special halloween edition.  Download this kmz file and open it up in Google Earth. You’ll see the earth in a whole new way.  Make sure to use the ShareThis button below to pass this around to others.

Wordpress update

// August 5th, 2008 // No Comments » // Blog, Fun, Technology

I recently updated my Wordpress software to 2.6. This last few months have seen a flurry of updates with the latest and greatest. The update process is pretty easy now. The biggest change that affected me on this one is the image add/edit area. I have to manually type in a float style because my template was written before some of the latest W3C standards were written. It only affects new image inserts.  That’s about all though. I’m liking the interface. Template modification is a breeze too.

So if you are updating Wordpress, don’t forget to backup your mySQL database. And whatever you do, don’t overwrite your config.php file. I did once and trust me, it’s not a happy day when you do that.

Schmap.com Guide selects one of my pics

// July 29th, 2008 // No Comments » // Travel, food

Several years back I was in San Diego for a convention. I happened to visit one of my favorite restaurants: Croce’s Restaurant & Jazz Bar. Croce’s was named after Jim Croce of “Time in a bottle” fame. The place has great food and awesome music (I actually played there one night when I lived in San Diego). So I’m eating dinner there with friends and I take a picture of my food because it was like artwork in how it was presented. Using my camera phone I posted it to my blog.

Recently, Schmap.com informed me that my picture was selected as a finalist for their upcoming Favorite Restaurants section for Croce’s. Didn’t think anything of it. Then yesterday I got word that they selected my picture as “the one” they would use. So you can see it on the Schmap’s website for San Diego. If you are in San Diego and you visit the Gaslamp area, Croce’s is on 5th.

The New Icon Tact - a work in progress

// April 8th, 2008 // No Comments » // Blog

new logoWelcome to my new and improved Icon Tact blog. This is really a source for all that I’m doing now. It’s a work in progress as I’ve had to migrate all of my settings from the original site to this one. This site runs on Wordpress now instead of Movable Type and Typepad. Is so much easier to work with from plugins to widgets to just general maintenance. Oh, and it’s free with my hosting plan. So I get the domain name, email addresses, my own server space, and more for under $10 a month.  Can’t beat that.  Please adjust your bookmarks.

New and improved icon tact

// September 4th, 2006 // No Comments » // Blog

icon tact is new and improved. The change was long overdue. I’ve updated to the latest moveable type version. Most of the same great features are still here. This change is in anticipation of my first year anniversary of blogging this September 19. Thanks for visiting.